Our BIG Announcement

This last year Troy and I have been challenged with fertility issues that we tried to over come in so many ways.  Thankfully the Lord has Blessed us with BABY #2.  Yeap that’s right the one thing I thought would not and could not ever happen again has happened.  Troy and I could not feel more blessed.  We are expecting BABY #2 to arrive around November 16^th.  I am just 11 weeks along and the nausea is in full swing.  This does mean that Gracie and BABY #2 will be 3 years apart.  Those out there thinking we should have been using a calendar, with a Football coach for a husband, we don’t care, not even a little bit.  God’s timing would happen with or without a calendar and this is his plan of how he wants it to happen and when.  It just seems that February is our lucky month.

Here is Our Story of the little one…

In March I decided to take a test, it was a generic test and the line was very light.  So with my past history I decided to wait a few days to take another.  At this point I was expecting a negative.  Understand it has been a year of trying, medication, and tests.  So I did not believe at the beginning.  On a Thursday I took test #2 and it was a positive.  Saying I was shocked would be an understatement.  By mid-March I went in to meet with my doctor.  Due to our prior situation with cysts they wanted to make sure the sack was where it was suppose to be and not in my tubes.  The ultra sound was fine and I saw the little heart beat.  The next day I started bleeding and continued for the next couple of weeks.  I called the doctor 2 days after my birthday because I was sure that I had miscarried and at that point the doctor said I could not wait until mid-April to “clean things up” because I could get an infection.  I went into the appointment that day mentally prepared to hear those words, to see no heart beat.  Even the ultrasound tech had turned the screen away from me.  As the ultrasound began the lady turned the screen and said there's the baby and the little heart beat.  It turns out I am in the 20-30% of women that experience bleeding in early pregnancy.  The doctor showed me where on the ultrasound it was coming from and was confident everything was fine.  I was in shock and Troy was excited.  I actually apologized to the nurse because I felt heartless for just sitting there with no feelings.  I have completely guarded my feelings to keep from the pain, that I have not completely let it really sink in that there is a little one in there growing.

How I told Troy…

Well, I waited a couple days.  This has been a long year and the “no” news has been hard.   I wanted to be sure.  Saturday morning Gracie woke up and I dressed her in her Big Sis shirt that I made(a long time ago & luckily it fit) and had her go wake up Troy.  I was not sure how long it would take for him to notice.  I heard “daddy, daddy get up daddy” “what’s up Gracie” and then “Candace, Candace why is Gracie wearing this shirt”?  I just laugh.  He was so excited.

How am I feeling…

I have felt sick from the get-go, all day at the beginning, then it pushed back, and started around noon.  Once the nausea hit I was out the rest of the day.  I can now make it most days until about six but those days come and go as well.  I also have superman-smelling powers, ones that I must run from just so I won’t puke.  Example, the ladies room at work has a wall freshener that I have actually dismounted and then people spray the air fresheners on the back of the toilet which make an awful combination to anyone but for me I have to actually try not to gag when I walk in.  Things that I have found that settle my stomach that I never used before are prego pops, or in my case organic lolli pops, and ginger ale.  I have been so thankful for my friends with two children or on pregnancy #2 who have told me many times the second time you pop so much faster, so true for me.  There is no hiding the bump and once I have eaten it is all over.  I need to get out my maternity clothes so I can hide this from work just a little bit longer.  I loved being pregnant last time so I hope the second trimester will give me some much needed energy and a calm stomach.

We are very excited for another memory like this!

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