Made it through: 1st Trimester & Josh's LAST deployment!

As of tomorrow 7/6/08 I am 14 weeks pregnant and officially starting my 2nd trimester. As of Monday 7/7/08 Josh is home for good!! There is so much relief about both of these events...I have found myself reluctant to let myself be too excited about the pregnancy because I know that there is a chance of miscarriage. Not that there still isn't but getting through that first trimester makes me feel more assured that things are going well. I will also be soooo relieved to have Josh home again (for good!!!!). It has been hard on both of us being seperated during the first part of the pregnancy, but I am so excited for him to be here now and get to go through the rest of it together. He will make it home in time for the 2nd prenatal appt which I am really happy about and we will get to HEAR the baby's first heart beat. I read in my book that as of this week the baby is 5 inches long and weighs 5 ounces & my uterus is the size of a small melon! It is obvious now when you look at my belly that I either drink way too much beer or I have a little baby in there. Not only will my pants not button, they won't zip up either! I finally broke down and went out and bought some real maternity pants today which aren't as bad as I thought they would be.


My appetite is back to normal, but I have found that I need to eat a lot more protein then I am use to b/c I have been getting light headed during the day. I never realized it before but I don't really eat that much meat on a daily basis. The prenatal vitamins help but since they make me sick I don't take them until the middle of the day. And thanks to our crazy pup Koko, I am forced to go on long walks to get some exercize.


The two hardest things to give up have been my daily two cups of coffee habit and my weekly sushi. Thank goodness for Cali rolls!

6/28/08, 13 Weeks

Me & Koko bear @ doggie beach in Del Mar 6/20/08

New Job, New Belly, New Cravings!

I started training for my job on June 6th and was very thankful to be out of my hot, unconditioned house. I was still feeling sick until probably the third week of June, but it was no where near as bad as it had been in the weeks prior. Josh is floating around somewhere in the ocean & his letters he writes me everyday gives me something to look forward to after a long day of sitting in bordum. He never fails to tell me how excited he is about the baby and us, which gets me through my self doubt and nervous thoughts that are running through my mind on a daily basis. He was positive and strong from the very begining which I still don't know how he was able to do. All I know is that I am very lucky.


At the very beginning of my 12th week, I started to show...probably not to other people but I was definitely able to tell and so was my mom. Luckily she had bought me pants expanders the week before because my jeans were no longer buttoning! I had to keep reminding myself that I am not getting fat-I am just having a baby!


When I went to see my grandma, she made me a tuna fish sandwich and I was actually able to eat it!! I was so excited b/c that was the first normal food that I had eaten for 6 weeks and actually was able to enjoy it! I had tuna sandwiches on two more occasion before I decided I would make myself one, which was a bad mistake. For some reason making it myself made it taste horrible and I haven't touched tuna since.

As of 6/22/08, 12 Weeks

Ready or Not....Here Comes the Morning Sickness

This is the part of the pregnancy I would most love to forget. About a week after my first prenatal appt the nausea started. Which also happened to be the week of my 24th birthday, my Master's degree graduation, and the craziest heat wave to ever hit San Diego (that's probably not true but it sure felt that way). I was able to stomach three things: saltine crackers, water, and chicken broth. The sight of cheese or meat made me want to die! Anything that I use to love to eat sounded like the worst thing I have ever heard. I do feel very lucky though for a few reasons. One: I just happened to start feeling sick right when I had just finished school and had three whole weeks of nothing to do- the first time that has happened for two years of school. Two: based on what my mom's morning sickness was like, 9 mos of hell-throwing up after every meal, losing tons of weight,etc, my 6 weeks of laying in bed seems like nothing. Three: I just started my job with Child Welfare Services which requires 2 months of initial training that is done sitting in an air conditioned classroom, getting paid, and perfect for a sicko pregnant lady. Four: I have a great family who lives close by to volunteer to do my grocery shopping, buy me maternity clothes, and let me spend the night when my house is just too damn hot! Despite the initial shock I feel very fortunate for the way everything is unfolding. It has been a lot easier/more enjoyable then I first imagined after reading the positive pregnancy test.

24th Birthday Dinner & sick as a dog! 5/16/08

The VERY newly weds:-)

Baby's First Picture!

On May 19th, in the midst of all the disbelief/excitement/craziness, I had my first prenatal appointment. Unfortunately Josh had JUST left that morning for his two month deployment and had to miss it. It was very strange sitting in the waiting room with all the obviously pregnant women and I was still unconvinced that i was actually pregnant. I was 7 weeks and not even feeling the morning sickness yet. I was so excited when my midwife told me that she would do an ultrasound so that we could see the little one's heartbeat! She gave me a due date of January 4th - same birth month as Josh which is kinda cool. The baby was the size of a kidney bean and didn't look like much more then a little blob on the screen, but it was enough to have me convinced that yes, I am pregnant....yikes! My next appt will not be until July 24th.

Family & Friends

Josh & I are so lucky to have lots and lots of special people in our lives. Since not all of you are local to us and (although we would like to) we aren't able to update on our exciting new addition as often as we would like....creating a blog seems to be a good solution:-) So leave lots of comments and check in often!

Lots of love,

Dianna