The Journey to Today

Welcome, friends! Ready to set out on a 6+ month journey with me? Be brave. I've done this before a couple times over, but never as a blogger. What kind of blogger would I be if I didn't chronicle the journey to baby #3 for the interwebz? Don't they take away the keys to your blog for that kind of infraction??

So, here we are. January 1, 2009. My due date is July 25, 2009, which makes me 10 weeks and 5 days gestation today.

Yes, I know. My due date is right, smack-dab in the middle of BlogHer '09. Shoot me. Do you think I'd get an all-access pass for live-blogging my c-section?

So how did we get to today? Well, as many of you already know, I was delighted to find out I was pregnant in early October, but things didn't exactly go as planned. Enter: blogging hiatus. My spirits were soothed by an amazing trip to Hawaii a few weeks later.

So, we return from Hawaii, a few weeks of chaotic family visits ensue, and suddenly I realize at the end of November, "Gee, shouldn't I have had a period by now?" So, I dutifully pee on the stick and am a tad surprised when it turns positive practically the instant the pee hits the stick. Whoa, now there's a bit of a surprise!

Anyway, I was pleased, but naturally a bit hesitant given my recent miscarriage. I hadn't even had a proper period after that. This was not exactly what we had planned. So, off to the doctor I go, and promptly to the hospital for an ultrasound. Sure enough, there was a gestational sac! But it was still very early days, and no fetus yet to be seen. So, I had to sit on it for a couple of weeks, trying not to get my hopes up. But, the second ultrasound showed the presence of a fetus (just one, thank God!) and a lovely little heart beat.

We thought it best to keep this one to ourselves for a while, but we decided that given the presence of a heartbeat at my second ultrasound, things were probably going to be ok. (The statistics show that the risk of miscarriage drops from about 50% to 10% once a heartbeat is detected.) So, we decided to tell our family and friends on Christmas Day. Now, a week later, I've decided to celebrate the New Year by starting this blog to chronicle my pregnancy. Mostly because I have never been good at keeping things like pregnancy books, baby books, that sort of thing. This is what I have to hang on to the memories of what I expect will be my last pregnancy. If all goes well, I'm planning to have my tubes tied at the time of my cesarean section.

I want to remember all the details this time around. This is probably going to be the last time I'll be pregnant, and I'm going to try to savour every moment. Yes, even the hanging over the toilet bowl moments. I want to remember the funny cravings, the things my kids say, the way my body looks, the details of the doctor appointments.... everything. Maybe it will make up a little for the things I've already forgotten about the last 2 times I did this!

Anyway... I've rambled on enough for my first post. I hope you'll join me over here every once in a while to see how things are going. I promise not to complain... too much. ;)