We're pregnant!

I think I'm about 7 weeks along (LMP age, not gestational age). This is such a shock! We are going to have another child! Considering what we went through to get PG the first time, the fact that I'm still breastfeeding, and the (in)frequency of conception opportunities, this conception is "more" of a miracle than the first one!

I started wondering around the 10th of January. My periods started back up when DS was 4 or 5 months old, and had been pretty regular at 28-29 days. I expected that it might start while we were gone on vacation 12/26/02-1/1/03. I was pleased, but not surprised, that it didn't. My milk supply was extra high right before Christmas, but the past 3 weeks it has been dropping. I have been extra tired for about the past 2 weeks, and this past week I have felt bloated and my stomach has been queasy in the mornings until I get some food into it.

DS has his 9 month checkup this coming Thursday, and I was planning on getting a test at the doctor then if it was still a question. The possibility and not knowing was just too much for DH today. He bought me a PG test while grocery shopping. The instructions said to wait 3 minutes, but that a positive could show up in a minute. By the time I got off the toilet to wash my hands the pink line was visible! The control line wasn't there yet, but the PG line was!

It took me a few minutes to figure out how to tell DH, because he commented a several times in the past week that he isn't ready for another child yet. He didn't want two in diapers at the same time. So now we're both in shock. I'm excited, but I don't think the reality has hit yet. DH is starting to think about changes in vacation plans for next summer (EDD is mid-September if my memory is right for my menstrual history -- I hadn't been righting it down), changes in our personal activities, a new vehicle, and probably a new house.

I'm starting this new blog because some family members may still be reading Blog to a Baby, and we're not ready to tell anyone yet. DH did call our pastor and ask for prayers this evening, though. We will probably tell my dad tomorrow. We're already further along than when we told our church last time, but this one is different.