A Shout-Out to Our Friends

In previous posts, Vik and I each wrote about the reactions of our parents to the “Big News.”  What we neglected to mention, but what has meant just as much to us, are the wonderfully joyous reactions of our friends.
As many of you reading this blog know, Vik and I both live pretty far away [...]

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Music to Our Ears

Vik and I went to the doctor today for our regular checkup.  Everything was on the up and up, which was expected after yesterday’s lovely ultrasound.
While there, we did get to hear the most beautiful sound ever — our baby’s heartbeat!  It was a strong and steady drumbeat – 150 beats per minute of pure music to [...]

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Hello World!

Sorry it has been so long since I last posted.  For the most part, we have been in something of a holding pattern.  Still nauseous, still exhausted, and still worried about everything.  But anyway, on to some exciting news . . .
Vik and I went to the hospital yesterday for my dating ultrasound.  I was [...]

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I’m Only Happy When it Rains

Apparently, pregnant women are neurotic gluttons for punishment.

So, several of my posts have been complaints about the various side-effects of pregnancy, including nausea and heartburn (and, more recently, acne). While I cannot stress enough how much these symptoms suck, I have a confession to make . . .  I’m only happy when it rains.
On days [...]

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Start Spreading the News!

This past weekend Vik and I drove to my Grandma’s house in NW Iowa.  My Mom and Dad were there visiting, so we decided it would be an ideal time to visit.   Also, we wanted to tell my Mom and Dad about Little Bean in person, and this visit seemed like the perfect opportunity to [...]

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The best present, ever?

It was when I first saw this strong heartbeat that I realized that the little duck was positively the best present that I could have ever received.

I’ve been mulling over this for a while, and have reached a firm conclusion: our little duck (as I refer to our little bean) is the best present that [...]

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Superhero in Training

 . . . as I knelt on the bathroom floor, in my suit, throwing up for the third time since breakfast, I was struck by the realization that my Mom was not born with an innate ability to “suck it up,” but rather it was a skill she was forced to cultivate as soon as she [...]

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Meeting the Bean

It was such an overwhelming and overwhelmingly perfect moment.  I wish I could bottle that feeling!

Yesterday started out as one of the most stressful days I have ever had, and it ended as the most wonderful day of my life thus far.
My day began when I got up to use the bathroom at around 5am, [...]

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Busted!

So, my tummy troubles have become somewhat more manageable ever since the unfortunate fertilization incident.  However, the constant queasies have been replaced by the constant sleepies. 
I am overwhelmingly tired exhausted all the time.  Because I cannot seem to keep my eyes open after 9pm (and making it even that long is a struggle), I have [...]

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Stopping to Smell the Roses?

So, I did something on the way home from work today that I have not done since my grad school days . . . 
I threw up in someone’s flower bed.
As I mentioned in Sunday’s post, my tummy has been a living, breathing Pepto Bismol commercial lately (nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach . . . you [...]

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