Guest Author - Jessica Steinmetz

On February 4, 2006, my husband and I found out that I'm pregnant. A new journey has begun with pregnancy and Cerebral Palsy.

We have been trying on and off for two years to become pregnant. Like most people say, you become pregnant when you least expect it. That is what happened to us. My husband actually had to convince me to take a pregnancy test. I was so sure it was going to be negative.

As soon as we started the test, two lines appeared. We were very happy. We laughed and cried at the same time.

It didn't take us too long to notify our friends and family. Everyone was happy. Some were a bit apprehensive on how we would handle the pregnancy and the newborn. So are we. This is a brand new area for us and not a lot of information available.

The baby is due October 8, 2006. I'm almost seven weeks along. I have morning sickness almost all day. I throw up mainly in the morning or at night. This has been kind of difficult since my husband has to do all of the clean up work. So far he has been great and hopefully we only have five more weeks of morning sickness.