I'm having a baby in September 2012! Surprise!I know, I know. I am terrible for updating consistently. Last I posted, readers were still wondering if I were going to get that house. I can answer that easily enough. Yes, we bought the house in November, but we did not move in until January. The holidays kept us the normal amount of busy that holidays cause, and on top of that, my dear husband had to have surgery (routine for only him) the days leading up to Christmas. A lovely holiday with family afterwards, and lo and behold in January, I discover that I am pregnant!
Fast forward through my first trimester--it was unpleasant. My train commute made me ill daily, but I got through it, and now I'm on the first day of my twenty-third week! I'm currently enjoying myself, all things considered. I love maternity clothes. Last weekend, with a trip to the Motherhood Maternity outlet store at our closest outlet mall, I picked up enough clothes to last me the summer (I hope). Everything there fit great, which is why I ended up taking home so much. Today, I discovered that I've finally picked up a little weight, which is also good. I lost close to fifteen pounds in my first trimester, and as of my twenty-week sonogram, I still was eight pounds under my pre-pregnancy weight. The doctors say add long as I'm eating, the number on the scale isn't so important. The sonogram confirmed that my baby is perfectly healthy and growing well, and I am also healthy, do there's no reason to worry.
I kind of feel like my body was made for pregnancy. I get the biological joke here--aren't all female bodies technically and biologically made for pregnancy? That's not what I mean. I'm feeling better and happier than really ever before. I am often prone to occasional depression, but aside from a few mood fluctuations here and there, I am steadily happy, which I really haven't experienced much in my adult years. The weight loss was beneficial for both me and Baby, and my body is generally taking to all of these changes well. These improvements just make me feel better overall, and the bonus? I'm making a person, someone I can already feel kicking around and being active. While it's very soon going to be a whole new world for me and my family, I'm pretty sure I'm going to enjoy it.
