Today I went for some genetic testing to ensure that everything with my Rainbow is going well. At first I was very nervous because the technician wouldn’t show me the screen. She then told me that my “baby is not cooperating.” Noooo that couldn’t possibly be a trait that my children have. *Cue awkward silence* Needless to say that whenever she tried to measure the nasal bone, the baby would either hide it’s face or roll over. Once everything was measured, she let me look at the screen. There I saw the flicker of the heartbeat, and this squirmy little joy using my womb as a romper room.
After I left the clinic, I began to compare the differences between this pregnancy and my pregnancy with the Princess. They are entirely different in almost all aspects thus far.
PREGNANCY WITH THE PRINCESS
- We don’t like to say “accident” but the Princess was an “unexpected surprise.”
- Symptoms occurred almost instantly
- Little nausea but vomited for 7 months
- Heartburn and swollen feet were the only other symptoms
- Gained a whopping 40 lbs
- Felt like it was a boy, but a girl it was
- Delivered the Princess via emergency c-section
PREGNANCY WITH THIS RAINBOW
- Planned after 2 1/2 years of trying, 2 miscarriages and secondary infertility
- Little vomiting but extreme nausea to the point where food repulses me
- Tender chest, heartburn, blotchy dry skin, bleeding gums, bloody noses every morning, a round ligament tear, pregnancy insomnia and fatigue
- I have lost 10 lbs thus far
- People keep telling me it’s a boy, but I feel like it will be another girl
- I will be attempting a VBAC
Baby Rainbow at 13 weeks
Baby Princess at 20 weeks
