I had a feeling that I would wind up posting on here more than Kevin, but I guess since I'm the one experiencing everything right now it kind of makes sense. Today I had another appointment with the midwife, nothing too exciting, just another check-up. She always checks to see if I have questions (which I usually don't) and then we get to hear the heartbeart. At the last appointment she was able to find the heartbeat right away, today was a different story. It only took her a couple of moments to find it, but I thought it was for sure 5 minutes of searching and I think my own heart stopped beating until she found the baby's heartbeat. Nothing to fear, baby swan was just hiding out, but I was happy to hear it beating away at 150 bpm. I also got some bloodwork done for the Quad Screen. It's a blood test that looks for indications of Downe Syndrome and Spina bifida. It's not the most accurate test, but since we've opted against all other testing up until this point we decided to do it. We should get the results back in a week or so, my midwife said she expects everything to be fine and that we have nothing to worry about. So here's to waiting...
In other news I'm still not looking very pregnant, but my pants are definitely getting a little bit snugger as each day passes. I think my mom is getting excited to have me start showing because about a week ago she went out and bought me some maternity clothes. Her bag of tricks wasn't very successful, but we did get some great laughs out of the things I tried on! Realizing that I'm not going to fit into my regular clothes too much longer, Kevin graciously accompanied me on a hunt for some maternity pants. I hate shopping to begin with and trying to find things that were still cute, fit me now and had room to grow into was quite the challenge. I wound up finding a few things and was so glad Kevin was with me to say yay or nay to the things I've tried on--it really meant to the world to me that he was willing to tag along and made the process so much better.
Not a very exciting post, but just wanted to document a few of these experiences. Let the countdown to the big ultrasound begin!
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Saturday, April 24, 2010
First Message From the Mommy
I have no idea where to even start. Kevin's been talking about starting this blog for a long time and now we've finally done it. Being a mother is something I've wanted my whole life, in my family I would probably be known as the baby hog. If there is a baby around, I want to be holding it, snuggling with it and taking in the wonderful baby smell. I'm still having a hard time wrapping my head around the idea of having our own child, it truly is a lifelong dream come true. I will never forget seeing the positive on the pregnancy test. So many emotions running through my head, I couldn't believe I was actually pregnant, I was ecstatic, I was scared, I was nervous and I couldn't wait to tell Kevin who was sitting in the next room that we were going to be parents. Although we were planning this baby, we were both shocked. We didn't know what to expect, but we didn't think it would happen so quickly. I went to Kevin with the test and said "so I'm pretty sure this is a positive"...I could barely talk, Kevin said "don't those things take time?". I told him the box said to wait 3 minutes, but I didn't need more than 5 seconds to know that it was positive, I saw it turn right before my own two eyes. We laughed, we hugged, we kissed and we were both in disbelief---Kevin went back to watching TV and I just sat in shock and awe. We were going to have our own baby swan!! We were headed to dinner with the Trauscht's and we quickly formulated a plan to stay calm throughout dinner and for me to turn down my usual glass of wine without giving ourselves away. Kevin was also formulating a plan about how I would take the second test when we got back, just to make sure...I didn't need further confirmation, but the second test proved to be no different.
To say that I've had it easy so far in this pregnancy is an understatement. We didn't have a hard time getting pregnant and I've had no morning sickness, the worst I've had to deal with is fatigue and I'm not sure how much of that I can blame on the pregnancy. Kevin would say that I'm always tired, was before I was pregnant, still am--although it has gotten better now that we're into the second trimester. We waited 3 weeks to tell our families, which were the longest weeks of my life. I was bursting to tell everyone, and when the chance finally came tears were shed, hugs and laughs were shared and everyone was happy. Life has continued to move along, we've moved Kona out of her warm digs in the office and into the laundry room. We've emptied out the office in preparation of it becoming the nursery. As I type we are having carpet installed upstairs, our house is transforming and preparing for our new arrival in October. I can't wait to start filling the nursery with bright colors, furniture, toys and tiny clothes. We are anxiously awaiting getting to see our baby swan for the first time on May 14th and finding out if it's a boy or a girl. I really have no gut feeling to what gender it is, nor do I care, although I do hear from Kevin often "boy, boy, boy, very tall boy"...I just want a healthy baby. I think no matter what gender it is I'm in trouble, Kevin will be putty in their hand and I will forever be the mean parent. Just ask Furry Swan who gives her what she wants more!
To say that I've had it easy so far in this pregnancy is an understatement. We didn't have a hard time getting pregnant and I've had no morning sickness, the worst I've had to deal with is fatigue and I'm not sure how much of that I can blame on the pregnancy. Kevin would say that I'm always tired, was before I was pregnant, still am--although it has gotten better now that we're into the second trimester. We waited 3 weeks to tell our families, which were the longest weeks of my life. I was bursting to tell everyone, and when the chance finally came tears were shed, hugs and laughs were shared and everyone was happy. Life has continued to move along, we've moved Kona out of her warm digs in the office and into the laundry room. We've emptied out the office in preparation of it becoming the nursery. As I type we are having carpet installed upstairs, our house is transforming and preparing for our new arrival in October. I can't wait to start filling the nursery with bright colors, furniture, toys and tiny clothes. We are anxiously awaiting getting to see our baby swan for the first time on May 14th and finding out if it's a boy or a girl. I really have no gut feeling to what gender it is, nor do I care, although I do hear from Kevin often "boy, boy, boy, very tall boy"...I just want a healthy baby. I think no matter what gender it is I'm in trouble, Kevin will be putty in their hand and I will forever be the mean parent. Just ask Furry Swan who gives her what she wants more!
Friday, April 23, 2010
Baby's First Blog Entry
Why in the world would we be blogging about a baby swan? Well, for starters, I'm a swan. Kelsey's a swan too. I'm tall swan, and she's pretty swan. Many couple's have pet names, and I guess we settled on Swan. :-) It basically stemmed from the movie Billy Madison. Billy is sitting in the tub playing with his shampoo and conditioner bottles. He fights with them, and when they fall out of his hands he sits there, in the tub, stunned and suddenly looks over to the faucet shaped like a swan and says "Stop looking at me swan." Kelsey has said that to me a few times, and I guess it stuck.
So the we are all Swans. Kona has even been dubbed "Furry Swan." And now we have a baby Swan on the way. The Trauscht family is already entrenched in blogging, with my sister having the idea of recording all her thoughts and stories in blog form to help her remember how things were when her kids were at certain points in their life. It seems like a good idea to me, and well, I figured I have to make Kelsey do it with me.
At this point Baby Swan is just over 4 months along. It has been an uneventful pregnancy so far. Kelsey has avoided any morning sickness and other nasty first trimester occurrences. We're counting down the days to our first ultrasound and hoping that Baby Swan isn't shy when it comes to taking pictures. The more of an exhibitionist our kid can be, the better we'll feel. We keep having people tell us its a boy, but honestly we have no feeling one way or another. I would feel blessed if it is a healthy baby, but my preference would be a boy. I seem to be having trouble saying "No" to little girls, and if a little curly blond haired girl is in my future I might as well admit defeat right now. Otherwise I will continue to be patient and as the days go on I get more and more excited about it.
The way the blog is set to work is that I have to write an entry from my perspective, and then the next entry will be from Kelsey's point of view. That way it might be a little easier to find something to write about if we play of each other. She can comment on how I don't show any of these feelings that I write, and I can comment about how she is being such a great planner, an already wonderful mother to be, and an all around super wife.
Please enjoy our entries as they are mostly for our benefit, but also a great way to share fun stories and happenings in Baby Swans life.
-Dad to be.
So the we are all Swans. Kona has even been dubbed "Furry Swan." And now we have a baby Swan on the way. The Trauscht family is already entrenched in blogging, with my sister having the idea of recording all her thoughts and stories in blog form to help her remember how things were when her kids were at certain points in their life. It seems like a good idea to me, and well, I figured I have to make Kelsey do it with me.
At this point Baby Swan is just over 4 months along. It has been an uneventful pregnancy so far. Kelsey has avoided any morning sickness and other nasty first trimester occurrences. We're counting down the days to our first ultrasound and hoping that Baby Swan isn't shy when it comes to taking pictures. The more of an exhibitionist our kid can be, the better we'll feel. We keep having people tell us its a boy, but honestly we have no feeling one way or another. I would feel blessed if it is a healthy baby, but my preference would be a boy. I seem to be having trouble saying "No" to little girls, and if a little curly blond haired girl is in my future I might as well admit defeat right now. Otherwise I will continue to be patient and as the days go on I get more and more excited about it.
The way the blog is set to work is that I have to write an entry from my perspective, and then the next entry will be from Kelsey's point of view. That way it might be a little easier to find something to write about if we play of each other. She can comment on how I don't show any of these feelings that I write, and I can comment about how she is being such a great planner, an already wonderful mother to be, and an all around super wife.
Please enjoy our entries as they are mostly for our benefit, but also a great way to share fun stories and happenings in Baby Swans life.
-Dad to be.
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