I have looked back on my pregnancy posts of Owen a few times so I think I will really appreciate having a record of this pregnancy. Last September we decided that we would like to have another baby join our family and were optimistic that everything would work out even though Kent was in school and I was working. But then the pregnancy never happened. A lot more changes took place with Kent's school load and work load and moving and my job change and we just kept trucking along, but with questions simmering in the back of our minds about our pregnancy hopes. Our family would tell us all the time that Owen needed a sibling and we would laugh and say that it wasnt for lack of trying. I did feel really sad when I let myself think deeply about it, but mostly I just felt that timing is really important and Heavenly Father probably knew we couldnt handle the demands quite yet. We were pretty sure we wanted to go get a check-up for myself and I had even tried a fertility pill earlier in the year, so we weren't completely "come-what-may" but we were busy and overwhelmed in other aspects of life. I have irregular periods so when I missed my Sept one, I took a pregnancy test, probably too soon, and tossed it out with a vow to buy no more tests. So October rolls around and funny enough we were at Kelsey's house and she called me out on going to the bathroom three times, saying you must be pregnant. Haha, I told her I didn't know there was a bathroom toll or something like that. I also remember laying on her couch and not helping her with Jaeger's party plans. So the next day I looked up symptoms of pregnancy and checked off 8 of the 17 and showed it to Kent and asked him to go buy a pregnancy test at the store for me. He was like, really?! I took the test and we were both kinda shocked, happy, and scared all at once. I bought another test a few days later and thats that! My first appointment put me at 11 weeks with a due date of June 7th.
Here I am at 13 weeks, with the first trimester over but still feeling very fatigued and very uncomfortable in the digestive system. A.k.a. my gut has stopped working and fiber pills, colace, and dulcolax are not working, ugh! The doctor brushed it off as a first trimester thing but I am concerned enough to bring it up at my appt next week.
Owen has been very sweet and responsive about the prospect of having a baby brother or sister. We found out just before Halloween and he asked if the baby could be a spider for Halloween and we talked about how the baby would come after Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. and then we will still have five more months :) Owen will pat my belly and say, "I am touching your baby carefully." Kent told me the other day that he prays for the baby in his morning prayer on his drive to school and that made me really happy. Obviously we want the baby to be healthy and would love a boy or girl, we have names for both that we toss out frequently when talking to Owen. Kent will tell Owen the baby's name is Joel and I will say but if its a girl, her name is Sadie. We knew Owen's name for a long time and when we find out in January, the name will be set, haha. We are very excited and blessed.
