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Baby Stew Monthly Recap

11 Saturday Jul 2015

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Month:

June 

Baby Size: 

Weeks 11 – 14 

Brussel Sprout, Passion Fruit , Lemon, Beet 

I’m Feeling:

Overly excited and ridiculously happy 

 Food I love:

  • Watermelon 
  • Salad 
  • Cucumbers with apple cider vinegar and salt 
  • Red Meat 
  • Wendy’s junior bacon cheese burger with honey mustard 

Food I hate: 

Still no food aversions but I also haven’t been into sweets like cookies, brownies or ice cream 

Strong smells also still get me pretty gaggy! 

3 Pro’s of June:

  1. My energy is back to normal and most days I feel really really good! I love that I’m able to workout and that I found a good prenatal yoga class 
  2. I got to celebrate my first birthday pregnant – hello 31
  3. My friend Deni had her baby! Welcome to the world baby Amelia! 

3 Con’s of June:

  1. No ultra sounds so we didn’t get to see, peek in on or check up on Baby Stew 
  2. My allergies are out of control with minimal to no relief 
  3. Migraine number 2 

Currently living in:

Bikinis, Sports bras, Yoga pants, Sundresses  

Looking forward to:

My doctors appointment on the 8th of July 

Dreaming about:

Nursery designs and Baby Shopping 

Milestone:

The “bump-a-lution” 

Baby Stew is Growing! 

 

Week 11

  

Week 12

  

Week 13

  

Week 14

 

Last day of June

 
  

 

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25 Thursday Jun 2015

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The last week and a half has been a whirlwind of changes and emotions. 

Having everyone officially find out we are expecting has been so unbelievably overwhelming but in the best way possible. We have received so much love and encouragement and support. It truly stops you dead in your tracks and reminds you how blessed you truly are with the most amazing families and friends.  

Sharing the news was also a wonderful way to bring in my 31st birthday. Colt made the week extra special for me by bringing home a card and present everyday. We don’t usually do presents so it was really fun to get spoiled all week long. He did really good and bought me everything from MAC to gelato to new workout clothes to the biggest and baddest pregnancy pillow ever just to name a few. 

This pillow is seriously the mother load of all pregnancy pillows! We found it on Amazon and instantly I knew it had to be mine. It was so big and looked so perfect until I saw the price tag – $100 for a pillow! The perfect part went right out the window. Colt knows I would never spend that kind of money on something like that so I opted for the next best, more wallet friendly version and called it a day! Lucky for me it was my birthday and Colt spoils me to death so you can imagine my surprise and excitement when it came in the mail a few days later! I couldn’t believe it was mine, I’m so in love and I’m already sleeping so much better! As for Colt and Kai, well let’s just say it’s not the smallest thing on the bed so they don’t exactly love it! 

 
Kailea is pretty much deathly afraid of it and Colt can’t even get within a foot of me so it’s pretty interesting so far – haha! It’s a good thing it’s so legit and that it makes me so happy! 

For my actual birthday I had to work! I think it was the first time in years and years that I actually worked on my birthday but it wasn’t bad which is when you know you are truly doing what you love to do. I coached two morning classes then meet Anu and we did nails! We later met up with Joe & Anu and had a spectacular dinner at Duo at the four seasons. It was so nice and we all ate entirely to much but it was the perfect way to ring in 31 and this next chapter. 

   
 

Week 13 continues to bring renewed energy which I absolutely love. I still take full advantage of napping as often and as much as possible which I think is helping Baby Stew grow since my belly continues to pop a little more everyday. I’m in the stage where things are starting to get snug but since I don’t really look pregnant it’s difficult. I had a really hard time finding a birthday outfit and the workout outfit that my father in law bought me for my birthday made me look like a big fat marshmallow. 

It’s been some what challenging to not get a little down and stressed about the sudden and BIG changes going on within my body but I just keep reminding myself that it’s totally normal and that gaining healthy weight is essential to Baby Stew’s development. I’m trying to take everything in stride and one day at a time while constantly reminding myself to be gentle. Moderation is my new favorite word to live by and with my renewed energy I’m back in the gym and running which helps a ton! I also just did my first prenatal yoga class and I absolutely fell in love! I am really excited to add that to my weekly mix of activities during the next few months.  
   

  

My first official “bump” picture on my way to my prenatal yoga class at 13 weeks and 5 days! 

I can’t believe that June and my first trimester are already coming to an end! I’m a little sad it’s going by so fast but I’m also so excited for what’s still to come. My doctor called me today and asked me to switch my next appointment from Monday the 6th to Wednesday the 8th. I’m hoping by then we will get to find out if Baby Stew is a boy or a girl! And if not at that appointment then hopefully we will find out on the 14th when I see the specialist! What’s your guess? I can honestly say that I really have no idea! 

Until next time…..

12 weeks = 3 months 

15 Monday Jun 2015

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So we’re totally turning into “those” people, the ones who use weeks instead of months when someone asks how far along we are! We promised we would NEVER be those people and here we are! 

To our defense and as an apology to “those people” I totally get it now! When your pregnant everything goes by weeks! All your app updates, pregnancy trackers, things you look up online and doctors all talk in regards to weeks so it’s just easy to follow suite. So here we are referencing everything in weeks, but I promise once the baby is born if you ask me how old he or she is and I tell you they are 208 weeks, or even 24 months please just slap me, no seriously though. 

Hitting the 12 week, 3 month mark has brought a whole new world of excitement and anxiousness. We officially sent out all announcements to our extened families and close friends on Friday. I am SO excited for people to start getting them but it’s also making me a little anxious to have the news go completely public since it still feels so early in the pregnancy to me.

I have my next two appointments in July and it seems like forever away so for now I’m just trying to enjoy the day to day and embrace everyday of pregnancy as it comes. 

My nausea and exhaustion has officially subsided (thank you placenta) but now it’s heartburn taking its place. I also got my first migraine on Friday around 4pm and it lasted through Saturday evening. It was so painful and so sad because there was nothing I could do but ride it out. I read that hormones at this stage are the leading cause of mirgranes especially if you are previously prone to them which I am. I think this migraine might have been brought on from not drinking enough water and not eating enough. 

Everyday is a new trial and era and I’m learning how to take care of the new me with Baby Stew in tote. I’m also so thankful that Colt is so amazing to me and that he is really understanding of everything I am going through on the day to day. It’s nice to be able to lay in bed all day if I need to and he just happily understands and helps out with anything I need. I’m so lucky and I know this. 

 

He’s also extremely creative and crafty and is totally rocking our weekly Baby Stew board! And yes, he does these all free hand with just chalk pens! 

Today has been such a beautiful day filled with lots of sunshine and good energy and I know it’s going to be an even better week! 

Until next time…

  
Suns out, Bumps out! 

 12 weeks and 2 days or 3 months! Lol 

11 weeks, 6 days 

12 Friday Jun 2015

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I didn’t take a nap today. It’s the first time since finding out I was pregnant that I didn’t take a nap. This may seem like no big deal to most people but to me this was a huge milestone since its proof I am giving way to my second trimester!

Second trimester! It doesn’t even seem possible that I’ve been pregnant for 3 months, (well almost) I’m 11 weeks and 6 days and as my first trimester slowly comes to an end believe me I can tell.

This week my energy seems to be back to normal and I feel more and more like my old self, well minus the protruding belly. I know it’s not even close to looking like or being a baby bump yet and I doubt other people could even notice it but to me it’s huge especially since I’m up 5 pounds which feels like 100 on my frame (and for the record I’m pretty sure 2 pounds of it are in my boobs). 

Other than the every day noticeable changes in my physical-ness it’s also been a really big and exciting week because we’ve been gearing up to make our official pregnancy announcement to our extended family and friends. I also told my boss which was such a huge amount of relief but it also made things seem so much more real!

For the announcement we’ve had all these great ideas (Pinterest inspired and for the record Pinterest you are the devil) but really we’ve seen it all! There are so many fun and creative ways to tell your loved ones your exciting news now a days and lucky for us my best friend Anu also happens to be a great photographer which means photo shoots all day, everyday!

Once we decided on our announcement idea we set up the day and time with Anu and got the props ready! I fell in love with the big golden balloons that spell out BABY. I ordered them on Amazon and eagerly waited for them to arrive. On Saturday an hour before the photo shoot Colt and I drove to the mall to get them blown up (note to the world blowing up 40″ balloons in Maui is not cheap and or worth it) $50 later the balloons were blown up and we were on our way home to get ready.

Once we got home we decided to not mess with the balloons so we left them in the car and went in to grab the rest of our stuff. We knew we would be quick and we were in and out just in time to get back to the car and see that one of our “B” balloons had popped, big slice right down the middle — melt down city 

Not only was it popped it was unfix-able and and not only was it unfix-able it was a disaster (a now very expansive disaster) I was pissed but since it was already late I couldn’t really cancel so we re-grouped and went up to take the pictures anyways.

To say Anu & Colt are miracle workers would be a major understatement because they some how pulled me out of the worst, saddest, most pissed off mood ever and Anu ended up getting some of the best, most beautiful, timeless and perfect pictures. She is truly so talented! 

By the end of the shoot we were all in agreement that the balloons just weren’t meant to be. We were also really glad that the pictures were done so we could now make and send our announcements.


  

The above three are the ones we decided on to actually send out as the announcement. There were so many great ones but in the end we felt these three were the best line up and flow! Below are a few of the other awesome “runner ups”


          

    

It’s been a wonderful first trimester of privacy, joy and a lot of unknowns but we are ready, excited & hopeful and we can’t wait to finally tell the world about our newest, greatest adventure.

In life there are perfect moments. You cannot plan them – the very act interferes with the laws of the universe – but you must be ready to recognize them when they come…”

Until next time…


Baby Stew Monthly Recap 

31 Sunday May 2015

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Month:

May

Baby’s Size:

Weeks 6-10

Pomegranate Seed, Blueberry, Raspberry, Green Olive, Kumquat

I’m Feeling:

Excited & happy but nervous since it is still so early on. My energy is also non-existent and I am tired all the time. I’m napping everyday and I’m nauseous pretty consistently all day long

 Food I love:

  • Cracker Barrel Sharp White Cheddar Cheese
  • Grapes
  • Crackers
  • Smart Food 

Food I hate:

No food aversion but the smell of pee makes me want to puke  

 3 Pro’s of May:

1. Got to see the baby twice and got to hear the heart beat for the very first time
2. Getting to sharing the news with our immediate families
3. Taking first round announcement pictures with Anu

3 Con’s of May:

1. Having to go for a second ultra sound to get a better look at a spot that showed up during my 8 week ultra sound on my uterus. Having to wait until June 5th to get the results
2. Fatigue and Nausea had me feeling pretty crappy most of the days
3. Not being able to scream from the rooftops that we are pregnant!

Currently living in:

Gym Clothes, PJ’s and Bikini’s

Looking forward to:

My Doctors appointment on June 5th

Being able to tell extended family and friends

Dreaming about:

A happy, healthy Baby Stew and if it’s a boy or a girl?!? 

Milestone:

  
This is the first picture I saw of myself and said “Wow, I look pregnant!” It was taking at 10 weeks and 2 days during my Moms birthday camping trip in Hana! 

I still can’t believe we are going to be parents! 

 

The Spot

27 Wednesday May 2015

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On Tuesday May 26th I went in for my second ultra sound. I was now 9 weeks and 4 days and anxious to get this appointment over with. All we knew was that my doctor had found a small spot on my uterus during my 8 week ultra sound and that she wanted to get a better look at it. She wasn’t sure what it was so she told us not to get too worried or upset especially since all my tests were normal and the baby looked good with a strong heartbeat.

I went in with an open mind knowing that anything was possible but hoping for the best. The ultra sound tech was an older lady who was very nice. She explained that she would be performing an external and internal ultra sound to get the best reading and pictures possible and that it would take about an hour. I prepared myself mentally as she lubed up my belly. I knew I probably wasn’t going to be able to hear the baby’s heart beat again but I was hoping I could at least sneak a peak to see how it was going. 

As she got started it seemed like forever before she spoke. I swear my heart didn’t beat for a solid mintute as I waited for her to say something… anything! As I laid there still and worried she finally said there it is, that white light flickering is your babies heartbeat. (Whew, exhale, heartbeat, sigh of relief..)

She continued on with the ultrasound only making small talk about how far along I was and confirming that my due date was spot on for Christmas Day on December 25th, asking what I did for a living, if the pregnancy had been planned. It was a good 15-20 minutes in before she turned the screen to me and said “there is your baby” as I looked up I couldn’t believe my eyes. Baby Stew had literally doubled in size from a week and a half ago! As we zoomed in to take a better look the tech started laughing and said “it looks like you’re going to have a gymnast like yourself, look at the legs they haven’t stopped moving!” I couldn’t believe it Baby Stew’s legs were kicking like crazy! The baby was actually moving! It was like dance dance fever in there and my heart melted into a thousand pieces. 

I came home from the ultra sound feeling extremely happy and excited at how big and cute Baby Stew had gotten but I was also nervous and anxious. I had gotten a weird vibe from the tech and I just knew in my heart that the spot was going to be something more than just “nothing”. 

I called my doctor that Friday since I hadn’t heard anything and the receptionist told me the scans were in and my doctor would call me if anything was abnormal. If there wasn’t anything abnormal then she would just go over them with me at my next appointment that following Friday on June 5th. I waited all week anxiously by the phone and by Friday when I hadn’t heard back I went into my appointment feeling relieved, clearly it was nothing major since she never called. 

I got to my appointment at noon and I met with the nurse. There was so much paperwork and health history to go over and once all of that was finally done I waited on my doctor. She came in and we went over the usual. How was I feeling? Any new symptoms? Anything that was concerning me? Umm yea what the hell was that spot! I asked her about my results of the ultra sound and waited as she delivered the news. 

The spot was a uterine septum — a what? A uterine septum — english please. 

Basically a uterine septum is a common type of congenital uterine anomaly meaning that when the uterus is formed during embryogenesis by the fusion of the two Müllerian ducts something goes wrong in the process and it causes incomplete absorption. The reasons for this happening is not known. So basically in English and to the best of my understanding I have an abnormal shaped uterus and depending on how big or small the actual uterine septum is it could cause different problems / complications with my pregnancy. 

I’m pretty sure my heart stopped beating again while my doctor delivered all this news. Part of me couldn’t understand what the hell she was saying while the other part was so scared I didn’t want to understand it anyways. As I caught my breathe I finally asked so what’s next? 

I have to see a specialist from Oahu next month to see if the septum is minor or more serious. So far my doctor thinks it’s very minor but she wants to take a better look at it. If it goes more than half way down then that’s considered extreme and I’ll be considered a higher risk pregnancy which means I could be at risk of delivering the baby early or for the baby not having enough room to grow and being breech in which case I would need to have a c-section to deliver. In extreme cases the baby can actually implant on the septum and if that happens it would most likely cause you to have an early miscarriage because the baby can’t get enough blood and nutrients to survive. My doctor does not think this is the case with me since all my tests have been normal and my ultra sound shows the baby is growing. 

She did say however that this was most likely the reason we did have a harder time getting pregnant and it was also most likely the cause for my irregular periods. She also said that she still felt safe that we could announce our pregnancy at 12 weeks if we chose to since as of now the baby was fine. 

After all that “ugly news” she had me lay down and she did an on the belly heartbeat ultra sound. It was instant, Baby Stew’s heart was beating strong.

My next appointment is on July 6th and then I’ll see the specialist on July 14th. I’m nervous and scared and anxious but mostly hopeful. At this point I need to believe that everything is going to be alright and that Baby Stew (and my pregnancy) are going to be happy and healthy! 

For now we only ask that you please add us to your prayers or send positive vibes, light or love our way as we continue to hope for the best. I just know in my heart that this is meant to be. 

 
My best friend Kristen sent me this amazing & thoughtful framed scripture for Baby Stew’s nursery. The moment I opened it something in my heart went still as it was just so powerful & reassuring to me. We are so grateful to have such an amazing and strong support system as we journey into this next chapter. 

 

Until next time…

A Whole New World 

21 Thursday May 2015

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Finding out your pregnant, having your doctor confirm it and then hearing your babies first heartbeat has got to be one of the most exciting and scariest times in any woman’s life regardless if you “planned” it or not! With emotions (and hormones) running high all you can think is “this is it, ready or not here we go.”

Now before I go on, here is the part in my blog where I am going to give you an “out” on top of a disclaimer. This is your chance to read along on my journey or decide to sign off. With that being said if you don’t want to hear the good, the bad, the gross, the scary and everything else in between please discontinue reading.

Over the next 9 months I intend to document my pregnancy journey in all its raw and natural glory. I want to be able to come back here months or years from now and see how far we’ve come and how much changed from week to week and month to month. I also want our child to someday be able to come here and have an unedited look at his or her early life as it unfolded during these very special first 9 months.

Alright so if you’re still here welcome! I’m excited to have you along and I truly appreciate your love and support along this incredible, life changing journey!

My first nine weeks of pregnancy have been pretty “mild” in regards to the pregnancy scale. I ride the nausea train pretty much from morning to night with little relief however I have yet to throw up (not even once) which I hear is pretty incredible since I know a lot of woman are stuck in the bathroom for the first 3 months. For this I am grateful and it makes the nausea more manageable. I like to believe that baby Stew knows that my job and life require me to be active and that he or she is having some mercy on me while I adjust to my new state of self.

Some other noticeable changes so far have been exhaustion and I don’t mean the every day I’m so tired, so sleepy kind. I mean full on body-aching, can’t keep my eyes open, get me to the closest thing that looks like a bed right now. The only thing I can relate it to is when you are a kid in the summer and you come in after a long day at the beach and playing outside and you fall asleep in your dinner because your just done. Lights out.

Only most days I don’t even make it to dinner I’m typically napping by noon on my lunch break for at least 30 minutes if not 45 if I can sneak it in. The naps help and I do usually get a second wind but only until about 7:30 and then I’m passing out again trying like hell to stay awake until at least 8 (not going to happen).

On top of the nausea and exhaustion my boobs have officially turned into monster A and monster B. I always wanted to know how I would look with a boob job so if you’ve ever been curious just take a look at me now!

Whew, weeeee the growth on top of the soreness is enough for an entire blog post but I’ll spare you all those details for now and just say ouchy, they really hurt!

I can honestly say those are my three biggest symptoms so far. I also get extremely fatigue when I need to eat which causes me to have super, super low energy which is really hard for me since I’m usually going at about 200 mph. My stomach has also been an up and down roller-coaster but in all fairness that’s pretty much normal for me and I can’t blame it entirely on the pregnancy although I’m sure it does escalate it to some extent. I also pee at least 20 times a day and at least two to three times a night.

Other then those “normal” pregnancy symptoms and the fact that I just feel pregnant all the time the only thing that has been “abnormal” is a black spot that showed up on my uterus during my first ultra sound at 8 weeks. My doctor couldn’t get a good read on it so she’s sending me to an ultra sound doctor to get a better look at it. It’s a little nerve-wracking but at this point in my pregnancy what isn’t? We are just hoping and praying for the best.

Until next time… 


I forgot to post this picture on my last post so I’m posting it now. My first Mothers Day on Sunday May 10, 2015. Colt made my day so relaxing & special! 

We can’t wait to find out who you are Baby Stew. We love you SO much already. 

(p.s. – my boobs have doubled in size since this picture which was taken at 7 weeks and 2 days – ha!)

Ga-gung, ga-gung. 

16 Saturday May 2015

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Friday, May 15th 2015 might just go down in the books as one of the most mind blowing and amazing days in the history of days (as of yet…)

Friday’s are pretty amazing in our world but on this particular Friday I had my second prenatal doctors appointment at 1pm. I got home from coaching at 11 and quickly started making lunch. I was so excited and nervous and anxious that 1 o’clock couldn’t come soon enough! As I sat down to eat my phone rang, it was my doctors office asking if I could come in now. Right now? Yes, as soon as possible.

They needed to bump up my appointment because my doctor had been called in for surgery and the ultra-sound room was only open for another 30 minutes. After a bit of a mad dash, leaving my freshly made lunch on the table, running out the door, calling Colt on my drive to tell him to leave work now that he needed to meet me in the next 30 minutes we were both somehow there and waiting.

Very rarely will you see me (or any woman for that matter) smiling while in this position waiting at the doctors BUT when you are having your very first ultra sound, to see your very first child, you can’t help but be all smiles

As we waited for the doctor to come in I prepared myself for anything. Based on my last missed period I was suppose to be 8 weeks exactly but because of my irregular cycles and ovulation I wasn’t sure if my last period would be extremely accurate to go off. I also didn’t want to be disappointed or freaked out if we didn’t hear a heartbeat since I heard that is normal if you are measuring earlier than what you or your doctor thinks. I hoped for the best but was trying hard not to get my hopes up. After all I could still barely even believe that I was actually really pregnant.

After waiting for what seemed like forever Doctor Takemoto came in. She introduced herself to Colt and we got started. She explained to me that we were going to do an internal ultrasound and that hopefully we would be able to hear the babies heartbeat. As I relaxed and took a deep breathe she turned on the monitor and shut off the lights and suddenly just like that boom our little baby Stew was up on the screen!

It was love at first sight

As she pointed to each area of the screen we honestly couldn’t believe we were looking at our baby. I mostly couldn’t believe that it actually already looked like a baby! It was love at first sight and in that moment I knew that this would be our greatest adventure yet.

As we continued to watch the screen she started taking measurements of the baby to check to see our due date. We couldn’t wait to find out when our little baby Stew would be arriving and as she moved around snapping photos she stopped and said you see that little white flicker? That’s your baby’s heartbeat and then the microphone came on and ga-gung, ga-gung. ga-gung. It’s a heartbeat. It’s our babies heartbeat. Ga-gung, ga-gung.

Our babies heartbeat at 176 bpm

To say we were on cloud 9 after hearing the heartbeat would be a major understatement. It was so crazy how loud, fast and strong it was. Our baby had a heartbeat!

As she continued to check things out she let us know that I was measuring at exactly 8 weeks which was right on track to my last period.

Anu & Joe got us this amazingly awesome chalkboard to document all of our weekly memories & milestones as Baby Stew continues to grow! We are so grateful for you Getgen’s!

We could not believe that we were already 8 weeks along! That would have to mean that we had conceived Easter weekend which we spent at the Grand Wailea (which was so magically perfect) it would also mean that our due date would be, drum roll please…..

December 25th, 2015 

I shit you not, our actual due date is on Christmas Day! Watch out Santa there is a new kid in town!

Click below to listen to baby Stew’s first heartbeat!!

Baby Stew’s first heart beat

Just like that…

01 Friday May 2015

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Driving. Park the car. Wait in car for 10 minutes. Take a deep breath. Say a prayer. Go inside. Get greeted. Fill out paperwork. Wait. Urine test. Wait. Go inside room. Wait. Nurse comes in, “Congratulations Jennifer, you are pregnant.” Watery eyes, blank smile, butterflies, dizziness, is this real life?

This was the order of events that took place on the first Friday of May. I must have asked her “so I’m pregnant” at least 5 times. I still couldn’t (can’t) wrap my head around the fact that the answer continues to be “yes.” I knew it was going to be “yes” the 3 tests at home over the last 2 days all continued to say yes, yes and yes.

With that being said lets back up a minute. I had one of those movie moments on Wednesday morning when the girl wakes up and kinda scratches her head like “damn I never did get my period did I”? My first thought of course was not “maybe I’m pregnant” but rather “here we go again.” I’ve had irregular cycles for the last 13 months since going off birth control with only the last two being “regular” with 29 and 34 days between.

All previous months it’s been 40 to 50+ days which in the “trying” to get pregnant world basically means “it just ain’t going to happen.” No ovulation = no baby. It’s been discouraging to say the very least, your body not doing what it’s suppose to do, what it was essentially made to do, what you are begging for it to do.

We saw the doctor, we did the testing, we did ALL the testing and all the tests pointed to “normal.” There was nothing wrong with either of us besides my daunting and dreadful super long irregular cycles.

“Be patient. Stop stressing. Stop trying. It will happen. Your still so young. Your next. Are you pregnant? Are you pregnant? So are you pregnant…..”

SHUT UP!

I get it!! I really do but when your in the thick of it and you’re feeling like your body is failing you the VERY last thing you need or want to hear are any of the above statements. I get it, you don’t know what else to say. How about, I know this must be really frustrating for you two. Hence my 5 time question to my doctor on Friday afternoon in complete disbelief “so I’m (ME) pregnant?” 

Pregnant – well I’ll be dammed.

A silver lining, happiness, excitement, fear, anxiety…HOPE. That greatest of all HOPE.

A baby. Wow, we are having a baby.

 My two positive at home pregnancy tests on April 29, 2015, I ended up taking a third the next morning and also got a “YES” 

After the doctor confirmed I was indeed pregnant  

First “belly selfies” at 6 weeks, first trimester