I am 39 years old and expecting my 4th child. It was a BIG SURPRISE to find out that I was pregnant. I was on the pill and didn't think that I was pregnant. Was not planning on having another, but I am very happy! I just feel that this baby was meant to be!!

I have been sooooooooo sick everyday with this one. I was sick with my daughter too, so maybe this one is a little girl! From the time I wake up until I go to sleep at night, I feel sick and am Very tired! I am hoping that this will pass soon!! With my daughter, I was sick for the first 4 months!! So if this is the same I still have 4 weeks to go until I start to feel better!! yuck!!!

I am scheduled to have a CVS test (chorionic Villus Sampling test) on October 15th because I am a high risk pregnancy. I have had high blood pressure before getting pregnant (it is normal now without meds!!) and my age makes me high risk. So, the doctor wants me to have this test to make sure all is good with the baby and to put my mind at ease. I am very nervous about having this test because it can cause a miscarriage but need to have it done so I can stop worrying. I have not yet told my children because I want to wait until after having this test and I know that the baby is going to be all right. If I ever lost the baby and had to tell them, that would be hard for them to understand. So, I am waiting and can't wait to tell them!! They will be sooooooo excited!!! :o)

~~~~~~~~October 18th~~~~~~~~~

Well, I went for my CVS test on Monday. It went well. I have to wait about a week to get the results. I got to see the baby on the ultrasound and he or she was VERY ACTIVE!! Didn't stop moving the whole time. Jumping up and down and waving hands all around!! SOOOOOOO CUTE!!!!! I can't wait to finally tell my children that I am pregnant!!! They will be sooooooo excited!!!!

Today begins 12 weeks for me and I am still feeling sick and very tired!!! Really hoping that this will end VERY, VERY SOON!!! Then I can start to enjoy being pregnant!! :o)

~~~~~~~~~OCTOBER 24, 2007~~~~~~~~~~

I finally got the results from my CVS Test. Everything is fine with the baby!!! :o)

It's a GIRL!!!!

Told my children last night and they were soooooooooo excited! My daughter was beyond excited! She wanted to tell everyone!! Today she took the picture of the ultrasound to school to show everyone. She is asking me soooo many questions about her new baby sister she will be having. She wants to know if and when we will be getting her ears pierced. Wants the baby to sleep in her room too. She drew up a room plan of where the crib could go!! I told her we have awhile before we need to be thinking about that stuff. She will be driving me crazy until our BABY GIRL makes her entrance. I am only going to be starting my 13th week. We have alot of time before she gets here. The boys said that they are NOT CHANGING DIAPERS!! They said that is Mommy's job!! I just hope that my sick feeling goes away soon so I can start to enjoy being pregnant. :o)

~~~~~~~~NOVEMBER 5th~~~~~~~~~~~

Well I am in my 14th week and still feeling sick. :o( It is not as bad as before but still here ALL DAY and NIGHT!!!! I just want to feel good!!!!! I keep hoping that everyday will be better but not yet. I HOPE SOOOOOOOOON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :o)

~~~~~~~~DECEMBER 5th~~~~~~~~~~~~

Can't believe I am 18 weeks already!!! Time is flying by!!! I am no longer sick and have been feeling GREAT!!!!! The baby is very active. We went for an ultrasound on Monday, Dec. 3rd and all is well with our baby girl. She now weighs 9 ounces! My husband and 3 children went to the ultrasound with me. The kids loved seeing the baby and listening to her heartbeat. It was GREAT!!!!!!! :o)

~~~~~~~~~JANUARY 7th 2008~~~~~~~~

I am now in week 23!!! Almost 6 Months already!!! I am feeling good. My blood pressure was up last appointment so my doctor put me on medication to keep it down. I was hoping that it would stay down so that I would not have to take any medicines for it. He also told me to take 1 Caltrate D pill a day to help keep the pressure down too. I have to go for an ultrasound every 2 weeks starting this Thursday, Jan. 10th. He wants to keep an eye on the baby to make sure she is growing on time and everything is good with her. Having high blood pressure can affect the baby too so I am glad to be able to see her every 2 weeks to make sure she is doing good! She is on the move ALL THE TIME!!!! She likes to get right under my belly button and kick~~OUCH!!!~~that hurts!!! Well, when I go for my ultrasound on Thursday I will let everyone know how big she is!!! :o)

~~~~~~~~JANUARY 11th~~~~~~~~~

Went for my ultrasound yesterday and the baby is doing GREAT!!!! She now weighs 1 1/2 lbs!!!! They said she has long legs like my other daughter!! It was great to get to see her!! Can't wait until the day I can finally hold her in my arms!

~~~~~~~~FEBRUARY 11th~~~~~~~~~

I am now 28 weeks and in my 3rd trimester!!! Time is flying by!! Went for an ultrasound on Thursday and Baby BRIANNA is doing GREAT!!!! She now weighs 2 lbs 9 ozs.!!!!! I go this week for my glucose test. Then in 2 more weeks I see the doctor to get the results of the test and check on the baby. Getting so close to the BIG DAY!!!!!!! :o)

~~~~~~~~~MARCH 11th~~~~~~~~

Can't believe that I am 32 weeks!!!!! It is going so quickly!!!! I have been going every week for a non-stress test at the hospital to monitor the baby because of my high blood pressure. Everything is fine with the baby. I had my glucose test and blood work and all is well. I went last week for an ultrasound and BABY BRIANNA now weighs 4 lbs. 4 ozs.! She is growing good. They have me going every 2 weeks for an ultrasound to check on her growth to make sure that my high blood pressure is not affecting her. So far, everything is just GREAT!!!!!!!! :o)

~~~~~~~~APRIL 7th~~~~~~~~~~

Went to the doctors on April 3rd and had an ultrasound. My little girl now weighs 6 lbs. 13 ozs. !!!! The doctor has decided that I should be induced because of my blood pressure. It has gone up a little but he said it will be better to induce me. The date for me to be induced will be Monday, April 14th!!!!! VERY SOON!!!!!!!!!! I can't wait to hold my baby girl!!!!!!!

~~~~~~~APRIL 17TH~~~~~~~~

BRIANNA MARIE is finally here!!!!! She was born on Monday, April 14th at 5:32 pm. She weighed 7 lbs. 7 ozs and is 19" long. She has lots of black hair!!!! My other 3 children had NO HAIR!!!! I don't know where all hers came from!!! The delivery went great and I had no problems. I did have an epidural. The labor lasted about 8 hours. I only had to push for about 15 minutes. Not bad!!! She is a very good baby. Only crys when she is hungry. She takes about 2 ozs. of formula every 2 - 3 hours. My kids can't get enough of her!! They don't want to go to school!! It's great to finally hold her in my arms. :o)