8 Weeks

I weighed in at 134 today. I am really packing on some pounds. Hopefully once I get past this first trimester I can get things back under control and start exercising. I still have been feeling pretty nauseated in the afternoons and evenings. Only a few things will sound good to eat. It is so frustrating. It hasn't been easy either with all the food at the holidays to eat very good either. I'm going to try and eat a lot healthier in January, but we'll have to see how that goes.

7 Weeks

Today I weighed 130 on my scale with nothing on. It looks like I have gained a few pounds in the last week. My nausea has hit full blast now, but I still haven't actually gotten sick. I think this is worst though. I wish sometimes I would just get sick and then feel better. Instead I start feeling a little sick around lunch time and by 3:00 p.m. I feel horrible. It continues to get worst the rest of the evening and by the time I go to bed I feel awful. Then when I wake up in the morning I feel normal. The hard thing is that when I don't eat I feel worst, but I can't find anything to eat because nothing will sound good or only one thing will sound good. I have to eat whatever that one thing is otherwise I feel even worst. Last week I ate a lot of fast food and drank a lot of milkshakes. I think that is where my extra pounds are coming from. Plus I have been more irregular than usual on going to the bathroom. I guess I need to eat more fiber. I told myself that I'm not going to worry about what I eat as long as I am feeling like this. Once the second trimester gets here I will be able to start walking and watching what I eat. I am going to try really hard to only gain 25 pounds. I'm sure that won't happen, but that is my goal.

6 Weeks

I weighed 132 today at the doctor. That was with all my clothes on and even my boots on. I weighed myself when I got home and I weighed 131 with everything on. Normally I weigh myself with nothing on and it looks like my scale is only a pound off. This is good to know they told me I should gain between 25 and 35 pounds. They also told me that I gained 38 pounds when I was pregnant with Christian. That's good to know for my own records. I have been feeling a lot more nauseous lately. Right now I have ben eating anything that sounds good no matter how bad or good it is for me. I figured I would buckle down and eat as good as possible after my first trimester. It seems like there are so few things that are appetizing for me, so I'm not going to limit myself even more by making it only healthy foods. I figure once it gets nice out I will be able to get back into walking and that will help with any extra unwanted pounds that I put on.

First Doctor's Appointment

I had my first Doctor's appointment today! I didn't actually meet with my doctor, but I met with the nurse practitioner. When she was calculating my due date she asked if my periods had been regular. I told her that they have been very irregular the last 6 months that we were trying, so to my surprise she set me up with an ultra sound right then. I wish I would have known that this was going to happen because I really would liked to have had Jason and Christian there. It was great getting to see the baby and t know that everything is going good. I was able to even see the heart beating a little and she was bale to pick up a few beats on the ultra sound. It was pretty awesome to see and hear! They gave me a due date of August 9, 2010. This means I am 6 weeks pregnant today! My next appointment is in 6 weeks with Dr. Leinenbach and we will get to hear the heartbeat then and we will get to find out what we are having at the beginning of March. I can't wait! Everything else was just routine lab work and information about the pregnancy.

5 1/2 Weeks

I am 5 1/2 weeks pregnant today. I weighed 125 lbs. this morning. I was really surprised because I have eaten fast food a couple of times this week and that always makes me pack on pounds. I will say the last couple f days I have felt a little more nauseous. Something will sound good one minute and by the time I fix it it doesn't sound good any more. Strong smells are starting to bother me also. These are all good signs though that the baby is doing well, so I am not complaining. I go to the doctor for my first appointment on Monday at 8:00 a.m. I can't wait for that. I think I will feel so much better when I have test results confirming everything. I am also curious to see if my scale is right. I am going to weigh myself right before I go so I can compare them.

Names

Jason and I have been talking about names for a while now. I already have a girl name picked out. We decided on it the last time I was pregnant before I found out I was pregnant with a boy. If we have a girl we are going to name her Charlotte June. I'm not totally sure on the spelling yet for Charlotte, but we will call her Charlie for short. These names are after my Grandma Shetler whose name was Charlotte and after my Grandma Folz whose name is June and also after Jason's Grandma Pickerill whose middle name is June. I like using family names, especially for a middle name. We are not totally sold on the boy name by any means, but the only name we can agree on is Jackson and neither one of us are crazy about that name. We can't even come close to agreeing on anything else though. For a middle name we are pretty sold on using Kenneth, so he will be named after Jason and his dad. Jason's middle name is Kenneth and Jason's dad's first name is Kenneth. We are still throwing lots of ideas at each other. The problem I have with Jackson is that it was such a popular name a few years ago and I like to try and come up with names that aren't real common. We came up with Christian's name from watching one of our favorite TV shows one night. We have always watched Nip/Tuck since it first came on television in 2002. Lately it has gotten pretty stupid and weird but we still watch it. One of the doctors on the show is named Christian. Jason and I were sitting there watching the show and I said what about Christian Thomas for a boy (Thomas is after my Dad, Grandpa, and Brother whose all first names is Thomas). Jason really liked it and so did I, so we never even thought about anything else but that name. It is kind of funny because one of our favorite shows on TV right now is Sons Of Anarchy and one of my favorite characters in the show is Jax which is short for Jackson and if we name our next son Jackson we will probably call him Jax for short. I can't wait to find out what we are having because I think then we will be able to nail down a boy name for sure, if that is what we are having.

Back Pain

The last couple days my lower back has been killing me. I have been super busy at work so I'm sure that has a lot to do with it. Jason has massaged it the last couple of nights which has helped out a lot and I have also been laying on a heating pad for a little bit before I go to bed.

4 1/2 Weeks (1 Month)

I am 4 1/2 weeks pregnant today! I only have 35 1/2 more weeks to go. I weighed myself this morning on our scale at home and I weigh 128lbs. I am hoping to only gain between 25 and 30lbs. this time. With Christian I gained almost 40lbs. and I still feel like I need to lose 5 to 10lbs. from that. I have been feeling pretty good all week. I have had hardly any nausea the last few days. My back has been a little sore since I've been busy at work and boobs have been killing me. Mine never bothered me when I was pregnant with Christian until after I delivered him and then trying to breast feed was a nightmare for me. I am pretty sure I am not even going to attempt it this time. I didn't take any pictures of me to speak of while I was pregnant with Christian so I am going to try and take one every week and track my weight also. Maybe doing this will help me stay on track better with my weight gain. Both of my sisters are doing great! Becky has 10 weeks left to go and Alisann has 26 weeks left. I can't wait to see what Becky has! We should be able to find out what we are having at the end of February.

Calling The Doctor For The First Time

Today I called the Dr. Leinenbach's office to tell them I was pregnant and to set up my first doctor's appointment. They set me up for December 14th and I will be 7 weeks along then. They told me today that my estimated due date is July 30, 2010. I will just meet with the nurse practitioner to go over some routine stuff. They also will do a lot of lab work. I will go back at 12 weeks and get to see Dr. Leinenbach and hear the heartbeat. I can't wait for that one!

Already Starting To Have Symptoms

The last couple of mornings when I woke up I have been having this horrible nausea feeling. I haven't actually gotten sick yet, but I feel like I am going too. When I was pregnant with Christian I didn't start feeling sick until I was about 7 or 8 weeks along and I only felt sick in the evenings. The weird thing was with Christian is I never threw up until after my first trimester. I can remember counting down the day until my second trimester so I wouldn't feel so sick. It seemed like the day I hit my second trimester I no longer felt sick in the evenings, but if I didn't eat something the second I woke up I would puke. As soon as I would eat I felt great. This lasted through most of my second trimester and I still had to eat something every morning when I woke up even after my second trimester. I have already switched my toothpaste to cinnamon flavor instead of mint. I had to do this last time also. For some reason that strong mint taste in the morning always makes me gag. I have also noticed feeling a little more tired than usual too. Other than these few minor things I think everything is going well so far.

Telling Aunt Susan, Uncle Duane and Travis

Tonight we had Aunt Susan, Uncle Duane, and Travis over for pizza and to share our good news. We decided to put Christian in his big brother shirt and put a jacket on over it. Whenever they got there we were all sitting at the bar snacking on chips, salsa, and cheese from Los Bravos. Christian was sitting on a stool and Susan sat down next to him. Jason said, "Hey Susan can you take Christian's jacket off? I forgot that he had it on." Well she takes off his jacket but Christian was too busy eating to turn around so she never saw what his shirt said. Jason and I were kind of looking at each other like 'now what are we going to do?' After about five minutes of us making small talk Jason finally said, "Hey Christian show Aunt Susan what your shirt says!" Then Susan turns Christian around and reads his shirt and was really excited. We all started laughing. Susan hugged Christian and I and they all told us congratulations. It was lots of fun! It was really nice getting to hang out just the six of us. Usually when we get together it's for a big party, (which don't get me wrong I love) but sometimes it's nice to keep it small so we can all talk and relax. Christian had a blast getting all the attention from everyone also. Him and Travis played forever and he was cracking up laughing with him. We all had a really great time together.

Telling My Family

The first person I called after I took the test was my sister Alisann. She is always the first to know everything with me. The next person I told was my friend Kayce when I got to work Wednesday morning because I knew there was no way I was going to make it through the whole day with out telling her. I didn't get a chance to tell anyone else in my family until last night at my Grandpa Shetler's. I told Martha and Becky over there. My brother John kept questioning me when I turned down a glass of wine, but I just kept denying it. I wanted to tell my parents by showing them the slideshow that I had made for them of their family starting with when Jason and I started dating and ending with Christian's big brother shirt. I really wanted to be able to tell them on Thanksgiving, but I never got a chance and I didn't want to show them the slideshow in front of all my Aunts, Uncle and cousins. That would have been way to embarrassing for me. I was already a little uncomfortable with the whole slideshow thing. Today after I got off work Jason, Christian and I went over to Mom and Dad's even though dad was at work. I showed Mom, Mary, and The Babe the slideshow. My Mom started crying whenever the slideshow started playing and not because she had any clue what it was about, but because she always cries when she watches a slideshow. We had to pause it half way through so she could clean something up and she kept getting distracted in it. By the time we got to the end she wasn't even watching it and I was like "oh my god! You've got to be kidding me." She looked up just as the slideshow was scrolling down Christian's shirt. She started reading it and it took her a split second and then she got it. She started crying and screaming out loud. She gave us all hugs and was so excited and happy. Then my dad came home from lunch with my brother John and we showed them the slideshow again. Dad reacted like I expected. I'm a lot like him and don't like a lot of whatever, so he was excited and said, "well that's good!" It's a typical reaction from my dad, but we know he cares and that is what is important. Everyone is really excited in my family also. We are so blessed to have such a wonderful family that loves us so much!

Telling Jason's Family

I made a slideshow for Kenny and LeeAnn of pictures of their family starting from when Jason and I started dating. I think they were probably a little confused as too why Jason wanted them to watch this slideshow when we were busy playing with christian and trying to get things ready for lunch. When they saw the last picture of Christian wearing his shirt LeeAnn jumped up and screamed out loud in shock. We all had tears in our eyes and were hugging. It was a great surprise. They knew we had been trying for six months, but we totally caught them off guard with the slideshow. I'm not one that likes to make a big deal out of things because I get embarrassed. When I was pregnant with Christian we didn't do anything for either of our parents except just tell them. This time seemed different now that we have a child and can understand the true specialness of having a baby and it's fun to let Christian be the one to kind of break the news since he's going to be the big brother. Jamie and Ben weren't there yet when we showed them the video, so we showed it again once they got there. Jamie was really enjoying the slideshow and then at the end when she read the shirt she jumped on me and started squeezing me and kept saying how happy and excited she was. Kenny, LeeAnn and Jamie's reactions were all priceless and I will always treasure that memory. It is so nice to have such a wonderful loving family. I can't wait to bring another wonderful baby into it!

It's About Time

I took another test this morning and guess what? It was positive! It is definitely about time. I think it has been six months now that we have been trying. I made a slide show for Jason from when we first started dating all the way up to Christian's second birthday. Then the last picture is of Christian wearing a shirt that says "I'm going to be a big brother". When I showed Jason the slideshow I think he was kind of like what the heck did she do this for. Then when he saw the last picture he goes, "really?'' and I told him yes that I took the test this morning. Then he started crying and gave me a big hug and told me how happy he was. It was all very exciting and sweet. Now it is time to start all the planning!

Testing Time

I took a test this morning and of course it was negative. After I took it though I realized that I probably took it a little too soon. I think the earliest I will be able to find out this month will be on Monday and maybe even as late as Wednesday. I'm going by when I THINK I was ovulating. I think it was either November 12, 13, or 14. If that is the case then I should start my period either November 26, 27, or 28. I basing that on that you are supposed to start your period exactly two weeks after you ovulate. I really don't know anything for sure. If I'm not pregnant this time I think I might try those Ovulation kits again and see if that works. I'm trying to stay positive and not stress about it. It will happen when it is supposed too.

Still No Good News

I started again today, so I guess we will try once again next month. I was almost a week late this month. It would be nice if I could just get on a regular schedule for once.

Going To Be An Aunt Again

Well I found out this morning that my sister Alisann is finally pregnant. Her and Justin have been trying since March to get pregnant, so I'm super happy for them. I also can't wait to have another niece or nephew. Alisann will be due in the beginning of June, so Becky and Alisann are about three months apart. If I were to get pregnant this time Alisann and I will end up being only two weeks apart. that would be pretty crazy. I'm sure I won''t get pregnant this month. I've given up pretty much all hope on this. I don't know what else I can do at this point. I should know in about 10 days if I am or not. I'll post back when I know more.

Another One Down

Well, I started my period today. Of course I was late again as always. I had really bad cramps this morning also. I think I need to order this book that my sister's friend told me about. At this point I think anything will help. I'm just not one that has a lot of extra time to devote to trying to get pregnant. I guess I always just figured since I had one and it only took us three months to get pregnant with Christian that we should have it down and should be able to nail it on the first try. That clearly is not the case. I guess we will just have to wait and see what happens next month. I'll post more on the book if I get it.

Quick Update

I haven't posted anything in awhile because their hasn't been anything to post. I took a test on Friday afternoon and it was negative. I was supposed to start on Saturday but of course I still haven't yet. We really didn't try much this month so I'm not surprised that I'm not pregnant. I really am starting to get a little worried that maybe something is wrong with me. My sister Alisann is still not pregnant and My sister Becky is able to find out next week what she is having. She says she isn't going to find out though. I am definitely not happy about this decision. We are all dying to know what she is having. Jason and I will probably go at least one more month, maybe two with not trying very hard. Then I guess we will get back on schedule after that of our every other day thing. At this point I hope I don't get pregnant until November or December so then I will be due in either August or September. Then we would have the summer to go boating with Christian. Regardless of when I get pregnant I will be thrilled to death to be having another baby.

Started Again

I started again yesterday, so I am definitely going with my plan this month to not really try but whatever happens happens. I guess we will have to just wait and see next month. This blog has been a good way to keep track of when I starting and stopping which is nice in case I need to end up going to the doctor. I think we'll try this no pressure thing for a couple of months and then go back to the whole trying thing after that and if it still doesn't happen then I think I will give my doctor a call and see what the next step should be.

Giving Up

I have decided to give up on the whole 'trying' thing. We have been trying for three months now and have had no luck. Everyone else around us seems to not be having any trouble at all, so I have decided to give up on the whole trying thing and we will just see what happens. I guess there is a slight chance that I could still be pregnant this month but I seriously doubt it. I took a pregnancy test on Monday morning and on Thursday morning and they both were negative. I was supposed to start yesterday but I haven't yet. I really didn't want to have a baby in May because of how busy I am at work and I would really prefer not to have one in the summer time either because I think it would be really hard to do much boating then. I will say that I used to always say I would never have a baby in November or December because of how busy work is with the holidays and I ended up having Christian on November 10, 2007 and everything worked out just fine. No matter when the baby is due I will just be happy and excited to be pregnant and to be having another baby. We are going to try and just see what happens in the next couple of months without trying so hard all the time.

Ovulation Tests

The last four days I have been taking these ovulation tests to see when I am ovulating. I think I was ovulating on Wednesday but I'm not a hundred percent sure since I've never taken these tests before. I'm going to take another one in the morning to see if the line is any different. I'm thinking if it isn't as dark then I have already ovulated. I think I will take a test on August 2 and if that turns out negative I probably won't take another one until the 7th. Unless of course I start before then. I think my sister Alisann is a week and a day behind me right now. She was two weeks late last month which through her all off. I also found out on July 15 that I am going to be an Aunt again. My older sister Becky is pregnant with her fifth child. I am so excited! I was hoping we could all have kids close together again. Becky, Alisann, and I all had our last ones within five months of each other and that was so much fun. Lily was born on June 8, 2007. James was born on July 24, 2007 and Christian was born on November 10, 2007. I'm thinking right now Becky is going to be due either at the end of February or the beginning of March. I really hope they find out what they are having.

Here We Go Again

We are getting ready to start trying for a third time now. I really hope I get pregnant this month. I'm getting really impatient. I just found out yesterday that my sister Becky is going to have  another baby. She wasn't planning on this but I'm really excited. Alisann and I wanted her to have another one the same time that we are so they would be close in age. Now if only Alisann and I could just get pregnant. She is two weeks late right now, but her tests keep coming back negative. I guess there is still a chance that she could be pregnant right now. Unfortunately there is no chance that I am right now. We'll start trying now and hopefully know something in about three weeks. I bought ovulation tests this month to see if that would help. I guess we will just have to wait and see.

Not Pregnant Again

I started my period today so I'm definitely not pregnant this month. The one thing that is good is that I'm back on my regular schedule at least for this month anyway. I guess we will continue to try again next month. I really did not want to have a baby in April or May because of my busy work schedule but at this point I'll take what I can get. I hate to quit trying fro a couple of months in case for some reason it does take us a lot longer this time.

Trying Again

Jason and I have been trying again for a little over a week again. I should find out in about a week or two if I'm pregnant. I'm starting to feel like I'm never going to get pregnant again. My sister Alisann is still trying also. She is supposed to be starting her period any day now and she's taken several tests that have all come back negative. We both are getting frustrated. I hate that it has to be so complicated sometimes. I'll post back when I have more news.

Doctor's Appointment

Today I went in for my yearly appointment with Dr. Leinenbach. I told her about my cycles being all messed up and she thought it could have something to do with my thyroid. She did a blood test to check and make sure everything is all right and I should get the results in a couple of weeks. She suggested that we try using an ovulation predictor kit to find out when I'm ovulating. I guess we will try that this month and see how that works. I guess we will start trying again in about a week.

Finally Started

Well I finally started my period today. I can't believe I was two weeks late. I have never been that late before. At least now we can start trying again soon and we know for sure that I'm not pregnant yet. I guess we will start trying again in a week. Hopefully it will happen this month.

A Blood Test, Another Negative, & Still No Change

I still have not started my period and I told myself that if I didn't start by this morning then I was going to call my doctor. That is exactly what I did. I called Dr. Leinenbach's office and told them the rundown of my last four periods and how Jason and I had started trying that I would be two weeks late starting tomorrow but that all the pregnancy tests I had taken came back negative (I left out the fact that I had taken five. I told them a few and left it at that.). They suggested that I come in for a blood test and told me that sometimes it just doesn't show up on the home pregnancy tests. I went in as soon as I got of work at 1:00 p.m. and They told me that they would have the results for me on Monday. I called my sister-in-law Jamie to give her the latest update on everything. She really didn't know what to think and suggested that maybe I should take another test. She was down the road at a friends house, so I told her to come on over with the kids and I would take another one. Guess what that one came back negative also. I have now taken six tests and they have all been VERY negative. Jamie was my witness today also. She said it was definitely negative. I still haven't started my period so the only other thing I can do is wait till Monday and see what the doctor has to say. I don't have any more tests left to take either so I definitely won't be taking anymore of those until the next month if I'm not pregnant this month. I am starting to worry that something is wrong with me so I set up an appointment for a regular exam for June 15. That way if I'm not pregnant I can talk to my doctor a little more and maybe she could run some test or know of something I could do to get my cycles more regular. Alisann is getting ready to start trying again next week and if she doesn't get pregnant this month then she's going to talk to her doctor also. She goes to Dr. Brown who is in the same office as my doctor. Can you tell we are both very impatient people. We are ready to get pregnant and we want to be pregnant now. Well I guess I will post back on Monday with the results of the blood test unless I start my period before then.

So Frusterated

Okay so this morning I took another test. this makes five tests now and they all have been negative and I still haven't started. If I don't start by Friday I think I'm going to give my Doctor a call. My sister Alisann started her period on Friday and is almost finished with hers. I wish my body would get on schedule so we could hurry up and get pregnant. My Mom and I started walking yesterday which is really good. We did this when I was pregnant with Christian and I loved it so much. It gives me more energy and I feel so much better about myself not to mention I love getting to spend that quality time with my Mom. We take turns pushing Christian in the stroller and he eats his breakfast. He loves just as much as we do. Well hopefully I start soon because obviously I'm not pregnant. Surely five test can't all be wrong!

Still Haven't Started & Still Not Pregnant

I swear I don't know what is up with me. I still haven't started my period and I took another test and I'm still not pregnant. I wish I would hurry up and start so we could start trying again. I'm almost a week late which is so ridiculous. I don't think Alisann has started yet either. I'll have to ask her later today. I will post more when I find something else out. I will say I'm getting pretty impatient.

Funny Story

Last night I was on the phone with my sister Alisann. Her and her husband Justin are also trying to have a baby. I asked her if she had started yet and she said no but that she took another test and it was negative. I told her that I had not started yet either but this was not uncommon considering how screwed up my periods can be. Her husband was listening to the conversation and he asks if Jason and I were having trouble also. Alisann and I both just laughed because neither one of us really qualify for being in the trouble category. Especially since this was only the first month that Jason and I even started trying and it's only the second month for Alisann and Justin. It was just funny coming from Justin. I guess you kind of had to be there. Anyway I'm still waiting to start. I wish it would hurry up and get here so we could start trying again. It seems like everyone around me is having babies and it is making me really anxious to have another one. It looks like if Alisann and I both start in the next day or so and we both get pregnant this month then we will both be due at the same time. Kind of scary considering we both need each other to be in the room for the other. Maybe we could share rooms. Although knowing Alisann and I track record with each other there is a good chance of us trying to kill each other under those tense circumstances. The last time I was pregnant I kept saying I didn't care who was in the room and that it wouldn't bother me at all. Well the closer I got to labor and Delivering the more I didn't want people in the room. When the nurse told me I was at 10 centimeters and it was time to push I got really overwhelmed and I didn't want anyone in the room. I started throwing up and shaking which made everything a lot more stressful. I only wanted Alisann and Jason in the room at first. when things started to calm down and I was getting exhausted from pushing I started to not care as much. I had my sisters Becky and Alisann and my Mom in the room and of course Jason. Everyone else waited out in the hall until I delivered Christian. Hopefully thing go a little more smoothly with my next one and I won't care who is in the room.

Another Negative

I took another pregnancy test yesterday. This one was a digital one. I have never used a digital one before. This one also came back negative. I am almost positive that I'm not pregnant now because I think it would have definitely shown up by now. I'm actually supposed to start today. I guess we will just keep on trying. I really hope it happens next month that way I will have plenty of time to recover before next summer. I also won't feel so stressed getting back to work before the busy season in the spring hits. I'm still trying to think of a creative way to tell our parents without it being a big ordeal.

Negative Again

I took another test this morning and it came back negative again. It still is a little early to find out because I'm not actually supposed to start until Monday but thought that we should be able to tell by now. I'm thinking I'm probably not pregnant since I've gotten 2 negatives. I guess we will have to try again next month. I swear I have all the symptoms of being pregnant. I've been irritable, I've been unusually tired, and I've even felt a little light headed at times. The one thing that has really had me thinking that I was is that in the mornings I have been feeling sick if I don't eat something and I felt like that a lot with Christian. Normally I don't eat breakfast but when I was pregnant with Christian I had to eat as soon as I got up or else I would get sick. I haven't been feeling quite as severe as I was with Christian but definitely a lot like it. Oh well I guess their is still a chance but I doubt it. I really hope we do get pregnant this next month though otherwise it is going to fall with my busy season. I really didn't want to have to come back to work right away like I did with Christian. I guess we will just have to wait and see.

Negative (So Far)

I took a test this morning and it came out negative. It was really early to take the test. I will try again probably on Saturday or Sunday. Hopefully it will show up positive then. When I took a test with Christian the first time it was negative also. I took it 4 days before I was supposed to start and this time is 5 days before I was supposed to start. I am just getting anxious to see if I am pregnant. Jason was asking me last night if I thought it was a boy or a girl. I was like I have no idea because I don't even know if I'm pregnant yet. I think he is getting a little anxious also.

Waiting

We should find out in a week maybe a little sooner if I am pregnant. So far I don't really feel pregnant yet. There has been a few things that haven't sounded good to eat and I have been feeling tired lately but that could all just be in my head or could be caused by something else. Jason keeps saying that he has a good feeling about this time. I go back and forth. It took us three months to get pregnant with Christian so I kind of just assume that it will take that long again but you never know. I am getting anxious to find out. The earliest I can take a test will be tomorrow but it would be really early to tell. I might take one in the morning just for the heck of it. I've been trying to come up with a clever way to tell our parents. I hate making a big deal about things that have to do with me or making some announcement so I'm trying to think of something that would make it special for them but not have to be to big of a deal for me. I really would like to think of a clever way to tell Jason. I'm just horrible at thinking of surprises like this. Jason is so much better than me at this stuff. I probably need to decide on something soon just in case I am pregnant now.

Starting To Try

I decided to have a separate blog for my pregnancy so I could keep track of things easier with them being all together in one place. Then I can print off a book just about my pregnancy. When I was pregnant with Christian I bought a journal to keep track of things and I never remembered to write in it. Since I love blogging and I remember to get on here and blog I thought this would be a much better way of documenting all the "wonderful" changes that take place during pregnancy. We started trying to have another baby last Saturday. I'm a little nervous of the thought of having two kids but I'm also very excited. I'm definitely not looking forward to that first trimester though. When I was pregnant with christian I felt really nauseated in the evenings. I'm also not looking forward to all the swelling. Last time I was so swollen that you could make imprints of your hands in my legs. A few of the things I am looking forward to is hearing the baby's heartbeat, feeling the baby kick, and getting maternity pictures taken. I never got maternity pictures taken with Christian because Jason wouldn't go with me and I felt stupid going by myself. This time Christian can go with me and my sister will be taking the pictures so I won't feel stupid at all if Jason doesn't want to go. He has already told me that he is not doing them but maybe he will change his mind. Well we should find out by the end of May if I am pregnant. Until then we will keep on trying.