Preparing for Baby Cochran

Ever since Jeremy and I started dating, we were both on the same page about having children. That page was...we wanted them and lots of them. Well, maybe just 3. We started talking about it more seriously when we were engaged and decided that we wanted to start trying for a little Baby Cochran (or Crying Carter Cochran, as KeithAnn says) immediately after we got married. After a lot of thought, we reconsidered and realized that we need some time to ourselves to enjoy married life and to really build a foundation for this little person we'd be bringing into the world.

We've been married a little over 9 months now and we're getting to the point where we can see the light at the end of the tunnel for getting started. I have been doing a lot of research online and through reading about what I can do to prepare my body, as well as Jeremy's, and have been getting helpful advice from other mom's. We've officially set a pre-conception appointment with an OB/GYN I found up here in Woodstock for September 8th. I'm excited about meeting him because I've heard great things about him. Having a great OB/GYN is very important to me because they'd not only be caring for me, but they'd also be caring for our child. We're excited about working towards having a little Jeremy or Marie running around.

Although I'm very excited about being a mom one day, I'm also just scared to death. Of course, as a new mom and dad, one might be nervous anyway but I'm nervous about the pre part. With the difficult conception family history on my side of the family, I have that nervousness of something going wrong. I'm nervous that we won't be successful but I know that God is in control and everything will happen in HIS timing. It usually works out best that way! Jeremy says that if someone on his side of the family just looks at their spouse, they get pregnant. Hopefully he'll have that gene! ;o)

Through my fears and excitement, I'm thankful. I'm so thankful that I have such an amazing man in my life that wants to have children with me! I'm thankful to know that he will be such an incredible dad to our little ones. I'm thankful that he wants to provide for his family and that he wants to raise his children with Christian values. I'm thankful that he wants me to stay home and raise our children. Even if we never have biological children, I know that I am content with just being Jeremy's wife for the rest of my life. Plus, we would love to welcome in a child who does not have a mother and father. Either way, I'm blessed and I'm excited about beginning this new chapter in mine and Jeremy's life together!

Please pray for our journey to wellness before baby and for success while we are trying for baby. I pray for our future kids and hope that I can be the best mom possible! It's amazing how much I already love them and I can't wait to know how it feels to love them so much more when they're here with us!