How We Found Out
Since we weren't trying to get pregnant (I was actually on the mini-pill), I wasn't watching for pregnancy symptoms. I went to visit my parents in March and the night I got there I threw up but I had a bad case of bronchitis so I thought I had just coughed hard enough to throw up. I had several more incidents during the week where I felt nauseous but it was always while I was coughing so I didn't really think anything of it. The last day we were in Utah, I very briefly had the feeling that there was too much saliva in my mouth which was my first pregnancy symptom with Grayson and then I threw up again. I started thinking about when I had last had confirmation that I wasn't pregnant and realized that while I couldn't pin down an exact date, it had been quite a while. I flew from Salt Lake to Sacramento for my grandpa's 80th birthday and didn't have any more symptoms so I wasn't too worried but the thought was still in the back of my head that maybe I should take a pregnancy test just to be sure. When I got home from Sacramento, I realized that I still had an extra pregnancy test from when we were trying with G so I decided that I might as well take it just to reassure myself that I couldn't possibly be pregnant. I truly thought it was going to come back negative so when the two lines (which meant pregnant) immediately popped up I had a little moment of panic. J was out in the field in the middle of nowhere so text messaging was our only form of communication for several more days and I didn't feel like that was something I should tell him in a text so I called my sister (she is an awesome secret keeper and support system) so that I could share my crazy news with someone else. The next day I took a second pregnancy test, which was of course also positive and then I went to my doctor's office to confirm with a blood test. Once that made it "official" I just had to wait for J to get home so that I could tell him in person.
When he was home I said "Remember how you wanted our kids to be close together in age and I wanted them more like three years apart? Well it looks like you will be getting your way!" He asked me about ten times if I was being serious and once he finally believed me he got excited but also a bit stressed out by all of the things that we had coming up. At that point he was still three weeks away from his job conference so we knew that he would be getting out of the Marine Corps but we didn't know where or if he would get a job next. It put a little more pressure on him that way and also made insurance a much more important thing for us. He started asking me questions about if we would need another crib and how far apart exactly would the two kids be. It was definitely a lot to process but we are thrilled that we will get to have two kids so close in age!
I think that while it will make life more hectic for us for a few years, it will also be great for the kids to grow up so close and hopefully be good friends! We had to wait about a month for my first ultrasound before we could get a due date since I hadn't been tracking cycles but at that ultrasound the doctor told us that November 2nd is our official due date. It was so awesome to see the little one on the screen! He or she is quite the little mover! We had a hard time getting a good ultrasound picture because the little one was squiggling around so much. Now that the job issue is settled and we know we have good insurance and a good income a lot of the stress that we were feeling has gone away. So far this pregnancy I have only had a little nausea which was pretty much gone by week 10 and I was extra tired until about week 12 but other than that I have been very blessed to be symptom free! Hopefully I will be blessed with another easy pregnancy but only time will tell.
A Few Questions Answered
I know when I hear that a couple accidentally got pregnant there are always a few questions that run through my head so I'm going to answer those here :)
Were you trying to get pregnant? No this was a big, exciting surprise!
Were you on birth control? Yes I was on the mini-pill since I was finishing up breast feeding.
Do you not know how to use birth control? Actually I do and I am pretty anal retentive about taking it but when you aren't breast feeding full time the mini pill goes down to only being 92% accurate. I didn't want to switch to the regular pill until I was 100% finished with breast feeding as it is not good for the baby. It still had a 92% chance of preventing pregnancy so I really feel like this was meant to be and is the Lord's timing for our family :)
Exactly how far apart will the kids be? On my due date they would be 16 1/2 months apart. I had Grayson two weeks early so there is a definite chance that they could be a little closer than that.
Did you want this baby? Yes! Absolutely 100% we are very excited for this baby! We had planned on having a two to three year split but we definitely wanted a second child and we are totally excited for this one!
We appreciate all thoughts and prayers for a healthy baby and pregnancy! We will be finding out the gender on the 19th so we are very much looking forward to that!
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