here comes lucky #3

a few weeks ago i started feeling a little yucky. i was getting really lightheaded and i couldn't even pick up toys to vaccuum without getting sick. ya know that feeling when you stand up too quickly and you just can't focus? that's how i felt all day long. one night after curtis got home from work i told him something was wrong with me and i was debating whether or not to go to the doctor. i figured i would just let it go a bit longer and if it continued to get worse then i would make an appointment. a few days later curtis was running to the store after the kiddies went to bed. i told him to pick up a pregnancy test just so i could rule that out even though i was sure i was not pregnant :) he returned, i had to pee, and took the test with me. the first pink line (the pregnant line) showed up immediately. not dull-barely-there either. it was BRIGHT pink. i turned that test every which way telling myslef it was upside down. then the second line showed up. i started laughing to myself. no way was this happening. it hadn't even been two months since i stopped taking my birth control when i started weaning sophie from breastfeeding. it took us 9 months to get pregnant with mason and 6 (or 7?) months with sophie so we figured if we stopped in may we would get pregnant at the perfect time. i asked friends how long it took them to get thier periods back after nursing and they all said it took a while...6 months, 3 months, a year. great. it hadn't even been two months since i stopped nursing sophie so i figured i was good. i'd just take a test every couple of months until i got my period back to make sure i wasn't pregnant. yeah. was not expecting to get a positive test this early on. i had even taken a test in may and it was negative. i was seriously shocked as i sat there and stared at a white stick with two lines. i found curtis in the kitchen with my hands clasped over my mouth. "you're not serious" he said. i told him the test was on the toilet. go look. he was shocked beyond words. we paced around our room laughing, asking ourselves how this happened. we normally go to bed around 10 pm. it was after 12:30 am when we both finally succumed to sleep.

the next step was to find a doctor...and a hospital. the hospital here in waxahachie currently does not have a labor and delivery floor. the hopsital ran out of room so they took away the OB floor to house regular patients until they finish building the new hospital. the two closest hospitals are in ennis (about 20 minutes away) and mansfield (about 30 minutes away). i had a friend who just had a baby in mansfield and she really liked it. i didn't want to have to drive that far though. turns out our insurance is not in thier preferred network anyway. looks like we are having a baby in ennis, texas (as of right now anyway). i found a doctor and made an appoinment. the day finally came and curtis went with me. sure enough there was a little something on the ultrasound screen :) baby is still pretty little and since i don't have a missed period to go by, the estimated size of the baby is about 7 weeks. so....little bundle of joy (or trouble) number 3 should arrive around early march!

i still can't believe this is happening so fast. we have only been in texas for a year and i already had to find a baby doctor. timing is so tricky and i just need to learn that i have no control over it....we wanted our other kids when we started trying, but had to wait a while and with this baby we wanted to wait a little bit but we are getting it right away. that's life! hopefully everything will continue to go well. i didn't have problems with my last two pregnancies and so far this one is pretty close to the same...my morning sickness hit about the same time and hopefully it only lasts that long too. i will keep praying for my new little one and keep you all updated on his or her growth. wish us luck! :)