I'm growing a person!

I am currently 6 weeks and 3 days pregnant.... and moderately nauseated.

We're happy, excited, thrilled... and seriously wondering how the hell we're going to provide for this child! Hoping for an awesome baby shower and generous hand-me-downs!

I hope I'm having a girl. Girls names are easier for me, and what little stuff we have left from our first child is GIRL stuff... (does that sentence make sense?) so it would be more cost effective to have another girl.

I've been a lot more worried this time around. Worried about miscarriage, of course, as my last pregnancy ended early in miscarriage. I'm also worried about birth defects and the possibility of not being able to labor and birth naturally again, among other things. I never worried like this with my first. You'd think one would worry more the first time around and less with consecutive pregnancies.

It's so different this time. I was alone for my first. 'Alone' in that I didn't have a significant other for much of my pregnancy. All decisions were mine and mine alone. I didn't have to consider anyone elses feelings on anything.
This time around I have a very loving and involved husband. He has a say in everything from the child's name, to what carseat we use, to the diaper bag we'll carry. It's nice. Granted it does make some things a little more complicated.. but I enjoy sharing the whole experience with someone else, and that far outweighs any negatives.