A little about Mommy

Before I start recording my thoughts and experiences with Aysia and ???, let me give you a little bit of history about me and how I got to this point in my life. It's always good to understand the source, right?

I'm 43 years old and married to your dad for close to 5 years. We got married (eloped actually) on March 23, 2007 in Hawaii on the beach at sunset, and took a 3 week honeymoon around the islands of Hawaii and Bora Bora. It was amazing! And then we had a beautiful wedding reception on June 10th at a lovely winery in South Jersey.

Your dad and I were excited to have children, and hoped that being healthy and in good shape would work in our favor, even though we were in our late 30's. Well, when we started trying, that was not the case. By the time I turned 40, we had done numerous medicated cycles, 3 IUI's and 2 IVF's. We were just about to start our 3rd IVF, when I discovered I was pregnant. Naturally!! We were excited, but so, so cautious... But that's when all my exercising and healthfulness counted. I had an excellent pregnancy, hardly any symptoms at all, and Aysia was born - our wonderful, perfect daughter.

Then, about 18 months later, a had a little suspicion in the back of my head that I might be pregnant again. At this point, I was 43, and while we always hoped we would be able to have another, we hadn't started officially "trying" yet. In fact, I was still nursing Aysia twice a day and wasn't even back to a regular cycle yet. Lo and behold, there were two lines on the pregnancy test and were pregnant again! And again, it has been another wonderful pregnancy, with just a little hiccup at the very beginning, when I had so little symptoms that I was afraid I was no longer pregnant. But that was just my paranoia, and everything was just fine. And here I am, 32 weeks pregnant, and excited and nervous at the same time!

And the ironic thing about all of this, is that when I have the c-section, I will also be having my tubes tied. Diagnosed with infertility issues, yet having two natural pregnancies over the age of 40, and now having to get my tubes tied at age 43, since I don't want to be 45 and pregnant again. Who would have thought...

Well, I consider myself to be the luckiest person ever!!