Expecting Again!!!

It's about time I wrote this blog post... that we are expecting an addition to our family! Kylee and Tyler will have a new little brother around October 5th. At least we're hoping we make it that far this time :-)

This pregnancy has been pretty different than my first... for one, I haven't had the acne issues I had with Tyler... hallelujah! But as a trade off, I started things off much sicker. I couldn't keep anything down (including water), and quickly lost 12 pounds. We tried several different medications and I had an appointment to go in and start IVs when my doctor said there was one more medication I could try... a rectal suppository. TMI probably, but this is what finally saved me. I was still sick with this medication, but at least I could keep some food down! The first day I was able to eat and didn't throw up was April 21st. I remember it well because it was Matt's birthday and we went to dinner at Famous Dave's and I was able to eat all that delicious food. Since then, I've continued to feel better and better. I still have about one sick day a week where I throw up once or twice, but that's it. I can handle that.

Now that I'm feeling better and eating, though, the heartburn has really set in! I am bummed that the bottle of Tums says to limit it to 7 a day, because there are some days when I really wish I could have more. I probably need to start paying better attention to what causes it, along with drinking more water - maybe I can stop it before it starts :-)

We are definitely looking forward to completing our little family. We've got a few things to do before he comes, like set up Tyler's new bedroom, get a double stroller, nail down a name, etc. But for the most part, we are pretty lucky that we already have a lot of boy stuff! We don't have a ton of other prep work to do so that's nice. Kylee is pretty excited and keeps talking about our family of five. Tyler doesn't really understand, I'm sure, but when I ask him where our baby is, he lifts up my shirt and pats/pokes my stomach. If this little one comes on his due date, he and Tyler will be just about 23 months apart. I'm sure it will be a handful, but I'm excited Tyler will have a little playmate on the half of the week Kylee is gone.

Here's a quick picture of my belly at 25 weeks... crazy to think that I've only gained a few pounds over where I started (I did gain back all 12 pounds I lost!), but that's a good thing since I started out heavier than I would have liked anyway. I've got the glucose test tomorrow so hoping that goes well, and I'm hopeful my blood pressure is still okay. The doctor already has me going in every two weeks to keep a closer eye on things. I've also been taking a baby asprin each day as studies have shown that can help with the severe pre-eclampsia/HELLP syndrome I had with Tyler. Fingers crossed! I guess there is only a 25% chance that will happen again. I'm just hoping I'm in that 75% window.