Today is my "due date", but I don't think anyone bothered to inform the Little Miss of that fact.
I honestly still feel good. I enjoy being pregnant. Sleep sucks (but I know it's going to get worse, so I don't dwell on that!), peeing every 20 minutes sucks, rib and leg pain sucks, contractions that like to tease me suck. But overall, I really don't have it bad. Most of the pain is manageable. I can control the rib pain by leaning over my ball and rolling. The legs are fine as long as I'm sure to eat well during the day. The contractions are just getting me ready for the tough job that is coming. And there is only so much longer I get my baby completely and totally to myself.
Downsides: I wonder how big she is going to get. I haven't had any weight estimates done on her, which is fine, but her big brother was 8lbs at 39 weeks, 4 days. I feel that she is smaller, but I really don't know. And everyday is another day of growth for her (good for her, scary for mommy!). And, the most upsetting part, is that my stretchmark from Ian has started to grow and turn red. I know, I know, so what. But I enjoy my bikinis. And I made it 39 weeks without a single stretchmark (my boobs, rear, and thighs are all also unscathed...at least from this pregnancy...). So the sooner she comes out, the sooner that thing can stop it's growth.
I'm still having a hard time recognizing that I will have TWO children. Every night I give in and read "one more story" because I don't know if that will be the last night that I can cuddle with just my little man reading him his bedtime stories. I cave and go to the park more than I feel like because, again, I don't know if it's going to be the last time. Every weekend for the last few weeks I've wanted to take him somewhere because "it might be the last time as a family of three". I know we'll all adjust, and I know baby girl is going to fit into our family as seamlessly as Ian did, but knowing how much it's possible to love a little person makes it that much harder to believe that another little person can take the same amount of love from you without lessening it for the other one...if that makes sense. It's hard to be a hormonal, pregnant mommy sometimes...somedays I'm just sad and feel like I'm ruining my little boy's entire world, which I know is silly even when I think about it. Last night he helped me put away clothes for "baby sister" and he did it so happily and willingly (he put socks in with the diapers because he decided that was the best spot for them; they are still there because he was just too darn cute while he was doing it).
Soon enough the little girl will be here. And soon enough we'll all adjust and be fine.
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Baby #2 Timeline
January 2008: First postpartum period after birth of son in August 2006. Lasts 6 weeks and am put on Nuva Ring to stop bleeding.
May 2008: Stop NuvaRing to ready body for TTC #2.
May 2008-September 2008: Not trying, not preventing.
October 2008: Decide to officially try for second baby! Charts over the next few months show fluctuating ovulation dates and alternating anovulatory cyles (ovulatory, non-ovulatory, ovulatory, etc).
April 2009: Annual pap. Tell NP we have been TTC for one year. She asks if I'd like referral or to wait a couple more months. Decide since we just started actively trying in October, we will wait.
May 2009: Decide I don't want to wait and ask for referral. First appointment scheduled for June.
June 2009: Meet OB and he suggests HSG. Tells me to call during my next period to schedule since it has to be done by day 10 of cycle. Unfortunately June period lasts for over 2 weeks, fluctuating between spotting to actual bleeding. Put on Prometrium to stop bleeding and start next period.
July 2009: HSG reveals a blocked and dilated left tube. Doctor suspects hydrosalpinx and recommends removal of tube. We decide to wait as it won't further harm my fertility (though likely will keep me from getting pregnant) and hubby is still unemployed. Hubby has first S/A which shows "not bad, but not good" numbers. Mediocre count, low motility and morphology.
September 2009: Change mind on waiting for tube removal, and schedule surgery for Sep. 11. Endometriosis is discovered and scar tissue causing blockage is removed from tube--both tubes are left intact! Endometriosis is cauterized and doctor says we are good to continue trying in a few days.
November 2009: Hubby has repeat S/A. Shows improved count and morphology, but motility is still on the low end (41%) and liquefaction is poor.
December 2009-April 2010: Continue trying naturally.
May 2010: Have annual with new doctor in new place (moved with the Air Force). Mention we have been TTC for over two years and am given referral to RE on base. Long wait list, am told it will be at least July or as far as August before I am seen. Switch from storebrand 2% milk to organic whole milk and begin canning my own tomatoes. Also try Preseed for the first time. May cycle is 42 days and anovulatory.
June/July 2010: Continue with no pre-canned tomatoes and organic whole milk. Go on vacation to DC and am shocked with a positive OPK on CD 15. Get another on CD 16 and ovulation is confirmed on chart. Test on July 11 and get a BFN. Next day, July 12, get two positive ICs. Follow that with two positive FRERs and then a positive CBE digital--we're pregnant!!
July 2010: Have ultrasound at 5 1/2 weeks due to spotting and cramping. See a gestational sac and yolk sac...all looks good.
August 2010: Have second ultrasound at 6 1/2 weeks to make sure there is a viable pregnancy and no ectopic. We see one sac with a fetal pole and heartbeat of 140! EDD is March 25, 2011.
December 2010: Ultrasound shows IT'S A GIRL!
May 2008: Stop NuvaRing to ready body for TTC #2.
May 2008-September 2008: Not trying, not preventing.
October 2008: Decide to officially try for second baby! Charts over the next few months show fluctuating ovulation dates and alternating anovulatory cyles (ovulatory, non-ovulatory, ovulatory, etc).
April 2009: Annual pap. Tell NP we have been TTC for one year. She asks if I'd like referral or to wait a couple more months. Decide since we just started actively trying in October, we will wait.
May 2009: Decide I don't want to wait and ask for referral. First appointment scheduled for June.
June 2009: Meet OB and he suggests HSG. Tells me to call during my next period to schedule since it has to be done by day 10 of cycle. Unfortunately June period lasts for over 2 weeks, fluctuating between spotting to actual bleeding. Put on Prometrium to stop bleeding and start next period.
July 2009: HSG reveals a blocked and dilated left tube. Doctor suspects hydrosalpinx and recommends removal of tube. We decide to wait as it won't further harm my fertility (though likely will keep me from getting pregnant) and hubby is still unemployed. Hubby has first S/A which shows "not bad, but not good" numbers. Mediocre count, low motility and morphology.
September 2009: Change mind on waiting for tube removal, and schedule surgery for Sep. 11. Endometriosis is discovered and scar tissue causing blockage is removed from tube--both tubes are left intact! Endometriosis is cauterized and doctor says we are good to continue trying in a few days.
November 2009: Hubby has repeat S/A. Shows improved count and morphology, but motility is still on the low end (41%) and liquefaction is poor.
December 2009-April 2010: Continue trying naturally.
May 2010: Have annual with new doctor in new place (moved with the Air Force). Mention we have been TTC for over two years and am given referral to RE on base. Long wait list, am told it will be at least July or as far as August before I am seen. Switch from storebrand 2% milk to organic whole milk and begin canning my own tomatoes. Also try Preseed for the first time. May cycle is 42 days and anovulatory.
June/July 2010: Continue with no pre-canned tomatoes and organic whole milk. Go on vacation to DC and am shocked with a positive OPK on CD 15. Get another on CD 16 and ovulation is confirmed on chart. Test on July 11 and get a BFN. Next day, July 12, get two positive ICs. Follow that with two positive FRERs and then a positive CBE digital--we're pregnant!!
July 2010: Have ultrasound at 5 1/2 weeks due to spotting and cramping. See a gestational sac and yolk sac...all looks good.
August 2010: Have second ultrasound at 6 1/2 weeks to make sure there is a viable pregnancy and no ectopic. We see one sac with a fetal pole and heartbeat of 140! EDD is March 25, 2011.
December 2010: Ultrasound shows IT'S A GIRL!
About Me
- Stefanie
- This blog was started to chronicle our problems conceiving baby #2. I called it "secondary infertility", though honestly it didn't qualify as it took us quite awhile for our first, too (28 months and one miscarriage). After 26 months, we are now expecting our second miracle in March, and we are so excited!
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