12 Weeks

Pregnant that is... yup, if you haven't heard yet, we're having a baby in September. Lord willing. I'm almost through the first trimester. It's pretty amazing considering that for these first few months, except for feeling crummy and few little twinges, I don't really FEEL very pregnant. I guess I'd better enjoy that while it lasts. I'm sure in my last couple months I'll be very excited to not feel pregnant anymore. But right now I'm just very excited to be able to feel the baby move. I've always wondered what that feels like and I'd talked myself into thinking that I may never experience it. After waiting for 6 years of marriage to start trying to have kids, I wondered if it would be possible. You hear of so many people who have difficulty and until you try, you don't know if that person is going to be you or not. We are blessed beyond measure and praying for a healthy and safe journey to the outside world for our little one.

If I were a bit skinnier to start out with, I'd document my belly progress from the beginning. However, you'd mostly just be checking out my flab and no one wants that... so once I start to show, I'll be sure to share. In the meantime, you can enjoy our baby's first photo. The OB/Gyn I'm going to has 3D ultrasound capability so it's pretty amazing how much detail is already visible at 9 weeks gestation. I really hope this technology helps women to re-think abortion. Looks like a baby to me!Like I said, I'm not showing yet, but I'm definitely not fitting into all my regular clothes anymore. But I'm not big enough for maternity clothes. I guess I should just normally wear my clothes a little looser or something. This is the difficult part for me right now. If only I wore scrubs to work. You lucky nurses and dentists you... At least I'm not a super high rolling business person. I'd be buying two new wardrobes. The in-between wardrobe and the maternity wardrobe. I'm making it work with what I've got for the most part. Buying a few more of those empire waist shirts and such. I so should have started investing in those ahead of time since they're in style anyway. The bella band has been helpful. It's a stretchy tube top type thing to go around your belly. It helps to keep maternity pants up when you wear them too early, and lets you wear your too tight regular pants unbuttoned by covering up and smoothing out your undone button. They're not the most comfortable, but not too bad. I'd reccomend having at least one.