1. Who did you tell first?
I told my brother Harrison first at 6 weeks since I was staying with him in Austin, Texas and running the Austin 1/2 marathon with him. I needed him to understand why I might start puking at the race or why I was being such a party pooper and not joining in the post-race beer celebrations!
2. What were the funniest 'hide the pregnancy' moments?
A couple of good ones come to mind. We went to Las Vegas for Thor's friends 40th birthday. We didn't want to take any birthday attention away from the birthday boy so we decided to stay mum about the news. Since we were in Vegas, people started to really take notice of my no drinking policy, I had a secret chat with the waitress so I could order "tequila and soda water" and she knew just to bring me soda water with lime. I think people were very impressed with my tolerance and ability to pound half my drink before leaving the restaurant!
Another funny moment was when I was at work and feeling quite nauseated. I thought I had control of the situation, but was wrong, and needed to use my desk trash can to be sick. My coworkers were obviously very alarmed and thought I had the flu. I tried to cover and calm their contagion fears by claiming that I had taken too much cold medicine and it must have upset my tummy!
Enjoying a sunny afternoon with our secret love child in Las Vegas!
3. Pregnancy Symptoms?
All the usual - extremely fatigued, nauseas, burping, bloating and of course joy!
4. Cravings?
Hmm mostly anything that didn't make me want to toss my cookies! Carbs, carbs and more carbs- preferably coated in salt. I actually really didn't care for food in the first weeks (spoiler alert: that changes soon!) and ate mostly just to keep nausea at bay.
5. Favourite moment as expecting Mum and Dad?
Getting to see our baby for the first time via the 8 week ultrasound. I was so terrified that there wouldn't be a heart beat and as soon as our baby was on the screen I could see the little heart fluttering away at 180 bmp. Thor held my hand during the ultrasound and I know it was as special of a moment for him as it was for me.
6. How did you tell family the good news?
Since parents and siblings are all far apart, the best way to share the news was through Skype, we wanted to see those expressions! Thor's parents were very excited, and I think, in a bit of shock! Thor's sister Tiffanie screamed and cried, which of course made Thor and I get all teary too!
Since I was telling my family in England on English Mothers Day, I decided to include the news in a little Mother's Day gift for my mum and grandma. I had the 8 week ultrasound photo printed on mugs along with the poem "Roses are red, Violets are blue, We can't wait for October, When your grandbaby is due!" I had them open the mugs on Skype and sat back and enjoyed the process of them figuring out the riddle!
Such an exciting few weeks that truly flew by, and I'm sure time is just going to keep going faster and faster! I'm already feeling a little nostalgic for these early days of pregnancy and I'm trying to treasure each fun new moment and experience- even the ones where I'm throwing up!
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