{ultrasound at 9 weeks}
When we found out the news mid-November, it was pretty unbelievable. We were surprised (in a good way) and know that Heavenly Father has His timing.
The whole thing seemed totally unreal until my first OB appointment in early December. Jeff and I didn’t really know what to expect going into it, but we had a great experience. We met our doctor (who is awesome!) and we got to see our little baby’s heartbeat! Words can’t express what it was like to look at that monitor and witness a life growing inside of me. Amazing!
Our families are also very excited! My parents found out very early on (luckily in time to change their summer travel plans), and we told my brother and sister with a magnet of the first ultrasound. We also gave them some additional mementos on Christmas.We told Jeff’s family at his mom’s 50th birthday party. We said we wanted to play a “game” as part of mom’s gift. For each of Jeff’s family members, we wrapped up a grocery item with a key word “grandma,” “aunt,” etc. It didn’t take long for them to catch onto our secret, especially when Jeff’s mom found the ultrasound in her birthday card.
Overall I've felt pretty good! The first 9 weeks I was hardly sick at all, but starting into weeks 10/11 I started having some sickness and threw up more times {and in the most inconvenient places} than I'd like to mention. Jeff has been great to take care of me when I need it and fend for himself on multiple occasions. Beginning at about 12 weeks, the sickness has been much less consistent, which has been wonderful.
My second doctor's appointment was yesterday. This time we got to hear the heartbeat! I'm about 14 weeks along now and we will find out what we're having mid-February. I don't think the reality of how life-changing this will be for us has sunk in completely yet, but we are excited to start growing our family!
