Pregnant...AGAIN! WHAT?! Weeks 6-8

Here we go again! We are so excited to announce that we are expecting baby #2!

So let's begin with the go to questions! -Were you trying? Yes. Sort of. Not really. We weren't stopping ourselves from getting pregnant but we decided not to go crazy tracking everything like we did round 1. We took quite a while to get pregnant the first time and were told that it may just be like that for us. So...we were NOT expecting to get pregnant after only 2 "attempts."

-If you have another boy are you going to keep trying for a girl? NO! We happily will welcome another little boy in our hearts and our family will be fully blessed and done. If we have a girl we too will be DONE!

- Why so close to your first? Your body wasn't ready yet. Baby Patrick is being deprived. We have heard it all. We were hoping for two close in age (even considered irish twins but that wasn't possible as being ebf my cycle didn't return for a while). I had the all clear from my OB that my body is in fact doing great and was perfectly able to do this again...but thank you for your concerns. And lastly Patrick is not being deprived of anything. He still gets his super cuddle naps, constant playtime, and will soon have a baby sibling to love as well!

Now that all of that is out of the way...

How did we find out? Yes I peed on a stick but beyond that. Our baby boy kept crawling through my legs and growing up my grandma always said that if your baby crawled through your legs you were pregnant. I thought about it and laughed it off as a nice little recollection of my grandma.

I started feeling crampy and was like well it's time for my monthly cycle and went to make my go to sandwich (I don't eat it every month but it is a favorite) of bread with peanut butter and chocolate syrup on the inside and on top microwaved for a few seconds (until runny) and I eat it with a fork. Well I ate it and immediately had to throw up. This was not normal. I posted in my vegan group thinking oh...the chocolate had dairy. They informed me nope no dairy in it...and asked if I was pregnant. I said I was a few days late but no, it's just because of breastfeeding that it is wacky. Well fast forward to 6 weeks and 1 day pregnant (assumed) and I decide to take a test just in case. PREGNANT! WHAT?!?! No way. It was memorial day weekend, race day specifically, and we had a party to throw with family and friends. I tried to ask my mom group a clever way to tell Tomek and accidentally left it up on my phone...and then he went to use my phone so no fun way to tell him really but he was thrilled and we both seem to be in shock, awe, and excitement all rolled into one.

Memorial Day Weekend (just found out we were pregnant with #2)

So since then weeks 6-8 I have been experiencing nausea, breast tenderness (an unfortunate symptom while still breastfeeding my son!), a decrease in breastmilk supply though I am still able to ebf just no longer additional pumping, and gone are the days of sweets (AGAIN). I puke or get nauseous at almost any sugar that enters my body (even watermelon). I love mashed potatoes, scrambled eggs, and popcorn. I keep thinking I want meat again (veggan for 7 months now) but every time (2-3 times now I think) I am either grossed out by it or just don't like it. Hormones are definitely all over the place which is fun having a bum foot, caring for a VERY active 9m old, puking, and being hormonal...Just send help...and the food listed above haha! (Tomek nodding head agreeing here)

Tomek's input: It caught me off guard, because I basically thought it was impossible to get pregnant yet or that soon but it was a happy surprise.

We have our first ultrasound at a day shy of 10 weeks so a bit later than before, because I didn't want to see the NP over my own OB but that is okay our little baby B will be a little bigger. More from us then! :)