My Pregnancy with June

 

 

We found out I was pregnant with June pretty early on, before I had even missed my period (see last post). I was obviously so excited, but also terrified. I would say my biggest symptom of my pregnancy was anxiety!!! I immediately thought of everything that could go wrong. After my first 8 week appointment when I heard her heartbeat, it eased my anxiety a little, but not really.

As the pregnancy progressed & with each appointment, I got a little less stressed.

We were able to find out the gender pretty early with a blood test. The Drs office called & asked if I wanted to know the gender – Daniel wasn’t even with me, I was working in my parents backyard in Idaho & he was fishing. I said I wanted to know & she said “great, it’s a girl!” and that was it! I was SO SURE it was a boy, so I was in total shock. I was terrified! When Daniel got home, I just told him right away and he said he knew it. He was sooo excited, much more than I was initially! Now I’m obviously thrilled & couldn’t picture it any other way.

At my 20 week appointment, we did the anatomy scan. I was supposed to be able to see her little face & her features, but she had her hands covering her face the whole time! And now it’s hilarious because that’s how she sleeps, she HATES being swaddled because she has to have her hands up by her face.

The rest of my pregnancy was thankfully pretty uneventful. I can’t say I enjoyed pregnancy – in fact I HATED it – but it was pretty unwarranted because I had an easy pregnancy. I was never really sick or had any kind of food aversions or cravings & I never had any complications which I was SO thankful for. But I didn’t feel like myself and that was really hard for me. I felt like I was living in someone else’s body & my mental state was kind of crappy during the pregnancy. I never had any crazy mood swings either, but I just felt like a totally different person. I was SO GLAD to be done.

Overall, I know I had it easy with June & I’m so SO thankful for the opportunity to be pregnant with her.