the clark's: Baby Clark

Baby Clark: Due December 2014.

Yepp, Bryce and I are having a baby! Due December 18, 2014! We are having a girl and her name is Reagan Nicole Clark. Right now I am 20 weeks! Half way there! Bryce has only spent a few weeks total with me throughout the pregnancy. When he came in July we went over to my work (I work in OB/GYN) and had an ultrasound so he could see our cute babe! I think that is when it really became real for him. We are very excited/nervous/scared/happy for this new adventure!

So, I've always wanted to have a baby but the timing just never felt right, even though friends of mine were already working on baby #2 or #3! Bryce and I discussed it and planned to move to a town home in April when our lease was up and then we would start trying in April. Every time I would think about it and try to move up the time of trying I just kept coming back to April and thinking "just wait, it will work out". So then I would go with that feeling and be okay with waiting. Then I would think about moving it up again and that thought would come back "just wait till April, it will work out". I finally stopped worrying about it and would plan think about it again in April. Then when Bryce got his job offer in February and we learned I wouldn't have to work up in Washington (unless I wanted too) and if I stayed here for the summer to pay off all our bills I could stay at home I knew that now was our time to start trying for a baby! Even though it wasn't April yet, I knew we were waiting for this moment and timing in our life. I have always wanted to be a stay at home mom and I feel so blessed to be able to do that.

Except I was nervous, I have some issues with my "lady cycles" so I knew I would need some help getting pregnant. Luckily I work at the best place for it! I went and saw my doctor, told her the situation and said I only have 2 months to try and get pregnant before Bryce leaves. I immediately started a medication to induce "aunt flow" and then had to take Clomid (a medication to help you ovulate-which my body wasn't doing naturally). I took the medicine, had a few ultrasounds to make sure things were working and they were! 6 days before I was supposed to miss my period I took an early pregnancy test. Negative. I was sad-but still hopeful because I was still early. Then a few days later I decided to take a random test again, just to see (it's hard not to take tests when you're really hoping it will happen-especially because you only have 2 months to try and it can take up to 6 months for normal fertile couples to get pregnant) and the line was so faint but it was positive! I was so excited! Bryce didn't believe it and neither did my mom but I saw the 2nd line! I took another test the day after I missed my period and it was much darker so I knew I was pregnant for sure!

At 6 weeks we saw the heartbeat on the ultrasound and things have been going well ever since! I don't have any nausea, although I throw up in the mornings- but then I feel great the rest of the day! I feel very blessed that I am not sick all the time. I don't have baby bump pictures because it still looks like my pre pregnancy chub but here are some pictures of Reagan!