The (First) Pregnancy Post

I haven’t posted for so long due to having to keep a BIG secret. Now that it’s public knowledge that we have a baby on the way, I can finally share all of the funny things that have taken place over the last few months! I kept writing down the funny things that happened and the conversations that Matt and I would have, but I couldn’t post without our news being obvious. So now I can share!

-More than once in the earliest month or two of pregnancy, I found myself hungry all the time (actually, that’s still generally true). I needed absolutely no prodding to be the first in line at church lunches, and I found myself glaring at those in line ahead of me, especially if I felt they were taking too long. I apologize to anyone who may have noticed my dirty looks.

-An example of my eating habits:

Breakfast: oatmeal, milk, coffee.
Lunch: cous cous with fresh sautéed veggies (zucchini, mushrooms, spinach, tomatoes)
Dinner: whole grain pasta, turkey meatballs
Evening snack: large fry from McDonald’s

-(At first prenatal class)
MATT (laughing): I look to my left and this lady [who is obviously farther along than I am] is quickly flipping through the hospital handouts. I look to my right and you’re reading about the Third Reich.

-LAURRYN: I had a terrifying thought this morning, like, what if we screw this kid up?
MATT: Oh, we will.

-I can go from zero to starving in 60 seconds.

-I want fried stuff. All the time. (This isn’t so much true now, but it really was in the first trimester.)

-Matt and I took a series of prenatal classes at a local hospital during the first trimester, and my favorite class was the hands-on one. We were issued a doll, a diaper, a small shirt, and a small container to serve as a “bath.” Matt suggested we practice bathing, changing, and dressing our “baby” together, but I got to say, “I’m a pro at this, and I do most of this for a living now, so this is all you!” Considering he’s never changed a diaper, he did quite well.

-One day, I opened up a can of diced tomatoes for a salsa mix and I wanted to sit and eat the entire thing.

-What I say: “certified nurse midwife.” What people hear: “I’m having my baby in my bedroom and/or a tub and I will go nowhere near a hospital and a doctor is not allowed anywhere near me.”

-The very best part of one of my Saturdays was when one of my best friends, Caitlin, was in town and we went to Babies R Us. We sat rocking in the gliders for a few minutes and I thought I would never, ever get up if I could help it.

-I swore that I would never be a waddler, and then I swore that I was already waddling at 12 weeks.

-I am the stereotype: pickles and ice cream.
LAURRYN: Hm, I want ice cream. Why don’t we have any? Oh, right, because I’d eat half the container in one sitting.
(Then I saw an ad for pickles a few minutes later.)
LAURRYN: Do we have any pickles?
MATT: I’m not sure…Yeah, we probably have some spears.
(I searched in vain. To no avail.)
LAURRYN: You’re a liar.
MATT: Did you check the pantry?
LAURRYN: Yep. So I’ll add it to the grocery list, but I won’t be going shopping for TWO WEEKS!
(Seriously, it felt like the end of the world. And when I finally got pickles, I ate a lot of them. An embarrassing amount.)

-I was already getting belly pats at 13 weeks – this is really happening?!

-Matt watched the movie “Insidious” and the “ghost” in the house was talking through the baby monitor.
MATT: Are you sure you want to have a baby? We’ll have to have the monitor on all the time, thus increasing the likelihood that we’ll discover that the house is haunted. Are you sure that’s a road you want to travel down?!”

To answer a few of the more popular questions we get…

How far along are you? I am 18 ½ weeks along.

What’s your due date? Baby’s due date is May 20^th.

Will you find out what you are having? Assuming all goes well, we find out if baby is a boy or girl on January 4^th (but we’ll be keeping it a secret for a few days).

Do you have names figured out? We haven’t talked about names, but I doubt we’ll make anything public prior to our little one’s arrival.

Will you still watch Gwen? I will still watch my favorite Gwen on weekdays, but I will take a little time off.

How have you been feeling? I have not been sick at all, but I have been hungry. I spend much of the first trimester being exhausted, but I have energy now. Still constantly hungry, though!

We are so excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!