mangofandango | My eggo is preggo.

[Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com] did the cuter, Juno-inspired post already, but:

Hi guys. I am back from Christmas, and it was very good. While we were there, we told our parents/families that I AM PREGNANT. Now, if you're like basically every member of my family, you just paused for a few seconds and then said things like "Are you serious?" and "Noooo - really?"

Yes, I am serious and yes, really. :)

We'll talk pregnancy filters and stuff soon, but for now, I use lj-cuts to spare you if you don't want to read epic posts about pregnancy, k?

First, to answer the stuff everyone has asked so far:

I am 12 weeks pregnant and due in July. This means I am just finishing my first trimester, which is the Recommended Time for telling people since the risk of miscarriage decreases quite a bit by this point. (I am personally of the opinion that people should feel free to tell earlier since they might want support or at least understanding during hard times if they did miscarry, and I wasn't particularly worried about that aspect of it. I was, in fact, ready to tell at Thanksgiving, because I was sick a lot right up until then and it was hard to hide - but Ryan really built up the happy glowy idea of telling at Christmas, and it didn't bother me that much to wait, so that's what we did.)

Everyone has also asked if I was sick. Yup! I wasn't the kind of sick that I have read about, with lots of puking and not being able to brush your teeth because it makes you gag and so on. I was sick like...nauseated most of the day, sometimes very mildly and sometimes very intensely. It got better when I ate, but I was super picky and needed to eat basically all the time so food took over my life for a while. (Aspects of this feeling were familiar, since I am often both starving and selective in normal life, I've just never had to put quite so much thought and worry into food before.) But I only actually threw up once, so whoo hoo!

Also, yes, I am doing much better - not nauseated very often anymore. What is still an issue is the gagging (which is associated with the SUPER SENSE OF SMELL OMG), and the pickiness/revulsion/craving trifecta. That and the constant need to eat. But y'know, it's good to be not constantly sick, even if the gagging-in-public thing is something I could live without. ;)

OH, the other thing people keep asking: yes, we will be finding out the sex, but we probably won't be sharing what we find out far and wide. :) That's not until the 20 week appointment, anyway.

OKAY. Now the telling part. Since we were making this particular announcement on Christmas Day, Kelly suggested I sit under the tree in the morning with a bow on my belly to indicate, you know, the PRESENT IN MAH BELLAY. So that's what I did, except as we watched Ryan's parents mill around and not notice what I was doing, I turned to Shawn, Meg, Ryan and Kelly (who knew already) and said "Um...I think they think it's completely normal for me to be doing what I'm doing right now." Because you know, I am the wackness like that. So we had to sort of loudly indicate what I was doing - BOY, SARAH HAS A BOW ON HER BELLY I WONDER WHY SHE WOULD HAVE A BOW ON HER BELLY and then they got it. ;) Patrick missed all this somehow (I think he was still upstairs) so when he came down I told him and he said "I didn't know that!" I was like um yeah, I know you didn't. ;)

That afternoon when I went to my parents' house to do Christmas stuff, I had learned from the previous experience and waited until everyone was in the same place (that took for-EV-ER by the way) and then told them I had a present and I needed their eyes and ears, stuck the bow on my stomach, and waited for them to catch up. There was a delay of a couple of seconds, and then Emma's jaw dropped a few times, and then I think every single person there said some variation of "REALLY?" "NO WAY" etc. Then there was a lot of hugging and text messaging (yes) and Raina told she "sort of wanted to ask me to take off my clothes" - meaning, she wanted to see my stomach, but I thought I would immortalize her word choice. ;)

From there I let parents and siblings spread the word, though I do still have a few real life friends that I need to tell - I am going to try and make some phone calls tomorrow. (If any of you real-life people find out this way, call me and we'll discuss. :)) You guys all know now too. Phew!

Okay, so tomorrow maybe I will post more about Christmas, and maybe more about pregnancy too. I hope you all are having fabulous winter holidays if you celebrate them. I wish you many delicious cookies. <3

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I am EXCITED! CRAZY! SORT OF.

My eggo is preggo.

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