SO. Here goes nothing!!!
The Story of how this baby girl decided to surprise us with her tiny presence in my getting bigger by the day belly.
It all happened January 5th. I woke up tired (as usual). It had been a few days since The friendly monthly visit had decided to come. I decided to take a pregnancy test. I really didn't think there would be a positive sign since Sean and I had just moved into our house over Christmas break. We'd been pretty stressed all Christmas getting the papers for the house signed, packing up, poor Sean getting the flu, cleaning, and then moving everything into our new home.
I'd had a few "late" months before and figured this was just another one of them. But... I was pleasantly surprised! I woke up, took a test, jumped in the shower and then when I got out I looked at the test. It was a big fat POSITIVE. Sean was still asleep since he didn't have to get up for another hour, but I opened the door, the bathroom light shining right in his face and said "Uh babe, I'm pregnant" as I was holding the pregnancy test in my hand. He looked at me with his cute little sleepy face, squinted at me and said "huh?" and I got right next to him so he could see the positive sign on the pregnancy test and said "Yep! We're pregnant!" This is when I laughed. He looked at the test, squinted for a bit then said "Well, Congratulations!" And rolled back over and went to sleep.
After he finally woke up I think it was setting in for him. I was excited all day long and wanted to tell everyone but we decided we'd only tell our parents since I was only weeks pregnant just to make sure everything would be ok.
Mom Call was super excited and she said she'd wait to tell Dad for a while to make sure the pregnancy was alright. Sean told mom and papa Bowman and they were very excited for us.
A few days past and Sean and I were too excited that we decided to tell his siblings. They were all happy for us as well. We decided we'd wait to tell my siblings till after Chase and Jessica's wedding the following weekend. We didn't want to steal the show for their special day/ week/ weekend.
When we got to Arizona the following weekend, I was still feeling pretty good other than hungry and tired. Morning sickness hadn't set in yet. We decided to tell dad Call when everyone was gone on the wedding morning getting Chase situated. He was a little shocked and asked "what about your degree? Are you going to finish?" and of course I said I would. We told him I'd take fall semester off since the baby is due in September. He was then relieved and said congratulations. ( I still think I hadn't set in quite yet, just like it hadn't with Sean).
When the ceremony and reception was over and Chase and Jessica (they were such a stunning couple) left from the reception, we decided we'd tell my siblings. They were all very excited and happy for us.
When we got back from Arizona is when the fun began! I was about 6 weeks along and holy cow could I feel it! I had the worst heart burn ALL THE TIME. Anything sweet (which I love sweet things) made me gag. I couldn't handle any red sauce (like spaghetti sauce, pizza sauce, etc). meat was so gross... AND the throwing up began. When they say morning sickness, they should really say ALL DAY SICKNESS. I was SO SICK! My poor husband Sean just looked so sad for me. I have to give a shout out to him though. I married the most amazing man ever! He has been so sweet, so tender, gentle, kind, patient, loving and caring. I can't believe how blessed I am to have married such an incredible man. He has definitely been my rock through all of this. He truly is amazing.
So as the nausea, heartburn, and tiredness set in, I was in for a ride! My throwing up got so bad that I actually started throwing up blood. I went to the hospital to get checked out and to make sure the baby was ok. Sean was with me the whole time. He was incredible. We found out since I was throwing up so much I actually broke some blood vessels in my esophagus. I was prescribed "zofran" for my nausea. MOST AMAZING DRUG! I started taking this and holy cow has the world changed! I was able to go back to work and function :)
At 10 weeks I was still very sick but was able to function. I lost 15lbs my first trimester but have definitely put it on now at 19 weeks.
There's the long story! I'm 19 weeks and going strong! Still nauseous but much much better. I'll post pics soon!
