8 weeks

How far along? 8 weeks

Total weight gain/loss: 2lb gain (total 3lb loss)



Your baby is the size of a kidney bean (source)

Maternity Clothes?  nope

Stretch marks?  nope

Sleep?  Body aches so much! Falling asleep is easy, but moving around like I usually do is getting painful, especially with these heavy hooters! Also I'm wide awake at 6am. It sucks.

Best moment this week:  Visiting pre-school to enroll the little one - they are only accepting applications for babies in the womb. And this little one can't get in until July, so s/he'll be 4 months old - almost too old to be enrolled (they stop accepting applicants at 5 months.) ayayay first world problems

Miss Anything?  Sleeping in

Movement:  none

Food cravings:  none

Anything making your queasy or sick?  Nothing specific but I had BAD heart burn Friday so Tums are my new best friend

Have you started to show yet? I've had a "pooch" for the past year, but it's not as "jelly"

Symptoms: Tender hooters and an AWFUL pain in my left hip

Gender:  unknown.

Labor signs:  none

Belly button in or out?  in

Wedding rings on or off?  on

Happy or Moody most of the time?  moody. I don't understand a word my husband is saying. His sentences just don't make sense anymore. Also this week I had to tell my boss I was pregnant, so I could tour the preschool and enroll the kiddo. But I told her "I think I'm pregnant" and her reply was "well, have you taken a test?" uh duh Rachel! You ARE pregnant, you don't think it. It's true. Just say you ARE. But woah - what a commitment.

Looking forward to: first Doctors appointment next week, follow up appointments and then our Honeymoon in Jamaica with the big reveal!

baby quiz week 7

July 18, 2013

How far along? 7 weeks

Total weight gain/loss: 5lb loss

Maternity Clothes?  nope

Stretch marks?  nope

Sleep?  great! It's getting up that's difficult! I slept for 11 hours Wednesday night, didn't even change out of my work clothes!

Best moment this week:  Husband waiting on me hand and foot

Miss Anything?  alcohol

Movement:  none

Food cravings:  none

Anything making your queasy or sick?  nope

Have you started to show yet? I've had a "pooch" for the past year, but it's not as "jelly"

Gender:  unknown.

Labor signs:  none

Belly button in or out?  in

Wedding rings on or off?  on

Happy or Moody most of the time?  neutral, trying to stay positive and relaxed

Looking forward to: first Doctors appointment in two weeks, even though it's only with the nurse for blood work

My Aunt Jean

  My great aunt Jean passed away on July 16th. She was the sister to my late grandfather Thomas Jeffrey and is survived by her younger brother Richard “Ricky”, who led the meal blessing at our wedding.

     She was a dedicated Catholic and author of the short Christmas book ‘If You’re Missing Baby       Jesus’. A story about her mom, my great grandmother, who found an extra baby Jesus in their manger set. She left a sign at the store that read "If you're missing baby Jesus call 7162". It is a beautiful story. I love Christmas and I love family, so this short story makes me tear up every time I read it. The above link has the entire story, featuring my grandpa as “brother Tom”. But please consider purchasing this book for a Christmas classic.

     Jean died in Door County, Wisconsin her favorite place in the world (even though she retired to Tucson). She had recently been diagnosed with a lymphoma. She died while on vacation surrounded by her family and holding her daughter’s hand. When God is good, he is good!

Please remember my family in your prayers as I know she is praying for us now. 

Her obituary is here and she remains with us always,

 

Am I pregnant?

around July 7, 2013



As newlyweds Farmer J and I were considering starting a family soon.  I had been using an ovulation calendar app for quite a while to keep us from getting pregnant.  But as the newlywed dust has settled we thought it may be the time to add another person to the mix.  We decided to try once and if the app was misleading, look into more vigorous NFP. My best friend had just gotten engaged, but without a wedding date in mind we thought we'd try once and just once.

Farmer J thought we wouldn't succeed on the first try.  I thought we would, his dad has 17 grandchildren they are a fertile bunch. So we tried. ONCE. The next month I was late, so I thought I definitely was. I would ask "don't you think I'm pregnant?" and he would say "no", so I went with it.  I didn't feel pregnant anyways. Maybe I was late because we had tried on the right day and my body was just figuring it out...."hmm, what to do with this thing floating around in here."

Turns out we are pregnant!

Ta-Da!

I'm not sure if I want to say "we're expecting" or "we're pregnant" or "I'm pregnant and it's all his fault".

Finding out you are pregnant is kind of like proposing.  It's this cool moment you get to share with your husband forever and you can cherish his reaction for the rest of your lives. Well, that would be the case if my husband wasn't so nosey!

Friday after work he bought a test at the local Dollar General. The lady behind the counter offered the $1 pregnancy test, but he told her he'd hear it if he came home with the $1 test, so he got the more expensive one. This test said to test in the morning and not to test after drinking a lot of liquid.  I had just drank a glass of tea and it was pushing 10 pm but I still took it anyways. It came back negative. When we looked closer, the control line on the test didn't show up...you know how scientists need a controlled data set.  Well this dollar store product didn't have one.  It was a dud :(  We went to bed, went to a wedding that Saturday and bought three tests at good ole' Walmart for Sunday morning.  I woke up early Sunday and went to the restroom and almost forgot to take the test! My Kegel exercises came in handy as I hurriedly unwrapped the test and wizzed away. (TMI? sorry) It came back positive.  I wanted to crawl back into bed and dream up the many ways I could tell my husband, but when I got out of the bathroom he was already out of bed. 

"Well, are you pregnant? I heard you take the test."
"I'm not telling you"
"Why won't you tell me"
"Your birthday is in three days, you can wait until then"
"So you are pregnant?"
"Maybe, or maybe your birthday present is that you were actually right for once."
"I doubt that, you're pregnant, just tell me!"

I didn't tell him.  I really wanted to surprise him and have it on camera and everything.  I'm stubborn.
He is just as stubborn because for the rest of the day he wouldn't let up about it!  He kept testing me "well, let's go get a drink! Or can you not drink because you are pregnant??" and "what do you want for dinner, any special cravings??"

Finally we were in mass at 5pm on Sunday and the choir was singing "Hail Mary Gentle Woman" and I just felt it would be good to tell him at mass surrounded by God and his angels.  So at the Sign of Peace I whispered in his ear "I'm pregnant".

His response: "I knew it!"

And let me tell you he turned into the most caring and even more protective man from that moment on.  He keeps touching my stomach, sorry dear that's just fat.  He keeps asking how I feel. I dunno, this being pregnant thing may be a good thing for us.

I just DREAD the weight I will gain over the next nine months. We have vowed to walk the dogs EVERY night to keep from getting lazy and being unhealthy. 

I was able to surprise him with donuts and a onesie on his birthday morning.

"Rad like Dad"

It was as gender neutral as I could find..