First trimester

Gosh my Facebook was crazy last night. Thanks for all the loving and support ! We are very excited.

As a little update, we are almost 13 weeks! And yes we are due Christmas Day. 

Let me back track in time a bit and then we can answer all the typical questions. 

I was considering going into great detail about our journey to this pregnancy but I'll just share a brief overview. I felt it was time for another child long before we had planned to have another. Garth was initially not on board haha! So we waited and we discussed and we contemplated. My biggest thing was I didn't want a December baby. (I was so silly lol) 

Anyways, I had an experience that hit me hard and I knew beyond a doubt we needed to try now. So we did. 

I had already been off the pill for a while due to another miscarriage. A very early one considered just a non viablepregnancy. This was on Camden's first birthday. Anyways, we didn't get pregnant right away and I was experiencing some pain and issues so I went in. So fast forward, I ended up getting a laparoscopic surgery to remove and confirm I have endometriosis. The doctor felt it would be best to confirm I have endometriosis and then hopefully by removing it I would be able to get pregnant easier. After the surgery I was told they were unable to remove all of it and I would either need to go on lupron, a pretty intense injection, or try for a time to get pregnant. (Pregnancy kills endometrial tissue). 

So we chose option two but knew we had a certain "limit" there as scar tissue grows with each ovulation. So then we got pregnant fast and I calculated our due date the moment I saw the positive test and I just laughed. December 25th. Haha the very thing I had wanted to avoid ! I said oops ! And moved on. 

It turns out however, that during my surgery they lifted me up by one leg to flip my intestines. A ligament in my hip tore during that, but by the time that was all established I was pregnant. So no surgery options for me! So I've been sad to be in some pain and unable to run. But baby and I have been walking up a storm and continuing our HIIT workouts as much as we are able! It was kind of a trial for me as I was in the end of training for my first race with my sister and was then told I couldn't run in it. But there are more important things in life right?

So the grand question: are you as sick as you were with Camden?

I got sick much earlier this pregnancy than I did with Camden. I was trying with all I could to avoid medicine this pregnancy. I became unable to function by 7 weeks. So they started me on diclegis which is like a vitamin b supplement medicine my mom took with all of us. It's considered the safest medicine there is for pregnancy. It didn't work for me with Camden so I was skeptical but they convinced me if I got it in my system early enough I could probably avoid what I was on with him. They told me that if I waited until I got to the point I was at with Camden I would be past the time period in which I could try different things to help me, because once you are dehydrated you can only do so much.

With Camden I was on the heaviest duty they had because without it I was hospitalized for dehydration. So there are still two safer options between diclegis and zofran, what I was on with him. Zofran since having Camden has actually moved down the safety scale as well. 

So. Basically for a while I was all over. I would have days I threw up 10+ times. Days I threw up once. I have finally kind of leveled off and I throw up 1-3 times every morning. It's like clock work really. And let me tell you. 

I LOVE IT.

yes I throw up every day, but I feel good for the most part. Something I DID NOT have with Camden. There were no good days with him. Just days of terrible sickness. So I'm basically on cloud 9 this pregnancy, and I am not on zofran! So YAY FOR AMY!

Other questions: we have our hunches about gender, but I'm honestly tired of hearing people tell me they hope it's a girl. Which probably sounds mean of me but people keep telling me girls are so awesome, everyone has to have a daughter, etc etc. well guess what? I have a son and I would be the happiest woman in the world if I had 4 more of him. He's wonderful. So we are happy with whatever (: 

We really are in no rush to get to the gender check. This pregnancy has been so low key and nice. No anxiety or stress just ready for it all when it comes (;  

Okay last question: Christmas. 

Of course I hope my baby isn't born Christmas Day, and I also don't think that will happen. Will I ask to be induced? No probably not. I like natural birth a lot and want to do that again! However, I'm not sad my baby will be the dreaded December baby like I thought. I was due Christmas Day. Those who know me know having a Christmas baby is so fitting for me. I also think it's going to be a very spiritual tender experience for Garth and I, that we will be blessed to have. A birth so close to Christ's birth, what could be a better reminder of the reason for the season ? I'm ecstatic and very happy about it all. 

So there's your update. We are happy and blessed and just enjoying our little journey as we go along. 

Here is how I announced to Garth:

Camden grabbed a book off the shelf for Garth to read about being a big brother. 

Here is how we announced to family:
We sent a text from Garth saying "I think Amy's obsession with Christmas has gotten out of hand this year. She already knows what she is getting Camden and has taught him to say it." And then sent this video.