And Baby Makes 4... and one bored MAMA waiting!

Well, as many of you know I am pregnant with our second child, who happens to be a boy! I am due May 28th but due to a condition, Placenta Previa, I am already on bedrest and will more than likely have the baby early via c-section. I am bored, very bored but it will all be worth it in the end. I am just hoping that a tough pregnancy equals easy baby- Hey, it worked with Hollin. :)

This pregnancy has been a roller coaster! Here is how it all went down. I found out I was pregnant while on a scrapbooking retreat with some friends. That was September 21st. Then I went to the doctor to confirm the at home pregnancy test on Monday, September 22nd. Where they saw two sacs so they were guessing it was twins. So, I drove home in SHOCK... and I was not telling Ted I was pregnant until his birthday on the 24th. I had it all planned. He gets Hollin up and dressed and I was going to make a shirt that said... Happy Birthday Daddy I am going to be a big sister. But since I was in such shock I was not what you would call my usual self. This meant that Ted came home from work and wondered what was wrong. I couldn't quite tell him and I told him when I was ready I would tell him. He made a phone call to his mom and right after he started the phone call I immediately instructed him to get off because I was ready to tell him what was wrong. He did! I then told him I was pregnant and they thought it was twins. At this point we were happy but both a little panicked. So much for my birthday surprise!

Meanwhile, we went about the week thinking about everything and what we were going to do. Then, our next appointment was my birthday the 29th... where they saw only one heartbeat! We were thrilled... we would have been thrilled with twins but I never wanted the kids to out number the parents. We are just not that family. :)

The next couple months, consisted of lots of vomiting, no appetite and getting fat fast! I finally finished with morning sickness (more all day sickness) around Thanksgiving. Then the Sunday after Thanksgiving, my kidney's started to KILL! I was diagnosed with a severe kidney infection that if it hadn't cleared up was going to end with me getting a luxury visit to the local hospital. I didn't end up getting that luxury visit and was finally able to return to work on Thursday. I felt great! It was great to see the kids and I was back to my old self.

THEN... I had a scary call (to keep this so people actually want to read it) that required me to leave work immediately and head straight to the doctor. They gave me a basic ultrasound to make sure the baby was OK but I had to go back and get a more detailed ultrasound to find out what the problem was. The baby was great- whew what a relief. I on the other hand, got diagnosed with Placenta Previa and put on bed rest. BUMMER- but again all worth it in the end. The plus side was, I found out what we were having... a boy!

So here I am several weeks later still on bedrest. Looking forward to next doctors appointment and hoping things changed and bed rest is done. I was told not to expect this though so I am trying not get my hopes up but it is so hard.

So... we have Hollin Hope and in May we will have John Theodore and he will go by Johnny. I will continue to keep people posted.