baby

Things have been crazy. Classes have started back up again, so I don't have as much time as I would like, but I am still here :)

Here are the next few questions:
Whom did you tell? How did you tell them? How did they react? (Think friends, family, coworkers, everyone!)

Emilie, how did you feel physically?

Bryan, what things did you do differently, if any, knowing that your wife was carrying your child? (Foot rubs, vacuuming, carrying heavy stuff, etc)



We told quite a few people when we found out. We found out Saturday, and we were already going to go to my parent's on Sunday for something, though I cannot remember what. On the way down, Bryan called chance and jenny to let them know right away. Meanwhile I was texting my sister to see who was in Heber. Everyone was SUPPOSED to be there that day, but quite a few people d I still don't know cancelled. My brother David and his wife and their son (amelia wasn't born yet), weren't there and my brother michael and his then fiancee weren't there either. My sister Hannah was abotu to leave to go somewhere with her boyfriend Scott. I told her she COULD NOT leave until I got there, we were only ten minutes away. I think by then, they all kind of got th ehint, since my sister's made me swear that i would tell them the minute I knew :) It had just so happened that I had been taking midterms all week, and was overloaded with them (i promise this is relevant). I walked in, and everyone was sitting in the frontroom, except for my two sisters. They were standing up with their arms folded and tapping their feet *grins*. Anyway, I came in, and immediately said "So, I had to take four tests recently, and I PASSED all of them." There was complete silence from the family as they half glared/half stared in anticipation. Finally, I said, "yes we are pregnant!" Hugs all around, we called the other people who weren't there and other parents and grandparents. It was really a lot of fun. :)

When the pregnancy first started in the first few weeks, I was actually super tired all the time. We found out it was because my thyroid had taken a huge drop. We've upped my meds three times since then, and I still don't know if it's stabilized or not, I'll be going in for more blood work this week. However, I do feel a lot better than I have for awhile. I was also nauseous quite a bit for awhile, but never threw up until I had food poisoning. Ever since then, I've thrown up unexpected a few times, but nothing bad. I still like to take naps and I feel a lot better when I do. I had a sinus infection almost a week or two right after we found out I was pregnant. Though, Bryan and the urgent care doctor had convinced me it was just a bad cold. It was more than a cold, I knew it was. I had fevers, chills, achiness, etc. Bryan started feeling the same way I did about two weeks later, and we took him into urgent care because he has been known to get bronchitis. The doctor said it was an infection, and gave him antibiotics. You can imagine how annoyed I was. After having this "cold" for almost six weeks, I had my 12 week check up, and had explained things to my doctor. She said it was probably a sinus infection, and gave me some antibiotics, and VOILA! I feel SO much better. She has also put me on some prilosec stuff to help me eat more at night. I'm still about 5 or 6 pounds less than my starting weight. It's been two weeks since I saw her, and I seem to have actually lost another pound. I shouldn't be losing all that much weight since I don't have severe morning sickness or anything, so hopefully it'll start going up soon.

Does Bryan do things for me? Sure he does :) He's been doing a lot more of the household chores around here, and letting me sleep when I want to sleep (especially in the car, I know he doesn't like it sometimes because he wants company, but no complaints from him so far!). He also takes in the heavy groceries or other things for me while I take the lighter stuff. He has been very helpful, probably more than he knows and more than I let him know. :)

What do I do?

complications). The other teacher of these students for the afternoon is asking me what we should to for the students tomorrow. I have no idea, what would you do? as a parent what would you expect? I'm at a loss here.

12 weeks

Bryan and I went in for our 12 week visit today. I wasn't really sure what to expect. ultrasound or no? what am I doing today? what's she looking for? etc.

Well it was just the heart beat, once I saw the thing she was going to use, I was worried that I wouldn't be able to hear it, and would totally be bummed out if I couldn't.
She starts the heart detecting thing, and takes a couple of minutes to find it. I heard a lot of static, so that raised my hopes in being able to hear it. Then all of a sudden I heard a faint thump, and it was getting loud as she moved slower. It was so freaking cool to hear it! It, to me, sounded like a drum beating about twice as fast as my heart was beating. It was so clear, I almost wanted to check my own heart beat to make sure I wasn't just hearing my own, then I felt Bryan touch my foot, and I KNEW I really was hearing it. This made it so much more real! I still can't believe it, and still have the sound stuck in my head. So amazing! there really is something there!!

In other news, I talked to my doctor about how I've had this cold forever (5 weeks now, going on 6) she asked if I was sure it was a cold, and not allergies, so I described the symptoms I had 5 weeks ago, and how every morning I have so much drainage that I pretty much gag on it at some point. Then during the day I feel really sick, and this could be from the acid reflux I've been having and the drainage hasn't been helping either. I dry heave once in awhile because I feel like I'm gagging on it. Frankly, I'm sick of it. I told her about the food poisoning (especially since she was so concerned about my weight loss), and she nodded her head and seemed to understand that I really have been sick. Especially since with the food poisoning I had thrown up at least once every hour for ten hours straight (dropped 8 pounds during that time, as I couldn't really eat the next day, and barely ate the day after that). I had lost a couple of pounds before that, I chalked it up to my rise in thyroid medication, which does make sense. Out of those 10 pounds, I've gained about 7 back, so I wasn't worried about the weight gain, and neither was the doctor once I explained the sickness I've been going through.

I also explained to her that I have a hard time eating at night. This could be due to both the drainage and the reflux (I literally sit up in bed for about 10 minutes burping my way through, and can't breathe very for a bit when I lay down). Which could also explain the "slow" weight gain.

Life is never simple eh?

Anyway, after explaining this, she gave me antibiotics for the sinus stuff as it seems I've had a sinus infection all along (I'm totally saying told you so to someone right now). She said to see if it goes away in a few days, if not, then to start taking the antibiotics. I'm tempted to just start now to get ride of the drainage gagging in the morning. She also gave me some prescription stuff for acid reflux, I'm praying and hoping that it helps...a LOT. The thyroid level seems fine for now, she wants me to come in two weeks just for a blood lab test for a check up. Then I'll see her again at my 16 week visit, at which time we will schedule the first ultrasound and also find out the gender! We're very excited about that, especially since we'll be able to find out before Bryan goes to Brazil for three months. :) VERY VERY excited.

Anyway....there really is a baby inside of me...wow.

Baby

When did you find out that Emilie was pregnant? What was your first reaction? How did you feel?


I should note that she also asked that Bryan answer these as well, hence why my name is in some of the questions. :)

When did we find out?
Well, we have been actively trying and had suspected we were the previous month as I was super late. But obviously I wasn't pregnant in February. But the point is, we had been doing pregnancy tests everyday if I was even one day late (Bryan even made me take one five days before with those tests that say they can detect it early). The early pregnancy test gave me a negative. I didn't have my hopes up, but kept testing anyway when I was late. We tested Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of March 12, 13 and 14th. March 15th, Saturday, I had tested it in the morning. I saw a VERY VERY faint line. However, my sister was staying the night, and was getting up right when I was done testing, and I knew she had to get ready to go to a workshop. So I hurried and I hid it in my medicine drawer. I had to go somewhere that day, I had to go to a workshop or work that morning, something was going on. Then later on that day, around lunch time, I was having a girl's lunch with my friends Becky and Jen. We were there for hours, and I had actually forgotten about the test since I really didn't think I was.
When I got home, and made sure my sister wasn't home, I told Bryan "I think I MAY be pregnant." He didn't believe me, and I wasn't sure I believed it either. So I went to find the test in the bathroom (I couldn't remember where I put it). Meanwhile, my brother and his fiance come over to show us the ring. I didn't know this. I was in the bathroom making a whole lot of noise trying to find the test, and when I found it, I realized I heard some mumbling out in the frontroom. So I kept the test in the bathroom, but not without looking at it again. There was definitely a line, faint, but it was there. I was getting excited. I couldn't say anything to Bryan though because my brother and his fiance were right there, and they were there for about an hour. Finally they left, and I went and got the test and showed it to Bryan. He thought it was too faint. So we took another one, this time, in MY opinion, there was a definite line showing that I was pregnant. However, it was still too faint for Bryan, so he made me take another one...but wait! We don't have anymore! So what do we do? we go to the store and buy TWO DIFFERENT brands. I tested again (heaven knows how I was able to get that much liquid in me!), and yet, a little bit darker line. I knew it for sure the last time, and I thought Bryan would finally believe me. He still said "no way, it can't be, it's too faint!" So I took ANOTHER test that night. At this point, I was no longer feeling the excitement and jumping for joy feeling you see on tv. Bryan had pretty much ruined it for me (don't worry, he knows this). Guess what...that's right...it was positive YET AGAIN, but STILL too faint for Mr. Mulholland (ahem). So I said to give it a rest, and that I was pregnant, and that I would test again Sunday morning just to make sure. He seemed to feel better about that, I did not.
So I do test again Sunday morning, and naturally it comes out positive. He's still a little in disbelief here (and I'm still annoyed that he is, and that he just simply won't believe me). Then he informs me that we have to go to the doctor's to make sure. It was Sunday so we couldn't call the office, but we were going to my parents house, and we had told them that day as well, that's another entry.
So, on Monday, I made an appointment for later that week since I was due for an annual anyway. We get there, and tell the doctor that we had told the receptionist we wanted a pregnancy test. She looks surprised and says you think you are? I said well, I took FIVE...FIVE home pregnancy tests (while looking at Bryan), and they all came out positive! She basically said we didn't need the test, and that I was definitely pregnant if they all came out pregnant. BUT she would do the test anyway. We waited, I think, three days for the call. I wasn't worried because five pregnancy tests...that's pretty much proof enough there. It still wasn't for Bryan. So Bryan calls, and we find out the nurse had forgotten to call, (we were also calling about my thyroid to see if my meds were upped or not), and he FINALLY REALLY TRULY believes it. At this point, I finally got to stop being so annoyed with him for not believe me this entire time. :) So my FIRST reaction was "no way" then it turned to "I totally am!" then it turned to "Maybe I shouldn't be if Bryan doesn't believe me" to "AUGH, FINALLY he believes me!" to "this is unreal, and I can't believe I'm really pregnant", and now, often times I still feel that way, I just can't believe I am. I KNOW I am, but it's just so unreal.
So there ya go :)

It may be hormones...

Wow, annoyed.
I had to go to a faculty meeting today, and since the program I work for is so small, I don't see over half the faculty...ever. One of them is someone I know quite well and see almost once a month.

I had announced to her that I was pregnant. Her response?

"Oh wow! Congratulations! I wasn't going to say anything, but I was thinking to myself that the new job must be very hard on you" As she proceeds to look me up and down basically referring to my weight.

I was so tempted to say "look lady, I've actually lost a few pounds, thank you very much!"

Sucks to know you look fatter, and not pregnant. Hmph.