1st-time Mamas: Stumble on in here! - Page 3

[Olives]

Well, I'm 6 weeks and 1 day and the only symptoms I'm feeling so far is being extra tired, my breasts are a bit tender but not bad I have been feeling a bit more hungry... and that is about it.

[tiggernorton04]

Tomorrow I'll be 5 weeks. I'm eager to start "feeling pregnant"--not that I'm eager to be pukey!

[sky_and_lavender]

I was so happy to find this thread! And I've enjoyed reading everyone's stories and commentary on the early pregnancy experience. Thanks for starting this conversation, expat-mama.

I finally took a pregnancy test a couple of days ago and, despite that we had been trying for a couple of months an had some symptoms, I was utterly shocked by the positive. My EDD is August 27th.

I spent a lot of time this summer reading books about pregnancy and childcare and parenting so I wouldn't be terrified of getting pregnant and becoming a parent. One of my major concerns about parenthood is that I don't give up my individuality and our involvement in issues that we care about. My mom was a SAHM who regrets not getting out into the world more, and I don't want to follow in her footsteps. I want to be a good role model for my child and I also want to live a life I will not regret when I get to the end of it.

I'm a 31 year old American. My husband is Lebanese and a few years older than me. We live in the US. I'm starting my final year of college, and my husband is an academic. I guess I could describe us as activist intellectuals. I am always reading something, usually nonfiction, but for 2009, I am vowing to take back fiction and my imagination. I'm a vegan, my husband's vegetarian, and we spend a lot of time together laughing and being in love (even after a few years of marriage! Yay!)

[sunshynbaby]

When you found out...

Did you feel like responsibility hit your chest like a ton of bricks when you tested positive? I thought I would be elated and jumping up and down after over a year of "living dangerously," but I felt preoccupied with a million things running through my mind. It was like I was in shock!

[slimkins]

Hello to everyone. THis is my first pregnancy and this is also my first post on MDC. I have been lurking around here for the past couple of weeks and finally signed up last night. I got my BFP last sunday at what I think was 13 dpo. If I have the dates right, I am 5 weeks today.. due on Aug. 24th. I never charted my menstrual cycle before... so, I am pretty lucky at timing it right. Thank god for google!
I am very excited about this. :
My DH and I have been together for almost 11 years and married for 8 this NYE. I just turned 32 in November and he will be turning 34 next week. This is also our first time trying, so, we were very excited when the little bean actually stuck. I haven't told too many people other than close family just yet. I think I will wait until I am towards the end of my first trimester to tell most everyone else.
So far, I have enjoyed a lot of the info I have found on here and I am looking forward to staying for a while.
Also, congratulations to all the other 1st-time mamas and other mamas due in August.

[sky_and_lavender]

Originally Posted by sunshynbaby

Did you feel like responsibility hit your chest like a ton of bricks when you tested positive? I thought I would be elated and jumping up and down after over a year of "living dangerously," but I felt preoccupied with a million things running through my mind. It was like I was in shock!

YES!!! This is exactly how I felt. I didn't feel happy and bubbly. I felt more like this weight of responsibility had descended upon me. Along with it came the realization that this responsibility will be with me for the rest of my life (assuming everything goes as planned), and especially for the next 22 years. My husband was elated and goofy and smiley. I was like, "oh, man, what have I gotten myself into?" Thanks for posting you felt that way. It is comforting to read that others have had a similar response.

When did you find out, and how are you feeling now?

[sky_and_lavender]

Originally Posted by slimkins

Hello to everyone. THis is my first pregnancy and this is also my first post on MDC. I have been lurking around here for the past couple of weeks and finally signed up last night. I got my BFP last sunday at what I think was 13 dpo. If I have the dates right, I am 5 weeks today.. due on Aug. 24th. I never charted my menstrual cycle before... so, I am pretty lucky at timing it right. Thank god for google!

Welcome to MDC! And congratulations on your excellent timing! This place has been so helpful to me in getting ready for pregnancy. I'm so grateful that it is here. I'm looking forward to hearing more from you.

[fairywinged]

I'm new to this forum today! Babycenter.com's august due date club was getting a little weird with so much negativity just totally not my scene. So I was checking Mothering.com and saw there are forums here too. If we all like Mothering we kinda already have a lot incommon. I'm 6wks now and this is our first baby! I'm so excited I can't stand it! We're telling the family on Christmas Eve. I met my midwife this morning and I think we're going to work really well together. I'm looking forward to so much it's hard to keep track. I can't wait to get a preggy belly and to feel kicks. I'm looking forward to experiencing the power of birth secure and safe in my home.
Anyways can't wait to hear that heartbeat my next appointment's January 19th.
Best wishes to everyone,
Kat

[expat-mama]

Hi everyone,
It's been a few days since I've been on here because it's been a rough time for me. I had started feeling my symptoms decreasing last week but that coincided with an awful cold so I wasn't really sure what was going on. I finally went in for my appointment on Monday. I woke up on Monday morning with an awful feeling of dread and I just knew. So the ultrasound just confirmed what I felt already- the baby had stopped growing about a week ago and all that showed on the ultrasound was an empty sac. I think after seeing that, my mind adjusted to what my body already knew, and today I started miscarrying. It hasn't been very painful and I think it is almost over- surprisingly, I don't feel like my body has failed me, I feel like it has done something else miraculous by knowing the little life could not sustain and letting it end in a peaceful way.

Anyway, we are just trying to deal with this the best way we can. My husband and I are thankful that we got pregnant at all, we are glad we are together and so in love and can see each other through times like this. I know we'll conceive again and I look forward to it.

I truly extend my best wishes to all of you new mamas and I hope none of you will go through this. It was really nice being here and meeting you, however briefly.

[sky_and_lavender]

Originally Posted by expat-mama

I don't feel like my body has failed me, I feel like it has done something else miraculous by knowing the little life could not sustain and letting it end in a peaceful way.

Anyway, we are just trying to deal with this the best way we can. My husband and I are thankful that we got pregnant at all, we are glad we are together and so in love and can see each other through times like this. I know we'll conceive again and I look forward to it.

I'm so sorry to hear this. I'm glad you and your husband have each other to love through this really difficult time.

[sunshynbaby]

Originally Posted by expat-mama

It was really nice being here and meeting you, however briefly.

I'm so sorry, expat-mama! It was really nice to meet you as well. I know you will be back on these boards again one day.

[sunshynbaby]

Originally Posted by sky_and_lavender

YES!!! This is exactly how I felt. I didn't feel happy and bubbly. I felt more like this weight of responsibility had descended upon me. Along with it came the realization that this responsibility will be with me for the rest of my life (assuming everything goes as planned), and especially for the next 22 years. My husband was elated and goofy and smiley. I was like, "oh, man, what have I gotten myself into?" Thanks for posting you felt that way. It is comforting to read that others have had a similar response.

When did you find out, and how are you feeling now?

I found out a few weeks ago, and I'm still feeling that weight of responsibility! I think that after the secret is out at the end of next month, and I start gathering baby things I might become more giddy like my hubby.

[Olives]

Expat-Mamma~ I'm so sorry to hear your news. I'm glad you and your husband have eachother to lean on. Take care.

[AsYouWish]

I'm a first-time mama! : I am just going to c & p what I wrote on the 'So who's here?' intro thread:

On message boards, I just go by J. My husband is A. We are both 31 years old. DP turns 32 at the end of January, and I will be 32 in March. This will be our first child, with an EDD of August 30th. I got a BFP on a HPT on Friday, 13 DPO.

I apologize if my writing style is a little choppy and just-the-facts right now. I have so many mixed emotions with this pregnancy, and I'm trying to just hold myself in check so I don't fall apart. My mom died on December 1st after a long, drawn-out decline from early-onset Alzheimer's Disease. Crazily enough, DP and I conceived on the night of my mom's funeral. It was not really planned, although we knew it was a possibility as things were happening, if you know what I mean. Normally, we take all necessary steps to avoid pregnancy because we just haven't been ready for a child -- for various financial and professional reasons. We didn't plan on starting a family for at least a couple more years. But there were just so many emotions....grief and loss and love and longing....rational thinking about our long term plan kinda went out the window. Overall, we are thrilled and fairly confident we will be able to work everything out. And despite my atheism, I love to dabble with the thought that some little part of my mom is in my child or like my mom gave me one last gift before her soul/spirit/whatever-I-don't-really-believe-in moved on from this world. This pregnancy is very two-sided. When I wake up in the morning, it dawns on me once again that "OMG, I'm pregnant!!" : and at the same time it dawns on me once again that "OMG, my mom is dead!!" : Each day is a wonderful dream come true as well as a terrible nightmare. I'm a mess.

Okay, I made it through all of that without disintegrating. Sorry for the long intro. I'm glad to "meet" all of you, and I hope we all have a healthy & happy nine months!!

[AsYouWish]

expat-mama, I'm so sorry.