Like the Song Says, Doing it My Way

We originally said when we first discovered we were pregnant that we were going to do EVERYTHING we possibly could to celebrate this baby.  And people are just as excited as we are about the baby, and there are tons of offers, suggestions, advice, and mom-shaming going around it all.  But things change, and not all of the things that we thought we would do will happen.

 Like, we aren't doing a gender reveal party.  I'm not saying that there is anything wrong with doing a gender reveal party, I'm just saying it isn't for us right now.

But, we are doing some things.  We told our families when we found out we were pregnant, and we announced to the world this little miracle on week 9 (no, we didn't wait for the magical 2nd trimester.  Morning sickness makes it almost impossible!)

We have gone shopping to get the things we don't want others to get our baby:  We got a cradle & some of the furniture for the nursery. 

We aren't going to wait to share what the baby is, but we will keep the name secret til the baby is born. And after we know what the baby is, we will be getting a few special clothing pieces to celebrate the coming child.

I think the biggest thing is preparing for the baby, and extra things that could potentially add stress just doesn't seem like a good idea.  Plus, in about 6 weeks, I'm going to be home-bound and on bed rest for the rest of the pregnancy, so trying cram as much as we can into those weeks just doesn't seem wise.

No matter what we do, people will have opinions.  It just doesn't matter to me :-).  What does matter is staying calm, collected, and continuing to be excited about the baby!

The adventure awaits,

Cana

Double Surprise!

Two years ago, my husband and I were told because of a condition he had, pregnancy would be impossible.

Funny, I'm now currently 14 weeks pregnant.  And we couldn't have been more surprised. 

But there's more.  During the first ultrasound, we discovered that I too had a unique condition that was going to make the current pregnancy & any future pregnancies really interesting:  I have uterus didelphys.  In laymen's terms, I have a double cervix & a double uterus.

We had already known that this pregnancy was going to be high risk, because I have only 1 kidney (yep, at this point, I realize I'm like a Fairy Princess, a Mermaid, and a Unicorn rolled into one!).  That makes me about 1 in 3,000.  But the fact that I got pregnant is a miracle.

So after talking to doctors, specialists, and doing my own research online, I realized that there wasn't much positive out there about Didelphys pregnancies.  And I thought I would try and give a little bit of hope to what ever woman finds this blog.

As a whole, my pregnancy has been completely "normal".  Or at least as normal as you can get with a double uterus.

I mean, isn't this little one not just the cutest thing in my body ;-)?

In 2 weeks, Hubby & I will be finding out what the baby is, boy or girl (and no, we don't care as long as the baby is healthy).

And no matter what surprises my body decides to throw at us, I couldn't be happier.

So here is to a unique journey, one that we were told never to expect.

Cana