It has been an incredibly long time since I updated; however, I have the best excuse imaginable! After almost 2 years of marriage, Nick and I have been blessed with a wonderful baby! I am pregnant and beyond excited. So, prepare yourself for a long post full of pregnancy talk and pictures…
Background:
As I have said before, I have poly cystic ovary syndrome, which is basically a hormone disorder, and it can cause issues when getting pregnant. So, Nick and I decided that since it could take months or years to have a successful pregnancy we would start “trying”. Well, apparently the combination of Nick and I and the medicine the endocrinologist had me on worked, and the first attempt was a success. We were shocked and in disbelief at first, but so excited with the blessing God had given us. We truly feel as though this is the baby that God made just for us and wanted us to have!
Finding Out:
I really don’t know if I “felt pregnant” or just really, really wanted to be pregnant. Either way, after being a week and a couple days late I couldn’t take it anymore and decided to buy a pregnancy test. My off period and lunch are back to back so I walked across the street from the school to CVS to get my pee stick. It was a good thing it came with three because on my first attempt I didn’t really have to pee so hardly anything found its way onto the test. I figured it was a wasted attempt, and I would drink lots of water and try again in an hour when I had my next break. Well, within seconds, seriously, not minutes, the pregnancy line was there and super dark. I thought it was a fluke and something strange must have happened since the stick had not been thoroughly saturated and it had not been the 3 minutes. An hour later, bladder full, attempt two occurred. Again, it instantly said pregnant! I spent my entire off period sitting in my classroom in utter disbelief. Then I got so excited and knew I had to tell Nick. I am horrible at keeping secrets, but I still wanted the actual telling to be special.
Telling Nick:
Nick and I carpool to work since we work like 8 miles from each other. I usually have about 30 mins. to kill at school before he comes to pick me up. I couldn't stand the thought of keeping it a secret, and I didn’t have a car to really go anywhere. So, the next best thing was shopping at the CVS and Walgreens across the street from my school! It was the beginning of October and after much searching I found a my first Halloween bib at CVS. I wasn’t satisfied, hence the trip to Walgreens. I found a super cute pack of bibs there that said stuff like I love my daddy. I got a plain gift bag, put the bibs and pee sticks in it, and hid it in my bag for the drive home. Well, as we were driving (because of traffic our drive is about 40-45 mins) Nick says he got me a present. Perfect, I thought, and told him that I got him something too. His turned out to be some cookies he got a work, so mine was way better! He said he wanted his present now and couldn’t wait until we got home. So, while sitting at a red light I gave him his bag. First he pulled out a bib and was like oh, that’s cool…very unexcited, he had that’s an odd gift written all over his face. Then he pulled out the daddy bibs and was like does this mean what I think it means?! I told him to keep going. He then pulled out the pee sticks and freaked out! He was super excited and didn’t believe me for a minute.
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| The "Wait, does this mean what I think it means face" |
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| This is the only picture I was able to get of him figuring it out...not the best picture. |
Going to Doctor:
We went to the Dr. at only 5 weeks because of my whole situation and the fact that we still weren't completely convinced. Nick actually made me take the third pregnancy test before we went to the Dr. because we still couldn’t believe that I as actually pregnant! At that point the ultrasound showed the ‘sack’, as she so lovely put it, and they did some blood work. It turned out to be good we went so early because while I was pregnant, one of my hormone levels was lower than they liked so they gave me a prescription to take that would help increase it and help prevent a miscarriage. We went back at 9 weeks and got to see our gorgeous baby moving all over the place. The baby was so active it took a little while to get the heart beat, but once we did it was the most amazing and surreal moment of our lives! The Dr. said everything looked perfect and gave us the ok to spread the news. This was the day before Thanksgiving; therefore, we were super excited to give our parents a little something extra for us all to be thankful for!
Telling Family:
We did decide to wait on telling anyone until after that Dr. visit because of the risk of miscarriage and all of that. (Side note: Nick’s Grandpa died the Monday before Thanksgiving so we had a sudden change of plans and flew to Chicago on Thanksgiving Day to be with his family and for the funeral.) The night before Thanksgiving we stayed with my parents. Every year they ask for our Christmas list, and this year we made a fake list with all kinds of baby stuff on it. We made it less obvious at first, snoogle, beband, etc. We gave each of my parents one, and my dad kept saying what the heck is a snoogle? Then my mom says, “Dennis, she’s pregnant!” My dad just looks me and says, “Are you really?” I held up the ultrasound picture, and they both freaked out. My mom says she already knew, and my dad was shocked. Thanksgiving night in Chicago, once things had calmed down, we told Nick’s parents we had some early Christmas presents for them. We handed Nick’s mom a onsie that said I’ve been good all year, just ask Grandma, and Nick’s dad the ultrasound picture. Nick’s mom was like what does this mean, and then his dad showed her the picture. They then did the freaking out. It was fabulous! About a week after the funeral we called and told Nick’s Grandma and some of his other family. December 4th was my family’s big Christmas get together. I found a shirt that said mom in training at a maternity store and wore it to the party. It took a little while, but eventually everyone read the shirt and was shocked and excited.
Pregnant Me:
I am now 12 weeks, almost finished with my first trimester, and due between June 24-29. In all honesty I really cannot complain one bit about this pregnancy! I have not had one ounce of morning sickness or nausea!! I am more thankful about this than anything! My symptoms have consisted of awful headaches and extreme exhaustion. The tiredness is why no updates have been posted. By the time I get home from work, eat dinner, and sit down I am ready for bed! For the past three months now I have been going to bed around 8. I don’t exactly have a job where I can nap so as soon as I get home I am done!! Nick has been absolutely fabulous! He now does most of the cooking and lots of the chores I was doing. I told him I was sorry for being such a sucky wife lately, and he said not to ever say that because I wasn’t sucky I was pregnant and amazing. How awesome and sweet is he!? I will know attempt to do at least a weekly pregnancy update, and here are some of my weekly pictures. I know, I don’t look pregnant but rather like I should lay off the donuts!
