So…I’m pregnant! God willing, come early July, we’ll have a real live little baby. We’re pretty excited. It’s still very surreal. Until I actually saw the baby (via ultrasound of course) at eight weeks, I don’t think I really believed it. I’ll be twelve weeks on Monday. The baby will only be ten weeks though :-) I’ve had one traditional OB visit and one visit at a Birthing Center with a CNM. My next visit with the Midwife is January 7th. The OB we went to was very nice as were all of the nurses and other staff, but the atmosphere and the type of birth that we want, I think we have a better chance of getting at the Birthing Center.

One thing that has taken me by suprise about pregnancy is all of the decisions we’ve had to (and will have to) make, and how difficult they can be. The nausea, fatigue, sesitivity to smells (all very mild so far) and breast tenderness (not so mild :-| ) I expected, how stressful all of these decisions can be, I did not. Where will I give birth, and with who? Where can I find a good pediatrician? Delayed vaccinations? Cloth diapers? And so many more. And everyone seems to have a (very strong) opinion. So fun. Or not. Oh well, God is giving us this baby and I guess I’ll have to trust that He’ll give us the wisdom to take care of it too.

My family, Hubby’s family and most especially Hubby have been so wonderful and supportive though. I am very, very blessed in that respect. This will be the first grandchild on both sides, so my Mom and MIL are about to explode with excitement. My Mom bought me some very nice maternity clothes last weekend as an early Christmas present, which was very good, since my normal pants are getting pretty uncomfortable at this point. I’m starting to get a definite little bump that I can’t suck in no batter  how hard I try :-) I haven’t told at work yet, so I’m just trying to wear baggy shirts. I’m waiting until after Christmas and New Year’s and my next Midwife appt. to tell. I’ll be fourteen weeks and in the second trimester by then, so I figured it would be a good time. Plus I’ll be out of the office for most of the next two weeks, so I won’t have to work on hiding it so much.

I’m hoping to post on here a little more often, since I have something to talk about that is changing and growing every day. This may become more of a pregnancy/baby blog, but since I believe I have exactly zero readership (besides Hubby [Hi Hubby], I don’t think anyone will mind.

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