I hadn't known my husband for more than two months before he started in on me to have a baby. His constant pestering lead to progressively harsher responses from me, starting from"eventually", "someday", "not me, not now", "leave me alone", to "have your own damn baby".

Last Spring something in me started to shift and I became more and more serious about the possibility of having a baby. After months of internal dialog, I finally gathered the courage to share the news with my husband who was expectedly ecstatic. (I haven't told the dogs yet - they are going to be devastated!)

Sharing the news with Loren, my husband, opened the flood gates and I finally started researching what to expect, what to eat, what to do to prepare, and what the birthing process would look like....which at first was pretty anxiety provoking, as I started out by watching "The Business of Being Born" (not recommended as a place to start).

Here I plan to document interesting, perception changing information I come across in what will be a successful journey towards a positive pregnancy and childbirth.


Thursday, June 14, 2012

That was easy....(We're pregnant!)

So...um....we're pregnant!

Totally unreal.  It definitely hasn't sunk in yet, but I did know it all along.  I swear, however I can now make the proclamation with extreme confidence! I can't believe how quickly it happened. We are 4 weeks and 4 days into it. Like my momma always said "It only takes one time".

Telling our families: 

It was really fun to tell our families today. We hadn't told anyone we were trying or even that we were considering having a baby.  Loren's family knew that we weren't drinking and they were surely on to us, but my parents had no idea.  They were shocked when we told them!  My mom didn't believe us, but my dad knew right away that we were telling the truth.  I led in by telling them Bunny, our dog, is pregnant.  They didn't really fall for that, so Loren followed up by telling them that I am pregnant.  We had to tell them on video chat because they live in New York.  It was fun, but I wish they were closer so I could tell them in person.  I'm looking forward to more conversations with them. I'm sure it will take a little while to sink in for both them and me.

Loren's dad is in Florida right now and we video chatted him with the news. He was so happy and surprised too. It's too bad he's so far away.  It's hard to share good news and not be close.  Loren's mom is on the west coast, and we could have told her in person this weekend, but couldn't wait.  She was so funny. She was in the car and had to pull over so she could cry and laugh and pull her self together.  She was on her way to Jack and Karen's so we called them and got to listen to them all celebrate when Teri walked in the door. Very very exciting.

We are so lucky to have such sweet and supportive parents. Our little baby is going to be overwhelmed with love and surrounded by wonderful people.

Telling our co-workers: 

This weekend when we were taking a walk in the neighborhood we ran into a co-worker of ours and his wife.  The first thing out of his mouth was "We're pregnant!".   I knew they were trying, but it was such great news to know that she and I can be partners in crime this summer, swapping baby books and talking as obsessively about pregnancy and babies as we want. I had taken a pregnancy test that morning that came back negative (which was disappointing, but I kept warning Loren that we were taking them too soon --> those at home pee tests that claim to tell you 6 days in advance are full of it).

Anyways, Phil (our co-worker) let Loren know that he was going to announce their pregnancy at our Thursday staff meeting. Loren thought it would be really funny if they said something together. So today at the meeting, Loren told everyone that he and Phil had an announcement, they both stood up, put their arms around each and said in unison, "We're pregnant".  Everyone was confused until Loren and Phil convinced everyone they were for real and then everyone cheered, laughed, and congratulated us. We really work with some great people.

Too soon? 

Have I mentioned that I'm still in shock about all this?! I had a feeling that it would happen quick, and, wow, "quick" definitely feels quick.  I'm really nervous about having told everyone so soon.  I always thought that you were supposed to wait until after week 12 to tell people and now I'm afraid of disappointing everyone if things don't go according to plan. 10 to 20 percent of pregnancies end in miscarriage.  Loren made a good point that if this does not go well it is something we would share with our families and co-workers regardless. Still, I don't like the thought of potentially having to share sad news with everyone.

Dragon Babies!

This was our only and final chance to make a dragon baby and we're in the running! The due date is February 16th, which is Loren's grandmother's birthday.  That's really sweet and all, but the baby must be born by February 9th to be a DRAGON!! I heard the dragon baby story on NPR a while ago and might be one of those people who rushed the decision to get pregnant just to have a dragon baby.

I have had a lot of early pregnancy signs: 

Before we got a positive pregnancy test back I knew something was going on in there. These are the early pregnancy symptoms I have been experiencing:

- Extremely tired, especially June 6-10
- Moody/more emotional than normal
- Stuffy nose
- Really vivid dreams
- Hard to stay focused
- Bloated
- Weird smells all day today (metally, iron, blood smell and fishy smell- YUCK!)
- Not feeling "PMS'y" in the same way I normally do a day or two before my period in terms of how my body felt as well as how I was feeling emotionally
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