Well, I thought I would make this blog to keep a diary of my pregnancy...but I realize, now being in my 2nd trimester, there's not much to update on a daily basis. So I'll just blog away whatever comes to mind...so speaking of pregnancy, How about I tell you how I found out I am pregnant!

It is a rather funny story actually, a little detailed and a little graphic for my man readers too...But let me start by saying that it was a complete surprise! I have prided myself on my ability to plan and organize pretty much everything that goes on in my life. Especially when it came to the conception of my children. Granted Jasmine was a surprise as well, but it was more of a "whatever happens, happens" plan. Not sure when I got it, but I got this book called Taking Charge of Your Fertility. It pretty much tells you what you need to know about a woman's cycle. That's where Natural Family Planning comes in. A plan to prevent OR conceive a pregnancy. I've pretty much been doing that for the past 11 years now. Julia and Jaclyn were conceived after 1 & 2 months of trying on the NFP. And all the times in between were planned to prevent it. I had always thought I might have another child after Jaclyn. But the past year or two, we were pretty content with the way our lives were. So in my mind (keyword MY) I was done...Well, lo and behold, sometime at the end of Oct. to my shock...this plan failed. "What?!" "How did this happen?!" "I'm always so GOOD at planning things!!" Those were just some of the thoughts that went thru my head. Which brings me to how I found out...
See I always keep track of my monthly "visitor". I like to know when things are most likely to happen and that helps with the NFP method. I'm always regular, so when I became ONE day late...I had that gut feeling that something was up. Of course there was still that chance that stress could've delayed it...that's what I was hoping for anyways...so from that point till the next 2 days all I could think about was where my period was!! lol. So on Thu. Nov 20, it was a half day. On the way home I dropped by CVS and got a test. Came out positive!
The next night our friend's May and Nelson took us out to dinner to celebrate Andrew's new job and she asked me if I got my "visitor" yet and I told her I'm prego. She was supposed to start the same time as me! Well, i joked that it would be funny if she was prego too. So we went to Walmart after dinner and she found out she was in the Walmart bathroom! HAHA. Talk about God's plans, not our own! haha So here we are, 16 weeks along. I'm finally able to enjoy life again. The first month I was a mess. So I'm glad to start feeling like my old self again. At my first dr's appt. they did an ultrasound and that was the moment I fully accepted this beautiful, amazing GIFT from God! I thank God for this blessing and pray everyday for guidance, encouragement and esp. a smooth pregnancy and delivery!!