{"id":3883,"date":"2023-01-22T16:32:49","date_gmt":"2023-01-22T07:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theharunafamily.com\/home\/?p=3883"},"modified":"2023-01-22T16:37:37","modified_gmt":"2023-01-22T07:37:37","slug":"were-expecting-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theharunafamily.com\/home\/2023\/01\/22\/were-expecting-again\/","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;re Expecting &#8211; Again!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;ve been quiet on the blog for a while, and with good reason.. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shortly after my last post, I found out that <em><strong>we are expecting &#8211; again! <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>I am currently 18 weeks and 4 days pregnant, and it has been a rough few months!! Although it has been exciting settling into our new home, the first trimester can be brutal, and there have been a lot of changes to our home, and many other ups and downs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Here are a few of the things we have been up to so far: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A wood-stove was installed in the living room <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The kitchen was overhauled (it&#8217;s still nowhere near done, but it&#8217;s getting there!!)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Masashi and a friend worked on cutting firewood together<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We unpacked many more boxes since the move <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We started painting trim in 2 rooms in the house <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We cleaned many of the downstairs tatami mats <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Two bedrooms were reformed <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We FINALLY got a water heater installed (I might share more about this later!) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Masashi and a neighbor started prepping the rice fields for next planting season<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We had the roughest batch of sickness we&#8217;ve had in the last 3 years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year (2022) was a very full, challenging, and exciting year for so many reasons. However, the best surprise of all is definitely that we are pregnant again!! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are so excited to meet our second son, Josiah, sometime around his due date of <strong>June 21st, 2023<\/strong>!! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We never expected to be able to have a healthy pregnancy so soon after our last.. before the healthy birth of our first son and &#8220;rainbow baby&#8221;, we experienced 2 losses, years of secondary infertility, and 1 additional loss. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This pregnancy has truly been miraculous, and although the last few months have been rough, things seem to be easing up much earlier than with our first son&#8217;s pregnancy, which is a huge blessing! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>And.. I have a project that I&#8217;ve been working on and look forward to sharing more about soon!! <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It looks like 2023 is going to be just as full (if not more so!) than last year, and we can&#8217;t wait to see what happens! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What have you been up to recently? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Please leave a comment below!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo credits: (c) theharunafamily.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>To read more about pregnancy in Japan, check out these articles:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/theharunafamily.com\/home\/2020\/09\/24\/were-expecting-pregnancy-in-japan\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>We\u2019re Expecting! \u2013 Pregnancy in Japan<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/theharunafamily.com\/home\/2020\/10\/06\/japans-pregnancy-freebies-a-how-to-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Japan\u2019s Pregnancy Freebies: A How-To Guide<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/theharunafamily.com\/home\/2020\/11\/01\/10-pregnancy-must-haves\/\" target=\"_blank\">10 Pregnancy Must-Haves<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/theharunafamily.com\/home\/2021\/02\/10\/preparing-for-childbirth\/\" target=\"_blank\">Preparing For Childbirth&nbsp;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/theharunafamily.com\/home\/2021\/07\/08\/pregnancy-what-to-read\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pregnancy: What to Read<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"theha-116134622\" class=\"theha-after-content theha-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-top: 20px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-9175886886326106\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9175886886326106\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"6144851112\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been quiet on the blog for a while, and with good reason.. 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