First off, congratulations! I hope all goes smoothly for you two.
Secondly, enjoy it when it happens - it is the most amazing thing in the world. And don't take all the pregnancy horror stories you will hear (and yes, you will hear a lot) to heart.
I am lucky enough to have two beautiful boys. My oldest was oh so very kind to me throughout the entire episode! I didn't have any morning sickness or the sore breast action, it was the missed period that clued me in. Had such an easy pregnancy with him, felt the best I ever had in my life and was out exercising every day, looking back I was so happy because I was very ready to have a child. The problem - the ex who was/is younger than myself, he wasn't quite as ready apparently. Long story short, the only downside to that whole time was finding out at 8 months along that he was screwing some chick that was staying at the motel where he worked. Anyways....as I said my preg. went smooth. The only thing I craved was Coke slushies....I would go absolutely nuts if I didn't get one! Wierd, I know. Woke up one night (about 6 weeks prior to my delivery date) with bad bad cramps...well they weren't cramps they were contractions so we pack up & head to the nearest city with a hospital (luckily only 45 min away). About 10 relatively easy hours later out came my bundle of joy. Perfect in every way despite being so early but he was jaundiced so he had to stay in the hospital for about two weeks after. It was very hard - as I said the hospital was in a different city but I had to pump breast milk for him to drink every few hours & deliver it to them. I spent two weeks either sleeping in a rocking chair beside him or driving back and forth all day long. That part sucked but it was worth it!
Best thing - no stretch marks! lol He was such a great baby too, very happy all the time and all our friends called him the "user friendly" baby because he was so outgoing with them all.
Kid #2. Way different set of circumstances. I was miserable in my relationship with my boy's father. Wanted out so badly - it was like being in prison. Another long story I'll spare you from. I had all the details worked out and the guts built up to leave him (finally). Sure enough, just before I'm about to make my move I find out I'm pregnant. Unlike the first time around, I was not at all happy. I decided to make a go of it - best for the children to try to keep the family unit together...that sort of thinking. Didn't work in the long run but I'm getting off topic. Maybe it was because of my mental frame of mind that the second pregnancy didn't go as well. Was sick throughout a lot of it but I was lucky and had super bosses who were very supportive of me. Again, this little guy came early (the doctors figured it was Mother Nature's way of going easy on me - I had a bad accident that crushed my pelvis when I was 18 and I wasn't ever supposed to be able to have kids, go figure). My water broke way early (just a tear so it slowly leaked) and they induced me in order to protect the babe. Well...some fun. About 26 hours of forced labor later they figured it wasn't going to work so they did a c-section. They couldn't have figured it out at about hour 14?!?!?! Same deal, he was jaundiced and had to stay in the hospital. This time I lucked out and had a room of my own to stay in while he was in there. Once he gained enough weight we were able to come home. Wow, that was long.
Names....Joshua Daniel - I've just always loved the named Joshua and the Daniel part comes from Dan Marino from the Miami Dolphins!
The littlest one is Matthew Lee - Same deal on the Matt name, I just liked it and Lee is his father's middle name.
When I first found out I was pregnant I thought I wanted a little girl but now I am so very happy I have two boys. I'm petite and they are going to take after their Dad and be tall so I just view it as having built-in bodyguards!