Owen Pregnancy

I fell off the band wagon with updating this blog throughout my pregnancy, so we will do a recap of the whole thing. 

During the first trimester, I didn't throw up at all.  The only way I knew I was pregnant is because my boobs started hurting and I started to feel more tired than normal.  I didn't feel you move inside of me yet baby boy, but I knew you were there. I craved Taco Bell all of the time!  I think your daddy got sick of eating this, but he did it for me.  We had an ultrasound every four weeks during this trimester to make sure everything was ok, and you were growing great!  Every time we saw that screen, we were in total amazement that you were our child growing in there!

When the second trimester hit, I felt like I had more energy and baby boy, you started to make my belly grow more.  We found out at 15 weeks that you were a boy!  You were not very bashful and had your legs seperated and that is when we saw your "third leg".  After wearing my regular pants and stretching out the zipper part with a rubberband for as long as I could, I had to start wearing maternity pants. 

The third trimester started, and mommy's calves started hurting really bad.  Your maw maw Joanne said she had also had calf pain in her pregnancies, so I think I got that from her.  I also had lower back and foot pain.  Your daddy was so sweet to massage me as much as I needed so I could feel better.  My belly started getting huge and I started to feel like I couldn't wear any pants comfortably anymore.  I always wanted reeses peanut butter cups and puffy cheetos.  Mmm...

Also during the third trimester, I started getting nervous.  Reality started hitting that I was going to be a mommy and I had never done this before.  Your daddy was very calm, cool, and collected as usual and this was very helpful to your mommy.  We took a breastfeeding, CPR/infant safety, labor/delivery, and newborn classes to prepare for your arrival.  We also read books, online articles, spent a lot of time in prayer, and asked a million questions before you were born so we could make sure we could prepare ourselves to be the best parents we could be.  We knew we wouldn't know how to do everything, but we wanted to feel as prepared as possible. 

I felt so privileged as your mommy to carry you in my belly.  I am still in awe that you grew inside of me and we both love you very much!