Yes, as today is the big 13 weeks, I think it is safe to announce....I am pregnant! Yes, I know I have said that Dave and I don't want children (and to be honest, we still don't want many aspects of children) but we knew that we'd regret not having them later on in life. Couple that with the fact that we have so many friends that are having trouble getting pregnant = we thought we'd just stop 'not trying' and now here we are, due May 10 - 9 days before I turn 31 and 11 days before our 7th wedding anniversary (10 years together). Everything significant in our lives together (Wedding, Engagement, Moves, Job Offers and even a Back Surgery) has happened in May - so I should have known. We have all of the newly pregnant concerns...is the baby going to be healthy? Is he/she going to take away from our time together? Are we going to be good parents? What is going to happen to our finances? But being the planners that we are, we are plenty prepared, and honestly I do not think we ever would have found the 'perfect' time to start a family.
So far I have been very lucky, I have felt fine. No morning sickness, lots of weird vivid dreams (Dave keeps doing dangerous things with the baby - last night he had it strapped to his bike before a race) and sinus congestion. I think I am a little less patient (I shushed one of the partners at work today when he asked me to do something and then kept talking as I tried to figure it out - he laughed) and am looking a little plumper, but other than that, you would not know I have a second heart and genitalia growing inside me.
I have been reading a lot. A good friend bought me all of her favorite pregnancy books which are loaded with great information. I have an app on my phone that keeps track of the pregnancy and emails me what fruit/vegetable/food size the baby compares to. Today the baby is the size of a medium shrimp and will be at the size of a lemon next week (we just passed lime last week). I have been hesitant to get excited until now, but my expanding waistline is making me feel a little more like this is real.
So wish me luck. This is all new and strange and exciting and we're learning as we go! Second sonogram tomorrow. They're checking for Down Syndrome via measurements and a blood test for me. Chances are low so I am not worried, but it will be fun to see more of a baby shape and less of a blob shape.
So far I have been very lucky, I have felt fine. No morning sickness, lots of weird vivid dreams (Dave keeps doing dangerous things with the baby - last night he had it strapped to his bike before a race) and sinus congestion. I think I am a little less patient (I shushed one of the partners at work today when he asked me to do something and then kept talking as I tried to figure it out - he laughed) and am looking a little plumper, but other than that, you would not know I have a second heart and genitalia growing inside me.
I have been reading a lot. A good friend bought me all of her favorite pregnancy books which are loaded with great information. I have an app on my phone that keeps track of the pregnancy and emails me what fruit/vegetable/food size the baby compares to. Today the baby is the size of a medium shrimp and will be at the size of a lemon next week (we just passed lime last week). I have been hesitant to get excited until now, but my expanding waistline is making me feel a little more like this is real.
So wish me luck. This is all new and strange and exciting and we're learning as we go! Second sonogram tomorrow. They're checking for Down Syndrome via measurements and a blood test for me. Chances are low so I am not worried, but it will be fun to see more of a baby shape and less of a blob shape.
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