I first started this blog as a way to preserve my memories on being pregnant and all the joy and trepidation I feel to have to raise a child in today's world. I also thought it would serve as a good way to document the joys of pregnancy, and parenthood for those who might stumble across this and to share in the joyful experience with others. And secretly I want my future kids to know how awesome I was... ha ha, just kidding.
Well - Baby Number One
My husband and I started talking about having kids about two years into our marriage. I'm 27 right now and was starting to feel pressure to have kids soon, especially since the plan is to try and have five or so - we'll see how that goes.
Having taken birth control for forever it seems, my doctor told me it would take probably three months for me to get the hormones out of my system before I would be able to successfully get pregnant. Clearly they don't know my husband likes a challenge. One month off of birth control I got pregnant. :) I stopped taking the pill at the end of August, and by the middle of October I was pregnant. I still didn't know of course by that point.
When I missed my period in October and then again in November I became suspicious, and took a home pregnancy test. I actually took it twice, to be sure. And instead of breaking the good news to my husband in a cute way, I called him into the bathroom with "Babe......." He, thinking I needed toilet paper or something came in to find my standing there with the test in my hand and a stupid grin on my face. :) Surprise!!!
And as amazing as it feels to be pregnant the first time and the excitement that comes naturally with having a cute mini combination of the two of you running around, I was also surprisingly scared. How to I raise a responsible, good person? Can we really afford all the stuff that babies and kids require? Turns out yes, but it's still a little nerve-wracking (at least for me) to know that you are wholly responsible for this little miracle and that Heavenly Father knows and trusts you enough to do it. Man that's a humbling and comforting thought. :)
My pregnancy has been pretty chill (I hope they are all this way). I have had no morning sickness, no throwing up, no complications from taking prenatal vitamins. It's been awesome and I'm so grateful as many women do not get easy pregnancies, especially the first trimester. I would occasionally (and it was rare) feel a little sick to my stomach, but mostly I would be eating something and suddenly I was completely put off by it. It kinda stunk, because that usually would happen before I felt full... oh well. I was pretty tired, turns out making a baby takes a lot of work.
I also had cramps the first trimester and would freak myself out by reading things on how that's a sign that you'll miscarry. For me, luckily that hasn't happened. It was just my body stretching and expanding to get ready for things.
The best/worst part so far has been getting the fetal heartbeat. I always seem to psych myself out before an appointment and when we went into get the fetal heartbeat which is one of the first times you know for sure you are pregnant (well, at least cements it in better). One of my doctors had trouble getting the heartbeat. He would move to one place then to another and the whole time I was freaking out. My husband had to keep grabbing my foot to reassure me that it was going to be ok, because it was obvious to him that I was starting to get worried. The doctor never did find out (HUGE WORRY), so he sent us over to get an ultrasound to confirm it. After an hour or so of waiting we were able to go in, and the technician immediately found our little guy (or girl). Turns out the baby was down towards the bottom doing somersaults. We got to hear the heartbeat and even got a photo of our squirmy little Langford.
the blurry little blog at the end is our little baby!
Freaky, then awesome. :)
As of right now I'm 16 weeks and doing great. My body aches a far amount, but I'm also on my feet a lot of the day with work, so I guess that's to be expected. My next ultrasound is Valentine's Day! We will be doing anatomy, checking heart, brain, lungs and so forth, and finding out the sex of our baby! I'm so excited! It'll be an awesome day! I honestly don't care whether it's a boy or a girl since I have strong reasons for wanting both. Just be healthy.
Well, blam! That's it for now - more to come.... :)
