From Pepsi to Coke???

Good thing I didn't make any promises on my last post eh? Geeze, I stink at being a consistent blogger. Oh well.

January 2nd we got some BIG news here in the Behrens' home. Baby #4 (4th and final might I add) is on it's way!!!!!!!!!! With being pregnant, there's millions of questions that follow... I'll try to answer a few. :)

How far along am I? Umm, we're not sure just yet. From what I know for sure, I'm at least 6 weeks. The doctors only ask you one question to determine your due date, and the answer to that question isn't as clear as I'd like it to be and could put me at 6 1/2 weeks, due September 3rd (AJ's birthday). BUT... when I gave the answer to that question to the doctors when I was pregnant with AJ, I should have only been about 4 weeks... and I was 11 weeks (yes, almost into my second trimester!) I've been feeling nauseaus, blah and tired on and off for about 3 weeks and some other factors point to me being closer to 10 weeks, putting the due date at August 7th. But we'll find out soon enough. Dr. appointments start next week. :)

Congrats?? Yes! Congrats to us! As crazy as it sounds to some, we planned baby number 4. And actually, I kind of hoped it would come 6 or more months ago. I wanted Glaiden and this baby to be closer in age than 3 years apart. AJ and Jessah were 17 months and to me, it was perfect! 3 years apart is good, but its the absolute furthest apart I wanted my children. And I've always wanted 4 kids. :) 26 years old and done? YES! I like it!

Why didn't we wait to announce? Some people say to wait until about 12 or so weeks to announce. Understandable because of the rate of miscarriage (under 10 weeks pregnant,25% chance of miscarriage). Some people wait because if they announce the pregnancy too soon, then miscarry, they don't want to have to explain what happened to everyone. Completely understand that. That's just not how we feel about it. We feel that I was lucky enough to have 3 healthy, normal, full term pregnancies. The pregnancy test was positive. I'm young. I don't smoke. I never drink while pregnant, and when I'm not pregnant and I do drink, I am 110% responsible about it. And I hate feeling sick and tired and if I complain about it too much, I hate having to lie to people about such a good thing! If, Heaven forbid, I do miscarry, I will be devastated... but I have fantastic people in my life who would understand and be there for me. Enough said! :)

How am I feeling? Ha! Um... nauseaus, tired, blah, sick. Ick. Worse than I remember with other preganacies. (There's something magical about being a mother... as soon as a child is born, everything you went through during pregnancy and labor and sleepless nights - is insignificant. You don't remember how miserable you actually felt.) I had morning sickness with my other kids, but I remember it being bad in the morning and then that was it. I don't start feeling up to anything until about 4:00 pm this go-around. It sucks. I toss and turn at night, don't want to eat, but when I start, I eat like it's been a week. My stomach is constantly growling and hungry yet nothing sounds delicious. And the absolute worst thing so far (yes, I know that's dramatic) I have (had) a severe addiction to Pepsi. Caffine is a big part of that, but it's mostly Pepsi itself. Now? EW!! It tastes flat! Coke tastes better. And Coke is a dirty word in this house. :(

Do we have a boy/girl prefrence? Not really. I would like for Jessah to have a sister. I think it would be really great for her. AJ wants a sister because it makes a pattern in our family. Boy, girl, boy, girl... :) Jessah wants a sister. Glaiden... ha. He isn't sure what's going on yet. And David wants a boy, just because boys are easier. Either way we will be thrilled and happy to have him/her in our life!

Thanks again for all of the congratulations and well wishes. I'll try my hardest to give the milestone updates. :)