Be present, they like to say, but the present eludes me when I write. I like to write in retrospect, when I have the perspective I need to wrap everything up neatly and tie it with a pretty bow. I like to understand – unfairly perhaps – what I want to share and what I want to hide. I like to know the end of the story, for good or for bad, because without the end of the story, how do I know the proper place to begin?
I suck at telling people how I feel in the moment. I laugh it off. I make a joke. Oh, I know, it’s terrible, but for the love of god, the drama, let’s gently mock me. It’s a false sense of control and calm I sell you, though I don’t do it maliciously and I don’t bend the truth. I am honest here and I tell you my faults as often as I tell you my virtues, my failures as often as I divulge my successes. Are omissions of thought untruths? Certainly, if you write a story in the middle, it is a very different story.
Last week, I wrote of Nate and the ice cream truck, “[s]ometimes, what you believe to be true is not and you are left holding nothing but a painting painted in water in the heat. Until someone hands you ice cream.”
I believed so many things in the last three years. I believed that the hemorrhage after Nate’s birth was caught too late and that the procedure to remove the retained tissue was done poorly; I believed that the damage done was severe; I believed the first surgeon when he said he had fixed it and I hoped fiercely. I believed the second surgeon when he disagreed, when he said that the scarring was still awful and that the odds of an ectopic pregnancy were high enough to warrant a second surgery. I believed him when he said (gently and with great compassion) post-surgery that he couldn’t clear the scarring, that the tube was completely blocked, that pregnancy was impossible and therefore the risks were low.
I believed and I took what comfort I could in answers. I let the anger flare and rage and fade. I began the process of refocusing, of talking to someone about my confusing emotions. I joked with Matt about our running clock. Fourteen years and nine months before he quits pharmacy forever and we rediscover, hopefully, with any luck, the life of travel, reading, and quiet togetherness that we remember.
That, as it turns out, was all painted in water on a hot sidewalk.
I didn’t believe this, even as I wilted in the heat and crawled exhausted through my days. Mono! I complained, pneumonia, low iron, my god, there’s something wrong. I didn’t dare to consider it until the day I winced when Nate brushed against my breast and then I wondered. I took a test believing myself to be the silliest, most deluded woman in the history of silly, deluded women. Two of the quickest bright red lines ever to appear on a little stick didn’t make me believe. I knew what they would say. It’s in the tube. Hysterectomy. Emergency.
But he or she isn’t. This story is at the beginning. It could be a water painting too. They tell me it’s not. They tell me that the numbers are excellent and the heartbeat is strong and the placement is perfect. I’m a believer, we all are, aren’t we? Despite it all, I want to believe.
How do I feel right now? Like someone handed me a triple scoop, chocolate deluxe waffle cone with hot fudge and sprinkles. Also, a little bit terrified that it’s not meant for me and they are going to want it back. Let’s pretend that’s not possible, let’s laugh it off, let’s gently mock me. Against all odds, our fifth child is due the week of my fortieth birthday, isn’t that amazing?
That is absolutely amazing and I am exceedingly happy for you.
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Yes! It is. Amazing. Congratulations to you!
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What wonderful news, it is amazing!
Teary-eyed at my desk with happiness for you (and I don’t even know you in real life!)
Crying….tears of joy, pouring down my face.
This is amazingly wonderful. I am so very happy for you!!
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Oh, that is so wonderfully wonderful! I’m so very, very happy for you! (Sniffle.)
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I’m so happy for you. (Which you knew.) BUT YAY FOR BABIES!!!!!!
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When I started to read this, I didn’t think it would have THAT ending!
I know I’m an anonymous reader over the inter webs, but after following your blog for a long time now, I can say that I am HAPPY for YOU!!! It’ll be the best 40th birthday gift ever :D :D :D
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Oh my. I didn’t see this coming at first. And then I did and my eyebrows raised and I grinned and I am so full of joy for you, my friend. For the sprinkle on top of your already lovely four scoops. Congratulations!
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ps, my mom was 40 when I was born and I’m pretty amazing.
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Congratulations!! How perfectly wonderful!
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CONGRATULATIONS!! That is such amazing news!!!
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I have tears and chills and all that is good {with extra sprinkles!} HOORAY for you!! I am so, so very happy for you all! xo
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I’m SO happy for you, and your wonderful family!!!
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Oh Stacey!!!!!
Happy tears for you – what amazing news!! Definitely a triple scoop – or a quintuple scoop?
LOVE THIS!
Yes. It is. Even if the ice cream fell off the cone, this would still be amazing. But, it won’t. Congrats! Aren’t we glad for the beginnings and middles of our stories too?
Omg. I got goosebumps & teary eyed!! Congratulations for this amazing gift!!
Good lord.
That’s wonderful news. All fingers here crossed toward the end of a long, fruitful savoring of this particular waffle cone.
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A thousand Mazel Tov’s! Hopefully, I will be there too for my triple scoop someday..
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Wow that is amazing!!! Congratulations!
I am triple-chocolate with sprinkles doing the happy dance for you, my friend. Happy, happy, joy, joy, and all that other happy stuff. :)
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I just did some sort of hip wiggling MC Hammer / Arsenio Hall dawg pound move. Those of us in this age bracket will understand. Haha! But Wooooooo! BAY BEY! So excited for all of you. Congratulations!
Oh, how great! I am so excited for your family. :) I always wished I would have had one more baby. Even though my youngest is 21 and I am 47, I would do it all over again.
Bless you sweetie and I will keep good thoughts going for you and the new baby!
OMG! Congratulations!!!
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Yes! It is amazing! Wonderful!
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Wow! That is simply amazing news! We never know what the universe has in store for us around the corner. I hope you have a happy, healthy pregnancy and a lovely bundle of joy for your birthday. Congratulations!
Oh the tears came halfway through reading this and they won’t stop…
I’m so happy for you and Matt. Blessings to you and the little miracle inside you.
YEAH!!! Welcome to the club (I am also a mother of 5)!!! I am so very excited for you and can’t wait to read the progress of this wonderful gift!
I have no words. Will “I’m so very happy for you” do?
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OMG!!!! Amazing! I’m so thrilled for you S. Wow.
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Wow wow wow absolutely amazing! Chills. So happy for you.
Steph
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Absolutely wonderful! You deserve that ice cream cone! :)
Very happy for you!
I don’t think I have ever commented, even though yours is one of the first blogs I check each day. But this just made me teary eyed reading at my desk. Congratulations from a random stranger who is very very happy for you and your family!
AMAZING news! And before I faint (FIVE children. AND a dog. AND a HUSBAND) I’m sending you a virtual bear hug. Which is kind of a big deal since I’m not much of a hugger (bear hugs are as common as narwhals in my world).
Wish I could congratulate you in person in a week…
You’ve given me goosebumps! Congratulations on this blessed news!
Oh!! This sprang tears. Blink. The best ice cream story EVER.
SO very happy for you. Fwiw. You’re in my prayers.
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Congratulations! Best surprise ever!
Congratulations!
Congratulations!
The minute you shared last week that you were awaiting some news my breath caught and I hoped, I prayed, I willed this to be it. There is healing to be found in acceptance, it’s true, and you were working on that, we know. But there is unadulterated joy in getting a few more sprinkles on that big old chocolate cone!
Congrats!
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And I’m crying at the pizza place while I wait for our order. I hope no one asks if I’m ok; my Pretend Friend is pregnant! will warrant more looks then what I’m already getting.
You bring hope.
So here I am sitting at trivia with my girlfriends in Knoxville, TN. Somehow we ended up talking about you (you have fans! In TN!) and that’s how I learned about this baby!! I had to come and read and say congratulations!! I’m thrilled for you!
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OMG Congrats!!!! So damn happy for you. xoxoxoxoxoxoxo
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Congratulations!
Very happy and excited for all of you. Nate gets to be a big brother!!!
Congrats! Just be in the moment and enjoy it. Don’t be like me and let worry spoil everything.
My jaw dropped! Congrats!
Congratulations! I am so very happy for you and the entire family!
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OH MY!! I am so excited and happy for you guys – I have goosebumps!!
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I can’t comment because my jaw is still on the floor.
I am SO thrilled for you. If anyone was meant to have, and love, an entire gaggle of children, it is you.
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Ultra amazing and I’m so happy for you!
Yippie Kai Yay! You know how happy I am for you and how much I love you!! A BABY! A baby. A BABY!
Such wonderful news, congratulations!
So happy for you! This is super, duper wonderful!
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Ahhhhh!!! That is absolutely amazing! So excited and pleased for you!
OMG! I am crying! How amazing!
i knew it was ‘big’, but i did not have faith enough to ever dream it would be this news.
mazal tov!
Oh wow. I’m so, so excited for you! That is some awesome news right there. XOXO
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Oh Wow! Congrats and chocolate are in order!
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Amazing indeed.
Many congrats to you and your family
Oh, darlin’, I am so deeply happy for you. Truly. I will keep you in my thoughts and hope with everything I have that this goes so smoothly and beautifully for you. xoxox
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Holy cow!! Indeed it is amazing. Congrats to you, I can’t wait to meet him/her. I’ve got my fingers crossed for a little red-headed curly haired girl with a spirit that screams “I WAS MEANT TO BE HERE!!!”
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Holy cow!! Indeed it is amazing. Congrats to you, I can’t wait to meet him/her. I’ve got my fingers crossed for a little red-headed curly haired girl with a spirit that screams “I WAS MEANT TO BE HERE!!!”
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Congratulations, Stacey! What utterly delightful news. Hoping all moves forward smoothly and uneventfully as you wait to welcome your newest baby into your family.
OMG! How absolutely wonderful. Congratulations! As I was reading, I had my hand over my mouth…surprise, a big grin and joy for your news. I am so overjoyed for you.
DF in NY
I am so happy for you! You are a stranger, living half a country away, but your words touch me so deeply that I often feel what you write. I’m a little teary right now. Congratulations!!
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Oh! Congratulations. Your lucky, blessed family…I have two and seeing siblings love each other is the best…they are going to love the pants off this baby. Everyone around me is suddenly having more babies than they had planned on…hmmmm. Thank you for sharing yourself here with us.
TOTALLY did not see that coming! I thought the phone call was going to be a publisher with great news but THIS is amazing!! I am beyond thrilled for you, my friend :-)
Love and hugs to all of you!
amazing!!! i heald my breath as i read this “oh please oh please oh please!” and now i can just say “oh thank you thank you thank you!” to the universe!!!
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Congratulations, and good luck!
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Congratulations! Omigoodness, what wonderful news. I’m so happy for you and yours. I’ve never met you IRL but have tears of joy for you now.
ohmygodohmygodohmygod I SO happy for you! Sending the best thoughts I have your way that all goes smoothly and well because I want this for you so much. Congratulations and thank you for sharing your amazing news.
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Smiles. Cheers. Love.
I’m a believer in karma … and good things happening to great people.
OH MY GOSH! I am so happy for you! That is fantastic. You’ve opened the door a little to your heartbreak, so this news makes me just so freaking happy for you.
Big Hug! BIG!
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Wow!! Congratulations and best, best wishes!!
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News of brand new babies always makes me excited!!! So very happy for you!!!
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Your newest family member is a blessing, and children are indeed conceived under all circumstances. Congrats! Blessed is a family when the house is full!
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O wow!! And Yay!! I always read your blog (and never comment) but this had me come out and cheer for you!!
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox
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He/ she is meant to be. Congratulations, triply happy for you and your family!
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Oh, that’s wonderful congratulations!!!!!
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I am so happy for you. I don’t have many words because I know that feeling, you know, where there may be no more and I can only imagine the joy you are feeling. I am sending you all the love I have for that little one and waiting to say happy birthday to you and your new little one! Congratulations!
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I am crying so many tears of joy for you right no. CONGRATULATIONS!
Congratulations! And I’m sending so much belief your way!
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Wow, wow, WOW!! Huge congratulations, my friend. Sending all good wishes for continued joy & happiness for your growing family. So happy for you!!
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What wonderful news! Congratulations!!
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That is fabulous! Best of luck you, I hope everything goes smoothly. Congratulations!
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Such amazing wonderful news. Against all odds…a reminder miracles do happen. Some things are just meant to be. Sending lots of love to you and your little one!
Awesome news. I’m so happy for you! Are we taking votes on the gender? I’m hoping for a little sister, but boys are so great, and then Saige could stay Queen Bee. It’s a win either way!
You made me cry at work (again)! And, not just because I’m pregnant with my 3rd and 4th sons right now.
I am SOOO happy for you. I think we all get the family we’re supposed to have (for better or for worse), and something inside you just KNEW that you were meant to have another child.
Mazel tov!
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Beautifully written. Congratulations!
It is amazing and I am thrilled for you.
(And secretly a little jealous.)
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CONGRATULATIONS! Oh my goodness, I’m so happy for you!
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OMGOMGOMG!!! I am so happy for you!!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Literally brought tears to my eyes. Congratulations.
My baby sister, now 19, was born when my mom was 40. Her middle name is Joy, and she lives up to her name. Praying your new little one brings the same happiness. <3
totally amazing – congratulations!
Oh wow. Congratulations!
So very happy for you and your family. Congratulations and thank you for sharing your wonderful news!
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Fantastic, I had to re-read it twice! Congratulations, I’m so happy for you!!
OMG! I NEVER comment. This SOOOO deserves a comment. CONGRATS!!!!! I have re-read this post THREE times!!
Damn. That is so awesome. You even announce a pregnancy in the most amazing way.
Congratulations, my friend. xoxo
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That is exciting! And so amazing. Congratulations! :)
That’s amazing! (And so beautifully written.) Congratulations.
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Unexpected ice cream treats are the best! Congrats!
Oh my goodness, CONGRATULATIONS!!!
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What wonderful, awesome news! I’m exploding with exclamation points over here! (!!!)
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i felt like i was sitting in your living room as you told me. and i thought to myself…. is she pregnant? you know how to weave a story. in my head i jumped up from my chair and gave you a hug and squealed. at my desk, at work, my eyes watered, a huge grin is stuck on my face, and i have goosebumps.
love love love :*
Oh my gosh what amazing news, is it crazy that I am all choked up right now for you? I could not be happier for you and your beautiful family and, of course, the way you chose to tell us was perfection. Cannot wait to count the months until your 40th with you.
Still lurking out here somewhere and rooting like hell for you! Awesome news, Stacey!
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Congratulations!!! Wow! This is awesome!
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Whattttt? I am so happy for you!
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this is the most amazing heartwarming thing that i have heard in all of forever. i am beyond excited for you.
this is that amazingly scary time. i’ve been there. but when amazing things happen? belief in the possible is planted. this is so good. love and hugs to you, friend.
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That is just so so so awesome. It brought tears to my eyes.
Wow – just when you weren’t looking, life throws you a fast ball right down the middle!
Congrats! CONGRATS! Best wishes (and prayers, because I’m the praying kind) for a happy, healthy pregnancy and baby!
My sister was 38 and her husband 43 when their surprise blessing arrived. Today they have a 15 yr old, 9 year old and 6 year old. All wanted and loved, but only the first came on their schedule! lol
WHAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTT??????????????????
I did not expect this shock. And I have a lump in my throat – tears of joy for you, and …
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I know. I’ve felt that “and.” Much love.
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Wonderful news! I’ve never commented before, but this is so exciting!
That’s incredible! Outstanding! I’m so unbelievably happy for you!
Sooooo happy for you guys!!!
congratulations!
Oh, Stacey. So happy for you.
Oh, Stacey. So happy for you.
Wow, That is so amazing! I am so happy for you Stacey!
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This is the most wonderful news!! I am so, so, so thrilled for you!!! XOXOXO
Congratulations!!! I’m so happy for you! :)
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Oh… OH -my goodness! How wonderful! Seriously wonderful. SO very happy for you! Congratulations!!
How exciting!! I don’t know you (other than from your blog) but I’m smiling and thrilled at your news as if you and I are long time friends! Best wishes for your amazing family :-)
I am also the mother of 5! Congratulations – such wonderful news!
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Sometimes I don’t know what my feelings sound like in words untill I read them on your blog. Congratulations, I can’t wait to read/watch this new baby grow up!
OMG OMG OMG!! CONGRATS!!!
I am SO happy for you!! Congratulations!
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Congratulations! Such wonderful news!!
Goosebumps!
I have this post saved in my reader. It makes me SO happy. xo
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My heart just skipped a little beat for you. So happy to hear this. Continued good luck to you! Xox
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We have never met, we most probably never will, we live a world apart. You touch so many of us with your writing and today… we are all totally, totally happy for you. What wonderful news!
All those sprinkles and with a cherry on top! What wonderful news to share with all of us who have been following you through the past years. All the best to you and your family. You have brightened up my life from afar with this fantastic news!
Your writing is so beautiful, and oh, my! What amazing, beautiful stories await you (and us, who are lucky enough to read your words) with this amazing new gift! Sprinkles, indeed! So incredibly happy for you!!
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WONDERFUL news! Thank you for sharing. Helps me to trust that there are indeed “sprinkles” still out there in this crazy world.
SO very happy for you and your family!
Have been reading for a while – even was blessed to read your novel :)
CONGRATS a million times over!
I’m a little late to the party — on a wi-fi free vacation last week — but I wanted to add to the congratuations. What wonderful news.
Your post brought tears to my eyes and memories to my brain and heart. I too thought that, after 2 miscarriages and 2 healthy babies, I was done. Not because I wanted to be — I really wanted a third baby, but because more fertility treatments were too expensive and too heartbreaking and I was too old. And, at the time, my dad was dying of cancer. He essentially died on my 40th birthday (I have yet to find someone who can top my sucky birthday story). I was exhausted and not sleeping well – so were my mom and brother. It had been an emotional year. I had 2 babies under 3. Of course I was tired. Really tired. Then I began to feel sick – a familiar kind of sick. I still remember getting up early on a Saturday morning. The house was quiet and I put the coffee on and took the test. I stared in utter disbelief as I, a 40 year old infertile woman, looked at a positive prenancy test. Then I turned to fretting that “they” would take it back. I immediately called my fertility doc who thought it was hysterical and put me on meds right away. I prayed so hard to keep that baby, that little ray of hope in our world that was so sad after my dad’s passing. And you know what? The world let us keep that ray of sunshine and she is now the happiest, sweetest, smartest little 7 year old on the planet. And, when I try very hard to plan things, she is my reminder that some of this shit is just not up to us to plan. Some things just happen because they are meant to be.
Anyway, enough about me. I am so happy for you and will send good thoughts your way for an easy pregnancy and, more importantly, a healthy baby!
Wow!!! This is fantastic news. I have 5 young kids and it’s a crazy, exhausting, fantastically fun ride. CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Amazing and beautiful news!! Incredibly happy for you!
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Hi there!
Thank you for sharing a very inspiring story to us. I am glad that you are at your best right now. Continue inspiring other people and continue doing what you love to do!
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Hi there!
Thank you for sharing a very inspiring story to us. I am glad that you are at your best right now! Continue inspiring other people and continue doing what you love to do! :)
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Oh I am teary eyed after reading this! I’ve been away on vacation, so I have been trying to play catch-up at work, home and I’m waaaaay behind in my blog reading…so sorry so late to respond, but I am absolutely so excited and beyond thrilled for you!!! I know it’s not the same thing, but my husband herniated a disk at the age of 32 and was out on disability for 4 years – unable to walk without a cane, unable to work, and was on a myriad of pain meds. After numerous surgeries the Drs. told him he would always be like this. 10 years later he’s been in real estate, successfully until the economy dropped, he’s now a physical trainer…yes…as in weights and excercise and all that jazz!! No cane, no meds – occasional uncomfort if he exerts himself too much. He also is an avid road cyclist. So…I’ve come to believe in hope – Drs. don’t know everything!
Such wonderful news!!! Congratulations!
Such wonderful news!!!
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeekkkkkk!!!!
I’m so behind but oh my gracious! So excited for you! What a joy! Praying for your anxious heart to be calm. So, so, so happy!
Yippeee! Huge (but gentle) hugs to you!
Literally crying happy tears for you! 5 is a perfect number!!!
oh Stacey!! That’s wonderful news and I’m sorry I hadn’t congratulated you before today!! Hugs, love, happiness!! xoxo
Oh my god oh my god oh my god! So thrilled and excited for you! Holy crap!!
Congratulations my friend!
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I love this post! It’s so honest and it touched my heart. Our second child was a “sheer luck” baby. This baby is meant to be and more power to ya with five. Wow!
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I recently backed out of fertility treatments for kid #3. Because I’m not ready yet. You’re making me wish I hadn’t! Congrats!!! All of your readers know how truly, madly, deeply you wanted and deserve this. That big van is not going to go to waste!
I am so happy for you! Miracles do happen, and there is no reason why this can’t be yours.
Be Happy when Happy appears, I say, with a couple of crossed fingers. xo!
Oh my gosh, YAY!!!! I just read your most recent post about Quinn turning five, and then I had to double back and catch all I had missed in that time period when I was logged out of Blogger, not bothering to log back in since my password’s hard. Ahem. Anyway, yay, Stacey, yay!!!
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Happy squeal!!!!! I am so so so happy for you and the fam fam- congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Feeling ashamed that it took me this long to hear your amazing news–and from such a circuitous route.
I’m so glad your heartbreak is turning into pure heart.
INCREDIBLE news.
Love you.
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This has truly been the craziest summer of my life. Starting with a bad car accident and continuing on with lots of pt and then our 13 year old dog dying, top if off with mom getting a full knee replacement and dad having open heart surgery. And you know what, this post made me so unbelievably happy for you!! I have 5 and it is a magic number!! This baby will be perfect in every way!!!!
I am so happy for you! Tearfully happy!! And your post brings hope that maybe someday I will get to experience my own little pregnancy miracle.
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I read your post about the wedding and had to back track to find where the beautiful and wonderful news was announced. So very, very happy for you and your miracle.
Oh my gosh! Where the hell have I been? (Oh yeah. The hell that is football/back to school/110 degree temperatures.)
I’m crying happy tears for you, my friend. xoxo
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