Fun facts

About You

Name?: Shaina

Age?: 21

Height?: 5'1"

Pre-pregnancy weight?: 123

About The Father

Name?: Austin

Age?: 22

Height?: 5'11"

Are you still together?: Yes

About Your Pregnancy

Is this your first pregnancy?: No, we had a miscarriage last December

When did you find out you were pregnant?: August 23, 2012 because I felt "weird"

Was it planned?: Not planned, but not prevented

What was your first reaction?: I was scared because of the previous miscarriage.

Who was with you when you found out?: Austin, at first only one line showed up (like I knew it would) & he left the room and suddenly another faint line appeared and I said "Austin, theres two lines" He didn't believe me :)

Who was the first person you told?: Austin

How did your parents react?: Good, but nervous like us because of how horribly the miscarriage affected me

How far along are you?: 9 weeks

What was your first symptom?: Crampers, which is why I worried

What is your due date?: May 2, 2013

Do you know the sex of the baby?: Not yet

If so, what is it?: Hopefully healthy :)

Have you picked out names?: We have a few we like.

If so, what are they?: Secret

How much weight have you gained?: -1

Do you have stretch marks?: Nope

Have you felt the baby move?: Nope

Have you heard the heartbeat?: Not yet

About the birth

Will you keep the baby?: YES!!

Home or hospital birth?: Hospital

Natural or medicated birth?: Probably medicated

Who will be in the delivery room with you?: Austin

Will you breastfeed?: Yes yes yes

Do you think you'll need a c-section?: Really hoping not!

Will you cry when you hold the baby for the first time?: Definitely

What's the first thing you might say to him/her?: I love you

Would you let someone videotape the birth?: Yes, but not down south :)

Are you excited about the birth, or scared?: Excited & scared

Something POSITIVE ;)

Five weeks ago on August 23, 2012 Austin and I were at the track running and I said lets go to walmart after... :) He said "why? to get a pregnancy test" HA! Well I had been feeling really crampy for a week and I never get that crampy that far before my period, usually a little crampy a couple days before so I thought something may have been off.

So we went to walmart and got 3 cheap tests. I found these 88 cent tests hidden in the grocery isle & thought it was so awesome because I hate paying $15-20 for a negative result. So we got home and I had been drinking gatorade so I said even if I am, it's going to be negative. I took the test and we watched one line show up, just like I thought- negative. WRONG. Right when Austin left the room I kept watching and another light line started to appear. I started freaking out. I was so nervous because of having a previous miscarriage, I really couldn't be excited because I was so scared.

We told his parents and I called my mom and it wasn't as exciting as it should have been, I think everyone was just nervous. However, as the weeks have passed the nervous feeling have definitely turned to excited ones because now we are 9 weeks and feeling great! Actually feeling terrible, but that means baby is feeling great. It doesn't quite feel real yet, but I'm so excited for whats to come. I'm hoping my second trimester brings more non sick days & I start to feel better, but we'll see. In just a few weeks (7 or a little more) We'll get to see what baby is! I can't wait until Christmas because we'll know what baby is and I'll buy buy buy all sorts of cute fun stuff. I can't wait. I also want to make a baby blanket, I'm not very nifty with sewing, but I'm determined to make their blanket. Once I find out the gender I'll be busy with that project. I'm so excited & can't wait for whats to come!

Week 8

How far along? 8 weeks

Total weight gain: -1 pound

Maternity clothes? No, but I'm so bloated my jeans don't fit :(

Stretch marks? Nope

Sleep: My favorite!

Miss Anything? Not feeling sick all the time!

Best moment this week: Announcing our pregnancy & going to the doctors and hearing everything was going great!

Movement: Nope, still too small.

Food cravings: No... except pickles. Most food makes me sick.

Anything making you queasy or sick: Hamburger meat.. the thought alone is aweful. Most food makes me feel queasy, but if I don't eat I feel sick too. It's a bummer.

Gender: NO idea :)

Labor Signs: No

Symptoms: Bloated, pee a lot, boobies hurt & are huge, and I feel nauseous ALL THE TIME!

Belly Button in or out? In

Wedding rings on or off? ON :)

Happy or Moody most of the time: Depends on the day, mostly happy even though I'm sick

Looking forward to: Our first ultrasound! Can't wait to see baby! :)

Update!

This summer has been a pretty fantastic one. We have worked on our house, gone to the lake a few times, & just enjoyed being together. It was pretty low key, but we like it that way. We also have been doing A LOT of wedding planning. I found the dress of my dreams in July and it was the first one I tried on! After searching every store in Tulsa, I finally found some shoes that would go perfect-online! Austins momma got him his dream cowboy boots that he's wanted for like 5 years for the wedding. We are so excited. I'm happy to say I finally have all the big stuff paid for- and everything is pretty much going smooth. The only thing we have left to do is find a preacher, write our vows, send out invitations, and decorations galor! I'm not too stressed, I know it will all come together because we have some great people helping us out. I am soo excited that fall is finally arriving. I absolutely LOVE fall and everything about it. I love the smells, sweater weather, cute clothes, football, new tv shows, baking, and how beautiful it is when the leaves turn color and fall. It is definitely my favorite time of year and that is why I wanted the wedding at the beginning of November. A perfect time for a fall wedding and I'm excited to decorate with pumpkins as well. Last month we did a little home reno project. We built a wall.I have constantly been trying to figure out how to make the living room more cozy, and lets face it- it was just too dang big! Half of our living room was wasted space so I thought hmm.. maybe we could build a wall! It's a 3/4 wall and still leaves open space between the rooms & It also doesn't go all the way to the ceiling, so we have a ledge to decorate. We painted it red, and we absolutely love it. It's exactly what our home needed. And also, it allowed us to make that space an office so the spare bedroom can be used for other purposes...like a nursery ;) Anyways, thats what the past few months have consisted of for us. Oh, we also got our engagements done by my amazing sister, but I don't feel like uploading a million pictures.. so maybe later. I love love love our happy lives & I am so ecstatic I get to spend my whole life & beyond with the most amazing man ever. I am so blessed! <3