About the Mommy! Name: Lindsey Age: 27 Hair Color: Brown Eye Color: Hazel
About the Daddy! Name: Nick Age: 27 Hair Color: Black Eye Color: Brown
Finding Out!!
What day did you find out?: First line positive-March 10th. First digital positive March 12, 2012
How did you feel when you found out?: Happy, but mostly really scared.
Who was with you?: I was by myself, Nick was at work.
Who was the first person you told?: Nick!!
How did they react?: He was happy too, and told me to call the doctor lol.
About the Pregnancy!!!
When was your first appointment?: I believe it was April 16, 2012, this is not counting visits to the lab or office just for bloodwork.
When is your due date?: November 21, 2012
Have you had any ultrasounds?: Yes, five I think.
Have you heard the heartbeat?: Heard it for the first time at the first appt, and then MANY times after that.
What was the heartbeat?: During the first ultrasound it was 161 beats per minute.
Sex of the baby: Girl! Which we found out on June 25, 2012. We had a gender reveal and everything it was so much fun...there will be a post on that I'm sure...
About the Birth!!
Do you know what you are taking with you?: I'd better seeing as I'm due in a week! Lol...finally got everything packed in the car last week.
Who is going to be with you?: Nick...and my Mom for the first part to take pictures.
Are you going to videotape it?: oh heck no. lol
Natural or Medicated?: I'd like to go natural for as long as possible, but seeing as she could be close to 8 pounds, I'm open to meds.
Do you think you will need a c-section?: I'm hoping not...but it's okay if I do.
My main goal is to get her here healthy and safely.
Will you cry when you hold your baby for the first time?: That's a dumb question. Of course...this has been a VERY long time.
Do you think Daddy will cry?: I think he'll at least tear up.
Do you know what you will say to the baby when you first hold him/her?: I'm tearing up just thinking about that moment...I don't know.
Do you have a name picked out?: Her first name is Makenna...revealing the rest later.
Is your baby going to be named after someone?: No.
10 weeks
Baby about the size of a prune!
Baby about the size of a prune!
About the first 12 Weeks:
Weight Gain? I was very sick in the beginning of my pregnancy. I think a combination of the extra hormones and normal pregnancy nausea and lack of appetite helped with this but I actually LOST weight. I think at this point I was five or ten pounds under my original.
Maternity Clothes? Not yet, just my "fat pants" and I used the rubberband trick with the buttons. Towards the 12 week mark I busted out the belly band.
Stretch Marks? Not yet...that would change
Sleep? My sleep was okay up until about week 11...at that point I had to change to sleeping on my side, which was a big transition for me because I'm a HUGE stomach sleeper.
Symptoms? Nausea, vomiting, lack of appetite, fatigue, and lots of food aversions. Mostly with anything that had a very strong taste or smell...some of the worst offenders were oranges and garlic. Movement? Not yet.
Food Cravings? Strawberries and Fruit Salad were my first STRONG cravings...other than that I just craved fruit and veggies for the beginning.
Labor Signs? Not at this point (12 weeks remember?)
Belly Button in or out? In
What I am looking forward to/Best Moments? I was so excited for the 2nd trimester! And getting to announce to all of our friends!
12 weeks
Baby about the size of a plum!
Baby about the size of a plum!
Other Random Questions!!
What was your first symptom?: Smell aversion to garlic and Nausea/lack of appetite.
What is the baby’s room theme?: Pink, grey, black and white...very vintage meets modern girly
What was the first thing you bought for the baby?: hmmm besides the meds I had to take??? I'm not sure! I didn't end up having to buy a lot because when I finally did announce people came out of the woodwork wanting to give us stuff...Oh the Doppler!!! We ordered it after a stressful day of not knowing, and it had been a long stretch between appointments. BEST purchase EVER!
BFing or Formula?: I'm hoping to be able to exclusively breast feed for a while.
What is your favorite pregnancy book?: I really only used what to expect when you're expecting and honestly didn't even like it that much...I liked all the tracker apps I downloaded to my phone more. What do you look forward to doing again once you are no longer pregnant?: "Sleeping" ;) on my stomach, and eating lunch meat!!!
What features do you hope baby will get from Daddy?: His skin tone, his smarts, and his sense of humor are all big hopes. His face structure/shape too...if that makes any sense lol.
What features do you hope baby will get from you?: It'd be awesome if she had my eyes...and I'm pretty sure she has my nose from ultrasound pics. I'd like her to be loving and laid back like me.
Is he ready to be a Daddy?: He's going to be AMAZING...so excited.
Are you ready to be a Mommy?: I think so! I've been waiting for a very long time...
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