Being at the age where I have gone to weddings pretty much every month for the last three summers, I hear a lot about how girls have been dreaming of and planing their weddings their entire lives. I never really felt that way, I had no idea what I wanted my wedding to be like until the day I started planning it. Getting pregnant and becoming a mom, on that other hand, is something that I have dreamed about for as long as I can remember. Finding out that I was pregnant instantly made more feel more complete. I have waited my whole life for a little baby love and he is finally here.
As per my usual style, I didn't cry when I first found out I was pregnant, I saved the tears for a totally random and inappropriate time. My first emotional meltdown came when I read the following in a book about fetal development;
"At some point during the 4th week, within 25 days of conception, a brand-new human heart begins to beat. The music of the universe has added a pristine note. Later you will thrill to hear that heartbeat at a prenatal visit. Later still, you may feel it while your feeding your baby on a quite night while everyone else is asleep, as you reach out and gently place you hand on his chest. You will feel the rhythm when you hug your child close after he has been running in a soccer game or while his heart pounds with fever. Now it beats steadily, although no one hears it yet. It will continue to beat every minute of your child's life. Our hopes lay in the unspoken promise that it will still be beating long after you and I are gone."
Even now, for some reason, this passage makes me tear up. Outside of this, I haven't really felt any more emotional than I did pre pregnancy. During the first trimester I felt really lethargic and wanted to lay on the couch all day long. I didn't have the energy for my usual complaints of dirty dishes left in the skin or floors covered in dog hair, I think life might have actually gotten a little easier for Ty.
From about 16 weeks forward I have felt great. It is nice to be past the muffin top stage and have enough of a belly that people now ask about the baby rather than just stare at my stomach and hope I don't notice. It was right around 17 weeks that I started feeling the baby move, which is such an incredible feeling. I love laying in bed each night and feeling him kick, punch and flip flop around. I also love being at work at feeling one of his elbows suddenly poke my side. Ty still hasn't been able to feel him and I am really looking forward to when he does. Should be any day now!
I am 24 weeks today and amazed by how quickly the time is going by. I am back to my normal state of wanting everything to be in order and going nuts getting the house cleaned out and organized in preparation for the little man. The basement has been cleaned, I picked up my BOB stroller, and the nursery furniture is on it's way. Although I am beginning to feel more of the pregnancy discomforts such as reflux and low back pain, I have loved being pregnant thus far and am so looking forward to the months to come!
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| First Ultrasound-- 10 week little bean |
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| 12 week Ultrasound, baby was flopping all around |
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| 14 weeks |
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| 18 weeks |
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| 18.5 weeks |
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| 19 weeks |
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| 20 week Ultrasound-- it's a BOY!!! |
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| Adorable baby boy feet!! We love him so much already! |
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| Family Photo :) 22 weeks at the farm |
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| 23 weeks |
