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Pregnant after 35
capstone52501
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hello... let me introduce myself. :)
capstone52501
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My name is Jacinta and I am the big 40. I like to spread my babies out.. I had my son who is now 22 years old, when I was 17. I got married to a wonderful man when my son was 12 years old, we then decided to try to get pregnant. I was 30 when our daughter was born.. I must add that my husband is 6 years younger than I am. 
We were content with her being our last. Then people in our church kept telling us we needed to have one more. My husband said "NO" and I was in agreement at first. Then I started working on him but he would NOT change his mind. So I left it as such. Then he all of a sudden changed his mind.. MEN!!!!
So we started trying and began tracking my temps. 4 months later I am late, and I am normally right as rain, so I took a test and.. taa daaa.. two lines.
Now I have told of course my husband and one of my good friends and 2 women from church but noone else. I want to wait till the 4 month mark but am not sure my church friends can go that long.
My concern is my age.. even though I have never had any problems in the past either conceiving or staying pregnant full term. I have Faith things will be fine but there is still that little piece of me that wonders. One of my church friends was 42 when she had her son. So i have a wonderful support system.
I also need to figure out how to tell my parents.. they will not be thrilled. you have to understand they did NOT want kids. I was a suprise. I know I am 40, married (happily) and we have our own home. I still feel like a little kid trying to tell their parents what they did.
We also have not told our daughter. I did order a cute pink shirt with rhinestones on the front spelling out "I have a secret" and on the back in rhinestones " I am going to be a big sister" but am not sure when I will tell her..... again concerned if something might go wrong.
Maybe I will just let her wear that over to their house and see if they figure it out.. yep I am a chicken.
so far I have not had any strong symptoms... I was a bit quesy for a few weeks but now am fine. My breasts are extremely tender and I crave spaghetti and green olives, bottled water and ice tea. Sweet stuff is not high on my favorite list any more and neither is pop. I would much rather drink orange juice or 100% cranberry concord grape juice or water. I do get a few dizzy spells but they are few and far between.
None of my pregnancies have been remotely the same.
A little more about us as a family.. we live on a 60 acre farm, we have 4 arabians horses and 2 american shetland ponies we show. We also have several dogs and cats, one rabbit, one beta fish, and 5 chickens we hatched in an incubator.
I homeschool our daugher and am very blessed to be able to be a stay at home mom. We have learned to do with out fancy trips and new vehicles every 2 years but I would not trade it for anything in the world.
Thank you for letting me share.
this should be a fun adventure
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Re: hello... let me introduce myself. :)
Wow, you have quite a lovely life, it sounds like! And with that kind of comfort and confidence in what you and your hubby have built up together, I don't see any reason to be afraid to share this wonder news. Parents will be parents, of course. But you aren't them, and clearly you're happy having children. If they aren't happy... well, their loss?
All the best these next 9 months and beyond!
Your farm and your life sound wonderful. Congratulations! You have already got two successful births under your belt, so I bet you will be just fine. This is my first pregnancy, but my mom likes to remind me that HER mother gave birth to her at 38 years old--which was quite shocking way back in 1944.
I hope your parents will come around and be happy for you--if not right away, then after they've had a chance for the news to sink in. Just don't let them ruin your happiness!
Over-40 parents...what we lack in vigor, we make up for with cunning.
I think I will wait to tell them when our daughters shirt comes in the mail. yep I am a bwack bwack.. chicken.
I have my first Dr. appt. Friday at 8 AM. Our daughter will be going with me, she is wondering why I am going to the doctor and is nervous as to why I am going. I am holding her off for a little while.. she will be excited I know but I want to give her the shirt and then see how long it takes her to figure it out.. LOL
This should be a fun adventure that is for sure.
I am anxious, excited, scared, nervous.. pretty much every emotion. I think of all the "what ifs" but I also know that I have never had any problems before ( I know that has nothing to do with it). There is no history of birth defects in my family as well.
*deep breath* This will be a wonderful smooth safe happy healthy pregnancy.