Dates: Jul – Oct 2012
Weight: 133 – 139 lb
After returning from a wonderful 3 week trip to France in June, we decided that we were finally ready to take the leap into parenthood. We “pulled the goalie” in early July thinking it would take a couple months to get pregnant, but to our pleasant surprise it happened much quicker than we thought. I guess our little one wanted to be just like Mommy since our first trimester ultrasounds indicated baby was due exactly on my birthday – April 17.
The first 6 wks were spent looking for and moving into the house we rented on Rhodes Ave in Studio City – thankfully without any symptoms, except that the last evening before the movers came I felt some implantation pains, and just after settling into the new house I started to get tender breasts. I guess we timed that move just right, and it was wonderful to have Mom & Wayne here to help!
At 7 wks, just before our 2 yr anniversary weekend in Portland, we had our first visit with Dr. Pearson, and our first ultrasound. It is amazing that the little sack of fluid with a line in it had a heartbeat of 144bpm, and in 8 months time would grow into a baby.
I continued to run about 2.5 mi 6 days a week throughout the first trimester, and didn’t get as tired as I thought I would – although I did note that it was more difficult to stay motivated at work and I was a bit more moody than usual. I also was having very vivid dreams – though none about the baby oddly enough. I believe I was able to keep the digestive and fluid retention challenges of pregnancy to a minimum by staying active and having a mug of caffeinated black tea or coffee with breakfast every morning. I did have a few days of general queasiness around 6-7wks, but that was it for the infamous 1st trimester morning sickness. I consider myself very lucky!
By 13 wks when I had the neuchal-translucency ultrasound with the perinatologist, I was almost afraid that something had gone wrong because I didn’t feel pregnant at all, but there was the little baby bean bouncing around on the screen and looking almost human. The transformation was amazing, and now we felt comfortable enough to let everyone know our happy news.
