we're pregnant... oofta! it takes a lot out of me to say that out loud---or i mean, type it. as pleased as we are to be expecting again, i hate telling everyone. i mean, when i was engaged i hid my ring under the table until someone actually commented on it, and i told people i was pregnant last time by announcing it on facebook and only telling about five people myself. actually, some rude relatives asked us if we were ashamed of being pregnant, and no, we weren't, i just hate all the attention.
so, it was perfect timing to tell everyone at our party on saturday (come back to that later)... and the word spread quickly :) it was fabulous! i still have to tell my dad and don't want to tell him via the phone, so it might have to wait till this weekend when i can see him face to face.
anyways, we are pregnant. as of now our expectant due date is february 21, so 02-21-12. my doctor so cleverly pointed out that it would be an amazing date, with all twos and ones, haha! we found out right away, because yes, to all of you wondering this question, we were trying. we didn't want to tell people right away to make sure everything was good in there and both of us were healthy. we saw our little peanut (and i mean, peanut because that's what size he/she was when we saw him/her on the screen), about four weeks ago and got the go ahead to announce it to the world that.... GAVIN WILL BE A BIG BROTHER.
we told the grandparents, minus my dad, via gavin wearing a tshirt that says "I'm going to be a BIG brother" and everyone seemed to get a huge kick out of it. there were tears and my mom was shocked, 100% shocked and said "i hope you haven't been drinking"-- it was 8 am and we did wake her up. now, she's so excited and probably more excited to spend more and more time with gavin.
for the most part this pregnancy has been uhhh, well, a rough one. it's totally different than my last. i've been sick at least three days a week after i eat dinner and i have some issues with my ribs hurting (already)... and although i don't necessarily look super pregnant, i feel like i am. my jeans are getting snug at my waistline and baggy around my legs- which has NEVER happened, so that's kind of exciting- my legs are a huge issue for me.
i haven't had any crazy cravings yet, which is great. i actually don't feel like eating too much anymore, it's like my stomach is shrinking... and ice cream seems to not be an issue this time around...yet. just the same old normal eating habits, minus all the delicious coffee- bummer. that's the only thing that i actually miss. freshly brewed dark roast coffee, or a medium iced expresso with one shot of caramel from caribou coffee. oh my gosh i'm SO craving that now.
we are going to find out again this time around what the sex is and our projected date to do that is the first week in october. i'm too much of a planner to not find out, plus if it's a girl there are so many cute outfits to get and if it's a boy we can relax a little and save a bit more money with some of gavins clothes that are still in good condition. we are both hoping for a girl, then we would like to be done. but if it's a boy we would be more than happy. gavin would have a little playmate and dan would have another mini-me. we don't plan on having any more kids after this..... anytime soon. i would love to have another in oh about 5-6 years but dan thinks that's nonsense.
so that's that. i have another doctor appointment on friday to hear the heartbeat and chit chat with the doctor about some issues i've heard about the litchfield hospital (gavin was delievered in edina at southdale hospital... we had ZERO and i mean ZERO issues before, during and after so i'm having huge anxiety about delivering somewhere else). if you are pregnant in the twin cities area and don't have a doctor in mind i HIGHLY suggest dr. amy brown- she's phenomenal and all the nurses at southdale are extremely great as well. i felt like i was kind of on a mini vacation before having gavin.
so now, i think everyone knows about us being pregnant... even if you weren't at our party, or didn't see it on facebook, this blog post should clear things up :)
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