On November 27, 2012 our prayers were answered and we discovered baby Robinson #2 was on the way! We had been trying for about 5 months with no luck so far. That month in particular, I was not expecting a positive result at all. We had been using a fertility monitor that Corey's cousin Lacey let us borrow that helped her get pregnant with their little one. I had been using it for about 3 months. That month in particular, the monitor never stated that I was ovulating...it only said "High fertility." After about a week of high fertility, I stopped using it because I didn't want to waste the expensive test sticks. So I was not anticipating a positive result at all that month and had pretty much decided that we would let go of hope for that month and really try next month.
On the 27th, we went to our neighbors house to have dinner. I was already a few days late but being pretty certain I was not pregnant, I did not want to take a test. Again, those little suckers get expensive! Plus, because it was month 5 of trying with no positive, I couldn't stand to see another "not pregnant" result in the window so I had told myself that I would wait until I was pretty certain it would be positive before I would allow myself to take another test. Anyway, that night as we were cooking, I was SUPER hungry. If you've ever been pregnant, pregnant hungry is on another level of hungry. It's an I need food and I need it RIGHT NOW not in 5 minutes kind of hungry. I brushed it off though, because that sometimes happens when I'm about to start. Same thing with the sore breasts, I brushed that off too. When we got home, I mentioned that I wondered if I was pregnant. I pondered taking a test...I had one or two left from a package of three I had bought. Despite being hesitant from not wanting to see a negative, I went ahead and took it. Corey was in the kitchen while I tested. Literally as soon as the urine ran across the test strip (sorry if that's TMI!), there was a positive result! No waiting, what so ever. I remember when we found out about Rex, it was the same thing...an instant result. When I saw that positive, I just laughed and laughed and called Corey in. When he heard me laughing, he knew instantly and we just laughed together and hugged! We couldn't believe it!! We seriously were not expecting it that month. It must be true that once you stop trying, it just happens. We had heard that many times before.
The first people we called were Cody and Ashley. Ashley was already about 8 weeks pregnant so this was so so exciting to know that we would have babies close in age again like Scarlet and Rex are. We got the idea to film all of our immediate families reactions as we told them and it was perfect! We told my best friend Jenny next, then my Mom and Eli, then Jerry and Lucinda, then Rhonda and Mark and finally my Dad and Elvia. I didn't think we'd get to tell my dad and Elvia in person but they came in town for Rex's birthday and we got tell them then. A few days after we found out, we went to Denver to visit my family and were able to tell them too. That was very exciting to be able to tell them in person.
This pregnancy has definitely been different than my pregnancy with Rex. I am much sicker than I was the first time. With Rex, I would get sick at night around 8:30, pretty much every night. Throughout the day, I felt pretty good for the most part except for being super hungry. Since I got sick at night, I would just go to bed and be fine. With this one, it's been pretty much around the clock queasy-ness. I feel pretty bad as soon as I wake up then it tapers off during the day and comes back in the evenings. I threw up one time randomly in my 2nd trimester with Rex. When I was about 6 weeks, the throwing up began with this little one. I've thrown up about 5 or 6 times since then but I think it's only been a handful because I've learned to sort of breathe-it-out to avoid throwing up. At my last check up at 14 weeks, I had only gained 4 pounds. In my first trimester with Rex, I had gained about 10-12 pounds right away. The nurse practitioner told me at that point it was ok for now but that if I maintained the same rate of weight gain in the coming months, she would be a little worried. Being sick has definitely been rough. I know it could be worse and I'm thankful that it's not but it sure is tough to feel sick every day for months. It's funny because I know that being sick is actually a good sign because it means all of your hormone levels are high and things are going right but because I was not sick at all with Rex, and I know he came out perfectly fine, I've felt like something is wrong this time. My doctor and nurse assured me, though, that everything is fine. My belly is finally starting to look more pregnant now so I'm excited about that too, instead of just looking like I ate too much at Christmas. Truth is, I ate hardly anything and what I did eat didn't stay in for long! haha!
The baby has measured right on time for the 2 ultrasounds I've had. I had one at my first appointment at 6 weeks and another at 10 weeks. I am due August 1 but because I will have a c-section again, I am set to deliver July 25, unless the baby comes early. I'm so excited to have a summer baby. I am a summer loving kind of girl and since my birthday is in January and right after Christmas, I was always jealous of the kids who got to have swimming parties. My poor Rexy will probably feel the same way being born the day after Christmas but at least we get to celebrate a birthday in summer now!
I'm hoping to keep my blog a little more updated. I really want to document my pregnancy better this time because I have the worst memory ever and don't want to forget these things. Stay tuned!
Mommy and Daddy after we found out!
Positive!!!
Our little peanut at 7 weeks!
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