Spreading the News

January 31, 2009 - WEEK 4 - 1st people to know
The first person I told was my trainer Saturday morning before our boot camp class. The nurse had told me that I could continue working out as I had been doing but just to make sure not to let my heart rate get above 150, so I needed to pass on that information to my trainer.
One of my friends does the boot camp with me and I was not ready for her to know yet, so I went extra early so I could tell the trainer in private. She was elated...mostly because she realized she was the first to know when I told her my girlfriend in the class did not know yet.
(I was formulating a plan so that I could tell all my best girlfriends at the same time.)

I spent some time with both my Mom and Sister that weekend. I gave them both a wrapped baby frame with a little saying inside:

Coming soon to this space in early October
a new love in your life
to hug and kiss forever
~ Baby B ~

February 3, 2009 - WEEK 5 - All Good!
I spoke with the Nurse on Tuesday and she gave me the results of my Blood Test.
She said that everything looks really good, and normal.
5 weeks Pregnant.
hCG: 843
Progesterone: 38.6 (Normal: Conception to 12 weeks: 9 to 47 ng/ml)
The nurse told me that they like to see Progesterone at least 15.8
She asked me if I was taking Progesterone supplements. She was surprised when I told her no. (The only thing I had been taking was prenatal vitamins.)
She confirmed that I had scheduled my first OB appointment.


February 3, 2009 - WEEK 5
Right now it all just feels very exciting and overwhelming. I have this huge secret that I want to yell out and tell everyone...I fell like I'm going to burst! Bobby & I decided that at this point we will only tell our secret to the people who we would not mind telling the bad news if something happened to the baby. The risk of miscarriage is greatest during the first trimester, that is why most people wait until after the 1st trimester to tell anyone. I've already told my Mom & Sister, and my trainer. Bobby has only told his friend Bill, with whom he recently spent a crazy weekend in New Orleans. We will probably tell Bobby's Mom in the next few days. He is trying to arrange a "test" video call without getting her too suspicious.
I can't wait to tell my girlfriends. They have been on this journey with me from the start. They were the first to know when we started "trying"...because I stopped drinking. Every couple of weeks they ask me for updates; sometimes it was a bit annoying/frustrating to have to tell them that I had no news. But mostly I am glad they knew....they gave me support even when they didn't realize it.
We are having a Girls Valentines Party this Friday. I plan to tell them all at the same time at the party. I still haven't figured out exactly how I will break the news....but I cannot wait to see their faces & reactions when I do! I think they will feel a bit of accomplishment and relief since they have all endured this journey right along with me.


February 8, 2009 - All my Chicks now know!
We had our 2nd annual Girls Valentines Party on Friday night. I had known my positive pregnancy results for a week by then and had lied to about 1/2 the group that week when they asked me if I was prego. So by the time the party came around, I was about to burst. When everyone had arrived I told them I had a confession: "I've lied to several of you this week...I'm pregnant!" Immediately the tears started flowing and the hugs kept coming. It was all very exciting and emotional to share this awesome news with the most important friends in my life.
Only one of my best friends was missing from the festivities that Friday night, so Bobby & I had dinner with her and her husband on Friday night. I let Bobby tell the big news since I'd had more opportunities to say the words. They were of course very excited for us. It was fun to celebrate the news with friends as a couple.


February 8, 2009 - WEEK 6 - We told Bobby's Mom & Sister!
We had been holding out telling Bobby's Mom & Sister until we could get them on a webcam so that we could see their faces when we told them the news. Bobby's sister was not cooperating as quickly as we wanted. We finally gave up on his sister and concentrated just on getting his Ma's webcam working.
So last night Bobby got his Mom in IL on a video conference and broke the big news to her. She screamed and could not hide her excitement. She kept telling us that we had made her happier than we'll ever know. :-)
Afterwards we called Bobby's sister in GA to tell her the big news. She was also completely thrilled and excited for us. She told us that we'll have to start working on names, to which I told her that she better get busy on that as well. After all, she managed to come up with 4 beautiful names for their twin girls.


February 9, 2009 - WEEK 6
I am really excited, and scared, and overwhelmed, and feeling a little surreal about everything.
One of my friends advised me to try and ignore the pregnancy horror stories (and there are plenty of them), but I also hear about all the really easy pregnancies people have. I am guessing that mine will be somewhere in the middle, if not on the side of easy.
I had my first bought of morning sickness earlier this morning. Yuck. I am sure there is plenty more to come. It just sux that I'll have to deal with it at work...especially since I'd rather they not know yet. Oh well.
I think my pregnancy will be smooth after I get through this sickie part. Even my friend who is 5 months prego with twins seems to be doing really great at this point. I guess I am paying a lot of attention to her pregnancy since I am just 4 months behind her.
Besides the morning sickness, the only other noticeable symptom I have is this constant waking up in the middle of the night. Obviously I have to pee several times in the night. For some reason I wake up every early morning at 3am and cannot get back to sleep. I just lay there wide awake...trying to clear my mind and get back to sleep.
I promise myself that I am going to try to enjoy every minute of this amazing life experience. I always hear that even in rough pregnancies, most women loved being pregnant....so there has to be something to that.

I feel so extremely fortunate that I have such an amazing support system of girlfriends, my Mom & Sister to be there with me through this experience. And I am very lucky that Bobby is such a wonderful husband and has already been pretty amazing just through the beginning of this.


February 9, 2009 - WEEK 6 - Telling Dad...on his Birthday
After work I called Dad to tell him Happy Birthday and ask if he had a webcam on his home computer. He confirmed that he did. I lied and told him that Bobby got a new laptop and was wanting to try out the webcam on it with someone not on his network. Problem was that I was heading to a movie with my girlfriends and would not be home until about 10pm (his bedtime). So I told him I would have Bobby contact him later. I walked in the door about 10pm that night and Bobby already had Dad and his wife on the webcam. We messed with the video and audio for a bit and then I noticed I could no longer see Dad on the video. I asked his wife to turn the camera so I could see them both. I told Dad that I needed to see his face when I told him I was pregnant. :)
It took a few minutes to register in his head, but when he did he jumped back in his chair and his eyes got big. He and his wife screamed and laughed and wanted to know all the details. That was a fun Birthday gift to give my Dad.

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