April Fool's!!

Yups, we're pregnant again!!! This is our little boo at 13 gestational weeks. We are completely thrilled and in love with this little one. The journey this time was a little longer. With age comes more risks, more fertility delays, and more tiredness. It took us 6 months this time to conceive and I was starting to get worried. What if we can't get pregnant naturally? What is wrong with me, or him? And having been pregnant before, most doctors won't take our "problems" seriously until at least a year later. But thankfully, just as I was getting very frustrated, it happened for us.

As our son is getting close to 2, people naturally started asking if we wanted a second. We've always agreed that we want two kids, ideally. For me personally, it was important to have the kids be close in age. I just think that they will be closer in life and will go through experiences together. For my own personal reason, it is also good to get all the tough parts of raising kids out of the way at the same time! I want to be able to get rid of diapers once and for all. I want to be able to donate all the baby clothes, strollers, carriers, toys, bottles, gates, high chairs, bibs, etc...and never look back! I don't want to have to put things into storage, then lug it all back out years later. Plus, I can get used to the lack of sleep again and get it all over with soon. Then down the road, they'll all be out of the house at around the same time, be in college at the same time. Those were our main motivations for having a second child sooner rather than later. Lastly, I'll be turning 40 next year so the biological alarm has definitely be going off!

So what's different this time so far? First off, I'm much more experienced. I'm no longer obsessing over every little feeling I have. I'm not reading baby blogs everyday. and I'm not browsing for baby stuff all the time. I also know which doctors appointments to book, which medical facility to go to, what medical tests to take, what to eat, what vitamins to take, etc. The medical staff knows this too. When they read my chart and saw that I was seeing them two years ago, they know they don't have to explain every little detail to me, though they would if I asked. The other major difference this time is that I'm showing so much sooner! By week 8, I looked like I was maybe 5 months pregnant! I had to start wearing maternit pants by 10th week. My co-worker asked my boss if I was pregnant when I was only 8 weeks along! Even a male co-worker suspected!

There are some things that remain the same as last time though. Thankfully, I got through my first trimester easy, just like last time. This time, I only had one bout of morning sickness, I had none last time. However, my gestational diabetes came back, just like last time...except it's sooner this time. Sigh. We also decided to do the same screening tests for chromosonal defects as last time.

So the journey begins. We're starting to spread the news to our family and friends. But I think most people aren't surprised and some may have even suspected. But we're super happy non-the-less and I hope for a speedy and healthy pregnancy. Oh, and just so you're not confused about the title of the post, our due date is April 1, 2012!!! However, the doctor assured me that only 5% of babies are delivered on their actual due date!