Third Love
I have always wanted as many children as God thought fit....and that made sense for our family. I think we were still in the hospital with Zachary when I started thinking about the third....Matt was like Oh slow your roll sister!
For a few years we had different opinions on a third Hampton baby. I know some would say I pushed or pressured but here is the deal....if you have met my husband you know he doesn't do ANYTHING he doesn't want to! I respect him for that and respected his reasons why we should wait a little longer!
NYE 2017 we decided that 2018 would be the year we would try! We wanted to get through family vacation because who wants to be pregnant driving through the mountains or the beach?! Well once again...jokes on me ! The entire week of vacation we made jokes about why I couldn't seem to get enough to eat... you guys it was hysterical ! Considering we had only stopped preventing the week prior we just laughed it off !
We came home from vacation and that Monday I got to meet my beautiful friends daughter to do her newborn photos.That day holding her I knew in my gut!.I had a few odd symptoms that I only have with pregnancy . On the way home I stopped at the drugstore and stocked up on pregnancy tests because well we all know I love taking them! Smack dab in the middle of the afternoon that Monday I took a test and baam....that little faint line that makes your heart skip a beat! I didn't even know what to do....I was SHOCKED . Not to give too much info but lets just say we stopped preventing .... then 3 days later slept with our children for a week on vacation so what are the chance ?!?!
I wish I could tell you that I had a magical surprise for Matt but lets be real.... I texted him and said " Go to the conference room and call me"...he knew right away!!! With some prior issues I knew I would need to call the dr right away so we could keep an eye on things ! I went that week for blookwork and we realized I was just at 4 weeks.
This is where things got tricky....just like with Maxwell around week 5/6 I started spotting bad. Now I have been around long enough and walked devastating roads with my family and friends so I knew this pregnancy was in Gods hands. We had told no one and were about to leave on a weekend trip to Gatlinburg to celebrate friends birthdays. We were in the driveway while our friends loaded up in our van and I got the phone call.... my numbers hadn't doubled. Not even close. It was a Friday and they told me to come in again Monday to check and to let them know if the spotting worsened. I cried behind my sunglasses as I drove a van full of friends south. I ended up texting my parents because I needed them praying in agreement with us. I walked around all weekend saying to myself " thank you Lord for this life , thank you for this baby. This baby is strong and healthy". Its amazing what His comfort and love does to you. I felt such peace.
A few days later at my Dr.s apt my numbers had doubled...slowly...but they were increasing. July was a wild month for me...I traveled every week. The same week after Gatlinburg I traveled to FL for a friends bachelorette party. I shared the news with my sisters and ended up sharing with the group once one of the other bridesmaids also admitted she was 7 weeks pregnant ! Arriving home from that trip I woke up to wonderful lab report and a miracle ultra sound where I saw the cutest little gummy bear and a flicker of the heartbeat! Around 13 weeks the spotting finally stopped as well!
We told close friends and family after we told the boys.....their reaction was pretty non reactive which made me laugh hysterically. We are praising God for this sweet little life !!!!
For a few years we had different opinions on a third Hampton baby. I know some would say I pushed or pressured but here is the deal....if you have met my husband you know he doesn't do ANYTHING he doesn't want to! I respect him for that and respected his reasons why we should wait a little longer!
NYE 2017 we decided that 2018 would be the year we would try! We wanted to get through family vacation because who wants to be pregnant driving through the mountains or the beach?! Well once again...jokes on me ! The entire week of vacation we made jokes about why I couldn't seem to get enough to eat... you guys it was hysterical ! Considering we had only stopped preventing the week prior we just laughed it off !
We came home from vacation and that Monday I got to meet my beautiful friends daughter to do her newborn photos.That day holding her I knew in my gut!.I had a few odd symptoms that I only have with pregnancy . On the way home I stopped at the drugstore and stocked up on pregnancy tests because well we all know I love taking them! Smack dab in the middle of the afternoon that Monday I took a test and baam....that little faint line that makes your heart skip a beat! I didn't even know what to do....I was SHOCKED . Not to give too much info but lets just say we stopped preventing .... then 3 days later slept with our children for a week on vacation so what are the chance ?!?!
I wish I could tell you that I had a magical surprise for Matt but lets be real.... I texted him and said " Go to the conference room and call me"...he knew right away!!! With some prior issues I knew I would need to call the dr right away so we could keep an eye on things ! I went that week for blookwork and we realized I was just at 4 weeks.
This is where things got tricky....just like with Maxwell around week 5/6 I started spotting bad. Now I have been around long enough and walked devastating roads with my family and friends so I knew this pregnancy was in Gods hands. We had told no one and were about to leave on a weekend trip to Gatlinburg to celebrate friends birthdays. We were in the driveway while our friends loaded up in our van and I got the phone call.... my numbers hadn't doubled. Not even close. It was a Friday and they told me to come in again Monday to check and to let them know if the spotting worsened. I cried behind my sunglasses as I drove a van full of friends south. I ended up texting my parents because I needed them praying in agreement with us. I walked around all weekend saying to myself " thank you Lord for this life , thank you for this baby. This baby is strong and healthy". Its amazing what His comfort and love does to you. I felt such peace.
A few days later at my Dr.s apt my numbers had doubled...slowly...but they were increasing. July was a wild month for me...I traveled every week. The same week after Gatlinburg I traveled to FL for a friends bachelorette party. I shared the news with my sisters and ended up sharing with the group once one of the other bridesmaids also admitted she was 7 weeks pregnant ! Arriving home from that trip I woke up to wonderful lab report and a miracle ultra sound where I saw the cutest little gummy bear and a flicker of the heartbeat! Around 13 weeks the spotting finally stopped as well!
We told close friends and family after we told the boys.....their reaction was pretty non reactive which made me laugh hysterically. We are praising God for this sweet little life !!!!
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