Expecting Chi

I started a pregnancy blog for baby #2. I ddin't do one for Chi, and I feel bad about that. So I thought I might go back and try to remember as much as I can about my pregnancy and delivery with him. So here goes;

I got pregnant over the Thanksgiving Holiday. I know that's when it was becuase Tim and I only saw each other every two months or so. LOL I don't know when I started showing signs really. I remember when my period was due I had the normal cramping, but it was very strong and nothing seemed to come of it. But I just ignored it, I was very busy after all. I was finishing up my final semester in college, planning a wedding, and getting ready to move away. Plus there were other matters to attend to. My best friend Jaci suddenly became very ill. She was throwing up all day long and we had no idea what was wrong with her. Finally one night I insisted that she go to the hospital because she was dehydrated. She found out there that she was pregnant, and it was not the best news she could have gotten. So I was trying to help her. She had missed nearly all of her finals due to the sickness, and we needed to pack to go home. We got all packed up drove home, me following her. We stopped at every single gas station on the way so she could throw up. It was a very long trip.

Once home I went back to work at the labs. It was fun and exciting. Everyone was coming in to ask me about my wedding and they threw me a bridal shower as well. So much fun, I remember the nachos were so good, and I was sooo hungry. By now I was having more symptoms. I was starving, my breasts were very tender and and I was so exhausted I could hardly stand it. I was also sick with a cold though, and so I figured that had something to do with it. But of course, I was over a week late with my period. Back in Portales our friend Kim had given me a pregnancy test to use for Jaci. She never used it, so I thought I should. The test came back with a VERY faint red line. I could hardly tell it was there, so I figured it was negative. Days went by, the wedding was drawing near, and still no AF. So I retested. This time the line showed plain as day. I couldn't believe it, I was pregnant. I was so very nervous. Tim was still in Texas working and getting ready to fly down. I wasn't going to tell him right away, but then I didn't want to get married and then say, oh by the way I'm pregnant! So I called him that night and told him. All he said was "um cool." It was funny, but at least he wasn't upset.

We got married, and I moved to Texas. We went on our honeymoon on a big old cruise ship. I was still exhausted, I just wanted to sleep at all times. the rocking of the ship as so nice. I was nauseous, usually in the evening. There were lots of storms brewing in that ocean and so the stomach sickness could have been from that.

We got home and oh my gosh. I will always remember how horrible the trip home from the cruise was. I was so sick, I had a cold yet again so that was part of it. But the whole way home I jsut tried to sleep and not think about how my head hurt, or how much I wanted to puke. Back home I remember I slept a lot. I was waiting for our insurance to add me on to the policy before making a docs appointment. So I hadn't gone to one yet.

Before we knew it the superbowl was here. We went over to Ron and Diana's to watch the game. Things went well, it was lots of fun. We went home that night and I remember being so very tired. I also remember have stronger than normal cramping in my belly. I went to bed and woke up the next day well into the afternoon. I awoke in a pool of blood and thought for sure I was having a misscarriage..... (see next post)