I wanted to share this birth story b/c it's from the point of view of the mommy-to-be's "sister in love" as she calls her sister-in-law and add to the coolness that her sister in love is a photographer! I just enjoyed reading this journey and thought you may too!
http://www.tirzahphotography.com/2010/08/part-1-a-story-about-forest-kael/
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Why the LOSS?
I'm so sad for my friend who I just blogged about being pregnant. She sent out an email on Friday that she lost the baby. My heart just breaks for her and her husband (and everyone affected by this loss). Pregnancy is so scary. It's so unknown. It's so magical but man, oh man...so uncertain.
Shift of gears real quick - I can't help but think that right now, in this moment, there are at least 2 other friends of mine trying to conceive a child - and there is a chance that we could all be pregnant at the same time. How fun would that be???
Shift of gears real quick - I can't help but think that right now, in this moment, there are at least 2 other friends of mine trying to conceive a child - and there is a chance that we could all be pregnant at the same time. How fun would that be???
Thursday, February 10, 2011
No More Breaks
We decided to take a break from trying to make a baby for just one month. We had only been trying for one month before we decided to take the break so I could party it up at girls weekend. In seeking some reassurance, I talked to a few friends about the decision, going back and forth with myself about if I was a bad person for choosing alcohol over pregnancy. Of course, ultimately, it was mine and Steve's decision and everyone I talked to agreed it was our decision but okay to do so if that is what we chose. But I always like a little reassurance.
A few weeks ago, I asked one of my friends who is usually my drinking buddy at girls weekend and who has been trying for a while to conceive their 2nd child, if there might be a reason why she wouldn't be drinking at girls weekend - hinting the obvious that there is a bun in the oven. Her reply was no, that she was trying not to get discouraged, but that after months of trying, there was still no baby.
Can you guess where this story is leading? She took a pregnancy test on Friday - the day we were leaving to go to the beach for Girls Weekend and guess what??? PREGNANT! It was one of those tests I've talked about previously that are not quite clear and it was a faint line, but it's not very common to get a false positive on a pregnancy test. She bought some tests that read pregnant/not pregnant and tested again on Saturday morning and it clearly read pregnant. Yay!! So it was odoul's and water for her at girls weekend and miller chill for me. I'm so excited for her!!!
So here Steve and I are again - jumping back on the baby making train. I'm excited we are for real trying again and I pray that the Lord will bless us with a baby in my belly soon!!!!! Fun times!
A few weeks ago, I asked one of my friends who is usually my drinking buddy at girls weekend and who has been trying for a while to conceive their 2nd child, if there might be a reason why she wouldn't be drinking at girls weekend - hinting the obvious that there is a bun in the oven. Her reply was no, that she was trying not to get discouraged, but that after months of trying, there was still no baby.
Can you guess where this story is leading? She took a pregnancy test on Friday - the day we were leaving to go to the beach for Girls Weekend and guess what??? PREGNANT! It was one of those tests I've talked about previously that are not quite clear and it was a faint line, but it's not very common to get a false positive on a pregnancy test. She bought some tests that read pregnant/not pregnant and tested again on Saturday morning and it clearly read pregnant. Yay!! So it was odoul's and water for her at girls weekend and miller chill for me. I'm so excited for her!!!
So here Steve and I are again - jumping back on the baby making train. I'm excited we are for real trying again and I pray that the Lord will bless us with a baby in my belly soon!!!!! Fun times!
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
It Comes in 3's
They say death comes in 3's.
Saturday, 1/15 my friend's father passed away unexpectedly.
This past Monday, my friend told me she thought she might be miscarrying. It was confirmed at her doctor's appt. yesterday that she was.
Today, my friend Jocelyn told me they had to put their dog Sadie (1 of their 2 doggies) to sleep early this morning.
Such sadness in my heart for these losses.
Saturday, 1/15 my friend's father passed away unexpectedly.
This past Monday, my friend told me she thought she might be miscarrying. It was confirmed at her doctor's appt. yesterday that she was.
Today, my friend Jocelyn told me they had to put their dog Sadie (1 of their 2 doggies) to sleep early this morning.
Such sadness in my heart for these losses.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
To Break or Not To Break?
That is the question. We've only been trying for one month, and that was an unsuccessful month. Which is okay - I'm trying to keep my hopes in check and remind myself that just b/c we conceived the 1st month of trying last time, doesn't mean that we will conceive immediately this time around. But you see, next month is Girls Weekend. A weekend at the beach with a group of girls from college and this is our 9th year going! We go twice/year and although not everyone consumes the adult beverages, I'm one that never turns one down.
This year, I have to figure out if I want to take a break from trying for one month so I can consume alcohol w/o concern that there is a baby in my womb or not take a break and not consume alcohol b/c there very well may be a baby in my womb! I will only be 2 weeks along (really 4 b/c of the whack way that pregnancy weeks are calculated) but I will be too early for a pregnancy test to detect a pregnancy. So I won't want to compromise the pregnancy by being irresponsible and drinking.
It's interesting - I hadn't mentioned these thoughts I've been having to Steve b/c part of me thinks it is ridiculous that I'm even THINKING these thoughts, but the other night he asked if I wanted to not try this month so I could drink at Girls Weekend.
Is drinking more important to me than conceiving a baby? No, it's not, but we're only one month in to trying and I guess I think that taking our 2nd month of trying off isn't too bad. Is it? Or Is it?
This year, I have to figure out if I want to take a break from trying for one month so I can consume alcohol w/o concern that there is a baby in my womb or not take a break and not consume alcohol b/c there very well may be a baby in my womb! I will only be 2 weeks along (really 4 b/c of the whack way that pregnancy weeks are calculated) but I will be too early for a pregnancy test to detect a pregnancy. So I won't want to compromise the pregnancy by being irresponsible and drinking.
It's interesting - I hadn't mentioned these thoughts I've been having to Steve b/c part of me thinks it is ridiculous that I'm even THINKING these thoughts, but the other night he asked if I wanted to not try this month so I could drink at Girls Weekend.
Is drinking more important to me than conceiving a baby? No, it's not, but we're only one month in to trying and I guess I think that taking our 2nd month of trying off isn't too bad. Is it? Or Is it?
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Queso Question
I am a cheese-o-holic. Seriously. I love cheese. Once one becomes prego, there are certain cheeses that are a no-no to be consumed...one of them being queso. Now don't get me wrong, I don't eat mexican food every night, but when I do, I like me some queso!
The question that keeps haunting my mind is this - do the women of the Hispanic culture stop eating queso when they get prego? B/c that is what they eat often, right? They swim in queso probably! I don't mean for this to sound racist. But do they cut queso out of their diet?
Something to ponder.
The question that keeps haunting my mind is this - do the women of the Hispanic culture stop eating queso when they get prego? B/c that is what they eat often, right? They swim in queso probably! I don't mean for this to sound racist. But do they cut queso out of their diet?
Something to ponder.
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