Dreams... and a Big Announcement

It seems like dreams have been a theme around the O.C. today... Kerri's fiance Chris is dreaming about lows, zombie's and English muffins, while Johnboy had a stressful dream about baseball. I too have been dreaming a lot lately.

In last night's dream, I was breastfeeding my brand new baby. The night before I dreamt that my husband and I were feeding solid food to our newborn, which of course choked the baby and I had to perform CPR on my day old child. Any guess what these dreams mean?!

Yes, I'm pregnant! 10 weeks and 2 days to be exact :)

I've been wanting to tell my OC family, but thought it would be wise to get through the first trimester (well, almost) before sharing the news. I've feeling pretty good about this pregnancy, so I figured I'd go ahead and spill the beans now.

Here's a recap of my pregnancy experience so far:

First of all, the timing couldn't have been better. I officially turned in my MA thesis on May 9th and took the (positive!) pregnancy test that evening! I'm such a planner... it was hysterical that things actually came together all at the same time. My family came down for my graduation a week and a half later, so I got to tell everyone in person, which was really special. Plus, another great timing aspect is that I'll be done with my first trimester at the end of June, just in time to be the Matron of Honor in my sister's HUGE wedding on July 14th. Dennis and I will be in Humboldt County for over a week helping with the final preparations. I'll be 3 1/2 months, so I should be having some energy, but not showing too much yet!

One thing that's great about having a diabetic, "high risk" pregnancy, is all the ultrasounds you get to have done. I already have a dozen pictures of our little one! We've had three separate ultrasounds, with the first one at 6 weeks and 3 days. It's very comforting to get to see the baby, and the heartbeat :) so often.

Morning sickness reared its ugly head early, and I threw up at my desk at work once (in the trash can, luckily!) Since then, I've been sure to eat every three hours or so, which helps a lot with the nausea. Also, taking my prenatal vitamin at bedtime has been a great help!

My most severe symptoms, if you will, have been an incredible sense of smell, and food aversions! Things I used to LOVE, like chicken, for example, now make me totally sick! The most frustrating part is I cannot plan my meals like I used to because I never know what's going to be appetizing from hour to hour. I used to plan meals for the week, cook for my husband and myself, and we were all set. Now Dennis and I are eating different things most nights because some random dish will appeal to me at the last minute. It's very odd.

We're starting to discuss whether or not to find out the gender of our baby. Right now we're leaning towards not finding out and being surprised. Mostly because we don't have a preference either way; we're going to stay in our little one bedroom apartment for at least the baby's first 9 months, so planning a nursery isn't really an issue; and we'd kinda like to have the experience of not finding out once, and we're only planning to have two children. Any thoughts on this issue would be greatly appreciated :)

So, that's the news... We're having a baby!!