March 23rd, 2009
I am now seven weeks pregnant. I feel really good. I haven’t gained the 47 pounds I expected to (yet). I don’t yak up my food (yet). The only ailments I seem to be afflicted with are fatigue, placenta brain (which I’ve mentioned before) and heinous bitch syndrome (HBS). I don’t think I have allowed most of you to witness a full-blown HBS attack. It’s not pretty. Usually I save these up for my middle school students or Brandon.
Poor Brandon. He’s at the store right now buying me club soda because I need to drink it now or else I will perish. Now on the surface of this tale, it might not appear to be a very cruel request. But it is. Because Brandon has been fasting all day for some doctor’s appointment he has tomorrow. So he’s starving and now he’s in a large cube shaped building filled with every type of everything that he cannot have. Read: HBS.
Anyway, the real reason for this post is to discuss how gross and unnecessary all these seven-week “baby” picutres are. Sick. I get them on all my automated baby site updates and I frankly don’t appreciate them.
For instance. . . take a look at this first picture:
First of all, why does the spine look like an earthworm? Couldn’t the artist at least attempt to make it look human-like? Secondly, what’s up with all the labling? I’m not an expert on the deveoping fetus, but I can pretty much tell that the icky little dot is the eye ball.
Now for our second picture:
Wasn’t it so nice of them to color the inside of my uterus purple? I mean, it just makes the whole space seem more welcoming. It also accentuates the fact that my baby looks like the ELEPHANT MAN. And that bubble thing? What is that? The placenta, the umbilical cord? Maybe I do need some lables. Because what it really looks like is a speech bubble that’s telling me my baby’s “leg bud” is trying to say something.
So I get that I’m just being oversensitive due to all my whacked-out hormones, but would you like to meet a six-foot version of my baby in a dark alley? I think not.
7 weeks
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March 14th, 2009
I have all the usual, early on symptoms of pregnancy such as fatigue, swimmy head and crabbiness. One thing that I did not count on, and was not told about, was my sudden lack of intelligence. Usually I consider myself above average when it comes to my smarts level. I’m not a genius by any stretch of the imagination, but I get by. However, in the last week or so, it’s like I’ve forgotten how to function. I’m forgetting things, which I never do. I can’t remember names of students that I’ve known for two-and-a-half years. And I have misplaced every pair of shoes I own. Which causes me to be very late for school.
Once I consulted some of my mommy-gurus they all confirmed that this, in fact, is very normal and should be expected. I just can’t help but wonder if it’s going to get worse. So let me just apologize now.
5 weeks
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March 10th, 2009
So being the crazy planner that I am, I have already started to figure out what it is exactly that I need to purchase for this kid. I know it’s still a long way off, but it makes sense to me to spread all of the costs over the next seven and a half months rather than try to pay for it all next October. My friend Kelly (those of you who know her already know this) makes me look like the most scatter-brained person alive. Saying she’s organized is like saying my father is starting to lose his hair.
Anyway, these are the things that she says I absolutely need to have starting day one of my child life:
- breast pump
- jammies with feet
- onesies, all sizes
- diapers
- binky
- bottles & formula, just in case
- pack ‘n’ play
- Baby Bjorn
- one bouncy thing, one swingy thing
- monitor
- crib
- rags and blankets
- car seat and stroller
- diaper bag
- soap
- medicine kit
So now I put this out to you Internet… do you have any additions?
5 weeks
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March 7th, 2009
Conversation before falling asleep:
Brandon: “So… do you realize that you’re crabby and you’re acting really differently, or do you feel like you’re acting like your normal self?”
Britta: (showing super-human amounts of restraint) ::puts earplugs in and continues to read her book::
Apparently Brandon’s learning curve is going to be a steep one.
4 weeks
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March 7th, 2009
I am very excited. We are going to have a baby. While I understand that I am only two seconds pregnant, I just cannot help but share the news with people I love and care about. So this entry (and more to come, I’m sure) is for you.
Brandon and I decided that we wanted to start trying to cook up a family. We had always been a bit undecided when it came to this subject. When we first got married in August of 2003, we considered ourselves to be on the “five-year plan.” And this was working for us. We were both busy with our jobs, buying houses, getting dogs, traveling, and generally enjoying life. But then a few things changed:
1) I started to think that I just didn’t want kids. Ever. Maybe this was due to the fact that I teach approximately 250 stinky middle-schoolers five days a week, or possibly because I just hard-wired to become a mother. Whatever then reason, I was becoming more and more comfortable with the idea that we would never have kids. Because of this, the sense of urgency in regards to honoring our commitment to the five-year plan sort of dissipated.
2) All of our friends started having babies. It started with Lisa and Sean (who were expecting their first, Evan, at our wedding). Then went Kelly and Scoot, Bekah and Jeff , Erica and Aaron, Siri and Rob (all four of which I will come back to in a second), and Brandee and Ryan. Man, there were babies EVERYWHERE. While I loved all of these kids, I was feeling torn. If I didn’t have kids would I still get to be part of their club? Or maybe I should just be cool Auntie Showboat?
3) Back to Erica and Aaron and Siri and Rob. Miles showed up on Erica and Aaron’s doorstep through the foster care system. He was special. He was obsessed with staring at Brandon. Like they had been BFFs for years. Then Siri and Rob had Audrey. Brandon and I became her Godparents. Something about this made me, and more importantly Brandon, not so scared. We babysat Audrey and did not kill her, for instance. There was no dropping on the head or feeding her something she choked on. Miles actually liked hanging out with us. We began asking ourselves, is it possible that we will not totally suck at the child rearing?
Our opinions and feelings on starting our own family went back and forth. But around Christmas time, we both suddenly came to the realization that we DID want our own family. It WAS important to us. And while it would most likely scare the shit out of us at times, it would all be worth it. So we started trying.
Janurary… nothing. I was pissed. I pride myself on living by a schedule, and I naturally assumed this next step would fall perfectly into my OCD world. It didn’t. Brandon told me to chill… it would probably take a while. So I did.
February… knock knock? Who’s there? Um, knocked up! Wow. Baby.
Needless to say, we are thrilled. The baby is due November 7, which is my dad’s birthday (how cute is that?!) and I am approximately five weeks pregnant. The next eight months will be full of ups and downs, feelings of elation and annoyance but at the end of it all… there’s a little baby that we can’t wait for you to meet.
4 weeks
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March 4th, 2009
If you’re reading this, thank you for stopping by. This site will be the new home of information regarding our soon to be son or daughter. Yes, you read that right, Brandon and I are expecting our first child in November. Wow. It feels really weird to type that.
Anyway, check in whenever you would like and we will try to have new information and photos available for your perusing pleasure.
Take care.
4 weeks
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