Mayabird: Old Posts!

Maya,

I actually started a blog while I was pregnant. I only managed to post two entries and then I completely forgot my gmail username and password so I had to start over. But I wanted to include the two posts I did write !

Monday, June 6, 2011

6 weeks and counting....

I still have 6 weeks left until my due date and I must admit I am ball of emotions. Excited, scared, nervous, antsy. I guess the closest thing I can compare it to is the lead up to a big swim meet or triathlon. You know you are as ready as you are going to be so you just want the day to get here! I am obviously nervous about how I will do during labor itself since I have never done this before, but more so I am nervous about the baby itself. I just want it to be healthy and there to be no huge complications during delivery. But once again I have no control over this so I just have to think positive!

Matt and I are essential ready at this point. My theory is that the stores don't close one the baby is born, so if we need something we will go get it! We have literally only bought three things for the baby...a jogging stroller, a dresser and a glider/rocker. I have one more shower left and then will go get anything else I think I need after that. I must admit the baby industry is insane, worse than the wedding. There are sooo many products and so many options for one thing. You can't research every single purchase you make!

Well the smoothie I had this afternoon after work (it is 97 degrees out and humid) is not sitting so great, so I am going to sign off for now!

Friday, May 27, 2011

Adventures in Pregnancy

I initially meant to start journaling once I found out I was pregnant. I thought it would be something fun to look back on or even for my kids to read. However I am now almost 33 weeks pregnant and still haven't gotten around to it! Hence the blog! Chutney is the "pet" name Matt and I have been using for the little rascal that has been growing inside of me for the last 228 days (but who is counting). It actually has been helpful to have a name for the baby, especially because we are not finding out the sex of the baby. As far as where Chutney came from....Matt and I had a conversation early on it our relationship about how we thought chutney was such a funny word. Chutney is a fancy jelly, yet the word sounds so redneck! So I guess you could say we like to make fun of the word. We have no intention of calling the baby Chutney once it is born. However I am a little worried because a lot of a our friends and family have taken to calling the baby Chutney also!! eek.

Overall I feel pretty lucky with how well the pregnancy has gone. I was a little more fatigued than normal during the first trimester, but had no morning sickness. And I was able to stay really active and work out. Overall I guess you could say I didn't feel much different physically. I did deal with some anxiety early on, which didn't surprise because I am a "global worrier" and just wanted to get to my second trimester where the risk of miscarriage decreases significantly!

I guess I should go back and tell the story of how I found I was pregnant. Matt and I had decided we were going to start "trying" this past fall, after triathlon season was over. So October was our first month of "trying", but we didn't really take it seriously. Matt took off for his normal 10 day hunting trip on November 4th. I had been dealing with some ongoing back pain related to running on and off for years and had finally decided to go forth with an MRI, which was scheduled for November 5th. I knew they would ask on the paperwork if I was pregnant and thought that since we were technically trying I should take a pregnancy test. So I bought a three pack at the local grocery store and took the test, which was negative. No big deal, I was NOT expecting it to be positive. I went ahead with the MRI, which was normal. The following Monday I got really sick at work and honestly was feeling really really anxious. To make it worse not only was Matt gone but parents were also out of town. So I asked my coworker to prescribe me some ativan in case I needed it. I headed home and actually threw up a couple of times. Which I attributed to the gardenburger I had for lunch (I haven't' had one since). Soni was nice enough to come down from the cities to spend the night with me, which was really nice because I was miserable! She left the following morning and I stayed home from work. Since I had a purchased a 3 pack of pregnancy tests I decided to take one to make sure I truly wasn't preggo, especially if I was going to take the ativan, as it is not safe during pregnancy. I totally expected it to be negative, but it WASN'T!!! I kind of just stood there and a smile came across my face. Then I wandered around the house not sure what to do with myself. To make it worse Matt was gone and I couldn't immediately share the exciting news with him! So of course I call Soni! She didn't answer as she was at work. But I had to tell someone! So I texted Soni a picture of the positive pregnancy test. Didn't take her long to respond after that. Then I had the dilemma of how I was going to tell Matt...did I want to wait until he came back from hunting to tell him in person? But it was Tuesday and he wouldn't get back until Sunday. That felt like an eternity!!! So the next day I decided to text him the picture of the pregnancy test. I think his response was something like "holy shit"! He was then of course excited. But he was up at his hunting shack with all of his brothers and now had this big secret! Well that is how it all started..

I tried to take as many pictures as I could to document my growing belly so here they are!