A Bubble Story

Well...I have news....I'm pregnant...About 17 weeks along, due August 10th. We waited so long to say anything because it was a rather big surprise. It certainly was not planned, because if I would have had my way I would have not gotten pregnant until August (and not this August either, maybe 2 or 3 Augusts from now) because I have a major issues with heat. I hate being hot and never wanted to be pregnant during the summer time, but sometimes people forget to go to Wal-Greens and pick up that all important prescription...and things happen. We don't have any immediate plans to get married, we're just going to take it one day at a time. We'll put on our big girl and big boy pants and deal with it.

What's its like being pregnant:
Shawn and I (despite the timing) are very excited. My first trimester was a breeze! I had ZERO morning sickness. Seriously, I never threw up one time! I would occasionally feel nauseous but nothing ever came of it. The worst symptom I had was just being tired a lot, but I took afternoon naps so it wasn't that bad. I didn't gain any weight, my appetite didn't seem to increase. I was even like "Uh are we sure I'm pregnant?" Then one late night I got up to pee (which I did notice I did A LOT) and I noticed that my belly was a little rounder and then it seemed after that night every day my belly got bigger and bigger and rounder. It was getting pretty hard to keep it under wraps.

So now I'm in my 2nd trimester and I feel really great. I still have headaches a lot but I noticed I get them if I haven't eaten or had any water. I even think I've felt the baby move a few times. It feels like a "swooshing" feeling it's pretty cool. I do still pee all the time to the point that I'm seriously considering buying Depends! We haven't found out what it is yet, but I have a sneaky suspicion it's a boy. I've started planning the nursery which I think is going to be really adorable. I have 5 months left and I because I so desperately want to meet the baby I'm really nervous we may not have enough time to move like we planned and get everything set up.

We just had our first Doctors appointment today...I know like 10 weeks late. But like I said it took us about 8 weeks to realize what the heck we had gotten ourselves into. So we heard the baby's heart beat today and it was amazing! I was nervous at first because I couldn't hear it and then my Doctor found it and I almost started crying. I was like "Wow, he's (becaus I think its a boy) really in there. Like really!" We couldn't get a sonogram appointment until next week. But just hearing the heart beat was heaven!

Shawn's been really, really great the whole time. He talks to the baby every night and before he leaves for work. At even the slightest grimace of my face he's at my side trying to make me a little "nest" on the couch. If I stir in the middle of the night he's up ready to go get my anything (usually food) and has offered several times to run to the store at like 3 in the morning. It's getting harder to find a comfortable position to sleep in. It feels really weird to sleep on my belly, all the books say not to sleep on your back, but I find that to be the most comfortable. But for the sake of the little bubble I try and get comfortable on my side.

Well that's it for now...It seems like I need to pee again so I should go.


Picture: This morning before going to the Doctors. I think this is the last time I can wear pre-maternity clothes.