I am quite, quite late in posting this, seeing as we already have the little guy here, but....
WE'RE HAVING A BABY!
Due this past July!
(don't worry, he came two months ago, too)
Seeing as I was already terrible at updating the blog, add in going back to work with the added load of being the team leader, and add in a pregnancy--I had no motivation to update this bad boy for way too long (sorry about it!). So for your viewing/reading pleasure (but mostly for my record), here is an after-the-fact update of my pregnancy.
FIRST TRIMESTER:
Highlights:
- finding out I was pregnant! and sharing the news with our families:
Me and Spencer:
I woke up early one morning and very hesitantly took a pregnancy test. I always heard that there was a terrible two minute wait where women would sit bored in the bathroom waiting for the result. Well, my test was positive right away and I almost screamed out in joy. I didn't because I wanted to surprise Spencer. I'd planned on telling him with a copy of "Your Baby's First Word Will Be DADA," (we love Jimmy Fallon) but in my superstition, I wouldn't buy it until I was pregnant. But I also couldn't wait to tell Spencer. Which meant sneaking out of the house at 8 in the morning to buy the book. I actually didn't end up sneaking out, but I made some excuse as to why I had to go to the store, by myself, that early. Not sure what the excuse was, but I remember Spencer barely bought it. I had to go to two stores to find it, then I was on my jittery way home! When I got home, Spencer was sitting in the office playing a game. I walked in, showed him the book, and he said something to the effect of, "Oh, great! We need that book!" I had to explicitly tell him that I was pregnant. My bad for not being obvious enough.
Spencer's Parents:
We didn't intend on telling anyone until after my first doctor's appointment, but when Spencer's car died later that week, and we made a trip to Bountiful to borrow a car from his parents, we couldn't resist the chance to tell them. I am terrible with secrets, and it was nice to tell someone.
My Parents:
We went out to North Carolina for Thanksgiving to visit my grandparents and meet up with my parents and sister. In keeping with the book theme, I bought two books by Mercer Mayer: Grandpa and Me, and Grandma and Me. I snuck my parents into a back room and showed them the books to surprise them with the news.
- Spencer totaled his car. In that the battery died and it would have cost more to replace the battery than the car was worth.
- We bought a new car. Not a mom car yet, but we needed a good commuter car for Spencer, so we got a 2013 Cruze! We love it.
- We watched So You Think You Can Dance over the summer and went to the concert for my birthday in December!
- We had two ultrasounds in the first trimester. It was so fun to see our little baby!
Symptoms:
Overall, my first trimester was pretty alright. I had a bit of morning sickness, but it was mostly just an all day nausea. I never really got sick, which was lucky because I don't know how I would've hidden my pregnancy at school if I was rushing out of my classroom to throw up every five minutes. But it was hard for me to eat because nothing sounded good. I didn't have any extreme cravings, though I ate the same dinner for almost a week straight--a salad with butter lettuce, lemon, pepper, and bacon bits. My main food aversion was water. Luckily, that went away after the first trimester.
Other News:
I managed to stay in my pre-pregnancy clothes throughout this time, mostly because it was winter, which meant layers that could easily hide a bump (and the elastic keeping my pants closed xD).
The first trimester seemed to go the slowest, mostly because I was counting down the days until we would tell people. Then once we were into the safe window, things kept coming up and we didn't put together our announcement until I was 15 weeks along.
SECOND TRIMESTER:
Highlights:
- Finding out we were having a boy!
- Telling people I was pregnant!!
- Feeling the baby kick at 17 weeks! At first I wasn't sure if I was feeling the baby, or just imagining it, but after a few weeks of that little movement getting stronger and more frequent, I was sure it was the baby! He was a strong kicker from the start, so Spencer could feel him pretty soon after I did.
- Getting to see our cute boy in one last ultrasound.
- A visit from my mom and Oma.
- Painting the nursery, buying most of the furniture, and rearranging the room ten times. And that's not an exaggeration.
Symptoms:
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| 18 weeks |
Other news:
At 18 weeks, I decided to finally bite the bullet and buy maternity clothes. At first it was fun to buy a few clothes and imagine my growing belly in them. By 23 weeks when I did a major shopping trip with my mom, I had a really hard time buying clothes. I didn't like how anything fit me. Nothing had good style (at a decent price). And I couldn't justify spending a lot of money on something that would last me just a few more months. And pregnancy hormones make everything harder. Eventually I found a few things that made me feel good (but now that I'm not pregnant, I definitely do not miss those clothes...).
Our Christmas present to ourselves was a new kitchen (which deserves a post of its own), so various elements of that happened throughout this time, including refinishing the cabinets and a new countertop, sink, faucet, backsplash, dishwasher, lighting, and floor...
The floor was actually paid for by our insurance...
Our basement flooded throughout the month of January (we realized it toward the end of the month :O ) from a leak in our new dishwasher. After some calls with our insurance and a claims estimate, we ended up with more money to fix the problem than it would take to actually make the repairs since Spencer was planning on doing a lot of the work himself. We had to replace the ceiling and carpet in the basement, and the floor in the kitchen was warped from the water damage as well so it needed to be replaced too. Which meant our new wood floors would be covered by the insurance money! With the updated kitchen and new floors throughout our main level, it's like a whole new house!
THIRD TRIMESTER
Highlights:
- Getting so close to meeting our boy!
- The end of the school year!
- So many baby showers! I had one at work, one put on by my sweet beehive class at church, and one with my friends and family! We definitely got spoiled.
- A visit from my parents in June
- Finishing the kitchen remodel (mostly the finish work like baseboards and door casings)
Symptoms:
I had pretty much every pregnancy symptom come the last months of my pregnancy. Well, not really. But it felt like it. I couldn't sleep because I couldn't get comfortable. I had heartburn. I had to pee. all. the. time. I had swollen feet (by the last week, only one pair of shoes fit!). My back ached. My body felt foreign. I had a baby kicking my ribs. I had Braxton Hicks contractions (those actually started at 24 weeks, but they were much more consistent in the third trimester). Oh and it was the middle of summer and I was always hot for the first time in my life.
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