The pregnancy test

Raul and I had been talking about having another child because we had both agreed that Brody needed a sibling. Of course when we would talk about it I was always like not right now but maybe in a few months we can start trying. I had a nagging feeling that we NEEDED another child. Pregnancy is very hard for me and not something that I wanted to do again.

On Raul's birthday I took the pregnancy test but I was thinking I was just overreacting and miscalculating when I was supposed to get my period. I was really only a few days past my period but I took it anyway. Seriously right after I peed on the stick and was about to lay it straight to wait for the one-two minutes it had already showed the lines that I was pregnant. So I waited and thought maybe the line will go away?? And then I felt upset because I was scared of being horribly sick again and how I would do it this time with a 3 year old.

I went upstairs to tell Raul. He said, "soooooo?" And I showed him the test. This test has two lines if you are pregnant and one if you aren't. Raul saw it and thought that a plus sign meant that I was pregnant so he was like its okay in a few months we can start trying like you wanted.  I was like um no look at it again and then I could see the realization hit him that I was pregnant. He was super excited and wanted to tell everyone about the pregnancy. And that is how we found out.

To test or not to test...

When we found out that we were going to have another baby we had talked a lot about if we were wanting to test this pregnancy for down syndrome. While we didn't test for it when I was pregnant with Brody, instead we got an amazing surprise! This time around we decided that we wanted to test, not because we would terminate our baby if we found out that she has down syndrome because we would NEVER do that but because we wanted a little heads up incase we got another little blessing with down syndrome. We have done all the testing and everything has come back normal no elevated risks or reasons to do the amniotic fluid testing.

This pregnancy was very hard at the beginning because I have HG (hyperemisis gravidarum). I was VERY sick for the first 16 weeks. I was on anti nausea medicine that did nothing but make me sleep all day besides throwing up. It was very hard on me because I was not able to be a mom to Brody at all. The only thing I could do was lay in bed or run to the bathroom and puke. I finally was able and am still able to get it under control with some VERY strong anti nausea medicine. I wish I could completely be of the medicine but the most I am able to cut it down to is half a pill at night and half in the morning. If I forget to take it or take it to late I get sick. Hopefully, maybe!, closer to my due date I can completely stop taking it!!! Anyway here are some pictures of my little love Brody.

And the gender is.....

A GIRL!!! Seriously!! I was so sure that it would be another boy and then I see the ultrasound tech looking and I knew then because it didn't look like boy parts. Sure enough the tech says, "it's a girl!". Super excited but a little scared. I am really good with my Brody and all the boy stuff but a girl is so different! During the ultrasound our little girl kept her legs crossed at the ankles almost the whole time. The tech said it was really funny because most baby's are tucked up very tight to their body but our little one was enjoying the room. So lady like already!