While I’m prepping for Awesome-A’s entrance into the world of 5-K I’m also prepping for the arrival of Hubby and my third child. Yep I sneaked that one in on you. With all of the loss my husband and I have had in the baby department we were a little reluctant to share our news right away. About 6 weeks ago we made our announcement that we were expanding our family. I’m currently 27 weeks pregnant with our second son. Baby Omega T’Challa Kobe as we affectionately call him is doing well and this pregnant has not been as rough as my previous pregnancies. Baby OTK is healthy and extra active like his sister was in utero and is a polydactyl just like mommy and big brother. I was born with 11 fingers, Awesome-A had 12 and it seems Baby OTK will also be born with 12 fingers. The extra fingers are what made me certain that our third baby was a boy before we had the anatomy scan. I’ve done quite a bit of research in genetics over the past few years.
One thing I hadn’t even thought about until a friend mentioned it was if this child would be neurotypical. That’s not anything I ever really worried about because I know we could handle it. When Awesome-A was diagnosed with ASD it wasn’t a surprise to me and luckily I was aware enough to know that Autism has a very wide spectrum and that early intervention was important. I wasn’t worried during any of my pregnancies because all I wanted was a healthy baby and so far I’ve been blessed to have just that. In life we tend to worry about all of these things we have no control over. I’ve found that not stressing out while pregnant or in other situations non pregnancy related has been the greatest lesson I’ve learned in my just south of thirty years of living. Being a military wife has definitely taught me to just roll with the punches.
So my advice to all the pregnant mommas out there is to not sweat the small stuff, prepare for what you can and pray about the things you have no control over. Being a parent is all about dealing with the hand you’re dealt and learning as you go.
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