It's so bizarre!
How'd we get to be here?
Well, the tables turned. That's how. For the longest time, Mo was the baby crazy one, and I was putting him off. At the beginning of this year, I started doing the math of how old our parents would be at certain childhood milestones, I was totally fed up with my job, and everyone else was getting pregnant! So then I flipped the tables and said I was ready, which is when Mo decided to freak out!
You may not know this, but part of our decision to go to Pakistan when we had the opportunity with Mo's family was because we were ready to start trying for a kid and had originally planned to go at the end of the year. I didn't want to start trying until after we'd been to Pakistan, so when the opportunity presented itself, we jumped on it. And then, um, jumped on trying for a baby when we got back!
Mo figured it would take us a while, since he'd spent a good 50% of his waking adult life sitting in a hot tub and I had banned him from them as soon as we started trying.
Therefore, when I sat him down at dinner the weekend after the 4th of July and told him I thought we should stop at the drug store on the way home to get a pregnancy test, he thought I was totally pulling his leg.
Not so much.
While I kept feeling like we should take another test (the package we got had five, I think, and we only used one!), I also knew that other things were confirming what the test was telling us. Like the fact that one week later, I suddenly had far less energy than I have ever had.
I think Tara explained it best when she says that she was freaked out because she thought that if anybody could fend off the first trimester tiredness, it would be me. Alas, the first trimester tiredness is indefatigable (pun intended). I've proven it here, folks. Energizer Bunny Katie could not believe how flat-out tired I was. I mean, I'd seen my friends go through it, but of course you assume they're somewhat over-exaggerating until you do it yourself. Turns out they weren't. I apologize, all ye fabulous pregnant (or previously pregnant) friends.
So yes, it's true. I've spent the past two months as a couch potato, addicted to talent reality shows. (Okay, and one that has nothing to do with talent, but I won't tell you which one!)
A few weeks ago, we had our first ultrasound that confirmed that no, I wasn't just having some freakish bout of no periods and tiredness. This little thing that was only the size of a kumquat at the time actually had arms & legs and was moving around in me! It was amazing!!
Um, I'll try to upload a photo here, but it didn't seem to work (I think cuz I have it as a PDF and not a JPG) -- I'm a neophyte at this whole blogging thing. Instead, here's a blueberry for you to imagine how small it once was!
At this point, I'm almost out of the first trimester, which is hard to believe. We're lucky to be surrounded by new parents and other pregnant friends. (Two that had babies in the last four months -- one first child and one second -- and seven -- yes, you read that right -- pregnant friends. And Mo read today that there's been a drop in babies since the recession! P'shaw!) So, that means that we're getting all kinds of fabulous advice and support.
And now that we're almost 'out of the woods', we're going to have to start figuring some things out.
I look forward to sharing this journey with you!
yay!! and we have to get on the belly photos!
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