Baby #3 — LIFE WITH MRS T

So as many of you already know, we are expecting our third little babe at the end of June. Below I’ll share how we found out we were expecting, all about the gender, and how this pregnancy is compared to my other two.

I don’t remember the exact date but it must have been the end of October (a week or two before Halloween) that we found out. I told my mom my period didn’t come and of course she was like could you be pregnant? I was like there is no way because I take Birth control like clock work and was not off of it. Side note—When my period comes it sometime’s is light and sometimes it’s heavier, so I didn’t think it was thattt weird when my period didn’t come at all…but a little weird because usually there is at least a little something ;)

((I will also share that I have been on birth control for a long time. This may be TMI but I’ve never really had regular periods so being on the BC helped me know my schedule better. Like I stated before, I take my BC like clock work…8am every morning and if I do miss a morning I always end up taking it within a few hours. I also wasn’t on other medications or taking anything different within the months prior to finding out we were pregnant. So this was a HUGE surprise!))

So a week and a half or so after I didn’t get my period I was at the store getting groceries while the boys were in preschool and thought what the heck I’ll grab a pregnancy test just to make sure, thinking 99% that it would not be a positive. Well I went home and peed on it right away and what do you know… two pretty bright blue lines. My mouth went soooo wide, I was shocked. I went and chugged some water and took the other test within 10 minutes. Positive again. Adam was off from football that day so he was home too. He was laying on the couch and I literally walked out holding the test, my hand shaking. He looked at me and said what the heck haha and I said it’s positive. He was shocked as was I! Like with my other pregnancies, I of course went and bought like 6 more pregnancy tests just to double/triple check. Lets just say it took a few weeks for it to actually settle in that I was in fact pregnant. Luckily I had a physical scheduled for the following week so when I went in I told my Dr. I really wanted to do a blood test just to quadruple check that I was in fact pregnant. My Dr. told me that it’s like a 99% chance women get pregnant on birth control. The test came back and of course showed positive and that I was in between weeks 7-9. Sooo that is the long dramatic story of finding out we were pregnant with baby #3:) I definitely did not feel ready to try for a third baby but obviously God had different plans for us. I had always wanted three children in my mind but wasn’t positive. And if anything we we're going to wait at least another year to try.

We did the blood testing at 12 weeks to find out the gender because we are way to impatient lol! I swear it was a boy but I’m not going to lie and say I wasn’t hoping for a girl. I grew up with two older brothers and loved it…most of the time (besides all of the picking on). I loved having brothers. They were there to protect me, show me how to play sports, and thicken my skin. I picked up the gender envelop about a week and a half before Christmas. I took it straight home and my parents met us there. I gave the envelope to my mom and she was to chose either the blue or pink golf ball and make sure to pull the sticker off so we wouldn’t know. I was so anxious and nervous but knew the most important thing was/is a healthy baby and either gender I would be happy with. It’s God’s world and his story so whatever he blessed us with I knew that is what we were meant to have. Adam placed the ball down and the boys and I stood to the side. He counted to three and swung. I saw the pink and my heart actually sunk to the ground. I couldn’t contain my excitement. I think I scared my boys lol!

This pregnancy has been sooo much different than the boys. I was never really sick with the boys and my whole first trimester with this little one was rough. My scent was on fire with just about everything and I couldn’t keep things down. From throwing up in the mornings to having terrible nausea in the evenings. Also, my acne has been awful!! My hormones have been all over the place so my chin has been looking rough. Luckily this second trimester has been better overall. There are still some nights I don’t feel too well or certain foods don’t sit well but overall feeling good. I have stayed active throughout the pregnancy so far, which I truly think helps my body and mood overall. I am now 6 months pregnant and definitely am slowing down. My belly somehow seems to look like I’m 8 months pregnant and each night I am dead by like 8pm! The boys keep me on my toes all day, which is tough in general. plus with carrying around the extra weight. It is hard to go through these body changes but I have to remind myself that it is helping create life and I can do anything for 9 months! I feel ugly some days and I know some women thrive and love being pregnant, which has never been me (mostly because I don’t like slowing down), but I know that God puts us each in a position for a reason so I try and embrace it the best I can!

The main thing I was nervous about this pregnancy was switching doctors. I delivered both boys at Fairview Southdale and had great experiences both times. I decided to stay closer to home this time around and am going with my family doctor who I have had since I was like ten years old. My appointments are 5 minutes from our house which I love and I will now be delivering at United, which I have heard great things about too! I’m just not very good with change so I hope it doesn’t stress me out as the delivery day gets closer.

We did our gender reveal with a cute HO HO OH picture a few days before Christmas! We thought it was fitting since this whole pregnancy actually was an OH moment…from finding out we were pregnant to finding out it is going to be a sweet baby girl. We then waited a couple weeks after Christmas to share the news of the gender (the golf ball video) so that was fun just to have had that little secret to ourselves for a bit:) Like everyone, I have had trials that were extremely tough to go through within the last few years and if you asked me a year ago I definitely wouldn’t think I’d be pregnant now. But this third chid is truly a gift from God and it’s just mind blowing how he works everything out for his good. This little girl is meant to be in this world and I can’t wait to see what all she will accomplish.

xoxo,

MRS T