I'm 13 weeks and 2 days pregnant...just getting to the end of my first trimester and my pants are getting too tight (which may just mean I'm eating too much). But I'm starting to get that bump.
You hear lots of things about pregnancy but you don't really know how it will affect you. I haven't had it too rough and am glad that I have 9 months to process all this. Usually I don't like to wait, but right now, I'm just fine.
Best parts of pregnancy: imagining what the kid looks like now (this week he is the size of a shrimp), visits to the doctor with Rick along, getting books from Nikki, starting baby traditions (like going to McDonald's every time I go to the OB), hearing Rick talk to the kid.
Worst part: sickness (not just nausea but my colds have been intense), prenatal vitamins, crying over silly things (seriously), having to go to the bathroom all the time.
Best advice (so far): a friend told me it's important to exercise...that the baby weight comes off a lot easier. I need to do a lot better at this.
Scariest part: becoming a mom and having to take care (physically and spiritually) of another person. Are you ever ready for that?
Most looking forward to part: holding him/her for the first time, watching Rick as a dad (he will be the best dad in the whole world).
What I tell the baby: whether you want me or not, I am going to be your best friend in the whole wide world.
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Congrats Traci!
As a fellow mom-to-be I agree it is very sobering to be responsible for someone else.
I could be a mom of 2-3 girls any day now... I don't think I can even comprehend what is about to happen...
Thank God for Grace and Mercy! Keep us posted!
Vicki G.
good post. please keep them coming!
one of the best things is going to be seeing you as a mom... you're going to be an amazing mom! oh, and spoiling him/her, as aunts are allowed to do.
thank you for going first!!! baby healey will be so blessed to have you and richard.
i like the last part the best :)
That last part made me cry. You're going to be an awesome mom! I'm so excited for you. =)
~Josie B.
How 'bout Ricky doing a 'post this' on what are his best parts of you being pregnant? :)
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