Written January 14, 2019, published in February
I am now 10+1. Only a few days more to go until we are telling our families the big secret of ours. Today (so far, it’s 11:30am now) I don’t really have any symptoms and my belly is small. But, I guess that’s better than being bloated. I had a dream this weekend that I ate fruit an berries. One thing I ate was cantaloupe, so we went to the grocery store yesterday morning to buy one. I had a few pieces in the afternoon…and then I googled if I could. Apparently pregnant women shouldn’t eat cantaloupe because of the risk of listeria. If you are going to eat it you have to wash it with antibacterial soap before cutting it. I didn’t wash it, just like I have never washed a banana on the outside before eating it. I freaked out for a sec, but then thought that whatever, lots of things can have listeria, it’s impossible to live life if you are being scared of everything that could happen. I avoid deli meat and stuff that is supposed to be of risk of listeria, but I can’t avoid everything. So, this morning I cut some of my craving into small pieces and added it to my coconut yogurt along with banana and chia seeds. Yum!
Sweets are my other cravings that I have had the past few weeks. But that’s not new to me, I can eat cookies all day long every day, pregnant or not:) And for the past two weeks I want everything hot and spicy. Sriracha veggie chips, hot sauce, jalapenos, bloody mary (which I don’t drink now of course), you name it.
On Saturday I thought I would text my friend and ask if we could see each other after I come back from Sweden. My plan was to tell her about the baby then. But Jim and her boyfriend had been texting and decided they were gonna watch football together on Sunday and Daniela would come after she finish work. Jim and Gareth went to Tigin while I was at home just waiting and napping with Thor. Three hours later the guys came back. They took Thor out and met D downstairs. Back in the apartment, J went to the bathroom and I overheard G and D whispering something and I new right away what was coming. J came back out and Daniela said “we have news, I am 11 weeks pregnant”. I just looked at her and smiled and responded “I am 10 weeks”.
How crazy is that!!! We are one week apart. We are having summer babies together:) Their due date is July 29th and ours is Aug 11th. Hihihi. Gareth had apparently already told Jim when they were at Tigin. So cute. He seems very excited. I know Jim is excited as well, but he never shows it so it was fun to see how G was kinda lighting up when talking about it:)
I wish that our families would be the first ones to know, but I couldn’t not tell D and G our news after them telling us. It was actually really nice to talk pregnancy and show each other our ultrasound pictures. It’s nice to share with someone else. And I’m so happy for them, we knew about their baby process and it finally happened for them ♥