Our Announcement

Beware this post is created by a hormonal, very sensitive, pregnant woman :-)

Well our announcement came out a little earlier than what I wanted as a result of being punched in the face by a patient this past weekend. For those of you who don't know, I work on Mental Health. Due to HIPPA, I can't really elaborate on why or how it happened. After the assault, nursing staff was making sure I was okay and I revealed that I was pregnant and that the only test they could do is a simple neurologic test to make sure I was okay.

Well, it was out now, and there wasn't any hiding it now (this is small town livin'). I came home from work and let Ryan know what happened, and I told him it wasn't fair that staff know at the hospital and that our kids, family & friends didn't know; so I gave him permission to tell. He would have told the day we found out, but because this was such a SURPRISE to both of us, I needed time to take this in. We tried for a couple years after we moved here to have another baby, but were unsuccessful. Then Ryan's diagnosis of cardiomyopathy came, and I felt like this was an appropriate time to finish school just in case something were to happen. I've spent the last two years working on my nursing degree and just have one more year left. I've lied awake many nights since I found out I was pregnant wondering why now, and of course, only come up with Sunday school answers; which are simple and easy answers, but not always easy to accept. Because I have always wasted too much time focusing on the future and never having control of it, I also have spent many nights trying to strategically plan out this next school year hoping & praying that an uneventful pregnancy can occur & that I will have the ability to finish nursing school. Then I reflect on my two other pregnancies and think...what was simple & easy about either one of those? Then I reflect about life, and I think, what part of this is ever easy? I go back to my motto that I adopted when I moved here, "I can do hard things!"

I have an excellent support team and couldn't ask for better friends and family to help me achieve what I will consider to be a mighty miracle of giving birth & finishing school. My estimated due date is March 10, 2011 which is during spring break at school. Can you see "my" plan?

The excitement in the home has changed dramatically since we told the kids. Trevor asked me if I could grow a boy & a girl so that they each can have one...as if it's a toy to play with. He has surprised me a lot with how sensitive he has been toward me. We'll see if it last. Kayla couldn't be more thrilled and asked me if she could be there when I have this baby...yeah, I don't know about that? I might scar her for life!

So, there you have it! Baby Lough # 3 on it's way! I'll be anxious to see how it all ends!!!