So, when I called over the phone to make my very first appointment about 3 weeks ago, I was very dissapointed, the woman on the phone was talking through all of the information pretty fast, that I didn't even really had a chance to jot everything down, but the most important points that I did get down were: bloodwork & ultrasound...well, today, I receive a phone call from my OBGYN's office and she's informed me that they need to schedule my first prenatal appointment, so I open up my calendar and get ready to shoot out some dates that work, I give her the earliest date that I'm available, and so now we're scheduled for May 11th at 3:35p..she then informs me that I'll have my firs ultrasound on this date ...pause.."What?!" so I tell her that I was under the impression that this was being done on my appointment that was scheduled for tomorrow, Friday, April 30th, and she tells me no, that this appointment is more of an orientation, and then I'll be sent off to the lab to do bloodwork to be testing for the various genetic disorders, and to check my blood sugar levels, etc, etc. I'm not going to lie, it was pretty dissapointing news. The thought of being able to see the baby has made me so anxious, and I now have to wait another 12 days, this is going to be nerve racking..ugh! I called David and he said he's fine, and he can wait to see the 2 babies..that's right, this maniac thinks I'm pregnant with twins. Well, anyway, I hope to have great news of a great appointment in the next couple of weeks, until then, I'll read and wait patiently.
So, the truth and fact of the matter is ..it wasn't the best April Fools joke.. when I put the fabulous message on my facebook on April 1st that I was "Finally Pregnant" ..I really didn't think I was, I had taken a pregnancy test on March 31st, but the result was faint and so I disregarded it and thought I'd test again in a week...well..7 days later, on April 6th, it was confirmed, Jennifer and David were pregnant, and the due date is December 14th.
A lot of thoughts ran through my head after the initial excitement started to dissipate..but the very first was, "Oh No! ..what if I go into labor during a basketball game?" ..David responded very calmly, "Well, then you'll have to wait until after the game's done," spoken like a true coach.
I feel comfortable saying now that this is not David and my first pregnancy, we found out that we were pregnant early in the new year, but soon after, we unfortunately had a miscarriage, which we both took very hard. For someone like myself that doesn't have an ideal cycle, it was devastating, I just put my hands up in the air and asked "Why?!" Well, what we sometimes consider unfortunate things may have a reason, and I have to really live in the thought that it may have been the best thing for David and I, and medically, maybe there was a reason why I didn't carry that pregnancy to term.
On the brighter side, here we are..currently 7 weeks pregnant, we love reading every possible thing that there is about pregnancy, I'd like to consider myself ultra-prepared, because in all actuality, I am. We've been planning to have kids for a couple of years, infact, I started taken prenatal vitamins 6 months before the wedding to really prep myself and make sure that I was as healthy as could be should be conceive right away. Everything was great and dandy, and wonderful, we were floating on cloud-9 until..well, until the morning sickness set in. April 18th was the first time I was as unhappy as could be since we found out that we were going to be parents, and here we are, April 26th, and I still feel awful..but I keep thinking, this too shall pass.
David's already purchased my Leacho Maternity Pillow which I couldn't live without, and Mama Bee Belly Balm, from the makers of Burt's Bees, another item that I probably couldn't live without at this point are my Sea-Bands..since it's more like ALL-DAY sickness than morning sickness, I have these on, pretty much ALL-DAY. I take them off sometimes before I go into meetings, becasuse I wear them so high up my wrist, and often times, people seem to know what they are, so I don't really want to risk being discovered until I'm ready to release our news into the world.
So, for the most part, at 7 weeks, I just want to remain calm and enjoy the things that I'm able to enjoy now..I've already given up the sushi, the coffee, the ubber amounts of chocolate, so life is going to be hard, but we're so blessed that we'll have a little one to call our own in 6 more months.
A lot of thoughts ran through my head after the initial excitement started to dissipate..but the very first was, "Oh No! ..what if I go into labor during a basketball game?" ..David responded very calmly, "Well, then you'll have to wait until after the game's done," spoken like a true coach.
I feel comfortable saying now that this is not David and my first pregnancy, we found out that we were pregnant early in the new year, but soon after, we unfortunately had a miscarriage, which we both took very hard. For someone like myself that doesn't have an ideal cycle, it was devastating, I just put my hands up in the air and asked "Why?!" Well, what we sometimes consider unfortunate things may have a reason, and I have to really live in the thought that it may have been the best thing for David and I, and medically, maybe there was a reason why I didn't carry that pregnancy to term.
On the brighter side, here we are..currently 7 weeks pregnant, we love reading every possible thing that there is about pregnancy, I'd like to consider myself ultra-prepared, because in all actuality, I am. We've been planning to have kids for a couple of years, infact, I started taken prenatal vitamins 6 months before the wedding to really prep myself and make sure that I was as healthy as could be should be conceive right away. Everything was great and dandy, and wonderful, we were floating on cloud-9 until..well, until the morning sickness set in. April 18th was the first time I was as unhappy as could be since we found out that we were going to be parents, and here we are, April 26th, and I still feel awful..but I keep thinking, this too shall pass.
David's already purchased my Leacho Maternity Pillow which I couldn't live without, and Mama Bee Belly Balm, from the makers of Burt's Bees, another item that I probably couldn't live without at this point are my Sea-Bands..since it's more like ALL-DAY sickness than morning sickness, I have these on, pretty much ALL-DAY. I take them off sometimes before I go into meetings, becasuse I wear them so high up my wrist, and often times, people seem to know what they are, so I don't really want to risk being discovered until I'm ready to release our news into the world.
So, for the most part, at 7 weeks, I just want to remain calm and enjoy the things that I'm able to enjoy now..I've already given up the sushi, the coffee, the ubber amounts of chocolate, so life is going to be hard, but we're so blessed that we'll have a little one to call our own in 6 more months.
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