For several weeks, I struggled with pretty bad nausea and migraines. I remember hearing women complain about their first trimester and I would think "What? Don't you know how crazy blessed you are to even be pregnant? I wish I was pregnant and feeling all of those things." I swear God has a sense of humor because I think his response was "Don't worry I will make sure you get to experience ALL of those things too." Thinking about this really makes me chuckle. One night I had an exorcist moment in the living room...you know where her head spins around then and she projectile vomits...Sorry too much info? Thankfully, Jamie woke up and took good care of me. Another night I just was so sick and I spent several hours sitting in an empty bathtub because I was so afraid that I wasn't going to make it to the bathroom to throw up. My gag reflex would go into overdrive at the weirdest moments...like eating peanut M&Ms....seriously? Peanut M&Ms are yummy! Or I would take a bite of something simple like a cracker or a banana, chew, and think..."can I swallow this?" In total, I ended up losing a couple of pounds during my first trimester, but I feel pretty sure I will be able to make up for this later.
The great news is that as I am bringing my first trimester to a close and the nausea is beginning to fade away. Though, I will say the food aversions are still really really bad. I feel like a picky little 3 year old eater. I am ecstatic that in my 12th week I got to feel some of the first movements of the baby. The first time felt like I got lightly tasered from inside my uterus 3 times quickly in a row, which some women and doctors say happens when the baby is kicking against either a nerve or the cervix. The second time it happened, it felt more like the normal flutters that most women get. I was really appreciative to get to experience these moments so early, especially since I really have a deep desire to bond with this sweet growing life in spite of the rocky start I have had to this pregnancy.
Jamie and I are hoping we can find out the sex of the baby right before we go up to visit my parents for Christmas. We have an appointment at Tiny Toes, a non-medical ultrasound office, where you can find out the sex of the baby a little earlier than waiting for the 20 week anatomy ultrasound. We will then do a fun gender reveal gift for my parents.
Speaking of reveals...I really want to share how I revealed to Jamie that we were pregnant. As some of you might recall from my previous posts, I found out late on a Thursday night in September that we were pregnant from an at home test. I just so happened to have the entire next day off to plan a grand reveal for Jamie, so after Jamie left for work on Friday, I ran over to a close friends (Emily Trader's) house to tell her the news and my grand scheme. I wanted Jamie to come home to a beautiful picnic set out in the yard and to give him a wrapped up box with a onsie in it. Back in April, I had this onsie custom printed by Circle Press Design, which is owned by my brother Matt and his friend Kyle in Richmond. Shameless plug for them..you can check them out here on Facebook or here on their website. Anywhooo...I had this onsie made back in April with the hope that one day I could give it to Jamie as a way to reveal we were either expecting or were selected to adopt a child. After hiding it in the closet for months, I was so glad that today was the day I could wrap it up and give it to him.
I know the positive line is really hard to see in the photo, but believe me it is there (and it continued to get darker every day).
After much running around, here are some pictures of the picnic that Jamie came home to ...complete with sparkling grape juice and white hydrangeas of course.
Jamie was so shocked and didn't suspect anything even after he saw the picnic all set up. He thought I was just being sweet. I had fibbed to him about when our blood test was, so he thought we still had at least another week until we would find out. I lied and told him the gift was because of all of his help with the Chic Chateau Showhouse and he actually believed me. His expression of pure shock when he found out we were pregnant....(tear)...so awesome. I have dreamed and hoped for that very moment for years and it was finally coming true. After that we both hugged and cried for a while. We kept looking at each other as we ate dinner and would just say over and over again "I can't believe we're pregnant."
On Monday, September 22nd, I walked into my blood test at my fertility practice with the biggest smile. I saw the doc and he said "how are you?" to which I replied "I am GREAT! (sounding like Tony the Tiger). After he walked by again, I grabbed him and told him we were pregnant. He said "I thought you were, but I didn't want to pry. Of all the couples, we were almost positive that you were going to get pregnant this month." My blood test confirmed what we already knew, which was that we were indeed pregnant.
Below is one of our cute ultrasound photos from our 13 week appointment. Baby Reynolds is waving hello to all of you! Till next time....
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