I get a lot of crazy looks when I tell people I gave birth naturally, to a 10.5 pound baby (10 pounds 9 ounces to be exact). If I hadn’t been there, and done it, I would think I was crazy too. Giving birth was the hardest thing I have ever done. It was also the most beautiful, rewarding, bad ass, exhausting, and most amazing thing I’ve ever done.
Let’s get to it, my natural drug free water birth of my giant baby. Alright folks, this is going to a long one. Read More…
Yes, I’m a bit late with talking about my second trimester. (Anyone else noticing my procrastination issues?)
For my excuses today we’re going to combine the standard “busy” line along with the fact that my second trimester was rather easy for the most part.
There’s a lot of different opinions on exactly when each trimester begins and ends.
Twenty weeks marks the halfway point of the pregnancy (if I deliver right on my due date). Twenty weeks also marks the anatomy scan, an ultrasound that checks on baby’s anatomy – including the genitals.
I may have spent longer than anticipated coming up with a simple gender announcement that I loved. I have always loved all things baby related; they make me go “awww” and it’s obnoxious. Until now. The pink and blue and glitter and baby animals is just too much – it actually makes me angry sometimes. I never thought I would be the person searching for baby items that are a little more simple instead of covered in adorable decorations and primary colors. I still go aw over many things baby related, just not so much the cutesy stuff at this point in my hormonal journey. While there are thousands of gender announcement ideas all over the internet, I wanted something that was ours. Without further adieu…
I wish I could tell you that the emotional turmoil linked with years of infertility just magically disappears with a positive pregnancy test. I wish more, that I could tell you my mind is free of negative thoughts, fear, hesitation. Instead, we’re going to talk about something ugly. Pregnancy after infertility. We’re going to talk about the impact of infertility – after the positive pregnancy test.
I’m not sure how I ended up in my second trimester, it feels like I just found out I was pregnant. At the beginning of this pregnancy journey I promised myself I would try to not slam everyone with constant pregnancy updates. Well, I met that goal, but may have been a little extreme and neglected to post a lot of what’s been going on. So, here’s a rundown of my first trimester – with pictures! The pictures are just spread out in chronological order, they don’t have anything to do with any particular symptom/week relationship.
It worked. We did it. I’m pregnant, finally.
I only recently started sharing my infertility journey, but we have been trying to start our family for two years and nine months. At some point I’ll summarize our journey, detail the emotional turmoil along with all the medical crap. But today, I’m too fucking happy to talk about all the heartache.
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