...and then, there were three!

So I (Faye) just realized that in the midst of writing our last blog I was already pregnant! Yep. I'm 21 weeks along right now and there have been interesting happenings inside of me since July. I'm due around April 3 or 4.

We found out we were pregnant five weeks into it and my reaction was "Oh my gosh" probably at least 20 times. I found out first and decided to tell King by putting a picture of me and the pregnancy stick on the wallpaper of the laptop that is hooked onto our TV. I was so excited, but King's reaction was "Oh no..."(needless to say, hormonal me wasn't so thrilled at those words). My mom cried and my mom and King's dad were super happy for us. My Nanay (dad's mom) is also excited to have her first great-grandchild. It was one of the best things to see, hear, and read people's reactions when they would find out that we were gonna have a baby. We have been feeling so much joy and support from everyone.

Shortly after we found out, my body began experiencing things that I had never felt before. One such phenomena was that I had nausea like no other nausea in my life. I've been seasick before, but there was nothing that could compare with this. Yes. What they called morning sickness does not do the woman going through it justice. I began calling it all day sickness. I began to really feel for chemo patients. It took a few months, and now I can say that I am SOOOO glad that's over.

Through that nausea season, I learned that God does actually hear and answer our cries for help. I say that the following story was a miracle He did for us. I was taking days off at a time from teaching at CSUF and HIU because I just knew I wouldn't be able to make it through the class. I was just too sick. It would be different if I was working in an office where I could just sit and do my work. As a teacher, I have to be "on" and the class counts on me to be fully present and keep the class moving. Anyway, before I was about to talk to my supervisor about maybe taking the rest of the semester off, he came up to me. He said he spoke with his boss and the Dean suggested that I take the rest of the semester off, but they would still pay me as if I was still working. That means that right now, besides my HIU class in the morning, I am actually getting paid every two weeks by CSUF and am able to stay home and rest. I still can't get over how everything worked out. God does make provision and does care.

When King and I finally heard the baby's heartbeat at 16 weeks, I teared up. It was one of the most beautiful sounds either of us have ever heard. That's when I actually started to really believe that I was pregnant. hehehe

So, now, after the morning sickness, the crazy mood swings that drove King crazy, the bug I caught when I thought I was going to cough out a lung, I'm still alive. My tummy has been growing and I've been feeling the baby moving for the last two weeks or so. Because it's still a little early, King hasn't been able to feel any movement yet...except last night at RH, he said he felt him/her. He made me smile because he said he/she gave him a high five. King has been so incredibly supportive and it warms my heart to hear him talk to the baby and be excited for baby to come. King is good for me in that he pushes me to exercise and eat healthier for the baby. I am so blessed to have him as my husband.

One last thing. Instead of going the conventional hospital birth way, we have decided to go with a midwife. South Coast Midwifery in Irvine has been nothing but the best. Check em out: http://www.southcoastmidwifery.com There are two rooms with beautiful beds where we have our appointments and the midwives and staff have been exceptional. My parents still aren't keen on the whole thing, but I'm hoping they'll ease up a little so that they'd let us have the baby in their big ol tub...at their house!

Oh, I promise not all our blogs will be this long...it's just been a while!

(Also, I need to mention that we know 18 other ladies that are also pregnant! Can you say, "Baby Boom"? Sheesh.)