I'm Pregnant!

Well, I'll get to the point: We're expecting our second child in January 2013.

Baby #2 at 7 weeks.

Although it is hard to make a decision about having another child after having one SDS child, we decided to rely on the reward outweighing the risk, even though we don't know for sure what God has planned for us. My husband and I always wanted two kids relatively close in age, so we are not letting SDS stop that. 


Obviously there are pros and cons to choosing to have another child with the risk of SDS. We may not be correct in our thinking, but we arrived at this decision together, and that's all that matters.


Pros:

• W will have a sibling
• We will have our family of four
• The baby may be completely healthy (25% chance affected with SDS, 50% chance of baby being a carrier of SDS, and 25% chance of not being a carrier at all)
• The baby may be a match for W someday if he were to need a bone marrow transplant
• If baby does have SDS, then mommy and daddy already understand the disease and it's treatment/outcome
• We are capable of handling whatever God blesses us with. (If God brings you to it, He'll bring you through it.)

Cons:

• Baby #2 may have SDS too (enough said)

Although there is a lot on my mind regarding the worry and "what if's" of Baby #2, I'll save that for another post. Stay tuned...