BamamaPancakes

I’m not even sure where to begin this blog. This pregnancy has had all the feels and much information to process regularly. Many have asked about the details, so in true Carly fashion, here I am writing about it: We were at one of our first appointments for this pregnancy, and the nurse was checking my medical history. She said, “And this is your seventh pregnancy?” I laughed out loud and said oh no, definitely not 7. She very kindly looked at the chart, looked at me, and turns out, when including extremely early miscarriages, this is in fact the seventh time I’ve been pregnant. (I immediately thought of Sound of Music and Maria muttering “Seven?? Yes, but SEVEN??”) Seventh pregnancy. It’s our fourth since Abram. The second since then that made it past a week, and the first that has had a heartbeat and growth. It’s the fourth time that I’ve made it past the first trimester, stretched enough to have to give up pants that button (oh, darn), and the fourth time we’ve...