I’m pregnant, take two

I wasn’t planning on announcing my second pregnancy quite yet. Perhaps I should have thought of that before I mentioned it to the reporter from CNN who was interviewing me about things I’d learned and experienced during pregnancy.

Oh well. These things happen.

So, surprise!! And in case you’re remembering my declaration in our Christmas letter that we wouldn’t be announcing a new baby anytime soon … I was already pregnant when I penned that, but didn’t know it. I knew it shortly thereafter though, and have been enjoying frequent reminders in the form of nausea, fatigue, and headaches ever since.

No mood swings though. None. And if Mike says otherwise, don’t believe him.

I’m just over eight weeks pregnant now, so all going well, the new baby will be born in August right around the time our first baby turns two. I will likely be in Australia for the birth, based out of my parent’s house again. And apart from that, a lot of other variables are still up in the air. More on those variables in coming weeks.

We did have an early ultrasound at the local hospital here, though. Our language skills didn’t stretch far enough to pick up on any of the technical details, but we understood enough to know that the little one has parked their being in the right location and that there seems to be bo mi ben ha (no problems) at this stage.

And to that, we say a great big hooray.

PS. Here’s how Dominic has taken the news:

“What exactly do you mean when you say that I’m going to be a big brother?”

“Because you’re starting to scare me with all this talk of sharing, and how my life is going to change …”

“Oh, you guys. You almost had me. Then you said that I was going to learn that I wasn’t the center of the universe and I realized that you simply must be joking. Good one.”

So, friends, what’s new in your life lately?