Happy New Year!
So...yeah. It's been a while. At this point, I'm 99% positive my audience consists of cricket noise. Nevertheless, if you're still out there, somewhere over the rainbow, consider yourself privileged to be privy to a tiny bit of life-altering info that I'm still processing.
I'm pregners.
It's not that it's a "surprise," necessarily. We were consciously trying for #2. But I guess I'm still in shock that it happened so quickly. With our first, it took 9 months. This time, it only took 3. My best friend says my body was "primed," and I have read and heard anecdotal evidence that it doesn't take as long with subsequent children, but still. There was still a niggling doubt in my mind due to my "advanced maternal age." No lie, the medical field calls the pregnancies of women over 35 "geriatric pregnancies." Ugh. I've also read that the older you get, the longer it takes. And I am rapidly nearing the precipice of my 40s. But we're not going to talk about that right now.
We're definitely excited. I mean, this is what we wanted. Little bud turns 2 in a couple of weeks, and we wanted him to have a sibling. And, like I said, I'm nearing the precipice of my 40s, so we don't exactly have the leisure of waiting too much longer. Ya girl ain't a spring chicken no more. That's for sure.
However, baby #2 opens up a whole new set of considerations, the most pressing of those being our living situation. We have a great little bungalow, but it ain't going to work with 2 little buddies running around.
We'll sort it out, with the Lord's grace and guidance. Right now, I'm just trying to focus on being happy and grateful about the prospect of having another child. It truly is a blessing.
2 comments:
Well I'm still here! And what fun news! I don't check in as Often as I use to, but when I do, it's nice to see a bit of chatter.
Our daughter had a little boy a couple of years ago; she was 40 at the time. He is a little darling. Best of all to you and yours.
Thank you for still being there, Gail!
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