#3

The 3rd and final baby for us....
Historically we've never had a problem getting pregnant and this time was no different..sort of..
We started trying in January and sure enough got pregnant right away, however, quickly after I learned I was pregnant I also had a lot of cramping and some bleeding and was pretty suspicious that i was going to have a miscarriage..Sure enough, the cramping got so painful one night that I was thinking the pregnancy was over and it was. It was early enough that I didn't have to have a DNC, my body got rid of it naturally,but it took a while..So, needless to say my body was a bit messed up for a few months. The first month that things got back on track we got pregnant again. I was very hesitant to tell people and in fact we didn't tell our family until I had an ultrasound at almost 8 weeks and I could hear and see the heart beat ( ultrasounds between 6 and 8 weeks are standard practice at our dr's office). I really didn't get excited until that point, because in the back of my mind I was always thinking I could miscarry again. Since I will be 12 weeks on Saturday and I heard the heart beat again yesterday, I'm a bit more confident that this one is here to stay. Now I am worried that there is something wrong with the baby..I have no evidence to back up this worry, I think again, it's the miscarriage messing with my confidence. However, I don't have enough confidence in all the special tests they do at this point that could alleviate this worry to even get them done. I guess all I can do is trust that this one will be as healthy as the other two..
This pregnancy so far has been different from both my others..I thought for sure I would know what I'm having depending on whether or not I had morning sickness..( no morning sickness with Braden, morning sickness from about 7-8 weeks on with Aubrey). Nope, I did have some morning sickness, but it wasn't everyday and somedays I had it all day, otherdays I only had it in the afternoon and/or evening. The only constant was that when I woke up in the morning I felt good, what happened after that was anyones guess. My morning sickness wasn't too horrible and usually if I would eat some cheese I would feel better. My food aversions and cravings varied from day to day, again unpredictable. I have been more tired, especially the days I work out, but I feel like that's just normal pregnancy. I've had heartburn a few times already, which I only had with Braden in the 3rd trimester when I was BIG. So that's weird...so my guess as to what I'm having changes from week to week..sometimes I think boy, sometimes I think girl. I really have no clue. Jason thinks boy only because he will have to paint 3 different rooms ( we are re-doing Braden's room) but if we have a girl, he will only have to paint 2..haha.. We will find out what we are having probably the week after labor day. We need to wait until 21 weeks because I guess they need to be able to see if the placenta is attached to my scarring..which apparently will create a whole other set of issues when delivery time comes. The great thing about c-sections is that they are planned..the bad thing about c-sections is the more you have the more possiblity for complications due to all the scarring that's involved. So again, all I can do is hope for the best.
Technically my due date is January 14th, but since that is a saturday, my c-section will be sometime the week of January 9th, depending on when my Dr. wants to do it.
So that's the scoop for now..hopefully the rest of this pregnancy will be uneventful and I can just sit back and enjoy it since it will be the last one!