Truth Be Told

So...the BIG announcement is this...YES, I'm pregnant! I've managed to tell quite a few people already, but for those who don't know, I thought you might want to. I'm still really early -- 6 1/2 weeks and I know it's kind of taboo to tell people until your in the "safe" zone, but aside from the fact that I'm a blabbermouth and simply CANNOT keep a secret of this magnitude to myself, I do have a philosophy about telling people early. First of all, with my first pregnancy, we didn't tell anyone and all that happened was I ended up having to call our families from the ER around midnight to inform them I had to have emergency surgery to remove the ectopic pregnancy. That sure was fun...NOT. I came to the conclusion that if something were to happen to this pregnancy, people would find out anyway...anyone close to me at least would know because I'd be out sick from work, needing help, depressed, etc. Secondly, when you're exhausted beyond belief and feel like ralphing every 5 minutes, it's kind of nice to have people know that there is some legitimacy to your vacant behavior.

So, there it is. My philosophy in a nutshell. And the reason for officially announcing it. If posting it on a blog can coun't as being "official". I'll know more at my first appt on the 27th, but after 3 different blood draws, they have pretty much ruled out an ectopic pregnancy again. Yay. I know that nothing is for sure and I hope and pray things are ok, but I know that if it isn't, I will be fine.

In the meantime, I am pretty much freaking out because holy cow I'm having another kid! Chance and the baby will be 2 years, 1 month apart and as much as this was planned and I want them close together, it seems so fast. It will be great, I know, but being a parent is never easy and I'm scared at the prospect of doing it all over again. I just love Chancey so much and I hope I'm not jinxing our perfect little family.

With that being said, I'm ending this little ramble of mine. I will let you all know how it goes in a few weeks!