An Announcement
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annuinI still need to do lots of updating about our vacation and other things, but, first things first:
PreZ and I are expecting our second child in March, and Dashiell will be getting a sister. The baby is due around March 20th.
The test results from the amniocentesis came back today, and everything came back normal, and that's what we've been waiting on before making a public announcement. We also found out the gender this time. PreZ really wanted to know, and being that the amnio gives 100% certainty in that regard, rather than the "is that a wiener or a hamburger?" gazing at the fuzzy ultrasound picture, we opted to find out this time.
The amniocentesis, obviously, is so that we would know for certain whether or not this child will have any genetic issues. After Dashiell, we just wanted to know for sure, even though the chance of it happening again is extremely minimal. The amnio itself I had Friday just over a week ago, and wasn't actually near as bad as I had expected, thankfully.
Anyway, at this point I'm 19 weeks and 5 days pregnant. I'll be 20 weeks, and thus already half way through this pregnancy, on Wednesday. So far so good... I'm certainly glad to be well out of the first trimester with the all-day nausea, and I'm thankful that I was actually in the second trimester when the dates for our vacation rolled around. The tickets to Australia had already been booked before I got pregnant, but the timing ended up being very fortuitous in that way.
Wheee!
PreZ and I are expecting our second child in March, and Dashiell will be getting a sister. The baby is due around March 20th.
The test results from the amniocentesis came back today, and everything came back normal, and that's what we've been waiting on before making a public announcement. We also found out the gender this time. PreZ really wanted to know, and being that the amnio gives 100% certainty in that regard, rather than the "is that a wiener or a hamburger?" gazing at the fuzzy ultrasound picture, we opted to find out this time.
The amniocentesis, obviously, is so that we would know for certain whether or not this child will have any genetic issues. After Dashiell, we just wanted to know for sure, even though the chance of it happening again is extremely minimal. The amnio itself I had Friday just over a week ago, and wasn't actually near as bad as I had expected, thankfully.
Anyway, at this point I'm 19 weeks and 5 days pregnant. I'll be 20 weeks, and thus already half way through this pregnancy, on Wednesday. So far so good... I'm certainly glad to be well out of the first trimester with the all-day nausea, and I'm thankful that I was actually in the second trimester when the dates for our vacation rolled around. The tickets to Australia had already been booked before I got pregnant, but the timing ended up being very fortuitous in that way.
Wheee!
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Date: 2007-11-04 08:50 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-11-04 10:08 pm (UTC)But I'd like to be done by 35 or so. We have more time between Dashiell and his sibling than originally planned, it works out because he's a bit delayed in his development. It's nice to have a kiddo that can already walk etc. before you get another one that needs constant lugging around.
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Date: 2007-11-05 07:14 am (UTC)I'm so with you on the child who can already walk. Della's been attention seeking a bit, but she's old enough that she can be helpful and we can divert her attention seeking into helpful behaviours. I mean, sometimes it's not actually helpful, but it's a sweet deal when I can just say 'No, take yourself to the toilet' when I'm feeding George rather than, say, having to drop everything and take her like I would have if I'd had George a year ago.