As I sit back and think about the last 9 months... I can't believe the miracles we had. We had been trying to get pregnant for over a year from when we miscarried. It was so hard to keep getting a negative each month. People would tell me that we needed to stop trying, if we would relax and realize it would happen when it was meant to happen then it would happen. Honestly it was the month i stopped tracking my temp, and just relaxed that we got pregnant.
The first 10 weeks were the scariest for me. I did have some morning sickness but after we passed the point i miscarried i calmed down and my morning sickness was gone. Eric was a great support, but at the same time he had started working and was gone all the time.
Timing was on our side and Eric was able to be there for our first appointment when we got to see the baby. (8 weeks) the baby was the right size and things seemed to be in our favor.
Our 11 weeks appointment was next. I had heard of people that went in at 8 weeks and everything was fine and never heard a heartbeat at 11 so i was nervous. My friend drove down from Ashton and came to the appointment with me since Eric was driving and was gone. Hearing our baby's heart beat for the first time was incredible! The only thing that would have been better was if Eric was there.
I was kinda crabby the first trimester, i got annoyed easily. Also once i got annoyed i tried to put myself in a position where i wouldn't get annoyed again. I struggled with depression, i had a hard time getting myself out of bed. We started working on Christmas presents for our family members, we embroidered names & life events on dish clothes for them. That became a life savor for me! I was still at home by myself but i was doing something and i felt so much better!
We decided to find out the gender at the ultrasound, although a gender reveal party would have been fun, i was too anxious. Aria was not cooperative during the ultrasound, she kept her legs together, but we eventually got her to show that she was a girl, We never got to see our baby look like a baby with our first pregnancy, this was such a great time. Everything about her was perfect and we were so happy! My parents came up and we silly stringed them with pink silly string to let them know we were having a girl!
We had a baby shower here in Idaho Falls, It was great to see how many people were there to support us in this time, and how many would be there for us when we had her. My sister Morgan drove up and came to the shower, it was great to be there. My favorite part was the book "are you my mother" that those who were able to make it signed and wrote a message to Aria. Its been great.
We got to do a 3D ultrasound of Aria, our office does them for no charge. The first attempt she didn't want to cooperate she was head down face down and didn't feel like moving we did everything we could think of to get her to move and she didn't. So we tried again 3 weeks later at the next appointment. And got a great face shot of her. Seeing her beautiful face made me even more excited for her to join our family
It was so nice when Eric stopped driving and we got to have him home. We got him home for a short time before he left and went to Brazil. Being as pregnant as i was, there was no way i could go. I was so glad that Eric could go. By this point Aria was super active! I loved feeling her move, at time she enjoyed my rib cage more than i wanted her too. Driving / Riding were becoming difficult at this point, so i took Eric to the airport for Brazil and had my last trip to salt lake before Aria got here. This is also when we did my baby shower in salt lake. I was so grateful to my family for hosting it!
December rolled around and I became anxious! It was this month that our baby girl was joining our family! I went to my first appointment on December 2nd...and was put on bed rest! my blood pressure was higher and they wanted to make sure that i avoided problems. Eric went down to salt lake for a comedian. So i just sat and watched netflix. The next appointment my blood pressure was better, but still high so we did an ultrasound, Aria was measuring spot on, then they sent me to the hospital for a nonstress test. It was the most boring thing, but she was fine. I was then put on light duty and told to come back in 4 days.
That takes us to December 12th. We had a list of things we were doing that day, we call it our nesting list. We cleaned the house, we were going to pack our bag for the hospital, do grocery shopping. That all came to a halt when the doctor said "we are having a baby today!"
Check back later to see how labor was for me!
