Today I am 14w and 1d pregnant! It is still so incredibly surreal. I'm not sure when it will fully sink in. We could not be more thankful. The Lord is so gracious. We found out that we were expecting during the first week of December. I felt silly even buying a pregnancy test, thinking there was no way I was actually pregnant. However, with a little prompting from my friend Emily (who had a dream the night before that I took a positive test), I decided to just put my thoughts to rest. I took a test, make that 2 tests around 3:30 pm...it took about half a second for that second line to show up, bright and clear. Nothing can prepare you for that moment. I couldn't believe it. I was thrilled and shocked and thankful and a thousand other emotions at the exact same time. I just sat down on the couch and prayed. I had no idea what else to do. What a miracle. I had to keep all this to myself for the next 3 hours, until my baby daddy got home from work. I was about to burst all afternoon and tried to act very normal when I talked to him on the phone. Lanie had no idea I was even thinking about taking a pregnancy test, so needless to say, I knew he would be shocked. When he got home from work, I asked him to sit down and then told him I thought we should go out to eat to celebrate! He looked at me puzzled and asked, "celebrate what?" He thought I had a job interview...not quite. When I told him we should celebrate that I was pregnant, his response was "What?! are you sure?!", "how?!'. He was so excited but also a tad caught off guard, to say the least. I only wish I would have thought to video his reaction. Even though he was thrilled at the news, he made me take 3 different tests later that night to ensure they were correct :)
We were able to tell both of our families over Christmas. It was such an ideal time to be able to tell them the great news. We had our first ultrasound just a few days before Christmas so we were able to give them a picture of the sweet little bean. It was so fun to share the news and start celebrating with people we love.
Overall the discomforts of pregnancy have been manageable. I definitely have had weeks of extreme fatigue and had about 4 weeks of a sick stomach, but both of these seem to have eased up and I'm feeling relatively normal. :) My only aversion has been olive oil, namely spinach sauteed in it...ugh. No serious cravings...except for a ham and cheese croissant (which I don't know that I've ever had one) but it sounds good most of the time.
We find out whether baby is a boy or a girl in just 3 weeks! I am SO excited to find out. It really doesn't matter to us at all. This child is already dearly loved and cherished. This baby is, without a doubt, a good gift from the Lord and He is already using him/her to teach me to trust Him more. I've never felt so out of control of something so important. I find so much comfort in knowing the God IS in complete control. He created our child, is forming our child and loves our child more than we ever could. I feel so privileged to carry this sweet little baby.
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