After Ailish was born I thought around a years break would be good before having another baby. I thought a summer not pregnant would be nice, after spending the last 2 hugely pregnant. It might give me a chance to loose a little of that lingering baby weight ;-).... we were open to another baby whenever it might happen, but I was kinda hoping for a tiny break.
Well, sometimes God answers in very unique ways. I got a little break. And He met me halfway. We are getting another little blessing. And I just found out about 3 weeks ago that I was even pregnant. And then last Friday, found out that contrary to my thoughts that I was 'at least 8 weeks along, but probably more like 10-12, and wow, wouldn't it be great if it was any further then that' to finding out at my first visit to the midwife that I was 19 weeks, 4 days along........ yep, halfway thru the pregnancy already! Do have any idea the strange feeling that is? Still adjusting to the thought that I was pregnant to begin with, to find out that I have been pregnant since sometime in February and didn't realize it till the end of May? It certainly adds some fun to a routine pregnancy and a fun story for the 6th child to have! And makes me feel a wee bit better about that 5 pounds I was so proud of losing one month just to gain back the next ;-) And explained why, once I realized I was pregnant, I really started feeling big and showing so much already! Plus, I really had no idea I was pregnant, none of the early nausea, decreased bladder size, losing my taste of coffee and other food aversions, I have really felt so good and the last month or two especially had increased energy and motivation. Truly, His grace is sufficient and He never gives what we cannot handle with his strength!
Of course, at the dr's appointment they did an ultrasound to determine my due date since I didn't have any idea how far along I was. She started with feeling my belly and said right away she thought I was farther along then 8-10 weeks judging from the size of my belly and such. Then she couldn't get the measurements to calculate on the portable one, she said she didn't have much experience measuring a baby that big! Even I could tell from what we were seeing baby was bigger then all the other early ultrasounds I have had. So, the actual ultrasound tech had me come in and she checked. She ended up measuring body, head and thigh to get sizing and determined the 19 weeks, 4 days along, with a due date of November 4, 2012.
I told her we would love to know what it is, if she could see anything ;-) And so she checked and HE was happy to let us know is a little boy that we have coming, confirming our thoughts it would be a boy!
I got to send Kieran a fun text with a picture of the little fella and tell him how big he is. Got to love today's technology! We told the kids that evening they were getting another brother and they are all thrilled and excited.
(see post below for Ailish's 9 month post..... I don't normally post 2 at the same time!)
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