Pregnancy

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Pregnancy: The Symptoms

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I mostly didn't know what to expect for pregnancy symptoms.  I figured I'd be puking in garbage cans left and right and making Tom go out in the middle of the night to buy me pickles.  (Again, thanks movies).  I've seen friends and family members pregnant before, and it didn't seem that bad?  But as I soon found out, most of pregnancy is about suffering in private. 

Seriously, who decided that the worst pregnancy symptoms would happen at the beginning when you're not supposed to be telling anyone you're pregnant!?  It's the worst cruel joke nature could play on you.  I was lying and faking my way through life while feeling like I was going to die at the same time.  I was also feeling a bit dramatic haha. 

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The Nursery Round I

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I wish I had a better 'before' picture of this room for you.  Something more than a half painted wall to show you what it looked like.  I don't even have one from the walk through I don't think - it was the previous owner's daughter's room, and they didn't post any pictures of it on the listing, and I never took any.  Once we moved in, it was always just an empty room, so we never went in there.  The walls were a dusty rose (or as I call it, dirty pink) and the only room of the entire house where I hated the paint color.

I think in the back of our mind we always knew it would be a future baby's room, whenever that happened to be.  In fact I often referred to it as the baby's room.  It was better than "the extra bedroom that isn't the guest room, and isn't the craft room, you know the ugly one with the gross pink walls?"

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Pregnancy: The First Few Days

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For another post about how life is different from movies, let's explore what we did after finding out I was pregnant. 

In the movies, this is a huge turning point!  Lots of things happen very quickly! Symptoms start immediately.  A visit to the doctor is planned for the next day.  Funny things happen.  People are told.  In reality, none of this happens. 

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I Suck at Registries

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Maybe it's because I'm pregnant and don't have a ton of energy.  Or maybe I'm just not a registry person.  After all, we never really did a wedding registry.  We had a super small one that we did online.  We never went to a store to pick things out.  Either way, setting up a baby registry was a nightmare for me!

I'd been putting it off for a while.  For some reason it didn't sound fun.  Even though I love shopping and I love babies, something about the registry made me want to avoid it at all costs.  It was Tom who finally convinced me to go.  Convinced, begged.. same difference. 

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How I Told Tom I was Pregnant

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If you've been on pinterest (or anywhere on the internet pretty much) lately, you know that finding a unique and special way to tell your husband you're pregnant is very much a thing.  However, it always struck me as odd.  Wouldn't you find out together?  How could you keep a secret like that from your husband?  I pretty much knew I wouldn't be able to pull something like that off.  

Plus in my mind, it would go something like this:  One day we'd be talking and maybe I'd notice I missed a period, or I'd throw up randomly, or otherwise feel off.  And we'd both look at each other and go, "Oh my gosh! Could you/I be pregnant!?" and we'd run off, buy a test, and wait for the results together.  As a totally unrelated comment, I think I watch too much TV and movies haha. 

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Coming Soon

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Okay, confession time.  We've been hiding something. 

Not well, because most of you know, but still not actively talking about it online anyway.  That's not to say I haven't been writing about it, because I have.  They're all just stored in draft form, and will slowly be shared with you over the coming weeks.