Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Hooray for Baby Bumps!!

I am somewhat absurdly excited about the teeny little baby bump I've developed. :P It started at the end of my 13th week which is fairly early, so I thought it might be bloating. But it didn't go away as bloating always did, but actually grew a little! Now I sometimes have to actually wear maternity clothes. :) 

Still feeling really good at 15 weeks. Got a little sick yesterday, but I think that may have been related to fatigue. There's been a lot going on.

I'm so excited that baby will likely start hearing things now! I plan to try and get better at my up 'till now sadly neglected piano practice. 'Mozart makes babies smarter' right? ;)

We are going to our first doctor interview this Thursday. Hoping that goes well. I've got one or two others I'd like to talk to before we make a final decision, but I'm glad we've gotten started!

So many other things I could blog about, but I'm just glad to be keeping up with baby stuff. Maybe this'll teach me consistency, and I'll blog about things more regularly. :P

Thursday, January 8, 2015

First comes love, then comes marriage, THEN.......


Well, I guess now I can blog about the big news!! It's funny that it nearly killed me to keep the secret so long, but once it was out I completely forgot about blogging! As has been previously stated in this online journal I am not a good blogger :P.

We're going to have a baby!! (Although the few people who read this blog are, of course, already informed of the fact it seems like the right way to start. Right?) We are VERY excited and thankful to God for this blessing, and looking forward to his or her arrival somewhere near July 20th! As of the 5th of January (aka, this past Monday) I am 12 weeks pregnant, and my 'indications' (I don't like the word 'symptoms', it makes it sound like I'm sick :P), have been very mild.

(Just wanted to point out: this is a pregnancy post, so in the 'Week 5' section there is mention of a certain feminine, ah, 'occurrence' that goes away when one is pregnant. Just a warning to anyone with kids reading over their shoulder in case you don't want to talk about 'that' just yet :P.)

I wrote down a short account of each week up to week 8. After that we told our families, and my outlet became talking to them thus ending my journalling attempt.

Week 5 (4 weeks pregnant): feeling weird. Lower ribs hurting, cramping, and lightheaded/dizziness on Tuesday. (Monday was the first day of my fourth week.) took a pregnancy test, but got negative. Period not technically late yet because I've been known to go as long as 34 days between periods. Decide to wait till Monday (day 35) then take the test again.

Week 6 (5 weeks pregnant): Take pregnancy test. It comes up positive! The second line is very faint, however, so I take another one with the same results. Very tired. Not the extreme exhaustion that I've read about, but definitely tired. Took a nap two days in a row. Usually, even if I'm really tired I can never actually sleep during the day. Just lay down and rest. But I didn't just sleep, I slept hard. Probably should be napping more. 

Week 7 (6 weeks pregnant): today is the first day of week 7! It's also Thanksgiving week. Mr. Paul won't be here Thanksgiving day, so our families are celebrating tomorrow. We decided that that's when we'll break the big news. I can't wait! We were a little worried this morning when we found out that Kathleen was going to get to the Lambert's tomorrow as well. We had known she was coming, just not when. Then we discovered that she didn't expect to be there 'till around 8:00. What a relief! It didn't seem right to announce it to anyone except family at first. (Not that we weren't as excited to tell Kathleen as anyone else, but it just seemed like something that should be told to only them at first. And I didn't think I could stand to keep the secret from our families any longer. ;) Kathleen)

Week 8 (7 weeks pregnant): Morning sickness started to set in. No fun :P, but not near what some women describe. I had to keep reminding myself I had it pretty easy. I don't think I'm quite through with it yet, but I felt a lot better yesterday; not nauseous at all as far as I can remember; and today I've felt pretty good too. Wait, I did feel a little sick over supper last night; I had forgotten. However, I haven't been near as emotional as I was those first few weeks. I was very fragile there for a while. That seems to have been replaced with nausea :P.

The nausea didn't last longer than a week, if that. I am VERY grateful. It wasn't any fun. I have had what I call 'delicate stomach' more than once since then, but that just means I'm a little bit less inclined to eat certain things than others, or that smells bother me more, or that I don't have an appetite at all. I also seem to be having symptoms of anemia recently which means I bought a can of sardines and clams. (That would explain why I've been craving shellfish for weeks :P.) The sardines weren't near as bad as I thought they'd be. 
Of course, questions like that will be answered once we find a doctor which we have yet to do. Despite all Joshua's efforts I hadn't been added to his company's insurance yet when we discovered I was pregnant, so we couldn't really get a doctor until we did that. And then it looked like I wouldn't even be on the same insurance as him, so we didn't know what insurance name to give hospitals and doctors we were thinking about. But that's all been straightened out now, and the hunt is on in earnest! Please be praying for us as we make this decision. 
Well, I think that's plenty long enough for one post! Especially one with no pictures :P. Lord willing I'll be better at posting updates, and won't need to make posts this long in the future!