Goders
10-03-2009, 04:47 AM
I figured I'd start a baby journal. I've heard so many women say that pregnancies fly by, even though it may not feel like it, so I think, by starting a baby journal I can track and even go back and see all that I was going through for nostalgic purposes later on, especially since we plan on having more than one child. I love comparing and contrasting past experiences.
I'll start from before we knew. We were not actively TTC, however, having a baby has been a subject that's come up for years now. We both want children, so though the pregnancy was a surprise and shock, we're both more than happy.
I thought everything was normal, I'm really irregular when it comes to AF. Sometimes it's more than two weeks late for me, but I've always been that way. Before we got married, I was a lot more concerned about being pregnant, since my family is rather traditional and though they would never hold it against us or the baby, they like to see everything go in order, get married, buy a house, have children.
Unfortunately, we don't have our own house, but the apartment we live in is owned by DH's uncle, he even lowered the rent for us by $125 per month when he found out I was pregnant.
When AF was late this time, I wasn't too worried. We've had scares in the past, but whenever I took a hpt, it came back negative and I'd get me period within a couple of days. With the wedding being just a month before, us moving, and a couple of small problems that popped up during the month, I figured I was just stressed, and still out of whack from the wedding. I had a hpt from the last scare, and decided I would take it the next morning, just so I could get AF to come. My breasts were extremely sore (as per usual when AF comes around), and I had some strange almost cramping pains I've gotten before, but not regularly. I also had a pretty bad cold at the time, so I didn't think anything weird was going on.
Well, the next day (can't really say morning since it was 3pm, LOL) I took the hpt. Almost instantly it came back positive. I definitely wasn't expecting that! I spent about 5 minutes pacing between the kitchen and bathroom until I finally woke up DH and putting the test right in his face.
Now, DH has ALWAYS joked with my MIL about how I was pregnant when I wasn't, so she told us the day of the wedding she wouldn't believe I was pregnant unless I showed her the test to prove it, which I had no problem doing. However, with the time between taking the test, pacing around the house for a couple of minutes, and showing DH, the results started to fade, but we got the test to her in time to see the positive.
She was super excited for us, especially since it's her first grandchild, but she wanted us to make sure, and to get another hpt (this time an EPT, not a cheapo wal-mart knock off) before telling too many people. DH's grandmother was there, and she was excited, though with her already having 21 grandchildren and great-grandchildren, the excitement wasn't as much as it was with my MIL, which I can understand, however, she is very happy since we live two houses down and across the street from her, so she will have unlimited baby access.
The next morning I took the EPT test and confirmed the first hpt. We took the second test down to MIL and she was extremely excited. I called my family to let them know. DH has a huge family, so though everyone was excited, with the exception of my MIL, my family was more excited, since it's smaller. For both my parents, our baby will be the first blood related grandchild (my step-brother on my dad's side had a baby earlier this year, but my dad wasn't really as excited about it as he is our baby since it's going to actually be his grandchild), and my mother has been bugging us since Feb. about when we were going to be making her a grandmother.
My grandmother on my father's side is a great-grandmother by marriage, but this being her first great-grandchild by blood was extremely exciting for her. She's just worried that with the baby I won't go back to school, however, me and DH have talked about this, and with online schooling after we have the baby, I'm going to be going to school while taking care of domestic affairs.
All in all, both families have shown us nothing but support since we found out. I made a confirmation pregnancy test with a local women's clinic and found out I was pregnant and got the confirming letter to take to my first appointment. The place I went to was Women to Women, I'm not sure if it's national or not, but let me tell you, I would take them any day over Planned Parenthood. The women there were so nice and helpful. They suggested I take over the counter prenatal vitamins, since we weren't actively TTC, I never even thought to take them beforehand.
The doctor there gave me a couple of local places to call to make my first prenatal appointment, and answered all 438502845 questions I had for her.
I tried calling the one place the doctor most recommended to me yesterday, but I called too late, and they're closed for the weekend so I'll have to call back on Monday.
This is all so surreal to me. I never expected this to happen, which I think makes it all the more better and exciting for us. My MIL's friend just had a baby last year, and the baby has already grown out of a lot of her baby stuff, so we'll have everything but a crib for our new bundle of joy.
I don't think the whole pregnancy thing has sunk in yet. It's almost all I think about, but I don't think it'll hit me totally until I see the first ultrasound and heartbeat.
I have been lucky so far and haven't had a sign of morning sickness, knock on wood, and I haven't been overly emotional, other than crying a lot easier over sentimental stuff, which has been a surprise since normally when I PMS, my emotions go all sorts of crazy, however, I'm not complaining and I am once again, knocking on wood.
I'm a little worried that time is going to go by super slow, but I was already told by my MIL that if it does, savor it because after 9 months of pregnancy, time flies by faster than I will want it to. I just can't wait to see my baby's face and hold it in my arms!
I'll start from before we knew. We were not actively TTC, however, having a baby has been a subject that's come up for years now. We both want children, so though the pregnancy was a surprise and shock, we're both more than happy.
I thought everything was normal, I'm really irregular when it comes to AF. Sometimes it's more than two weeks late for me, but I've always been that way. Before we got married, I was a lot more concerned about being pregnant, since my family is rather traditional and though they would never hold it against us or the baby, they like to see everything go in order, get married, buy a house, have children.
Unfortunately, we don't have our own house, but the apartment we live in is owned by DH's uncle, he even lowered the rent for us by $125 per month when he found out I was pregnant.
When AF was late this time, I wasn't too worried. We've had scares in the past, but whenever I took a hpt, it came back negative and I'd get me period within a couple of days. With the wedding being just a month before, us moving, and a couple of small problems that popped up during the month, I figured I was just stressed, and still out of whack from the wedding. I had a hpt from the last scare, and decided I would take it the next morning, just so I could get AF to come. My breasts were extremely sore (as per usual when AF comes around), and I had some strange almost cramping pains I've gotten before, but not regularly. I also had a pretty bad cold at the time, so I didn't think anything weird was going on.
Well, the next day (can't really say morning since it was 3pm, LOL) I took the hpt. Almost instantly it came back positive. I definitely wasn't expecting that! I spent about 5 minutes pacing between the kitchen and bathroom until I finally woke up DH and putting the test right in his face.
Now, DH has ALWAYS joked with my MIL about how I was pregnant when I wasn't, so she told us the day of the wedding she wouldn't believe I was pregnant unless I showed her the test to prove it, which I had no problem doing. However, with the time between taking the test, pacing around the house for a couple of minutes, and showing DH, the results started to fade, but we got the test to her in time to see the positive.
She was super excited for us, especially since it's her first grandchild, but she wanted us to make sure, and to get another hpt (this time an EPT, not a cheapo wal-mart knock off) before telling too many people. DH's grandmother was there, and she was excited, though with her already having 21 grandchildren and great-grandchildren, the excitement wasn't as much as it was with my MIL, which I can understand, however, she is very happy since we live two houses down and across the street from her, so she will have unlimited baby access.
The next morning I took the EPT test and confirmed the first hpt. We took the second test down to MIL and she was extremely excited. I called my family to let them know. DH has a huge family, so though everyone was excited, with the exception of my MIL, my family was more excited, since it's smaller. For both my parents, our baby will be the first blood related grandchild (my step-brother on my dad's side had a baby earlier this year, but my dad wasn't really as excited about it as he is our baby since it's going to actually be his grandchild), and my mother has been bugging us since Feb. about when we were going to be making her a grandmother.
My grandmother on my father's side is a great-grandmother by marriage, but this being her first great-grandchild by blood was extremely exciting for her. She's just worried that with the baby I won't go back to school, however, me and DH have talked about this, and with online schooling after we have the baby, I'm going to be going to school while taking care of domestic affairs.
All in all, both families have shown us nothing but support since we found out. I made a confirmation pregnancy test with a local women's clinic and found out I was pregnant and got the confirming letter to take to my first appointment. The place I went to was Women to Women, I'm not sure if it's national or not, but let me tell you, I would take them any day over Planned Parenthood. The women there were so nice and helpful. They suggested I take over the counter prenatal vitamins, since we weren't actively TTC, I never even thought to take them beforehand.
The doctor there gave me a couple of local places to call to make my first prenatal appointment, and answered all 438502845 questions I had for her.
I tried calling the one place the doctor most recommended to me yesterday, but I called too late, and they're closed for the weekend so I'll have to call back on Monday.
This is all so surreal to me. I never expected this to happen, which I think makes it all the more better and exciting for us. My MIL's friend just had a baby last year, and the baby has already grown out of a lot of her baby stuff, so we'll have everything but a crib for our new bundle of joy.
I don't think the whole pregnancy thing has sunk in yet. It's almost all I think about, but I don't think it'll hit me totally until I see the first ultrasound and heartbeat.
I have been lucky so far and haven't had a sign of morning sickness, knock on wood, and I haven't been overly emotional, other than crying a lot easier over sentimental stuff, which has been a surprise since normally when I PMS, my emotions go all sorts of crazy, however, I'm not complaining and I am once again, knocking on wood.
I'm a little worried that time is going to go by super slow, but I was already told by my MIL that if it does, savor it because after 9 months of pregnancy, time flies by faster than I will want it to. I just can't wait to see my baby's face and hold it in my arms!