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August 31, 2011

so much fun

Last night Bill + I told my parents that we are expecting! We were originally planning on telling them when we go to Oregon in September, but I could not wait. And we are going to Manhattan Beach this weekend to see my aunt + uncle. We are going to try and hide it from them, but I know we are not going to be successful...the no drinking we may be able to hide, but my pregnancy sickness will be harder.

Telling my parents and seeing the excitement on their face was so much fun. My mom literally jumped up and down! And both of them could not stop smiling! Of course they had all of the pregnancy questions, and it was just awesome to share it with them. My parents "Nana + Grandpa" are going to be such AMAZING grandparents. Our Little H is going to be so spoiled!

Next week is a BIG week...1st doctors appointment Tuesday, Marty comes Wednesday,  Bill comes Thursday....We are telling Bill's parents on Thursday! One more week then both of our parents will know!

♥ Meggan

August 29, 2011

Well This is Pregnancy Sickness...

I am calling my "morning sickness" pregnancy sickness since I am fortunate enough to basically have it last all day...the worst times being in the morning + night.

So I thought my pregnancy sickness would only consist of nausea...Wrong! Last night I experienced my first vomiting experience after brushing my teeth. Of course it had to be after I brushed my teeth. I had felt horrible all day, and was surprised how much better I felt after it happened. Bill immediately went and got me Triscuts (I have thrown my no gluten out the widow...whatever I can eat is good to me!). The Triscuts tasted wonderful...of course Bill knew that ☺I have read and heard from friends that keeping crackers next to your bed will help you with the sickness. Especially, if you eat it right away. So this morning at 4:30 when my AM sickness woke me, I threw a Triscut into my mouth. Fell back asleep until 5:30 when the alarm went off, and ate some more Triscuts I thought I felt better until, I attempted to take vitamins this morning. Fish pill easy...Prenatal not so much. I have been taking this pill with ease for the last two years, then last week I started to have difficulty. Of course! This morning was the most difficult....which is probably why it came back up. yay.

The rest of the day was spent with nausea, which is the first time I have had it all day at school. Luckily, today was my first day with 18 students....MUCH BETTER THAN MY 28! I keep thinking how I probably have at least another 4 weeks of this...if not more ☹ But at least everything I have read says "morning sickness" is a good thing; it means you are having a healthy pregnancy. I believe it...but I also think it is like the saying "Rain on your wedding day is good luck." People just say it to make the person feel better! Whatever it is...I will take this sickness for a healthy baby (boy or girl!).

♥ Meggan

August 28, 2011

Hello Nausea

My nausea started last Sunday, but was only in the morning. Then Monday my body decided it will allow me to be queasy from about 4:30am-9:30ish...it wakes me up every morning! Then start again around 5 or 6 until bed. At least I am not sick during work! In the AM + PM I am not hungry, and NOTHING sounds good. I am obviously eating, but just because I know I have to. I eat a lot of small meals throughout the day. Then yesterday my body decided it would be fun to have nausea all day! I literally could not beat it until we were at the Cardinals game and I ate pizza.When Bill asks me how am I feeling, I describe it is as being "hungover without drinking." That is really the only way I can describe my sickness.

My body wants all the things that are not healthy...anything salty and pizza. I have an aversion to almost all vegetables, especially salad...it makes me want to puke :( Luckily, I still like fruit, so I am eating a lot of it. Sometimes, I can hide some veggies in my food...I will have to make sure I eat a lot of veggies in my second semester.

As much as I am not enjoying this "wonderful nausea" everything I have read says it is actually good...it shows you are having a healthy pregnancy. And that is all I want! So far I have not vomited, which I know my mom did the entire first trimester with me...so I cannot complain. I am keeping a positive spin...because as my Great-Grandpa Barsotti said "a happy pregnancy, makes a happy baby!"

♥ Meggan

August 21, 2011

Lunch with Friends

Today, I met Kate, Robyn + Jennifer for lunch at Windsor to discuss Jill's baby shower. Obviously, I knew there was going to be A LOT of baby talk going on today, and my only goal was to keep my mouth QUIET. I was SUCCESSFUL!. I think I was the quietest I have ever been because I knew if I got talking to much,  I would want to share our wonderful news. I ate so quickly that I finished my salad in about 5 minutes. Kate told me her sister is pregnant too, I literally had to bite my tongue not to say "so are we!"  Kate + Robyn are pregnant too...so they were talking about their symptoms...or lack of, and all I wanted to tell them I am opposite. I am hungry all the time, I crave salt, I cry at the drop of a hat, and I am just hoping my queasiness does not turn into morning sickness (vomiting.) I cannot wait until we are able to share the news with them ☺

Here is an example of crying at a drop of a hat...Today when I was driving to meet the girls, I started to think how we only have a few more weeks until we get to tell our parents in person about the news...and of course I started crying. If I am crying thinking about it, I cannot imagine what I will be like when we actually do it. We have how we are telling Bill + Marty (we see them first) down, and now we are planning my parents! If only it was September!

♥ Meggan

August 20, 2011

I'm Getting Good

So I have been practicing my "lying" skills this week, and I am getting good at not sharing our amazing news. Today, I got my hair cut and my hairdresser of course asked the question, "When do you think you guys are going to have kids?" Straight faced...I replied, "We're not sure, but we are not opposed to having kids now. When it happens, it will happen." She said, "maybe next time you are here, you will have a baby in your tummy." All I could say is..."maybe!"

Tomorrow, I am having lunch with Kate + Robyn to discuss Jill's baby shower. That will be my real test...


♥ Meggan

August 13, 2011

our new way of life

One of our favorite things to do together is to enjoy a glass of wine at dinner, but obviously that is not happening for me anymore. This is the new reality!

Bill's wine + Meggan's almond milk...got to make sure I am getting enough calcium!
This is random...Today at the gym Howard (this older gentleman who is at the gym all the time) asked me how I was feeling (last Saturday during spin I told him I was feeling sick, which is why I was not spinning very hard). I told him better, but not 100% (I need excuses why I am not spinning anymore...) and he told me "I think I caught what you had. I had a cold all week and my stomach was not great." I am was thinking "pretty sure you did not catch what I had, and if you did you are going to be famous! Pregnancy is very hard to catch especially if you are a male." but of course I answered "oh I hope not! I am sorry if you did!"

I am sure I am going to have some great stories of me covering up baby H!

♥ Meggan

week one.

This was our first week knowing about baby H, and my first week of kindergarten. Friday, I had a horrible day with some of my students, which actually left me in tears. I have always been a crier, but my hormones took over me yesterday, and the tears would not stop. I even cried in front of my new principal...I am sure he is thinking "what did I get myself into!" After my students left, June (my kindergarten partner) asked how the day went, and I just started crying again. She was giving me hugs and said "I am sure you are like this because you are on your period" (which I had told her earlier in the week because I was so hungry and tired....had to give her an excuse). Through my tears I told "I am not on my period, I'm pregnant."

I did not want to tell anyone so early, but I did not want her thinking she worked with a nut job! She gave me a big hug,  she started crying too, and she told me how happy she was. It was really nice to tell her because with a shitty day...it was nice to have some good feelings too!

Since I told June on Friday, I decided to tell my friend Kathy too. It would have been hard to hide that is for sure since we were going out to dinner. Kathy and I love a good glass of wine, and met for dinner at my favorite restaurant the Parlor! As Kathy asked what kind of wine do I want, I just looked at her and said "none for me, I'm pregnant!" Of course Kathy was very excited, and she had to put up with me ordering our food without some key ingredients. Our salad had no salami or feta, and we ordered a margarita pizza because pepperoni is off the list when you are pregnant.  That is it for telling people for me until we tell our parents in September! I am starting to work on how we are going to do it...I have a few things planned☺


♥ Meggan

August 9, 2011

Its going to be a long 7 weeks....

I never realized how hard it is too keep a pregnancy secret. I want to tell everyone, especially my friends at work. On the phone with family, I can hide my face or find other topics to talk with them about. But at work, I just want to tell people. I feel like people are looking at me (I know they are not) and thinking if I am pregnant. I am obviously not showing yet, just major bloating, but when you have a secret I feel like everyone knows. Lets see how long I can hold out! At least it is the first week of school, which is a hectic time!

We made our first doctor's appointment yesterday...September 6 at 3:15 ☺ Baby H is becoming more real!

August 8, 2011

A Wonderful Suprise

Today was my first day of work knowing I was pregnant. It was so hard not to tell anyone, but I knew I could not. I even talked to my mom today, and held it in. We are planning on telling them in person in September when we go to Oregon, so I have to keep this a secret.

So far, my only major symptom is fatigue. This past weekend I took a two hour nap each day, I wished so badly I could have done it today. I think caffeine would have helped too, but no coffee for me! After a ten hour day of work, I came home to a beautiful bouquet of flowers from Bill. They were a "congratulations we are pregnant!" bouquet. They definitely made my day, and made all of my tiredness go away :)





♥ Meggan

August 6, 2011

We Laughted Until We Cried

Our lives changed forever yesterday in amazing way! With our families and friends being so far away I want to let everyone updated on the next 9 months of our journey...

Yesterday I came home from work, and after being two days late decided to take a pregnancy test. I had taken one the day before, but it was negative...but I just has this feeling it was wrong (the beginning of mothers instinct)  I am never late...

Bill was on the couch as I came in, and quickly asked me what I was doing as I dropped my things and walked straight to the bathroom.  I told him I am going to take a pregnancy test. As I walked out he looked at me for a response, but I told him now we wait...

In the few minutes it took for the results, all we kept saying what if it positive?  We walked into the bathroom and looked at the test sitting on our sink...pregnant!

We got the biggest smile and just started laughing. PREGNANT! Immediately thoughts were going through our heads....How did it happen so quickly? We are going to be parents! We cannot wait to tell our parents! Are we ready for this? We just laughed as we walked around the house, and of course I started crying. Bill asked me, "those are good tears right?" and all I could say "of course! I laughed until I cried."

I wanted to call everyone right away and tell them, but we of course are waiting for 12 weeks...October. This is going to be a long 8 weeks because I have a big mouth, and I cannot hide thing well. This blog will be my way to tell people what is happening right away, and once we tell everyone...I will release the site. 

If you have not heard the song "I laughed Until I Cried" by Jason Aldean, please click the link below :)
I laughed until i cried

Let this amazing journey begin!

♥ Meggan