A Sudden Baby Boom!

Isn't funny how some times it seems that everyone around you is suddenly pregnant. It is true, that when you have frequent thoughts about expanding your own family, that you tend to notice these things more, but really in the last month there have been tons of surprises!

Two of them were announced today.

The first is an awesome surprise. J, my friend who lost her son last May, and then turned to adoption, is leaving today to go and pick up her new daughter. I am beside myself with happiness for her. Her journey has been chronicled in her Blog and I await her update and pictures soon! The family left today, including her three boys and hopefully they will meet the new family member - A GIRL! - tomorrow. I hope to be able to follow in her footsteps :0)

The other was a friend who has had a very difficult year. In early 2010 she lost her mom to breast cancer after a tough battle. Shortly afterward, she left her husband and took her daughter and tried to start new. They had been having a tough time in general and after over a year of infertility, the relationship finally broke. Well today while surfing FB I saw that she announced her pregnancy and I was shocked! After a quick catch up, I found that her and her husband had gone through a lot of tough counseling and that she moved back in with him in November. Surprisingly she quickly became pregnant...proof that stress can definitely effect your fertility. I hope her and her husband continue to repair their marriage and that this baby helps speed along the process.