Carole threw up EVERY DAY of her first pregnancy.  Believe it or not, the last time was AFTER Amanda was born and Carole was in recovery.  When I had heard that, I thought "Why in the @#$% would anyone want to do that to themselves again....ON PURPOSE??"  I must be a pretty great guy for her to put herself willingly through that again.

Carole soon had her first "pregnant" doctors appointment.  The morning sickness had already kicked in and she was dreading the next 9 months.  It was at this appointment that she found out they have pills for morning sickness.  At first she thought it was great...then paused and was a bit disturbed that her doctors during her first pregnancy failed to let her even know they existed!!  At any rate, she was able to get her "happy pills" as she calls them now.  The pills are called "Diclectin".  They are a combination sedative-antihistamine, doxylamine, and vitamin B6.  The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto has deemed this safe and that was good enough for us.  If you want to read more about it, check out  this link that explains the testing that has been done to deem this drug safe.  This drug was available in the States under the name Bendectin.  This was voluntarily removed from the market by the drug manufacturer because of litigation against them.  The FDA did NOT say they had to remove it.  The company couldn't afford the expenses of the law suits.

Carole, along with her "happy pills" has been feeling a little sick, but it's not nearly as bad as her first pregnancy.  She even manages a few really good days where she feels great.  She now exhibits a strange sudden onset of spontaneous gagging.  We'll be sitting and talking to eachother when all of the sudden she gags!  She hasn't been sick to her stomach, but those gags tell her to eat something...and quick!  We are now at 13 weeks...rapidly approaching the second trimester.  Our family and friends now know about our news and are almost as happy and excited as Carole and I are.

The happy pills seemed to be working so well and Carole was feeling great that she decided to see if she could do without them.  We were camping up north in August when this revelation hit her.  I looked at her and said "Are you sure you want to be trying that up here?".  She said that she's been feeling really good, so I gave a tentative sounding "OK".  Well, a few hours after that she was throwing up in the woods, and on the way home that same day, lets just say that we had to stop when Carole felt the need to fill a toilet at a gas station with the contents of her stomach.  After she was done and we were back on the road, through her booming headache she said "Well, I wont try THAT again!!"

We have been kicking around names...and after a long process of just naming names, and looking on the web, we have come down to the following ones.  If it's a girl, her name will be Sydney.  If it's a boy, we are thinking of either Alexander or Nicholas.  If you have any comments about this...click on the email link on the front page and let us know what you think!!