pregnancy journal

Just so I remember. I wanted to update on the first 20 weeks of my pregnancy.

I am becoming sadly aware that this is quite possibly my last pregnancy. Yes, God has his own plan. But since the found out this sweet baby is a girly girl, we were thinking this could be it for us.

One of each. And I am perfectly happy with that for now.

I found out we were pregnant on February 12th. I kinda thought I was, then I started cramping and then I kinda thought I wasn't. My sweet BFF Amy Grace was on two-line patrol with me. That morning, I thought I'd just take a test. I always keep those dollar tests around. And I was pleasantly surprised when I saw a faint second line. Yes, we were trying. But that was the first month to try...and I just assumed it would take alittle longer.

 

At that point, I loaded my pj wearing 17.5 month old in the car and we rushed to walgreens to get the big daddy test. Yes, the one that cost $34 bones for 2 tests. Why are they so freaking expensive?

And it was positive. I WAS PREGNANT!!!

And ecstatic!

 

But what was funny was I just told Joey the night before that it was probably going to take months and that the new baby wouldn't come until atleast mid-hunting season...maybe even after. And then God laughed. He loves it when you try to make plans.

This child was going to be due at the end of October. A big 2 weeks before hunting season started. And need I remind you that my husband lives for the woods during the months of December and January?!? God double laughed.

And I kinda double laughed in that terrified kind of way because I knew I might be alone daddy-less with a very little newborn and a very active 2 year old during the weekends. 

And then I let Hudson play with the pregnancy test. For photo purposes. Don't worry, the cap was on.

I wanted to tell Joey in a cute way. I had every intention of that. And then you see that line at 7:00 am and you just can't hold it in. He was in the delta on business with a coworker, so he couldn't even respond appropriately.

This was the basics of our convo:

me: "Look at your picture text" 

Joey: "oh wow"

me: "are you excited?"

Joey: "Yes! Can I call you back later?"

Haha!

 

I was floating on cloud 9 for the next couple of days....I am pretty much still on that cloud. I love being pregnant! And our babies were going to be very close to 2 years apart...and that's what I had hoped for.

 

With Hudson's pregnancy, it was a dream. I wasn't sick and I felt great the whole time

I hoped it would be that way with this little one....and then it wasn't.
Pretty much the second after I peed on that stick, I started feeling nauseas. Like every day, pretty much all day. And when you are at home with a very active 18 month old, he doesn't like it when you want to sleep all day. Really, he doesn't allow it. So I spent my first trimester sick to my stomach and exhausted. And trying to convince Joey I wasn't making up these symptoms. I never threw up, thank goodness, because I am one of those ug-ily thrower uppers. And I happened to marry a man that gets sick if he sees you get sick. So when I do throw up, he's basically throwing wet rags at me from the other room. And rubbing my back with a broom or whatever very long stick he can find. 

I also had some spotting with this one. (sorry for the TMI)  I never had that with Hudson and I was terrified. Like call- my- doctor-to-schedule-a-sonogram-the-next-day terrified. And they let me the first few times, then I had to turn down the craziness because what I was experiencing was somewhat normal (so they say). It doesn't feel normal when it is happening to you.

 

Anyways, the first trimester was hard. But around 11-ish weeks, the nausea switch flipped and around 12-13 weeks, the fatigue got better. All was right with the world!

 

Oh yeah, and I'm pretty sure I had a bump at 8-9 weeks. Like a noticeable one. It really does happen faster with the second one even when you are enjoying healthy food like ice cream, pizza and French fries.  Who knew?

 

And that pretty much sums up the first 13 weeks.

Happy Tuesday. Its hot outside!