That Was Fun! Let's Do It Again!

Hooray! The cat is out of proverbial bag! I can finally update my blog to include our newest family member. That's right, in case you missed it, the Pagan clan is growing!  Baby #2 (lovingly called Booboo2 at the moment) is set to make his/her appearance in about 6 months!

So here's the pregnancy catch-up.

When Charlotte turned 1, Jeremy and I decided to let nature take its course and see if/when Booboo2 would enter our family. After a year of trying for Charlotte and 2 rounds of Clomid, we both agreed it would most likely take a few months.  Wrong.  After one month, I was shocked and elated to see two beautiful blue lines on that stick.

It was the day before Thanksgiving that I got my first positive test.  Being the patient person I am, I tested 5 days before I was supposed to. So, imagine my shock when I saw that faint second line.  Of course, we were both skeptical, considering you had to do some eye gymnastics just to see it. But, in my heart, I knew it was there. Over the next week I continued to burn through my $0.60 tests and anxiously watched as that beautiful second line got darker and darker each day. After over a week of positive tests, Jeremy was finally convinced I was indeed pregnant.

Now, knowing the shocking statistics about early miscarriage, Jeremy and I tend to keep pregnancy news to ourselves until the second trimester. So I had a looooonnnnngggg wait ahead of me.  But, I stayed very distracted with Charlotte and the holidays, and before I knew it, we were heading in for our 12 week ultrasound.

Anxious and excited, I sat in the Dr.'s office waiting for that reassurance.  And that is exactly what I received. Up on the screen pops a beautiful, perfectly healthy, little baby bean.  Dr. gave me a clear bill of health (after last traumatic birth) said everything looks wonderful, and sent us on our merry way.

And merry I was!

I am incredibly blessed to experience next to no pregnancy symptoms. No sickness, nausea, food aversion, etc.  Which, again is a complete blessing, but can lead one to question one's state of pregnancy. "How can there be a person growing inside me and I feel absolutely nothing?"  So until I see that little bean on the screen, it really doesn't feel believable.

Back at Christmas, when I knew I was pregnant, but not ready to announce it, I decided to hold off on our Christmas cards until the news could become public.  So instead, we sent a Valentine's card sharing our excitement. Our spectacular cousin took some adorable pictures of Charlotte for us to use. The cards turned out perfectly and I was so thrilled to send them to all our friends and family.

So, there you have it, first trimester in a nutshell.  Onto bigger (no pun intended) and better things!