Pregnancy: The Second (third) Time Around, Part One

It's crazy to think, but my body has not been mine for the past two years.  At (almost) 34 weeks into my third pregnancy, I feel like I've come to accept the fact that I will forever be pregnant...like it's a constant part of me.  Sometimes I whine, but at the same time, I'm grateful that we are able to get pregnant and I'm grateful for all three of my pregnancies, no matter how long or short they may have been.  And each one has been different.....

How We Found Out:
June 2011:  Dustin was working a very early shift at Walgreens the day we found out about our first pregnancy.  It was one of those things where we were ready & wanting to have our first baby.  So, early that morning at about 5am, all by myself, I found out that we were blessed to be pregnant.  Of course, with it being our first, I had to come up with some sort of creative way to tell Dustin.  I remember how slowly the hours went by, waiting for him to get home from work.  I had gone to Target to get a piggy bank and attached a cute little note to it.  We couldn't believe our dream was finally coming true!!!!  Here was how we told our parents.  I still love going back and watching these videos:

October 2011: It was Fall Break from school and my parents were in town.  We had finished doing yard work and were all taking naps before getting ready to head out to dinner.  I remember waking Dustin up and telling him that I just had this weird, internal feeling that I was pregnant.  I had no symptoms or anything, just that internal feeling.  So, I asked him to go to Walgreens to pick up a pregnancy test.  He lied and told my parents that he was going to get an SD card for our camera before we headed out to dinner.  Sure enough, a few minutes after he came home from his errand, we found out we were pregnant with our second baby!  It was so bittersweet.  I didn't care about coming up with a special way to tell anyone.  In fact, I marched right out into the kitchen and told my parents.  We were so excited to be pregnant again so soon after our miscarriage!  We were 5 1/2 weeks along when we found out.  I love this picture because it always reminds me of the night we told both sets of our parents that we were pregnant again...

 April 2013: Much like the second time around, we found out about this pregnancy based on my gut instincts.  It was a Sunday and Dustin was out doing work stuff; I called him and asked him to pick up a pregnancy test on his way home.  I told him I had taken one earlier and that there was a really, really faint second line.  I even started to second guess myself that the second line wasn't there (that's how faint it was).  So, I asked him to pick up a digital one that clearly says "pregnant" or "not pregnant".  Again, I took it right when he got home and it said "not pregnant".  I knew otherwise, so I decided I would wait until morning to use the other one,  and sure enough at 6am the next morning, it said "pregnant".  Turns out, I was only 3 weeks pregnant when we found out with this one.  Susie took this picture the day we told them about our third pregnancy:

(I have another fun video of us telling my parents via skype...hopefully I can share that later).

I feel like these are moments in my life that I will NEVER forget; it's in that moment of getting a positive pregnancy test that your life forever changes.  I think any woman that has experienced that exciting moment knows what I'm talking about.  I've been blessed to experience it three times, and it NEVER gets any less exciting!