Hi everyone!
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Originally Posted by newmommy27  How many weeks are you?
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As of Wednesday, I'm now 19 weeks along! I can't believe I'm almost halfway thru. Time is really flying by now. I think I'm probably going to have a minor freak-out when I hit 20 weeks. We have so much left to do in the house, I haven't researched car seats or anything yet for our registry, and I'm definitely not physically or emotionally or mentally ready for the birth.
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Originally Posted by newmommy27 Do you have other children?
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My only other children are my 5 furkids.
3 dogs and 2 cats. With them, DH and me, and my 18-y-o niece living with us in an 1100 sq ft house, things are a bit "full" already. I'm anxious about how it will feel to have a baby in the house too! I'm sure we'll adjust.
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Originally Posted by newmommy27 Where do you live? do you like it?
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I live in Austin, Texas, and I love it.
The summers get a little hot, but I just stay inside during the really hot days. But the people here are so laidback and friendly, and there's always so much fun stuff to do around town.
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Originally Posted by newmommy27 How connected are you feeling to this baby?
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Ooh, good question. Every day, I'm feeling more connected to this little baby girl growing inside me. It's getting harder for me to watch TV shows where babies and children are in pain, like last night's Grey's Anatomy. But otoh, I thought I would feel differently about feeling her move, but so far it just feels weird to me. It reminds me that I don't have control over my body right now, and that's hard for me. I predict a lot of lessons for me during pregnancy and motherhood about letting go.
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Originally Posted by Teenytoona ooh ooh! I've got one! I've got one!
Snozzberry... who ever heard of a snozzberry??
And do you like the First Willy Wonka better than the second?
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First one, definitely. I know a lot of people don't like the first one because of the boat scene, but the rest of it is so beautiful to me that I don't mind that one little glitch. The second one was good, but I didn't love it like the first. That "Pure Imagination" song is one of my favorite songs in the world! (I have the soundtrack.
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Originally Posted by Teenytoona Now the serious ones:
How did you learn that you're pregnant?
How did you tell your DP about it?
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It was planned, so I don't have a great story about telling DH or finding out myself. It was our second month trying. The first month, I got anovulatory bleeding a couple days after I thought I ovulated, so that was a wash. But this time, we worked very hard for 5 days.
So we were waiting to test on Father's Day, just because we thought that would be cool and the timing worked out that it was just one more day of waiting to test.
The night before Father's Day, we met some friends downtown for dinner and a movie. On the way down, I started feeling a little nauseous. I had more saliva in my mouth. It was weird! So I told DH, and I said I wonder if this is a pregnancy symptom? When we got to the restaurant, we didn't even wait for our friends to show up because I needed something to eat 5 MINUTES AGO.
Then the next morning, I woke up to go to the bathroom and take the test. I set the timer on the microwave in the kitchen, and when it went off I went to DH in bed and asked, Do you want to look at it together? So he sleepily followed me into the bathroom (I was already WIDE awake!), and I picked up the test. I said, It's positive. I was in shock. The line was faint, but it was there. He asked, Are you sure? Me: Yes, I'm sure. So we hugged, said "oh my God" A LOT, and we both went back to bed to lay down. We both kind of freaked out and continued with the "oh my God" theme.
But we were also so incredibly excited!
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Originally Posted by noordinaryspider I love your handle! Did you read the book before you saw the movie? Did the movie spoil the book for you? Have you read the sequel? Have you had the great fortune to share it with your kids yet?
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I saw the first movie when I was a kid before I read the book, as an adult. I probably wouldn't have liked the movie as much if I read the book first, I'm guessing. I have read the sequel too, but it's been a long time. I remember it being very odd! But still incredibly funny.
I haven't subjected the furkids to reading out loud yet, but I plan to read to our daughter til my voice is hoarse! Books are such a big part of my life that I want to share that with her.
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Originally Posted by noordinaryspider What kind of a birth are you planning? How would you like it to be different than your previous births?
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This is my first, and I'm planning a natural birth in a free-standing birth center with midwives attending. I'm really scared that I won't be able to do what I need to do and that I'll end up in the hospital. That would devastate me. I feel like I need to do a lot of work on building confidence about the birth and also do some work on letting go and accepting what happens. (See aforementioned issues with control.
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Originally Posted by noordinaryspider What are you doing NOW to connect with your unborn child?
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I talk to her sometimes, but not a lot. I will tell her good night, or if I'm upset about something, I tell her I'm sorry and that she shouldn't worry. But I want to start reading to her soon. DH wants to play his guitar for her too.
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Originally Posted by Steady101 What are you craving this pregnancy?
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Yeah, people keep asking me that but I haven't really had cravings. Just eating a lot like everyone else here! I guess the closest thing to a craving I have is baked potatoes with lots of butter and cheese and sour cream.
Whew! I gotta run to get ready for work now...oops. This is fun ladies, thanks for all the great questions!
But the way we see it is: when we adopted her, we made a commitment to her. So if necessary, we'll keep her separate from the baby. If things ever got un-salvagable, we would find her a new, loving home, however long it would take. But that would be the last straw, and we would never ever drop her off at a shelter, let alone a kill shelter. But re-homing her would devastate us, so we just recently took a Babies & Dogs class from a great trainer in our area. Which brings me to...
