I'm 20 weeks pregnant with a baby girl. If this is a surprise to you it is even a bigger surprise to us. Brian and I have always rolled our eyes when couples say, "this was a total woops". Yeah yeah!!!! "Whatever", we thought. Well, we now believe in "woops" babies. This was not planned and totally unexpected. I will spare you the details, but like Brian likes to say, "we came home with an extra souvenir from Disneyland". We are now finally being able to admit to ourselves that we have another little one coming to our family.
We are now believing this baby is coming to us for our little Emmi. She has been begging for a little sister since Jack came and ruined her life. We have kept this whole pregnancy a secret from Emmi because once you let her in on something everyone will know about it. We wanted the cerclage to go well and my first ultrasound to be clear of complications. On Sunday night, the night before my big ultrasound, Brian was lying next to Emmi while she was going to bed. There was silence and Brian thought she was asleep, but she quietly looked over at Brian and said, "Daddy, Heavenly Father told me that I was going to get a baby sister". It took Brian back and that night we both silently prayed for a baby girl.
The next day it was comfirmed it was a healthy baby girl! I was so excited to come home and finally tell her that Mommy had a baby sister in her tummy. She asked if the baby was coming today. When I told her she was coming close to Christmas she just had the happiest grin on her face. We talked about it some more driving to an appointment and all of a sudden I see her through the rear view mirror praying out loud thanking her Heavenly Father for sending her a baby sister. It put tears in my eyes. This pregnancy has been hard to swallow for Brian and I. In fact I actually kept it a secret from him for almost 2 weeks. Not that we didn't want another baby EVER, but the timing of everything is not ideal, and I feel my plate is full with two kids. I truely believe she is coming because Emmi needs a sister. I never grew up with a sister and I felt jipped, so i feel blessed that Emmi will get what I wished for.
So, now we pray that my body will hold her in till term and she comes healthy. I am on a newly researched progesterone medication for women that efface early. Along with a stich in my cervix. We just hope it keeps my cervix long and healthy. My contractions are still on and off and I am working my 24 hours a week. I go back in 2 weeks and I am crossing my fingers that there are no changes and we are good to go on our Northern Europe trip! (without kids) it is now or never!!!
We are now believing this baby is coming to us for our little Emmi. She has been begging for a little sister since Jack came and ruined her life. We have kept this whole pregnancy a secret from Emmi because once you let her in on something everyone will know about it. We wanted the cerclage to go well and my first ultrasound to be clear of complications. On Sunday night, the night before my big ultrasound, Brian was lying next to Emmi while she was going to bed. There was silence and Brian thought she was asleep, but she quietly looked over at Brian and said, "Daddy, Heavenly Father told me that I was going to get a baby sister". It took Brian back and that night we both silently prayed for a baby girl.
The next day it was comfirmed it was a healthy baby girl! I was so excited to come home and finally tell her that Mommy had a baby sister in her tummy. She asked if the baby was coming today. When I told her she was coming close to Christmas she just had the happiest grin on her face. We talked about it some more driving to an appointment and all of a sudden I see her through the rear view mirror praying out loud thanking her Heavenly Father for sending her a baby sister. It put tears in my eyes. This pregnancy has been hard to swallow for Brian and I. In fact I actually kept it a secret from him for almost 2 weeks. Not that we didn't want another baby EVER, but the timing of everything is not ideal, and I feel my plate is full with two kids. I truely believe she is coming because Emmi needs a sister. I never grew up with a sister and I felt jipped, so i feel blessed that Emmi will get what I wished for.
So, now we pray that my body will hold her in till term and she comes healthy. I am on a newly researched progesterone medication for women that efface early. Along with a stich in my cervix. We just hope it keeps my cervix long and healthy. My contractions are still on and off and I am working my 24 hours a week. I go back in 2 weeks and I am crossing my fingers that there are no changes and we are good to go on our Northern Europe trip! (without kids) it is now or never!!!
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