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Wednesday
Feb062008
Fastest pregnancy EVER.
February 6, 2008
How did I find myself sitting on a table wearing "clothing" made of paper yesterday?
You may have guessed it- my first prenatal visit. I really don't have any intention of giving birth in this hospital, but prenatal care is prenatal care, and prenatal care is good. Especially when you can't remember when your last period was.
So, when the nurse practitioner did the ultrasound, and we saw the wittle baby, (just one) and she pronounced him/her to be 12 weeks 1 day old, well gosh. I was flabbergasted.
I'm heading into my second trimester. WAIT! DIDN'T I JUST FIND OUT I WAS PREGNANT? I'm heading into my second trimester? Time for a new chapter in my Pilates for Pregnancy book?
This means, I realize, that I was fully seven and a half weeks pregnant by the time I thought to run out to the neighborhood Safeway and pick up a pregnancy test. I just honestly don't know what happened. Why didn't I know that I had skipped a period? Why did it take me so long to figure it out?
All I can think is that I kept attributing all of my symptoms to something else. Nausea? Well, I got pretty sick in Burkina Faso. Exhaustion? Must be jet lag. Stormy weepiness? Jet lag? Trauma? Culture shock? My general emotional instability? I think I just sort of hurled all my symptoms into a plethora of categories and was content to leave it at that.
Anyways. Now we know. And wow, I'm already a third of the way through. And the wittle baby sure is cute.
You may have guessed it- my first prenatal visit. I really don't have any intention of giving birth in this hospital, but prenatal care is prenatal care, and prenatal care is good. Especially when you can't remember when your last period was.
So, when the nurse practitioner did the ultrasound, and we saw the wittle baby, (just one) and she pronounced him/her to be 12 weeks 1 day old, well gosh. I was flabbergasted.
I'm heading into my second trimester. WAIT! DIDN'T I JUST FIND OUT I WAS PREGNANT? I'm heading into my second trimester? Time for a new chapter in my Pilates for Pregnancy book?
This means, I realize, that I was fully seven and a half weeks pregnant by the time I thought to run out to the neighborhood Safeway and pick up a pregnancy test. I just honestly don't know what happened. Why didn't I know that I had skipped a period? Why did it take me so long to figure it out?
All I can think is that I kept attributing all of my symptoms to something else. Nausea? Well, I got pretty sick in Burkina Faso. Exhaustion? Must be jet lag. Stormy weepiness? Jet lag? Trauma? Culture shock? My general emotional instability? I think I just sort of hurled all my symptoms into a plethora of categories and was content to leave it at that.
Anyways. Now we know. And wow, I'm already a third of the way through. And the wittle baby sure is cute.
Reader Comments (11)
I am so excited for you.
How awesome that you didn't drag through your first trimester, being crazy-sick, waiting for week 12 (like I did!).
I guess with three little ones already, this whole pregnancy might just fly by!
Babies are worth the paper clothing, aren't they?
;)
Hey cool, I wish I could skip 1st trimester like that.
awe what a wittle story to tell baby one day!
i've never heard of pilates pregnancy, sounds fun...
blessings all around
Congrats! I'm SO jealous.I was laying prostate on the couch by 5 and 1/2 weeks trying not to set off the vomiting. Can't even imagine how beautiful that would be to skip the whole nausea/puke thing. I knew someone once who didn't realize she was pregnant until she felt the baby kick!!! Now that would be my dream pregnancy. I hope you are going to do a belly shot each month of that wittle baby as he/she grows.
What lovely news! I second the request for belly shots.
We thought you were further along!!!We are very excited.
I miss the paper clothing and the table.
Enjoy!
Hydes
Congratulations! How happy to discover you're so far along--that happened to me once and it was a relief (I thought I had some sort of weird flu for the longest time...)
hey girl
you're always at least a month ahead! Now that i've reached four, i feel like i could keep going forever!