Finally Ready to Talk About My Pregnancy

Sunday, 11 January 2009

Finally Ready to Talk About My Pregnancy
by Mama Elephant
I am pregnant. I have mentioned it here and there in passing, but I don't think I have devoted an entire entry about it. Having had two miscarriages not so far back and very close together, I was barely optimistic about this one. I would say I have been holding my breath for the past 18 weeks.
After today's ultrasound, I am finally confident and excited enough to spill all the beans.
I will be 22 weeks along tomorrow. I keep really good records and I had to take ovulation tests, so the most I can be off by is 48 hours and the 3 ultrasounds I have had confirm my due date. Somewhere around May 14th, my mom is going to be the happiest granny on the planet. She is expecting another grand baby just 10 days prior to my own so she is getting a two for deal and couldn't be happier.
So far, all of my tests have shown a healthy baby. There is a strong heart beat. I do not have gestational diabetes. My blood pressure is maintaining (I am borderline high). I have refused an amniocentesis but my blood work showed a reduced risk of Down Syndrome and today's ultrasound showed a pronounced nasal bone reducing the risk a bit more.
Not that it would matter to me in the least. I have waited too long to let a little thing like that get in my way of rejoicing and loving. Junior was 8 years old by the time I had the nerve to try again and it took another five years to get this one.
Besides, my family is nearly full of children with special needs so what is one more? You would think we are all inbred, especially since we are from the deep south, but I can assure you that our trees have branches.
Finally, for the sweetest news of all. We are having a girl! It isn't just me that is having a girl either. My sister, the other woman contributing to my mom's over the moon joy, is expecting a girl as well. Her daughter will be born with problems and while we are sad that she will face challenges in life, we are excited to have her.
My mom has already raided three Target stores to scoop up everything pink she can find. For those expecting and new moms out there, Target is having an outstanding clearance sale in their baby department right now.
I am so excited!

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Aww, good luck with your baby! :D Such an exciting time for you! *Dances*

Like you, my family has problems...my dad's eyesight is bad because the doctor's kept him on an oxygen tank too long. My mother got a rare disease that is said to pass on through mother's eggs but not infect male DNA stuff (meaning my grandma thinks only my brother should conceive naturally, but some other people seem to think it should be my decision).

Plus, Idk, if my disease is so rare, how do they know for sure it taints all female eggs? They used to think only gay people could get AIDS.

But yeah, like you, I'd think whether my kids (I want two from my womb though an egg transplant is an idea...) have special needs, I'd love them anyway. I was a special needs kid. And I know exactly how to handle kids. (Don't kiss the booboo before they fall, haha, seriously, I hate it when ppl try to hide the truth from me or act like I'm not there).

Anyway, you go girl! Be really careful...don't let this be another miscarriage. If it were me, I'd hold my breath until my kid was past the SIDS phase (I'd be such a nervous wreck if my baby died prematurely). Then I'd be like an eagle trying to make sure no harm comes to my kid growing up (as in stalkers, etc).

Ha, I even thought my kids would probably learn everything I know before they're thirteen *snorts*. I'd be so busy trying to make sure they know how to survive in this world, they'd probably be like, "I heard it a million times." Hehehe.
- 1/13/2009 12:03 PM
- the_sinking_ship@xanga (message)
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Congrats!! :)
Good luck on your pregnancy! <3
- 1/13/2009 1:09 PM
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came across your blog when i was thinking about making a xanga account. the husband and i are trying to have kids but right now are having problems in that department. i guess when god is ready for us to have kids, it will happen. congrats and i wish you the best.
- 1/13/2009 3:22 PM
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Congratulations!
- 1/13/2009 3:54 PM
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awww ahhkh;asldha#s congratulations!! <3
- 1/13/2009 4:45 PM
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Congrats. I am due 2 weeks after you.
- 1/21/2009 10:54 PM
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From: mamaelephant
Name: mamaelephant
About Me: Hi! I am Mama Elephant and I am both a college student and SAHM to a mischievous teenage son, who happens to have Autism, and an infant daughter. It is a practice in time management. Raising a child with special needs presents challenges disguised as impossibilities as well as rewards beyond the imagination and I write about both.