It has been a long road to get this far. Trying to conceive was both the easiest and the hardest adventure of our lives. It took many months of timing and calculating cycles, months filled with the joys of other peoples’ happy baby stories, months of false hope. The act of making a baby and awaiting happy news lost all its appeal. And then suddenly, when I felt I no longer had any control over the situation, we were pregnant!
I took a positive test on January 4th after a wildly celebrated New Year’s Eve. It was an unbelievable relief to know I had just taken my last pregnancy test for a long time. I made phone calls only to inform one shocked husband, one emotionally ecstatic sister, and one thrilled best friend. And the secret seeped not beyond those people.
My patience transferred from a state of waiting to get pregnant to a state of waiting to share our wonderful news. We shared the news with our parents once we reached 8 weeks. All parties were thrilled but almost equally angry they couldn’t go yell it on the mountain.
And now that we’ve waited what feels like an eternity, we are proud to announce we are expecting our own little bundle of dirty diapers and spit-up on September 8th!
The past 13 weeks have gone by almost drama-free, with only a few small scares, virtually no nausea, and no insane amount of fatigue. I look forward to unimaginable exhaustion once the baby is here (haha).
I miss red wine, I miss rare steak, and I miss my desire to eat raw spinach. But those are small sacrifices and I realize others usually have it much worse. I am learning to be comfortable with where I’m at, trying desperately to bury my true desire of wanting to fast forward this pregnancy.
I will make sure to share the highlights with you and try to spare you from the boring moments in between. Thanks for letting us keep our secret for so long!
Baby Busbee at 11 weeks!
Profile view of Baby Busbee at 11 weeks!
4 comments:
Congrats are definitely in order, and FWIW, I almost outed you on that post as well!
I can't wait to hear more over the next 6 months!!!
I outed you? I thought it was public knowledge! So sorry. I figured if I was told then you must have told all the people close to you. My apologies. Does this mean I am in the inner circle? If so, I am very grateful. - Salamanzar
Don't worry Seth. You only outed me on the blog. I forgive you.
CONGRATULATIONS!! Thanks for the pictures!
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