Baby Lessen!

J and I had our 20 week ultra sound this week!  As many of you know, we don't want to know the sex of the baby...but man, it is getting tough!  J told the UltraSound Tech in the very beginning...no matter what she (being me) says, we DO NOT want to know.  He knows me so well, I definitely had a few moments of weakness during the appointment.  The Tech even offered to write it down and mail it to my best friend, which was a little far - but I appreciated her enthusiasm. 

Baby Lessen is very healthy; all fingers, toes and limbs.

Anyway, the pictures aren't very clear... apparently we have a mover and shaker on our hands :) 

 

Here they are! 

xoxo,

kristen 

Halloween

I will make this one short and sweet.  I was a victim to the zombie baby...busting out of my stomach.  I made my costume with a little help from J.  

At work, I heard a lot of interesting comments on my costume.  Some people loved it & some people (mostly other women) thought it was 'just wrong.'  

The only reason I had the nerve to do this, was our midwife appointment the day before.  Baby Lessen had an outstanding review :)  

xoxo,
kristen 

Heart Beat Central!

Well, we had our first MidWife appointment,@ Durham Women's Clinic, on September 5.  It was emotionally intense and information overload!  Started with the new usual; peeing in cups, blood pressure, WEIGHING (I stood on the scale backwards), and health interrogation.

And then something magical happened.  We were walked into an ultrasound room!!  Of course, she made sure all of my 'bits and pieces' were good to go - then showed us our little nugget!!  I mouth fell open and I gasped.  J just smiled and squeezed my hand.

And it got better, much better.  She turned on the speakers and let us hear the heart beat!  Tears were streaming down my face, it was the most powerful sound I have ever heard...

Ms. MidWife let us know that we were 10 weeks and 3 days long, and our due date is 3/31/13 - Easter Sunday.  Amazing. 


xoxo,
kristen  

Knowing early...

I've decided that knowing so early has its down falls. I feel like this has been a really long few weeks. I just want to fast forward a few weeks and get to the doctors office :) We want to hear that little heart beat....

xoxo,
kristen

The doctors office...the moment of truth!

Continued....

Like every week, Monday morning came. I went to work for a few hours - then rushed to the doctors. I KNEW it, but I needed confirmation. As the nurse makes me stand on the scale (yuck), takes my temp, blood pressure.....she said- "so, why are you here," and I said "well, I think I am pregnant," and she said "you gotta pee??" (kinda ghetto, but hey, its Durham)

I was chugging water all morning because I knew peeing in a cup was going to be a mandatory event - and I was ready!!! She passed me my TINY clear cup and showed me the ladies room. I was so clam and collected ....but then STAGE FREIGHT. I got pretty nervous sitting there - holding that cup. Luckily that did not last too long :) I passed the nurse my cup-o-pee and took a seat. Mmmmm, about 2 seconds later the Nurse comes waltzing in and hands me our fate - BOOM- POSITIVE! Again, the words "Holy Shit" feel right out of my mouth. Then, I got very pale and my jaw hit the floor... and then I started giggling. :)

My doctor was so excited for me. I've been seeing her since I moved to NC in 2007, so she knows me pretty darn well. Turns out she is preggers too. I asked lots of questions, got a script for a prenatal vitamin and had some blood work done just to be EXTRA positive.

I called J to tell him the news (he asked for a phone call, or I would have waited until we were face to face...don't judge) and he was speechless :)

xoxo,
kristen

"Holy Shit - Its Positive" echoed from the bathroom...

Those were my exact words to J, "Holy Shit - Its Positive." His exact words "Let me see it."

That was an interesting moment for us. I had taken 2 tests before...both of those were negative. WELL, the first was negative...the second was negative - then I came back - like hours later, and it was positive. However - I immediately got on google, like the genious I am, and decided that it was probably just an evaporation line. I decided to wait 3 more days and take the third test Sunday morning. That was the "Holy Shit" moment.


Luckily, I had a doctors appointment first thing Monday morning...for something completely unrelated. Which meant- I was going to make my doctor help me crack the code. I figured she knew best.

J decided that Sunday morning he didn't want to even discuss IT until I went to the doctors the next day. 2 negative tests and 1 positive test...left a lot of room for high hopes and a lot more room for disappointment if we weren't actually preggers. Which, at the time was a really smart decision. See, there's something about J that you probably don't know... he is going to be an AMAZING dad and he secretly wanted a Little Lessen. He couldn't stand the thought of getting excited and then having that ripped away. I got it - so we went about our usual Sunday business, brunch and bloodies. (I know I know people, but it was only a splash of the good stuff and I really needed to have one last simple Sunday with my hubs)

To be continued.....

xoxo,
kristen