Big news!

Ryan, Raegan and I are happy to announce that Raegan is going to be a big sister!!!!! For this is the reason that I have been blogging MIA. I have been so sick. This pregnancy has been beyond miserable and I didn't think it could be any worse than Raegan's was but man was I wrong.

I am 17 weeks and have lots of catching up to do. So here goes...

Raegan turned 2 July 30. We went under contract on the new house on July 31. We decided the following week that after the next cycle we would say whatever happens happens and go off birth control. Well, we are America's most fertile because I got pregnant immediately once again. September 3 Ball State played IU at Lucas Oil Stadium. I woke up that morning so freaking nauseous. We had a baby sitter coming over for Raegan and Ryan and I were going to head downtown to tailgate before the game. He said I was pregnant and was going on a beer run and would pick up a pregnancy test. I said there was no point to take it because I was still 5 days away from my period. But of course as soon as he returned with it I took it and BAM pregnant. What the what? I was only 3 weeks and a couple days and I was already feeling like crap. With Raegan I was ok until week 6 before getting sick for 6 weeks. I wasn't so lucky this time. I was nauseous from week 3 until week 6 then I started puking and puking and puking and puking. I called my OB immediately and got some prescription meds. They did nothing. By week 8 I was down 4 pounds and by week 12 I was down 8. I was on Zofran, Phenegran, Reglan, and Vitamin B6... all worthless. Finally by my 16 week appointment my OB told me to try Unisom the sleep aid. It has helped a lot. But I am still not out of the woods yet.

I started feeling moving really early this time like 12-13 weeks. This baby is so active its unreal. Raegan never was this crazy. Ryan and I might be having a wild child. Is it a boy? Maybe? Maybe not. We go for our anatomy ultrasound on December 29. As of now we are planning on NOT finding out the gender, if we can make it through the appointment without asking. And if you know Ryan and I, this is crazy. We bought everything pink for Raegan, carseat, stroller, pack n play, swing, bumbo...everything. We will end up getting a gender neutral carseat this spring just in case its a boy but we will keep the pink one too. And we arent doing a gender neutral nursery. We are waiting until after the baby is born to do the nursery since the baby will be in our room for the first month or two.

We pretty much have our names set but aren't telling those either. We are keeping everything a surprise since there is a good chance this will be our last baby since I am so sick again. I can't take it. There have been days that I didn't know if I was going to make it through the day. My house has been a mess, I don't cook anymore because nothing sounds good and certain smells, like the pantry make me puke. My child watches way too much tv so I can rest and nap. But remind me of all this again in 2 years when I am ready for another one!