Hey everyone, thank you for coming back! Today has felt like it’s been so long, and I did basically nothing (it’s only 1pm). Last night I went to sleep around 11, which honestly has to be the latest I’ve stayed up recently. I usually am overpowered by sleep, and in bed by 8.
I wish I could say that I slept ‘like a baby’ last night, but that would be a huge lie. Between getting up to use the restroom, snapping at my dog for getting into the garbage, and my crazy vivid (and creepy) dreams, I probably should have just woken up and taken a nap immediately. I think in total, I shuffled to the toilet about 5-6 times last night. Can you imagine having to pee that much? Unless you’re my mom who pees once every 10 minutes, or an expecting mom, you do not know the struggle!
Last night, in the dream, I was playing this board game in a creepy damp ally in Seattle. If I didn’t finish the game all the way through, demons were going to kill me, and they were watching me the entire time. That shit was scary. And apparently having crazy vivid dreams like this is a symptom of pregnancy. I just wish the dreams were about me collecting millions and millions of dollars, Instead of being surrounded by demons. Is that too much to ask??
Anyways, when I woke up this morning, I pee’d. Haha… then I started to look at baby registries. I know at some point I’m supposed to make one, but for some reason it seems so confusing to me. First of all there has to be hundreds of websites you can make a registry on. Then when you type in a product you want (for example, a stroller), there are millions of options. How am I, a first time mom, suppose to know what product will be the absolute best for my baby?? So after about 20 minutes of looking at stroller I gave up. I think I’m just going to wait until I know the gender…
After the baby registry nightmare, I got up and got ready. Grabbed my boyfriend and keys, and went to my favorite coffee spot and ordered a nice large (decaf) coffee. This spot is super neat by the way, they own a huge warehouse and roast their coffee right there! Thaaaat is where I decided what I want to write about this afternoon.
Today I want to talk about my experience and when I started to put together that I was pregnant.
When I found out officially, I was nearing the end of my 2 week quarantine. Yes, I had covid. And to put this out there, for me, covid was no worse than a light cold. The worst part was losing my taste and smell, for anybody who knows me, that wasn’t a bad thing. At. All. The second I lost my taste, I was downing bottles. Whipped cream pinnacle half gallon bottles. I was living the time of my life, what else is one suppose to do when they are in their early 20’s stuck at home? Turns out it probably wasn’t the best thing to do… because a week and a half later I was 4 days past my period with sore breast and cramps from hell.
That is how I found out I was pregnant. Also, to anyone reading this who is worried about drinking a lot and then finding out your are pregnant, you are going to be okay. I’m the perfect example for that. If my baby can survive after 6 bottles of vodka in 2 weeks, give or take, I know yours will be okay after one night out with your girls haha. Also want to put out there that cramps and no period is also completely normal to have! I believe I said this already before, but it’s just your uterus adapting and expanding. Especially for first time moms they have never had their body move this way before, there are going to be some cramps. I still get them sometimes! (9 weeks and 5 days).
Thank you for reading! If any old moms or new moms have story’s or advise of their own they want to share with me, please do!! I love to hear it all, unless you’re coming at me for my decaf coffee. Someone already tried to put me in my place for that one.
Experience pregnancy with me! 