After a few days of feeling suspicious that I was pregnant (animals following me around more than usual and always laying their heads on my stomach, feeling a little "off," and, at one point having a bizarre fluttering feeling in my stomach), I took a test the morning of February 11th while getting reading for work. Almost, immediately, it came up positive. Being the unbelieving person I am, I took a second test: same results.
I always dreamed of doing something cutesy to tell my husband we're expecting, but I honestly could not hold in my excitement. I immediately told him, completely throwing him for a loop while he was getting ready for work. I decided to take the day off, so I could go to the doctor, and, you guessed it, her test said I was pregnant as well.
We immediately told our family, but decided to wait until we saw the first sonogram and heard the heartbeat before telling any of our friends. My family almost puts social media to shame. I told my mum, and, before I knew it, my entire family knew. Even those in the UK and Australia. Pretty impressive, no? The only people we ended up telling that weren't family was my coworker, since he has to put up with me, and Ben's best friend. There also may or may not have been an instance where my soon-to-be sister-in-law spilled the beans to two of our good friends. *ahem*
On March 17th (St. Patrick's Day), we finally went to the doctor to get our first sonogram and to meet my midwife. The sonogram was completely surreal. The baby's head was about as big as the body, and you could see tiny arms and legs, so it kind of looked like a snowman. However, the baby seems very active. It's little arms were waving around like crazy, and my heart just about stopped when I heard our baby's heartbeat for the first time. It was like I had woken up and the whole baby thing wasn't a dream, it was actually real!
That night, we posted up an announcement on Facebook and Instagram. We decided we couldn't have an announcement without our brood of animals somehow being involved. Luckily, our animals are so well behaved and mellow, that they let me make this adorable announcement:
Coming October 2014!
Since then, I've been more or less in a daze. I know I'm pregnant, but, somehow, I just can't get my head around it. I'm sure I'll start feeling the reality of it hit sooner rather than later. Until then, I've been giving myself a little more grace than usual about chores, I've been trying to relax more and go to sleep earlier, and I've been waiting for the first trimester to finish up, so I can hopefully get that fabled energy boost that some women get with the second trimester.
