On January 3, 2011, Rick and I got the best surprise of our lives. We're expecting!
I am that dorky new pregnant lady that took a phone picture of the positive pregnancy test and texted it to a handful of close friends (all the ones that would kill me for not telling them right away, or at least I tried. I was a bit in shock and I think I missed a couple.) "Hey, look what my pee did! Two pink lines!"
Rick is the dorky soon-to-be-first-time-dad who was happy, then panicked and kept himself awake all night worrying.
Per the request of a couple friends, we are starting this blog to record our thoughts, complaints, excitement, and other typical new parent stuff, as well as to have one dumping point for lists of names, supplies, appointments, and so on, in a manner where friends and family can stay informed and comment, assist, or point and laugh. Whichever is most appropriate.
We have our first prenatal visit tomorrow with our CNM. (That's Certified Nurse Midwife for those not aware.) I feel very strongly about having a midwife and having more control over my pregnancy and birth, because we're only planning on doing this once. I want the complete experience with as few regrets as possible. This first appointment is the "orientation" visit for their clinic as well as my first baby checkup. I can't wait. I'm hoping they ask for an early ultrasound. If they don't, I will. I don't know exactly when I conceived and I can't remember my last period dates. Sometime in November. Which doesn't help at all, because my cycle is completely irregular. Long story short, I could be anywhere from 4 weeks (fetal age) to 8 weeks. (Oh, on a side note, I prefer to use fetal age and will do so unless otherwise specified. Counting your pregnancy from 2 or 3 weeks before you become pregnant makes no sense at all to me, especially w/my irregular cycle.) Anyhoo, I want the ultrasound - even if it IS the icky internal one - just to get some idea how far along I truly am. And for the other major reason.
Twins.
They run in my family on the Springer side. I found out last summer that there's a pretty good chance they ran on my paternal side as well. It is my generation for them to happen again. Of the three of us in this generation, one isn't having children, one had 3 singles... and then there's me. So I VERY MUCH want to know ahead of time. We won't know gender or anything yet, just whether or not there are two babies in there and the size.
I won't regale you all with the 50 million emotions running through me every minute of the day. I guarantee you can google "first pregnancy" and get a pretty good idea. I am taking it all in stride like any other first timer and have every nervous and excited emotion to go with it. Please know that we are thrilled about this baby. It was very much wanted and definitely on purpose. I am ecstatically happy.
I am pretty tired of peeing every 15 minutes, however.
My morning sickness has been blessedly light, and mostly in the evenings. Works out better; that's when Rick's home to bring me water and crackers and make sure my trash can by the bed is empty in case of emergency. He's such a love. I will say, I'm hoping I'm closer to the 8 week mark, because that will put me most of the way through my 1st trimester. I am SO looking forward to having energy and feeling better.
I'll get a rundown of our baby box contents on here at some point soon, so that folks will know what we have and what to clean out of their baby storage and pass on to us.
AWESOME, Linnea! I love this! I hope you keep it up!
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