Baby on the way will make 3!

So, I am onto my third post on this blog and am thrilled to announce that we will be adding a third Clark member to our household December 31, 2009 (and hopefully not a day later for insurance purposes!!). After 8 months of trying to conceive I was thrilled to get a positive pregnancy test April 18th-as you can see I took 7 tests because I couldn't believe it and kept getting faint positives! I remember saying to David, "Gosh I've been awfully tired lately" and his response was "no, Ayse, you're not pregnant".....ha!!!!! David was away on an interview for fellowship so I had a little "party" set up when he got home to break the news. We then people broke the news to my family. It was my mom's 60th birthday weekend and we bought her a little onesie that said "Grandma loves me"....I think my dad cried more than she did when she opened it. Then we told David's mom and sister. It was mother's day so we went up to Austin and gave her a picture frame with our first ultrasound picture in it...their reaction was priceless....LOTS of screaming!! Immediately after that trip to Austin I got sick with morning sickness hard and fast. The nausea was incapacitating and ALL DAY LONG. I lost 8 pounds in a matter of a week and quickly was placed on a Zofran pump (anti-nausea medication) by my OB. I narrowly avoided a hospital admission by agreeing to do IV fluids at home for a few days (thank goodness David and I are in medicine otherwise I think all this would have terrified us!). Despite how I feel I have learned to force the fluids down and eat something every hour (although half the time it takes me half an hour to get what I'm trying to eat down). I am almost at 13 weeks and am really praying for a better second trimester!! I haven't been back to work as my lack of energy and ridiculous eating schedule leave me home bound. I have only gained back 2 of the 8 pounds I have lost so I have a long way to go.



I know for every season in our lives God has a lesson for us. I have really learned to become a person of prayer...yes for myself but more so to intercede for others. Jesus proclaims his Father's house will be a house of prayer and I think that prayer has become a communication between me and God as opposed to the "I want" list as in the past. So, needless to say this has been the most difficult time I have faced in my life. And I have often prayed God could just end it, but it has been a sweet time too. Perhaps this is preparation for the prayer life I will need to have as a parent! I have been amazed at the incredible support of my friends and family...the days get awfully lonely and every visit and phone call has kept my spirits up.