We decided to stop preventing another baby from coming when Keton was 10 months old, thinking we would probably be pregnant by his 1st birthday if things went as they did last time. we thought the timing would be perfect just what we were thinking. well turns out our timing is not the Lords timing and we didn't get pregnant until the end of May. We were so excited! Well after 3 days of being pregnant i miscarried. i was bummed but also so grateful that if it was going to happen that it happened very early in pregnancy. but i was also confused because the same thing happened before i got pregnant with keton. i asked my midwife if there is a reason for it and she was not concerned and she said nope it is just random pretty much. She said since it was so early we didn't need to wait to keep trying so sure enough the next month i didn't get my period again, took a test and i was pregnant again. This time tho we were pretty apprehensive to really think that i was pregnant because of the past. we still told everyone right away (we don't like to wait) but preceded with caution. i started spotting around the 5.5 week mark and asked if we could do an ultrasound just to make sure everything was fine. That went good we saw as much as we could see that early on and from there on out everything went really well.
This pregnancy was so different than when i was pregnant with keton. i have to say she was much nicer to me than keton was haha. The sickness didn't start until about 7 weeks and ended at about 24ish weeks. i also didn't throw up as much. about 2 or 3 times a day is all! and it wasn't constant nausea like it was with keton it was more come and go throughout the day which was soooooo nice. Also my skin didn't break out in horrible acne and i didn't have one single calf cramp hah. the difference was the heart burn... holy cow that was crazy. it was so intense this time i remember telling everyone if this baby doesn't come out with hair im going to be so upset haha. (wives tale lots of heartburn= lots of hair). also i started showing so early. i felt like at 9 weeks i was feeling so bloated and actually getting a belly it was nuts! i got big really fast but then kinda slowed down and ended about the same. well a little smaller cuz she was 2 weeks earlier than keton was. also i didn't have hardly any swelling. i walked into the hospital with my wedding ring on and my feet didn't swell up at all. only my cheeks got bigger but i mean its pregnancy so thats expected!. i also gained 2 less pounds than i did with keton which is funny because she ended up weighing almost exactly 2 pound less than he was when he was born, 32lbs total. my working out this time around was much different. it mostly consisted of working and chasing around a 2yr old haha with the occasional trips to the gym mostly for lifting and the occasional brisk walk on the treadmill or elliptical. and walks outside. so i was happy i didn't blow up like i thought for sure i would if i didn't hit the gym 6 days a week! Sugar... thats the only thing i wanted to eat the whole time. if it had sugar on it i wanted it in my life! also frosted mini wheats were consumed nightly and oranges!!!! so many oranges. big, small, canned, juice any kind of orange.
As for baby we found out at our 20 week ultrasound that she had a 2 vessel cord. that was the longest ultrasound and of course the tech doesn't say anything they just look around measuring everything and pointing out some stuff and most things i cant tell at all what it is anyway i find out later the reason was because she had a 2 vessel cord. they looked around extra hard to make sure everything was ok with baby. everything measured perfectly how it should at 20 weeks so they ruled out any chromosomal issues that can be more likely with a 2 vessel cord so that was awesome news. she just said now they will have to keep a closer eye on her growth to make sure that she was growing on schedule as that can be a problem with a 2 vessel cord too. so we were going to get an ultrasound every month. so that was kinda fun getting to see her every month and watch her grow. she was always right on track in the 45 to 50%. except for one appt she was pretty low so they couldn't get a good head measurement and they said she was measuring petite in the 18th percent. but she jumped right back up.
i wasnt quite as good at taking pics this time but here are some belly pics from this pregnancy.
This was the morning i took the test and we told keton haha. he had no idea what was going on. but he liked holding the purple pee stick. gross i know.
19 weeks
we're having a girl!!!
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