Hey! Remember when I used to blog a lot... Well now that I'm pregnant, I have real events to write about!
But first, here's a little recap of our last few months. (Read til the end for pregnancy stuff!)
Our lives in winter months are pretty boring! We are just working and D is doing school.
Eat, Work, School, Sleep, Repeat..
We worked a home show booth and a company called Slabs and Labs were there! LAB PUPPIES!! Heart melted.. I would always tell D, "I'm going to go stretch my legs." AKA I'm going to get some puppy snugs.. Who can blame me right?! This pup made me miss Hershey a ton. =(
Little sister had her Junior prom!!! She's a beaut.
My dog hates selfies.
My best friend graduated Nursing School!! So proud of her!
D and I went on a much needed date, we went to Benihanas (I was craving rice and fried veggies), then took a drive down the Seward Highway. GORGEOUS. Some days I want to stay in Alaska forever.
Now onto the pregnancy!!!
I got pregnant the first month of trying, again. I feel so blessed to be able to get pregnant pretty easily, I just don't have a lot of trust in my body AFTER that. That's when the fear sets in.
I had a feeling I was pregnant at about 3 weeks, don't ask me how, I just knew. but I waited a few more days to take a test.
How I Told D:
March 8th: It was super romantic... NOT. I had to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night (a normal occurrence for me, I drink a ton of water). It was 2 AM and I figure I may not have enough urine when my alarm goes off, so why not. I got a positive test, and promptly went right back to sleep! HA!
When our alarm went off, D suggested I go take a test. I rolled over and said, "Oh I did already, it was positive." I grabbed the test and showed him. He was more excited than I was.
Ultrasounds:
That day I called my OB and made an appointment. I was able to go in a week later and get blood drawn and was given the "Welcome to Pregnancy" packet. yack yack yack. I hate that appointment.
March 31st: We had to wait 2 weeks after the first appointment to get to hear the heart beat. This appointment I literally almost barfed, no, not from morning sickness, this was from pure fear and anxiety. I may hate this appointment more than the first one! (Okay, I just hate all dr. appointments).. I had yet to have a good experience with ultrasounds so I was gearing up for the worst.
I didn't even look at the monitor until my OB told me it was good. I still didn't really believe it. We saw the baby and heard the heart beat. D cried. I didn't. I still wasn't sure it was going to last so I wasn't getting my hopes up AT ALL.
I was put on progesterone just for safe measure and was told to take it easy the first trimester. Don't do too much lifting or exercising. (WHICH IS ROUGH FOR ME)
April 29th: It really is cruel how long they make you wait between ultrasounds. I was pretty much a ball of nerves the whole month. Not really excited and just went on like nothing was different. This ultrasound has been my favorite thus far! This little person moved SO MUCH!!! And look at that leg! After this ultrasound is when I finally started getting excited. Finally, after 11 weeks right?
Other Common Questions:
Sleep: I was SO tired the first trimester! Seriously could sleep all dang day.
Cravings: The only thing I can really think of was pizza the first few weeks. But after that nothing crazy or out of the norm. I mostly had (still kind of have) meat aversion. Especially chicken!!! It has to be super disguised. Which is really sad because that's all I ate pre-pregnancy. I hardly ate beef, but now it's the only thing my stomach can handle meat wise.
Nausea: YES! Mine was mostly afternoon/night sickness. Always around 3-4pm I would get super nauseous. I only threw up a few times in the morning though. Spearmint Lifesavers at night have been my BFF. (Note: I'm not nauseous most days anymore! Thank goodness!)
Weight Gain: I'm not going to look at the scale until after the baby is out. Mentally, that's a whole new ballgame for me and I don't want to know. I just have the nurse or doctor tell me if I need to gain more or gain less.
Showing: This is a tricky question. Yes and no. My "bump" still feels/looks like a food baby to me. So only close friends/family will get those pictures until I feel cute and not fat! =P
And in case anyone missed how we announced on Facebook and Instagram, here you go!
