{Surprise Tesch}

Last week my husband and I discovered that I we are having another baby! We were very surprised since this was unplanned and I was on birth control. We were wanting to try again for another baby when Lily was about 2. Space them a good age apart, be able to save some money, develop a plan...... Apparently God had another plan for us. We are very excited, but scared. When the new baby is born Lily will be 18 months, so I will have 2 babies under 2. I was just starting to get the hang of one! I can do it, I have faith that everything is going to work out and we will be blessed with an amazing and healthy baby.

I think I'm more scared about how this pregnancy will be on my body then I am about having 2 kids under 2. If you have been following me for a while, you know that I had a pretty rough pregnancy with Lily. You can read my post about when I went to the hospital for Hyperemesis Gravidarum or read my post about how I retained an insane amount of water and got Cankles. I went on my first round of bed rest at 21 weeks along since I was going into preterm labor. Way to early to be going into labor! I did bed rest again at 30 weeks, 32 weeks, and then when I hit 34 weeks. You can read about when I was put on bed rest at 34 weeks here. I had surgery on my cervix to remove polyps which were causing me to go into labor at around 34 weeks. Then I had a urinary tract infection that was causing me to have contractions that were very very painful. The doc told me that those pains were worse then actual labor and she was sooooo right. I was on nefedipene (I have no idea how to spell this) pills to stop my labor since 21 weeks, when I went to the hospital for various visits they gave me a shot of trabudelene (I have no idea how to spell this either) to stop my contractions. It was rough......but in the end, I gave birth at 37 weeks exactly to a beautiful 7 pound, 14 ounce baby girl who has become my everything.

If I have to be sick through this pregnancy to have a healthy baby, then I'll do whatever it takes. I am going to do a few things different this time. I'd like you to hold me accountable....be my Team Nikki.

• Workout 4 days a week even if its a workout video at home or walking with the stroller.
• No soda....I love root beer and it loves me, but its just too much sugar and I really don't want to gain as much weight as I did in my first pregnancy....60 pounds. ( I have lost all but 10 pounds of that by the way.)
• More fruits, vegetables, and protein. I hate vegetables with a passion, but this isn't about me. I'll will do my best to eat more veggies. Not broccoli though....never!
• Go to sleep instead of staying up till midnight to clean the house, prepare meals, and do laundry.
• Take it easy and not be so hard on myself to have everything perfect, clean, and organized. I will still continue to do all of those things cause that's who I am, but I will try and cut myself some slack this time.

So my due date as of now is November 8, 2011 and I am 7 weeks along. I am currently throwing up.....sorry I couldn't think of a nicer way to say it.....about 8 to 10 times a day, but I am on Zofran now to help with that so hopefully I won't be sick as much. It amazes me how quickly I am showing! Here I am with my little Lily and baby bump at 7 weeks. Sorry for the iPhone photo, its a little blurry.