make way for baby
I took this test on 17 March because certain parts of my anatomy hurt so much that I decided I must be pregnant. We've tried since September. I went off the pill this summer. And when I didn't get pregnant immediately I was terribly disappointed. I wondered why I'd been on the pill ALL THOSE YEARS when I didn't need to be.
My gynecologist worked with me: drew blood from me twice a month, gave me tips for successful conception, etc. I even went in for a post-coital test, which he called a poor man's sperm count. Dr. J. reassured me that everything was fabulous with Ian's swimmers, so then I knew it was me.
I felt like such a loser. I felt like my body, my ovaries, were letting me down.
Now that I'm pregnant, I'm just tired all the time. No morning sickness as of the 26th of March, when I'm writing this, because I really don't want to announce it to the world that I'm having a baby until after the first trimester. We told 2/3 of our parents on Easter and then we're going to see my Dad Thursday to give him the good news. He'll be ecstatic. He and my step-mom are the type who ask and ask and ask about when we're having a baby.
At my step-mom's family reunion this fall one of my step-aunts asked me about having children. I told her I was too old. She replied that having Tracey, her youngest, at an older age was great. She said she worried less about the future and finances because she and her husband were mostly established. And I think she doted more on Tracey than she did the other girls. But the last-born gets the doting, right?
Anyway. It's just a warning that I'll be writing more baby-related posts eventually. And I'll do it in this blog, because I cannot keep up with another, separate blog. And I'll be knitting more baby-related projects, too. All about baby, it seems, I might be because, you know, NOBODY else has ever had a baby before I did, right (wink, wink)?
Hurray for marvelous news! Good luck, and have fun knitting up cute little baby things. :-)
Posted by: Jodi | May 06, 2008 at 08:01 AM
Congrats! I guess now you will just have to admire the pretty horses instead of riding them, huh? ;)
Posted by: amanda | May 06, 2008 at 08:38 AM
congratulations!
Posted by: athena | May 06, 2008 at 09:02 AM
So many congratulations for you! I have the same kind of issues with getting pregnant and always feel for others who go through something similar. And I am always happy for those who are successful after all the trouble they go throug. So, CONGRATS again. I look forward to the baby posts and baby knits.
Posted by: Becky | May 06, 2008 at 09:09 AM
congratulations!
Posted by: lolly | May 06, 2008 at 10:26 AM
Wahoo! :)
Posted by: megan | May 06, 2008 at 11:28 AM
Congratulations!!! Having had a baby at the super-young age of 17, and then having another at age 31, I definitely vote for being older! You're more settled and more calm, which is important at 2:00 am.
Posted by: elizabeth | May 06, 2008 at 11:34 AM
Congratulations!!
Posted by: Risa | May 06, 2008 at 11:35 AM
Congratulations new mama. And I wish everything goes ok and you have teh mood and the energy for a lot of projects.
Posted by: claudia freitas | May 06, 2008 at 11:50 AM
Congratulations! Totally looking forward to the knitting and baby blogging!
Posted by: Amber | May 06, 2008 at 12:22 PM
Congratulations! That's wonderful news!!
Posted by: Anne | May 06, 2008 at 12:41 PM
i went through the same thing...the waiting! the waiting! how come everyone else i know is preggers but not me? and soon as i stopped stressing...baby!
congrats! if you want to talk babies, drop me a line anytime.
Posted by: ani | May 06, 2008 at 03:26 PM
Ooooh, I'm so happy for you, Bekka! Good luck!
Posted by: Rachel | May 06, 2008 at 04:46 PM
Oh! I am so thrilled for you! Congrats!
Posted by: africankelli | May 06, 2008 at 05:09 PM
Congrats! My brother in law did not allow my sister in law to ride her horse when she was pregnant because she was so clumsy, he said. I was born when my mother was 40, and my siblings were 17-20 years old. We had fun.
Posted by: paula | May 06, 2008 at 05:20 PM
Congratulations!!! What fabulous news! And yes, others have had babies, but YOU HAVEN'T so enjoy it, obsess about it and blog about it as much as you want!
Posted by: Melly | May 06, 2008 at 06:18 PM
Wow, this is great news! Congratulations! I think you'll have lots to write about! :)
Posted by: JC | May 07, 2008 at 07:52 AM
Congratulations!!!
Posted by: Mallow | May 07, 2008 at 11:10 AM
Congrats! Keep the baby posts coming! Love it ;) YAY!
Posted by: Alicia | May 07, 2008 at 03:14 PM
Oh, Bekka, I am so, sooooo happy for you!!! Congratulations!!! :-)
Posted by: del | May 07, 2008 at 06:33 PM
Yipppeeeeee the news is out! I've only triple times 4 every thought about every single comment I've made since you told me. Keeping the secret was work baby!
So very very happy for you and Ian!
Posted by: Debbie | May 07, 2008 at 08:23 PM
some how I knew that you were preggers :) all those emails back and forth, but I didn't want to pry
So exciting- congrats.
how very wonderful!
Posted by: nessie noodle | May 08, 2008 at 10:15 PM
heavens! I havený been able to read my blogline for half the week, and when I finally do toady, wow, CONGRATS!!!!!!!!
I'm so pleased for you both!
looking forward to watching this special little one grow!
Posted by: Rachael | May 10, 2008 at 12:15 AM