alijo
alijo has 45 days to go and is now in week 33
	Age: 29 Country: Province/region: City: Partner: Children: Pregnant: Yes Due date: 14 Oct ,2008 Occupation:
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Hi all! I'm on my first pregnancy. We weren't planning on getting pregnant, but now that we are, we find ourselves very excited. I took the pregnancy test as a joke when I was hanging out with a friend who was 8 months pregnant at the time. When the result came back positive I first thought she was playing a trick on me by peeing on the stick herself. Well, about 12 pregnancy tests later I finally believed it. Now I'm 6 and 1/2 weeks along and we just saw the heartbeat. It's amazing how excited my husband and I are both getting.

Wednesday, 19 Mar

Just thought I `d update my photo to show off my current baby. :-)

Friday, 28 Mar

I finally told most of my close friends that I `m pregnant, though most of my acquaintances still don `t know. If all goes well with the u/s on Tues. (which is also the first part of my integrated test for Downs Syndrome) than I `m going to let everyone else know. It `s getting pretty hard to hide anyways - I `m getting quite the baby bump. Now I just wish I could stop feeling so tired all the time.

Tuesday, 1 Apr

My nuchal folds test today. I `m excited and nervous. I hope all is well and that I get to see my pod moving around. Other than the anxiety I `m feeling great. No more m/s and the fatigue is a lot better too. Yipee!

Friday, 30 May
We just had our 20 week u/s yesterday and IT"S A BOY!!!!!!!! Everybody "knew" it was a girl, ourselves included, so it came as a surprise, though truthfully there was really no reason for us to have assumed anything about the gender. So much for intuition. Of course, we're thrilled, and are happy that he's healthy and growing nicely. The gender doesn't matter to us at all. At the scan there was no doubt about the sex. Our little guy wasn't shy about showing off his penis! He gave us the front view, the side view, and pretty much any angle we looked for lol! It was very cute.

Wednesday, 4 June

I should be in a good mood today. I had a regular checkup with the ob and the pod is doing well. Of course that's my number one priority right now and I am more and more in love with him each day. It's been a rough week for me emotionally though. I have been on zoloft (an antidepressent) for several years, but under my doctor's guidance I have been tapering off throughout the pregnancy. As of this week I am now totally off the meds. Every time I lowered my dose I would have a rough week and then even out, so I'm hoping this is just a week of my body readjusting. Still, it's hard to remember sometimes. I cried all morning from when I left the doctor- just because my of my weight. I'm trying to keep all the wonderful things going on in my life at the forefront of my mind, but I'm just having some difficulty today. Ah well. Hopefully next week at this time I'll look at this post and realize how much better I feel.

Monday, 1 July

Nothing much new to report. I'm feeling a lot better since my last post and looking forward to meeting my baby in the fall. At the same time, I'm starting to have some serious fears about impending motherhood. This is my first baby, and I keep having this sense that my husband and I don't know what we're doing and that we'll; totally bungle the whole thing. I guess people just figure it out. My best friend had a baby a few months ago and she said that the first month was lots of trial and error and pretty overwhelming and exhausting, but that they got through it and everything worked out. That seems to be what everyone I've talked to says.

Monday, 4 August

Ok. Things are going pretty well. I'm definitely in a lot better of a mood. I've resolved to not get upset about small stresses. Of course, it's easier said than done. I'm still really moody but I try to concentrate on all the wonderful things I have. My husband is sweet, caring, and supportive, I have an awesome bff, and my mom and I are finally growing close. Plus, I have a loving mushy doggie who makes my life so much better. She's so sweet and every time I look at her I feel happy, and it's hard to feel too blue when she puts her stinky face next to mine or snuggles up on my lap. Whenever I start crying she just comes over and licks my tears away and gives me this pitiful sweet face. Yeah, I love my dog! We're going on vacation at the end of this month to this place called the Paw House, which is designed for both humans and animals - they have these cute activities for the dog, plus beautiful grounds, a pool and an onsite spa for humans. They even have a massage therapist who is also certified in prenatal massage - whoo hoo!