Week Six

Well not really much has changed over the last week...

Some good news I have to share though is that my headaches have calmed down a bit and are only here and there now, not ALL day long. Thank GOD. I am trying very hard not to take any sort of medicine unless absolutely necessary for the baby's sake. So far doing good with just one Tylenol last week to curb a terrible all-day headache while my sister was in town with her boyfriend. 

Speaking of that, we got to spread the news to her in the funniest way, similar to this - 
How To Announce A Pregnancy

It was HILARIOUS...especially when she looked in the oven, found a hamburger bun inside, and said, "A roll?? Why is there a ROLL in the oven??!" Then she got it. I just knew that's how she would react, no one calls rolls buns around here unless they are covered with cinnamon and icing. 

So more people know our little secret now, including my brother and father, who are both very excited to be welcoming a new addition to the family. The more people we tell, the more exciting and real everything feels. I must say it's pretty tough to feel like I'm making life inside me when I haven't even gone to the doctor's yet to get it all confirmed with a professional stamp of YesYourDefinitelyPreggers approval (they do that, right?). Seeing what's growing in my belly on a sonogram, as tiny as it may be, will surely help solidify the new excitement and wonder that is pregnancy. All we can do is wait for the next week and a half for our appointment...August 6th! 

I really cannot wait to be able to tell my friends. I have been a bit of a shut-in since we found out, and I'm starting to get a little cabin fever. I would be a bit more social but honestly, if you know me, you know I LOVE to drink beer. In the sunshine, or inside on a rainy day, or in the middle of a snowstorm, or in a desert, on a boat, a beach, etc. And it has been very nice out. Definitely good beer drinking weather.  

The few people who we regularly hang out with will definitely know something's up if they see me sitting on their patio drinking water or ginger ale instead of a delicious frosty beer. Yes, I could just lie and say I don't feel good or am on medication that can't be mixed with booze, but I'm a bad liar. Instead I'm just avoiding the awkward lying by not leaving the house to socialize right now after about four or five pm ("typical" happy hour start). I don't want to spill the beans too early. I at least want to get to our first prenatal appointment to make sure everything is fine before we tell any friends.

And that's another thing. Why is it that no one ever seemed to mention how uncomfortable the not knowing what's going on in there is in pregnancy? Of the handful of pregnant friends and associates I've had, I've only heard one speak of worrying about whether or not the baby is growing three heads or something. And that was just a couple of weeks before we found out we were expecting. Maybe they did talk about it and I was just too oblivious to notice. Or perhaps it's just me, being the typical worrisome over-thinking person that I am. Or maybe it's just one of those things people don't really like to talk about, and for good reason. 

I have to admit I'm pretty scared that something may be wrong with our little bundle. It's not like I'm getting a weird hunch that something IS wrong or something...it's more of just the fear of the unknown, like I wrote about when we first found out we were pregnant. I hate not knowing!

The more I read about testing for birth defects like Trisomy 18 and Downs Syndrome, the more scared and nervous I get. I guess I should stop doing that, huh. Damn you, internet. And according to the internet, these types of worries are very common and everyone has something to say about them. 

For me personally I just don't think I want to even get those tests done. If something is wrong with our baby I would rather not know about it until it happens, and deal with it then. But it sure would be relieving to have the screening done and get a negative result on the other hand. Hopefully our doctors will talk us through all of this. I have heard the testing process is all pretty expensive too, so that I'm sure will also be a deciding factor. 

Some more good news - we got a new bed - king size! My father's girlfriend was getting rid of it and gave it to us. Couldn't have come at a better time. As much as I love snuggling with Cody and the dogs (yes - we are crate-training failures and I don't care who knows it), it is SOOOOOO nice to also have the option of not touching at all. I can't believe we used to sleep in a full size bed in our first apartment together. Even a queen felt big after we finally upgraged to that two years ago. So the king is where it's at. It's definitely helping with the adjustment of training myself to sleep on my side, and the new mattress is much softer than our old one, which I think is helping my back.

So if you need to find me, you'll know where I'll be much of the time - especially once fall comes - snuggled up in bed, watching the new Netflix list I made specifically to get me through some of the next eight month's boring moments (or hours). Helloooooo, Lost/Grey's Anatamy/Dexter/Law & Order SVU...anyone have any other suggestions???