Who knows!
As it turns out, we were wrong on the due date in the wrong direction!! Looks like Baby #2 won't be around for a while. They say the due date is Jan 2, 2011.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Monday, June 7, 2010
1st Doctor Appointment
Today was my first appointment. They confirmed pregnancy - I didn't cry during my bloodwork - AND, we got to hear the heartbeat! SUCCESS!!
They'll be calling to schedule an ultrasound soon - most likely before my next appointment on Fri, July 2.
We plan to make our announcement to the Rinker clan that weekend, so I'll be glad to have a 2nd appointment and an established due date under my belt before we share the news. It is sure to be a big weekend... with fireworks, Jared & Justin's birthday celebration, and my in-laws' surprise 25th anniversary celebration. Why not give everyone one more thing to celebrate?!? (I'm still a little doubtful that Jared will make it that long without telling Justin, but we'll see how it goes).
I haven't decided how to tell my family yet - with everyone scattered around the country, it likely won't be in person :(
They'll be calling to schedule an ultrasound soon - most likely before my next appointment on Fri, July 2.
We plan to make our announcement to the Rinker clan that weekend, so I'll be glad to have a 2nd appointment and an established due date under my belt before we share the news. It is sure to be a big weekend... with fireworks, Jared & Justin's birthday celebration, and my in-laws' surprise 25th anniversary celebration. Why not give everyone one more thing to celebrate?!? (I'm still a little doubtful that Jared will make it that long without telling Justin, but we'll see how it goes).
I haven't decided how to tell my family yet - with everyone scattered around the country, it likely won't be in person :(
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Jordan's Wish
We have already started preparing Jordan for what's coming - and she has already started preparing us for what she wants - a brother.
Jared and I can already tell that I'm showing - and it seems to be lower this time. Plus - the Chinese calendar (which is never wrong in my experience) says boy.
Jordan just might get her wish!!
Jared and I can already tell that I'm showing - and it seems to be lower this time. Plus - the Chinese calendar (which is never wrong in my experience) says boy.
Jordan just might get her wish!!
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Looking for a Doctor
This is the part where Jared really shines in a pregnancy. He compiled a list of doctors in the area, compared their on-line reviews, and made some initial phone calls.
Hopefully we'll be able to set something up for next week. We're not sure how far along we are; but our best guess is around 10 weeks.
Hopefully we'll be able to set something up for next week. We're not sure how far along we are; but our best guess is around 10 weeks.
May 12th, never just another day
May 12th has carried special meaning for our friends and family for several years now.
The first May 12 that really stands out was in 2006; Melody (my then soon-to-be-roommate, my now sister-in-law) closed on her house in Lexington. She was the first of my friends to buy a house, and it was a really big deal (Mel was only 24 at the time). On May 12, 2007, Jared and I married at a small ceremony in the Mountains of WV. In 2008, it was 2 months after Jordan was born and the day that I accepted that I was stuck in Ohio and started my new job at Diebold. In 2009, our close friends Brad and Vicki (the 4 of us had stood beside them at their wedding on 07-07-07) found out that they were having a baby boy.
Which brings me to this year. I received an email from Melody earlier in the week that said "Has it occurred to you that we do not have an "event" for this May 12th? We were on a four year streak."
A couple of days passed and we went back and forth wondering if anything would pop up on May 12, 2010 or if this day would finally lose its meaning and excitement.
On the morning of May 12th, Jared and I were both out sick with strep throat. Jared had forced me to the doctor the previous evening; I told him that I was far too tired and nauseas to care about a little sore throat... I had been feeling bad for weeks!
We used our shared sick day to pick out new countertops; we were on the way home when it hit me. I'm pregnant. I should have recognized the morning sickness symptoms long before!! But although I'm not too good with the obvious, I've always been a good test taker; a simple "Yes" displayed on the small screen of the test that I bought later that evening.
As I said before, May 12th is never just another day.
The first May 12 that really stands out was in 2006; Melody (my then soon-to-be-roommate, my now sister-in-law) closed on her house in Lexington. She was the first of my friends to buy a house, and it was a really big deal (Mel was only 24 at the time). On May 12, 2007, Jared and I married at a small ceremony in the Mountains of WV. In 2008, it was 2 months after Jordan was born and the day that I accepted that I was stuck in Ohio and started my new job at Diebold. In 2009, our close friends Brad and Vicki (the 4 of us had stood beside them at their wedding on 07-07-07) found out that they were having a baby boy.
Which brings me to this year. I received an email from Melody earlier in the week that said "Has it occurred to you that we do not have an "event" for this May 12th? We were on a four year streak."
A couple of days passed and we went back and forth wondering if anything would pop up on May 12, 2010 or if this day would finally lose its meaning and excitement.
On the morning of May 12th, Jared and I were both out sick with strep throat. Jared had forced me to the doctor the previous evening; I told him that I was far too tired and nauseas to care about a little sore throat... I had been feeling bad for weeks!
We used our shared sick day to pick out new countertops; we were on the way home when it hit me. I'm pregnant. I should have recognized the morning sickness symptoms long before!! But although I'm not too good with the obvious, I've always been a good test taker; a simple "Yes" displayed on the small screen of the test that I bought later that evening.
As I said before, May 12th is never just another day.
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