The Cat's Out'a the Bag

About a month ago I started to notice that some of my clothes revealed a little more pregnancy than others. I started to get stressed about what I should be wearing to work and when I should tell my students that I was pregnant. I really wanted to wait as long as possible as I only just started teaching them at the end of September and I wanted them to get to know me a little better first. (The other faculty and staff all knew so I didn't have to worry about that.) I ultimately decided that it might just be easier to not worry about what I was wearing and just be honest when they noticed I was pregnant. I figured it would be easier to say "yes" when someone asked then to stand in front of the room and make a presentation out of it (hopefully as far removed from the day we discussed human reproduction as possible). In the past 2 weeks Matt & I have been evaluating my clothes in the morning to determine if today would be the day that someone would ask. I was just starting to get nervous that my plan was not so good - that eventually we would reach a point of ridiculousness where every study was wondering why I looked pregnant, but had not said anything. Finally today, two brave students came up to me at the end of they day and asked. Despite the fact that they might have been pretty sure in order to ask me, they seemed incredibly excited and surprised when I did say "yes," both shrieking and giving me hugs. Now let's see how fast the rumor can spread. Will my entire homeroom know by Monday or just half?

4 weeks early!!

My friend Keri, who works at my school, was due on Christmas, but she had her baby...yesterday!!  Now I know that this happens and I know that babies can be born even earlier than that, but this was a little bit of a wake-up call for me.  The last time I saw Keri she was walking into the photocopy room on Monday and complaining that she was feeling really horrible.  On Tuesday she was out of school and I heard that both her & her husband were home with the flu!  I have no idea whether having the flu had anything to do with having the baby early, but I do know that eveyone is doing well now.  I just keep thinking about how she went home from school on Monday, thinking she would be back soon, and now she has a baby!!  Fortunately she already had her sub lined up and she was planning on working until Dec. 21st, so I guess she must have known that this could happen.

 

On the other hand, until this happend, I wasn't really expecting to be surprised. (I guess that is the definition of surprised.)  I keep thinking I'll stop working about 2 weeks before my due date.  I keep imagining that I'll have plenty of time to help the new teacher adjust and plenty of time to "prepare" and the nursery will be already and the clothes will be already and everything will just be all set.  But in my little imaginary senario, I never imagine having all these things done on March 21st!!  In fact March 21st is during my spring break & I actually have been imagining that Matt & I will be visiting family in Albany or maybe be on one last little trip for just the two of us...

 

Okay, so rationally I know that it is very unlikely that I will have a baby on March 21st, but somehow, it seems a lot more likely now.  Each time Keri & I chat about how we are both doing, I keep thinking, okay so that's me in four months...so you can see how my imaginary senario is slightly disrupted.

 

Bottom line, I think I'm now inspired to more seriously think about lamaze classes, breastfeeding classes, furniture shopping, hospital visiting, substitute hiring...and oh, by the way Matt, I'm now officially voting against you presenting a paper at a conference in Chicago on April 4th!!

 

 

 

 

Baby Bump Photo #7

We've noticed significant changes. Have you?

Feeling better!

Okay, so the last time I felt better for one day I immediately posted it on the blog. It turns out that day was a little bit of a fluke. This time, so as to not jinx myself, I've been more patient to share the good news. However, I think I'm safe now. Starting Monday I really have felt a lot better! I even made it into the city last night to meet Matt, Corinne, and Matt's friend LD for dinner & a Georgetown basketball game. Okay, so I'm paying for my late night followed by my 5:30 alarm a little bit today, but overall things are looking up.

Of course there is a teacher at my school who is a few weeks ahead of me. (Actually there are 8 other women who are pregnant at my school!) When I announced to her that I was feeling better she said, "I've got bad news for you, I got sick this morning!" I told another teacher at my school, who is due on Christmas day, that I was feeling better and she said, "It's odd, I'm starting to feel nauseous again like I did in the first trimester." Oh well, I'm just going to enjoy it for now.

On another note, I swear that I grew during the second half of the Georgetown game last night. I could feel it. I really think I grow in spurts. I feel like I don't change for 2 weeks, then I grow in a day. Matt agrees that I did look different from Wednesday to Thursday night, although he's not ready to accept my 2nd half of the game theory. On the other hand, Corinne thought she might have noticed too, although maybe she was just humoring me :)

Baby Bump Photo #6

Sorry about this going up late. We've been busy, which also explains the lack of posts. (We're also kind of in a holding period here, but i think that will change shortly, as we head toward the 20 week ultrasound and putting together our nursery). More updates soon, promise.

Baby Bump Photo #5

A day late: