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Jo-Mama
	Age: 32 Country: CA Province/region: City: Partner: Perfect Husband Children: Yes, 2 Pregnant: Not anymore Occupation: Teacher
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Holy smokes - Baby #2 is coming!

Well, well, well. This is a miracle baby. We were using condoms. It took us almost a year to conceive Malone. I never ever thought I would be this fertile or this lucky.

I started feeling kinda nauseous and tired in July, but assumed it was just the effects of taking care of Malone. I took a pregnancy test on my birthday (July 26) just to check, but it was negative. Then I got my period. So August comes along. I'm still tired, but still think it's due to the changes in Malone's sleep patterns. But no period. I figure I can't be pregnant because I had no other symptoms (no sore boobs or anything). A couple of weeks pass and I finally take a test just for kicks. It was positive. I took two more tests, and they were positive. I'm thinking, OK, this is a surprise, but babies 13 months apart is manageable. So I go to the ultrasound and the baby looked way too big to be only 7 or 8 weeks. I'm 12 weeks! I was pregnant in July - the test was wrong. I don't know why I had a period, but I've been pregnant since mid-July. Malone was 3 1/2 months old.

I kinda feel gypped because I missed the whole first trimester. I mean, it's fantastic that I had such an easy time and had no morning sickness or anything. But I'm already a third of the way through. I could have been complaining and getting special treatment that whole time!

I still don't really feel pregnant. I just feel kinda tired. My boobs are huge again, but that's the only sign I have. That and the ultrasound. I must be the kind of girl people can't stand. Easy conception, easy pregnancy, no complaints. Jeez, I almost annoy myself just typing that. Oh well. I will count my blessings and hope that this is my advance reward for having two kids in diapers in 6 months.

So we will have two kids a year apart. We didn't plan it, but I am very very happy. I am 32 and this is a good thing. I wanted to have kids before 35. This quick conception means that a third baby is possible. Not that I'm rushing to do that!

I have been on this site for a year and it's great to be posting on both the baby boards and the pregnancy boards. I love the chats and the support and the stories. Thanks, all!

My Baby Malone, born April 2, 2008

It's a girl! I am so glad I waited to find out the sex of my little one. It was such a great surprise, and knowing I'd find out soon definitely helped during some of labour's tough parts. I am completely smitten with my daughter who looks so much like her daddy but acts so much like me. I love being a mom and to be perfectly honest, I can't wait to do it again!

My Pregnancy - July 2007 to April 2008

Hey there! I'm 31 and this is my first pregnancy. My husband and I were married in July 2006 and I conceived July 2007. It took us about 10 months of trying before it finally happened and we are overjoyed.
I am lucky to be surrounded with a strong support system: my two best friends were pregnant when I discovered that I was too. They both had boys. My sisters both have children as well: all boys! So either I'll follow everyone else's lead, or else I'll be the rebel and have a girl. Now two of my other good friends are pregnant, so I feel like I'm constantly surrounded by mommas, which is nice.
We don't want to know the sex of our baby until the birth. You only get so many surprises in life, and this one is the biggest. So we're going to wait.
So far I've been blessed to have a pretty wonderful pregnancy: no morning sickness, no digestive issues, no scares. The worst of it is the exhaustion I felt in the first trimester and the headaches I felt at the beginning of the second trimester. It's all worth it, so I do my best to look on the bright side. In my third trimester I am feeling really tired again and some digestive issues are sneaking in there, but I still feel strong and I'm still happy to be pregnant.
I had a few food aversions: green and red peppers, meat, the smell of fried anything. I'm pretty much over those now, but I find I'm still picky about some things. I ate a bad kiwi at the beginning of my pregnancy and now I can't look at one. My sense of smell is freakishly strong, so I can pick up any scent - if I don't like the scent, I can't eat it.
I crave yogurt, fruit, chocolate ice cream, and peanut butter. I've been chugging down the ice water, maybe because I feel so warm all of the time. I was quite the stereotypical pregnant woman: I ate a lot of pickles (but never with my ice cream)! I'm over that now too. I am finding it more difficult to eat in my third trimester: I always feel full really quickly and I get acid reflux all the time. But I keep drinking the water and try to make sure that what I do eat is healthy.
I started to feel the baby kick more regularly @ 20 weeks, usually when using the laptop and reading this page or when driving. My husband felt the baby kick on Dec 23 and it's been thumping away ever since. I even can see the kicks from the outside now, which is super cool and kinda weird at the same time.
We've had 3 ultrasounds and the baby looks healthy (and awfully cute). Still don't know the sex, which is the way we want it. I'm looking forward to the rest of this pregnancy (though it seems to be going by so quickly).
I am actually excited about the thoughts of labour and birth. It seems that so many of my friends had to be induced and I really hope I get to go through this without that intervention. I plan to have a drug-free labour and I am super confident about this decision. Maybe it's the hormones clouding my sights, but I can't wait to go through it all to meet my baby.

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mom22to2boys - Saturday, 14 November
Hey I wrote a new blog let me know what you think:)

collsbaby - Wednesday, 11 November
That was very touching! Thanks for contributing, I'm sure it will mean a lot. xo

collsbaby - Wednesday, 11 November
I posted this as a blog too. I get credits on my thing if someone uses my code and as a SAHM I'm trying to do whatever I can to save a buck haha! Sorry if you already read it.

Hey ladies, I just ordered some stuff on diapers.com for the first time. My cousin said she liked it because it comes the next day usually and they take discounts and you can get bigger boxes of the hard to find diapers like Seventh Generation and other 'green diapers', so I thought I'd check it out. I got some other stuff too and saved almost $16.00 in coupons and discounts! I couldn't believe it. They have a sale going on now (but it ends Nov 12-tomorrow), but there's free shipping (next day) and a lot of coupons and stuff for Huggies and Pampers and other brands. Anyway, I signed up for their referral program, so if you are a first time customer and you type in my code you get an extra $10.00 off! That is what I just did, I used another person's code and I got $10.00 off. I found the 7th Gen diapers in bulk there, I can only find bags of like 26 in the stores, but there they have boxes of over 100. Anyway, just wanted to pass it along since the sale ends tomorrow, but you can use my code whenever and still get $10.00 off if you are a first time customer. When you check out in the promos & referrals section type in: COLLSBABY
The site offers a first time customer discount too, but it's only $5.00, so I wanted to be sure to share this with everyone. $5 bucks is $5 bucks!! ;-)

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