Ha, it’s been over a year since I posted here. The little blob of slowly increasing sentience has turned, quite suddenly it feels, into a little girl!
Parenting is constant work, it’s true, but most of the time doesn’t feel like a chore. We have more than just a sneaking suspicion that so far we’ve gotten off really, really, really easy. We have a mostly good-natured kid who sleeps through the night; is physically active and seems reasonably smart; and eats lots of different kinds of food; and has been very healthy other than a couple of fevers, colds and bumps on the head. And has tons and tons of personality and cuteness (the photo doesn’t even do her justice)! Maybe it’s made us cocky, but …
… We’re trying for another one! This time it’s AS who’s trying to conceive. So if we do get pregnant successfully, I’m going to try and strong-arm her into doing some guest posts for this blog. If not, it’ll just be a lot of posts of my observations of her pregnancy. I’ve gone back through my past entries, and I’m very glad I documented so much, because just a couple years later, I’d forgotten much of what it felt like to be pregnant, and the exact sequence of events in labor and delivery! So I’d love to also record my impressions (and hopefully AS’s firsthand) for this next pregnancy (if there is one).
AS went off birth control in late April, but she’s only begun trying this month. The main reason for waiting until June (go ahead and laugh) is that all four of us (NT, AS, me and little AA) have March birthdays, and we thought it would be cute if baby #2 was also born in March.
Of course we know the chances of hitting the jackpot on the first try are slim, but at least it gave us a definite starting point for trying; otherwise we might have waffled indefinitely. Anyway, what’s interesting is that AS has been having some strange symptoms (of what, we’re not sure) the past couple weeks. Crampiness, constipation, a bloated feeling, tiredness, waking up early for no apparent reason … as I’m beginning to remember so clearly from my own pregnancy, everything is both a definite sign of pregnancy and a definite sign of something other than being pregnant. So maddening!
But AS says she tends to have a really clockwork period, so we’re focusing on that. We have a pregnancy test that says it’s 57% effective at detecting early pregnancy 5 days before the start of your next expected menstrual cycle, so that means this Saturday morning AS can test and see if she gets a result. It won’t rule out pregnancy if she gets a negative, but if she gets a positive then we’ll know it’s on!
I’m on pins and needles, even though it seems unlikely that it would happen so immediately. And even if she is, there’s so much uncertainty that only goes away in stages as you hit each milestone, so I know we’ll have a worrisome time ahead of us. But still — OMG OMG OMG what if I’m going to be a mom again?!?
PS: If any of our real-life friends are still following this blog, please keep any news under your hat until we announce officially. Not that there’s any news yet, but I’m saying it now in case there is some news later and I’m too excited to remember to say this!
Aww what a cutie-pants! Glad to hear an update.