Pregnancy So Far

Here's the story so far.

November 6th, 2011 - I was concerned because of my late-ness, so I had my mom go to Walgreens to get me a pregnancy test. I had her go because I didn't want to stress Keith out. He was aware that I was late, but wasn't concerned and I didn't show my concern in order to keep him calm. I took the test so that if it was positive, I could just know, and if it was negative, I could stop stressing. Well, within 20 seconds of taking the test, the word "pregnant" showed up. My first response was shock. After all, we were not planning or preparing for it. I then started crying and kinda taking it all in making sure I wasn't dreaming. I was SO scared (still am, by the way!). I told my mom first, and after a couple minutes and wiping away the tears, got the guts to go tell Keith. I took him to our bedroom to tell him, and when I did, he was SO sweet about it. I was expecting him to be a little shocked, but he was happy and excited and that took a lot of the edge off of me. I felt so much better knowing he was so happy. His excitement turned my fear into excitement. I have such an awesome husband. :)

The next couple of days were hard to keep a secret from friends at work and from our family. We wanted to go to his parents house that night to tell them all, but we waited until the next day. I then told my side of the family on our facebook group, and then leaked it to some friends as the weeks went by. I told my bosses when I was about 12 weeks pregnant.

I set up a doctors appointment for December 26th even though I still didn't have insurance. I wanted to make sure everything was fine and dandy, and maybe hear a heartbeat! Keith and I both got the time off of work to go, and we were really excited. When we got to the doctor's office, the nurse behind the counter looked at us funny and asked why we were there. "...I have an appointment" I said. She came back later and told us that the doctor was on vacation. She said "We tried to call you, but we didn't have your phone number..." Yeeeeahhhh right. We left that place very disappointed. We tried calling to make an appointment for the same day somewhere else, but all the doctors were on vacation. So we waited until we got back from vacation to schedule another (Feb 9th).

So far I haven't had much morning sickness. I've had nausea in the mornings but only threw up once. In December with all the celebrations it was hard because all the food that was presented to me just didn't appeal to me. I think I lost a few pounds. Other than the nausea, it's been a pretty easy pregnancy so far. I was afraid I would at least be an emotional mess, but I've been quite pleasant! Keith has been great to me, also. Even though I'm still perfectly capable to do things, he wants to do them for me. He makes me feel beautiful when I'm feeling fat and ugly. I love him!

I'm fascinated by pregnancy. I've always wanted to know what it feels like. So I've been giving the girls at work a play by play description of how everything feels, and what I'm thinking about. They think it's funny. I think it's great that my coworkers are so excited for me, too. They buy me baby toys and one of my managers bought me a "what to expect when you're expecting" book.  This baby is already loved by so many people! That makes me happy.

I've been feeling the baby move a lot lately, which is really neat. Since I haven't been to the doctor, I was always worrying about whether the baby was still in there or not. I took pregnancy tests to make sure I was still pregnant, and that was really the only validation I ever got. Now I just feel the baby move and it reassures me. This is a recent thing. I felt the first movement a couple weeks ago, but now I feel it everyday.

Keith and I are really excited to have an ultrasound soon to see what the baby looks like. I just wanna make sure it looks human and that it's healthy and all that. We'll also be able to see whether it's a boy or a girl so that I can return some baby clothes that I've bought (I bought for both sexes. haha).

Anyway, that's my baby story so far. :)

16 weeks?

How far along? 16 Weeks? (Unofficially)

Maternity clothes? Nope, but very tempted to buy some. They look comfy.

Stretch marks? Nope

Sleep:  I didn't sleep well on vacation, but now I'm good. I go to bed WAY early now though. I get sleepy at 8:00 these days.

Best moment this week: Finally scheduling a doctors appointment!

Miss Anything? My flexibility. I can't really sit up quickly anymore.

Movement: I thought I felt a little something 2 days ago. It felt like something adjusting. I couldn't tell what it was.

Food cravings: Hot dogs tonight. 

Anything making you queasy or sick: My vitamins.

Have you started to show yet: Yes. Either that or I am bloated like crazy.

Gender: I'm 80% sure it's a boy.

Labor Signs: No, thank you.

Belly Button in or out? In

Wedding rings on or off? On (and still a bit loose thanks to the cold.)

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy!

Looking forward to: Finding out the sex in a couple weeks hopefully!

Babymoon to Disney World

It was so much fun! We have missed that place.
We stayed on property the whole time which was new for us. We loved the free transportation that came with it! It was a stress-free trip.

We started out the first day there at Hollywood Studios to see the Festival of Dancing Lights. We got there on the last day they were doing it. It was cool to see all the Christmas decorations still up everywhere. They took them down as the week passed.
At HS we met up with our good friend, Josh. It was a nice reunion! After we played at the park, Josh was nice enough to take us to Wallgreens to get some things we forgot at home. haha

The next day was Keith's birthday! We went to Epcot for lunch at the Nine Dragons restaurant in China. We then met up with Josh and walked to the Boardwalk. The Disney ID I had was going to expire in a couple days so I needed to get it done asap and my managers would help me. While I was there I saw my favorite manager, Alliette. She was happy to see me. The new manager there said that since I was there he would like me to take some training courses on the computer. I ended up doing one course but it was only because they were yanking my chain about it. After that, I left to hang out with Keith who was patiently waiting for me outside. It was weird that they had me do that after I told them I was on VACATION. haha anyway, whatever it takes to get them off my case I guess.
We went to Epcot again and ran into a bunch of Keith's old managers. It was fun to see Keith so excited to be home.
After Epcot we went to the Magic Kingdom to watch the castle show and fireworks.

On Monday I woke up really early in order to get to Access Control (the place that issues ID cards). I went without Keith so he could sleep in. I had to take the bus to the Magic Kingdom and when I got there the plan was to somehow enter the underground tunnels to get to another bus that would take me to access control. When I got to the MK gates, my ID was not allowing me into the park. I told the ticket taker lady my situation and her manager let me in "to be nice". The park had not yet been officially opened so I had to wait outside and watch the opening ceremony. I was not expecting that. I had never seen it and always wanted to see it. It was so magical! Then the rope dropped and everybody ran into the park! I saw what Mainstreet USA looks like with no one on it during the day, and they had the horse-drawn trolleys out! Again,  I had never seen those in real life. I had to stop and take that all in. I shed a happy tear, and went on my way.
I went to guest relations to see if someone there could help me into the tunnels. I told the cast member behind the counter what the situation was, and he said "I'll do you one better." He had another cast member DRIVE me to Access Control. AMAZING. I would have had to have walked a long way, and I don't know my way around the tunnels. I was so appreciative of that. That's when I said on Facebook that Disney is awesome because they take great care of their CMs. My mom thinks it's because I'm a cute little lady that they did that for me, though. lol
I got my ID just fine, and everything went smoothly. Phew! I was having nightmares about it months before I left.
The rest of the week we spent hanging out at whatever park we felt like, watching shows and riding kiddie rides. It was so much fun though. I'm so grateful for Keith. He didn't even ask to ride a crazy ride while we were there. He just wouldn't think of it. I was the one saying "Can we ride that?" and he would say "Absolutely not." And he never showed any sadness for that. We did ride Big Thunder Mountain, because I insisted I would be fine. Keith was a nervous nelly the whole time though. He's such a sweet guy.
On Friday Keith's friend Wes came to visit, and they rode all the crazy rides that day. I mostly walked around gift shops and took pictures of things. It was a sad day, but I kept cool because, hey, I was at Disney World. There was no need to be depressed. :)

I'm very glad for this trip. We got to experience all kinds of things we had never done, and we got to do it one last time as a couple. The next time we go, we'll have a stroller and all kinds of bulkiness to carry around. Fun!