The 1st Trimester

Well we are officially in the 2nd Trimester with this little person. Most of the 1st trimester the world didn't know we were even pregnant. So I thought I would share how the 1st trimester went.

MANY people have asked me how I've been feeling or how bad is morning sickness. Well let me tell you. Only 1 time did I have to run to the porcelain throne, and it was while I was trying to eat a banana muffin and it was hardly anything. Ever since then I have avoided bananas. I was nauseous but nothing terrible. I maybe had 3 to 4 days a week where I felt really yucky. I definitely consider myself lucky to not have been sick.

Most of the 1st trimester I didn't believe I was even pregnant. I mean I wasn't really sick and nothing was out of the ordinary. It wasn't until my appointment at 13 weeks that I let myself believe I was pregnant. It's hard to deny you're pregnant when you hear a heartbeat that isn't your own.

So far this pregnancy all I have wanted to eat is fresh fruits and veggies. Apples, grapes and strawberries are my must have fruits. Any crunchy veggies are also a must have. This should be a great thing right? It has been great for my weight, doctor said I lost some weight between my 1st and 2nd appointment. But when you live an hour from your grocery store it's kind of a problem because produce doesn't last as long.

Most women (especially tiny women) start showing a little at the point that I am at, but I was already carrying extra weight around my middle so I don't feel that I look that different. However that hasn't stopped people from touching my large belly, I expect that to just get worse as time goes by. Because of my science background I am aware of the fact of changes and have noticed my uterus reaching up further into my abdominal area (seriously you can feel it which I think is SO cool, yep science nerd). So I no longer comfortably fit in my regular pants, thank goodness for pant extenders which I found on Amazon (thank goodness for Amazon or I'd be so screwed out here in no man's land). Maternity clothes are harder to find down here (unless I go to Farmington NM) so when I head north for my doctor appointments I stop at Ross to see if I can find any maternity pants. I have been able to find a few shorts for summer that are maternity and MANY cute maternity tops. Target does have some maternity clothes, but their selection isn't so much my style though I did get maternity swim suits from there. If you know of any good places where I can find maternity bottoms let me know in the comments.

Anyway that pretty much sums it up. 1 trimester down 2 to go. In 6 months from now we'll be holding our little one in our arms.

Surprise!

So most of you here have read many posts about our struggle to conceive. We saw a infertility specialist, where we learned that I wasn't having optimal ovulatory responses and our swimmers were just not up to snuff and our chances to do this the old fashioned way was 1 in 100. We then saw a Urologist and learned that a simple surgery could make a world of difference. Most men who have this surgery are able to have children naturally. So $1,900 later a surgery was done and we would have to wait 3 months for any real difference to be seen. 3 months, we could do that I mean we had waited well over 2 1/2 years already. Life went on as usual, and we decided to not worry about medication or testing because nothing was going to change until April. Well that next cycle after the surgery was going to be a hectic one. Jared was going to be gone for several days to UMEA (music conference) and then days later I would be gone for a Jamberry conference. And of course we both had crazy things with work. Before all the craziness started we managed to spend some quality time together, though most people wouldn't call grocery shopping and dinner quality time I guess that happens when you live where we do.

Cute huh

Well the weeks went by and I was supposed to start my next cycle on Valentine's Day of all days. But when it didn't start on time I didn't think much of it because I tend to be a little late. But when it had almost been a week (February 20th) I decided I'd just take that pregnancy test just to get things started, I mean it worked every time before then. Plus there was NO WAY I was actually pregnant. What happened next surprised us both.

I thought I was seeing things so I asked Jared to look at it. He saw the same result I did. Positive. Even with seeing those 2 lines I doubted it. So just to be safe I broke out the more expensive digital one, the kind that leaves no question. Plus it gives you a week predictor too so I knew I could trust it. Of course I had to wait several hours to take it. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon here is what we saw...

1 word... pregnant. We cried, we laughed, and we hugged. We were shocked! 

2 months have passed since that moment. Our lives, especially mine, have changed a lot. I lucked out and was hardly sick. My clothes are starting to not fit. I'm tired a lot (no seriously I turn into a pumpkin at like 9:30 every night). But it's been a wonderful 1st trimester. Yep 1 down 2 to go. 13 weeks yesterday! 

Thank you all for your support as we have struggled over the past 3 years. We are glad this trial is over and are excited for our little addition to join us.

A little Video

On Saturday Jared had some time to make a video of our cute boys. We had a surprise for them, so be sure to watch.