A Brief History of Little Boy and his Mama

I have a blog about my pregnancy with Little Boy and one of 2005 - 2009; but I am trying to start fresh.

I am a fresh 30-something (and by fresh, I mean, I just turned 30 last October) and enjoying being a mom to Little Boy. I also enjoy crocheting, cross stitching, and sarcasm. I live in Wisconsin, the state of cheese, cows and 6 months of winter.

It took me 2 miscarriages and 16 months to get to Little Boy, born May 13th, 2009.

I got my first positive test on January 3, 2008, two days before we were supposed to leave for the Disney Half Marathon in Orlando, FL. I didn't run, but I enjoyed the vacation and the Packers win over Seattle in Favre's last year in GB. On February 4, 2008, we saw our first baby's heartbeat via ultrasound. 2 weeks later, I was in the same office, finding out that shortly after that first ultrasound, our baby passed away. Mother's intuition tells me it was a girl. Code name: Bean.

I got my second positive test sometime in early to mid June 2008. This was our anniversary baby, as we got married in late May. We went in for an ultrasound in early July. There was a nice round gestational sac and nothing else. A nice, big, correct for dates void. 3 ultrasounds later and we were told that we just had "shitty luck". The PA was very nice about both miscarriages. I was done with their too busy OBGYN practice and I miscarried on July 24, 2008.

On September 1, 2008 (also Labor Day), I was off work and used the last pregnancy test in the house. On December 9, 2009, I found out that Little Boy was Little Boy. 6 months later, at 8:41pm, I was listening to Little Boy cry at the injustice of being taken from his cozy home, no matter how long he had overstayed his welcome.

He is a delight and fulfills the "third time is the charm" prophecy perfectly well.