16(+11) and Pregnant

Has it really been 7 months since my last post? Not that posting is really necessary because everyone who reads this is either my friend on Facebook/Twitter and gets up to date info there, or is actually my friend that I keep in touch with regularly. I do enjoy reading old posts on here and remembering what I was thinking or feeling at the time, so like most, I guess, this blog is really more for me as a memory "book", and I'd like to start being better at posting more regularly. Especially now that I'm going through one of the biggest life changes there is - pregnancy.

I guess I will just start by answering the hot topic questions:

How far along are you? 14 weeks and 4 days

When are you due? January 23rd

Were you trying? We decided to stop preventing it and see what happened. I guess you could say we were "sort of" trying. We were both thinking that it might take a few months before anything would happen. It took approximately 2 weeks.

How are you feeling? Absolutely fine. I never had any morning sickness. I don't feel tired, at least, any more than my narcoleptic self. Still can't watch a movie past 9pm without falling asleep. Nothing new there. At one point I took 4 pregnancy tests because I didn't "feel" pregnant. The only symptom I've experienced is some bloating during the first couple of months. That's it. I've been extremely lucky thus far.

Is it a boy or a girl? We will find out around Labor Day when I'm 20 weeks, and yes, we are going to find out!

Are you still running? Yes, and it's perfectly healthy for me to do so. I'm just not pushing myself. I actually did the Soldier Field 10 mile at 6 weeks and the Warrior Dash at 9 weeks.

Are you excited/ready?Of course we are excited! And nervous. How does one really prepare? Who is ever really ready for their first child? Yes, you can buy all the stuff, read all the baby books, take all the classes, and get all the advice. But are you ever really ready until it's thrust upon you? Maybe ask me again when I'm 39-40 weeks and ready to just get this baby out of me!

Are you going to stay home with the baby? Obviously I will take a maternity leave, but my husband is a teacher. We have a mortgage and student loans. One of us staying home is NOT an option. Yes, day care will be expensive, but we both make enough where it still makes financial sense to work. Would I love to stay home? Of course. Would Berto love to stay home? definitely. But it's just not in the cards for us.

Well, those are the top questions I've been getting asked. I'm very excited for this 2nd trimester getting underway. I'm excited to look pregnant and not just bloated or like I'm packing on the pounds. Sometimes I feel like the time is going by very slowly, like I've been pregnant for such a long time now. Other times I feel like, am I really 1/3 finished with this pregnancy already?