Once in a blue moon...

There has been much speculation about the lunar cycle in correlation to women going into labor. This coming Thursday is a full moon - and we are hoping that the old wives tale proves accurate. I've chatted with 2 medical practitioners, who have worked in Labor and Delivery and agreed that they used to see a larger # of women go into labor.

I found this article today, in regard to a Blue Moon. What a one liner our child can use in disputing a fact. "Right, and I was born on a blue moon. Oh wait I was!" Anyone that knows me, knows I am ALL about One Liners and Unanswerable Questions. Its just in my nature.

We had a great Christmas - had the In Laws staying with us and had a great time with them. Christmas Eve we drove around that day and saw the city. It was really nice as the streets were not packed with cars and people - as we avoided any of the major shopping areas! And I did finally make it up to Coit Tower - what a bad San Franciscan that I had never been up there before.

Christmas Eve we did a meal at our place and then opened gifts. To echo an earlier post - its just so great to spend time with family. We played lots of games (which I love!) - Farkle, Scrabble, Trivial Pursuit, Scene It, Wii Fit Plus (which E got us as a Christmas Gift). Christmas Day we had dinner down at Joe Joe and Claud. Again it was nice to see family - pork pressures aside. We did a White Elephant gift exchange which was fun as our family is so damn competitive.

I did walk away a victor with a huge bottle of Jameson Whiskey. The only one to walk away with the'only' booze present for the gift exchange - was the pregnant one.

So, I'm at the 38-39 week mark (Thursday I will be 39 weeks - C'mon Blue Moon!) I went to the Dr's for a check up yesterday. Aside from waiting an hour to be seen, it was an exciting yet disappointing appointment. The Dr walks in an asks the usual "How are things? Hows the baby?" and then he says - "So today we are going to sweep [the membranes]?" I wasn't mentally prepared for that - as he told me that we would talk about it the following week. For those of you who don't know, sweeping the membrane will increase the chances of going into labor (It's predicted that you will go into labor within 72 hours, give or take) Its a really simple procedure where the Dr simply makes a circular motion on a partial dilated cervix. However, in my case, I was not dilated at all. I am thinking this baby needs a formal invitation to join our family! Dear Baby Busch, Please join us for drinks and appetizers in celebration of your grand arrival!" Hopefully next week my body has done a little prep work and the doctor can try for a sweep again.

Tomorrow RnDnFinn are coming to visit us. I got to see them back in October (when I flew into SLC for one night). I'm excited to see how big Finn is getting. And of course, I'm excited to see RnD!

Ok Fingers crossed this lunar cycle mumbo jumbo works. Busch out. Little Busch out - literally :)

Whoever thought I'd be DIYing when I'm 9 months pregnant....

Yes why let a little thing like pregnancy slow me down? This week I made a few Onesies (who wants a plain white Onesie anyways?) The one thing that irked me was when I intially printed these out, I forgot to reverse the actual images - so I had a sheet full of backwards stuff. D said "Put the alphabet one on backwards - that way when the baby looks in the mirror, they'll learn the alphabet!" haha gotta love his spirit. I settled for only one Punk rock one, Minor Threat (Which was my fav Punk group back in the day) And Yes, I lifted the other logos/images from the good old www. One has to be resourceful in order to be creative.

I did drop a pretty penny on some wall decals from Blik - I got this really cool Bull and Bee one - which is much bigger than I'd imagine it would have been. I'm thinking we'll put it in our bathroom, as we have nothing on the walls as of yet.


Well anyhow, I'm still on "cruise control" (thats what the doctor told me!) patiently waiting for this little one to come - and certainly savoring my last quiet moments.

D has been just great - and spoiling me by making dinner every night. And I'm not talking about Hamburger Helper dinner. I'm talking about Steaks, Chicken stuffed with goodness and other pretty fun meals. I know I haven't asked for much before, but please god - let this continue after the baby is born.

We are getting ready for D's Mom and Dad to arrive. They are coming up from the OC to spend the holidays with us. I'm really looking forward to it. Sure, its fun to open presents and eat great holiday meals - but the thing I enjoy most about the holidays (Aside from not working!) is spending time with family. It can't be beat. Christmas Day we are going down to Palo Alto to have a family meal with 27+ people. It will be interesting to see how my "Cruise Control" works - perhaps we will have a little one before the end of the year? (C'mon Tax break baby!!)

Wishing you and yours a very Happy holiday! I'm going to go and get my wall decal on!

Things I crave (in this late stage of pregnancy)

I thought it would be fun to look at my 37 week Belly pic next to my 30 Week belly pic. Its amazing how much bigger I've gotten in 7 weeks.



I haven't really had cravings thru this pregnancy. Perhaps its because my brain is hard wired to eat healthy. D and I have been cooking at home (he's been making me loads of dinners) and we have a (fairly) very well balanced diet (if I do say so!). But this past 2 weeks I've been making weekly visits to Taqueria La Cumbre, my all time favorite burrito/taco place in San Francsico. I have to go to UCSF for my fetal monitoring and on my route home (up 16th street) if I find parking near Valencia, I stop at La Cumbre for a delish Grande Taco. I've been having really good parking karma the past 2 weeks, so let's see if I can keep it going on...


My other craving is Ben and Jerry's Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough ice cream. However, I do have a little self restraint (no Ice cream for breakfast or lunch!) Its my nightly ritual. D and I have been watching "True Blood" and what goes better with Sex, Blood and vampires than a little Ice Cream? We just finished Season 2 last night, and I must say I am quite impressed with the series and season story lines. I mean its certainly not Mad Men. Oh god, I can not wait until next season for some more Draper drama.

When I last purchased some Choc. Chip Cookie Dough ice cream at Whole Foods, the cashier asked me if I had tried the Oatmeal Cookie Chunk - which I haven't. And I've been on the hunt for it ever since. I even went onto the B n J website to locate where they carried it nearby. They say they carry it at Safeway. So we invited my mom over for dinner earlier this week and she asked if she could get us anything. "Ohhh can you stop by Safeway and get me some Oatmeal Cookie Chunk Ice Cream!?" She called me in a panic as they didn't have that flavor. WTF!? I'm going to send B n J a very heated email about their store locator.


Tomorrow we have our 37 week doctors appointment. I not too certain what to expect - "Am I getting a pelvic exam" "How close am I to going into Labor?" I'm sure the doctor will not have all the answers as I understand its close to impossible to predict just When someone will giving birth.

Basically, our doctor told us that there was a 20% chance that I could give birth this week or the next or the next. That means there is a 60% chance that I could go into labor before my due date (of Jan 7th). I then read that only 5% of women ACTUALLY give birth on their due date. Which means (if I did my math right) that the other 35% of suckers out there go into labor after their due date. Please, baby don't make me the sucker!!

It's getting harder and harder...

...to be independent and get around. I'm at the point in the pregnancy that everything is a chore. Walking from the front room to the back is a hassle. Call me lazy - but its a huge effort. I feel like I an constantly running short on breath - perhaps it's that this bruiser of a kid in my belly is taking up all the room in my chest. I'm awaiting the moment when I feel the baby "drop" as I hear that my breathing will be back to normal.

My husband has been wonderful in making sure I don't overdo myself - he's been cooking and cleaning (hmmm maybe I should get pregnant more often? hah!) My mom and bro even went to Costco (which I had been putting off for weeks now) and got me a few things I needed. Whew. What a relief. And today I actually was able to talk my husband (Mr. Anti-shopping) to go to Costco for a few things. It was not too terribly crowded and to top it off - I got him one of his favorite things in the world...a Costco Hotdog.

I managed to squeeze in most of my Christmas shopping and have sent off to D's family this week. Relieved to have gotten all the packages out in time for them to be there by Christmas. Yay! A sense of accomplishment in my tender state!

One unusual thing that I have been experiencing this past week is that the baby has been getting hiccups. Baby hiccups for 5 - 10 mins each day. Sometimes multiple times. Usually it appears to occur after I've had a meal. Its such a strange sensation as I feel this rhythmic movement in my lower belly close to my hip (the baby is head down - thus ready for action!) I initially didn't even notice them, but was going in for weekly fetal monitoring (where they place a monitor on my belly to watch baby's movement and my contractions). The baby usually moves around a lot and uses the spot where the nurse has attached the monitor as a kicking bag. So there is typically lots of movement. "Oh it looks like your little one has the hiccups!" Upon paying closer attention to all the movements going on, I sense this rhythmic movement, which is different from the jabs to the fetal monitor or my ribs. Once it was pointed out what the hiccups felt like, I have been noticing them daily.

This pregnancy has been very easy (as compared to the horror stories I've heard about) and I am extremely lucky that I have been this healthy and energetic [knocking on wood]. However, we did hit a few bumps in the road at first, which were completely unnerving. The roadblocks were all caused by the first and second trimester genetic testing blood work.

First, we had some irregularities in out First Trimester blood screening and we're informed that our baby might be at risk of having Down's Syndrome. My heart literally fell out of my chest. I was inconsolable and it was hard to be positive about it. "How would we raise a child with Down's Syndrome? We have my health to contend with." In order to wipe out the worry for the next 6 months, we decided to get a Amniocentesis. The Amnio itself wasn't too bad - it was just the nerves I built up thinking about a 5 inch needle being stuck into my belly. It was at the least, an unpleasant experience. Luckily, we got the results back and things all appeared normal. Whew.

We didn't come to find out about another irregularity in one of my hormones (for the 2nd trimester) until about a month ago. Our doctor had neglected to tell us until it was suitable (as the monitoring couldn't start until the 35 weeek). I am so thankful that the doctor waited to tell us and didn't cause us any unnecessary worry. So, due to the irregularity in the blood results, we had another ultrasound (thus the "ONE BIG ASS BABY BUSCH posting") where the technician told us that things were looking fine and that the baby was healthy. I still have to go in for this weekly Fetal monitoring, which is fine, as its reassuring when the nurses don't see anything "out of the norm". Its so frustrating as I read that there are many false positives in the genetic testing for the 1st and 2nd trimester. I'm toying with not going thru the whole process if we get pregnant again.

So all the worrying aside, we are excited and eagerly awaiting the arrival of our little one. Now the only thing that I really am dying to find out - will it be a boy or will it be a girl??

I'm trapped in the body of an 80 year old lady

Here's my 35 week Baby Bump



Ok so maybe its just that I'm pregnant :) Its so weird, these sleepless nights - I have to pee every 2 hours, regardless of if I've drank anything or not. Then I have trouble getting back to sleep. Cue the 4 am bowls of cereal to trick my body into going back to sleep. I'm sure getting ready for this little baby to come.



We've been pretty fortunate and have been able to get alot of stuff from our baby shower and Craigslist. Found "the deal of the century" on baby furniture on CL - We got a crib, Changing table, Amoire, and glider! It's all high end baby furniture that a guy needed to get rid of, as his son is now 4 and they no longer needed it. He gave us a free toddler bed and frame as well. Here's a pic of the crib with Kermit the frog. Its a nice neutral green, so will be perfect for a baby boy or girl (which we have YET to find out!) We are so happy with the furniture!




I've taken a video of my baby bump - I shot it using the new Flip that we got as a baby shower gift. I feel so tech savvy now - I have means to shoot video and just got a new laptop. Thanks to my lovely husband for the early and thoughtful "Push Present." I love me some practical gifts :)





I ordered the cutest wall decals for the baby's room today from Blik I can't wait to get em. Plus the Cheap Ass Bitch inside of me got 20% off too! woot woot!

Baby Bowling with MJ - Happy Turkey Day!

Had a great time last night - the fam (minus Grandma Bootsie) went bowling. Its starting to become an annual event. Next year we will have our little munchkin with us. I went bowling last month when I was in Dayton, OH and got a Turkey! This time no turkey though. It's amazing how off skew I am. However, I still managed to get a few strikes. Woot! Here's a Bowling Belly Pic with my Doula ;)


Yesterday I was hanging with my Dad and Bro. We were walking back to our car and I hit a unlevel part in the concrete. Thank God my Bro was walking right next to me as he was able to catch me and break my fall. He literally saved my life and the life of MJ as I would have surely gone down hard!

One big ass Busch baby...

So D and I went to get an ultrasound at the advice of our OB and everything was looking good. The technician measured the circumference of the baby's skull and seemed puzzled. "How sure are you about your Due Date?" D and I say that we are going off what the doctor told us - and we are at 33 weeks. "Hmmm interesting, I see that your baby is measuring in at the 35 week mark" Thankfully we had a doctors appointment just after the scan and we discuss this with her. She states that there are a few things - The baby could potentially come early (20% chance), that the tech measured the baby's skull at an elipse and not a true circle which could throw the results off - or that we might have a big baby. We discuss with her the birth weights on Danny's side (His mom had three 10 lbs babies). So I guess time will tell what the outcome will be. His brothers wife had 7lb babies so perhaps our baby will not make it to the 10 lb "bruiser" mark.

Here's my 34th week belly pic. I'm certainly getting bigger - but as everyone remarks, "I'm all baby" - no weight gain anywhere else - Thank god!

Morgy got home yesterday and we went over to the fam's for dinner. D and I were in an intensive birth class all day yesterday, which was slightly exhausting. The class was overbooked and I'm not sure that we took alot from it - but we did get to watch 3 births (yes, while watching the birth I cried and D caught me. Its emotional!)

Our baby shower is coming up this weekend and I'm not going to stress about it (you hear that Auntie and Morgy??) x

Name change, Pregnancy, and the DMV

I never thought I would say it - but I actually had a plesant experience at the DMV last week when I was there. Don't get me wrong, there were 500 people in line and a handful of SF's own elite "freakfest". Thankfully, I had made an appointment to get my name changed on my driver's license. Otherwise the wait was estimated to be 1.5 hours. I was in and out of there in roughly an hour - and 15 minutes of that was standing in the wrong line! I spotted a few other pregnant women waiting but had no idea how "connected" we really would be. I took a seat just in front of window 8 - where they appeared to be calling all the numbers starting with J. I figured I was in a good place, and pulled out the iPhone to play a little iFarkel. They call another J number and a Asian woman (about my age) goes up to the window. She's there for about 10-15 mins. I still play my game as my number is a few away from the current number. Pregnant asian lady is done and walks away. "J somehing or other (i.e. my number), Window 8" I head up to the window and tell the guy (who is really pleasant) that I need to change my name as I have gotten married. He says, "Ah you're the 2nd one in a row!" and then I mention "Yeah AND I'm pregnant too (pointing out that the Asian chick in front of me was pregnant as well). We have a good laugh about it - as he rarely gets name change request back to back, let alone from pregnant women. I joke around that there is One more on the way, Third times a charm! and we laugh. He gives me paper work and tells me to stand in the nearby line to get my photo taken. I mosey on over to the picture line and casually look over to Window 8 - ANOTHER Pregnant Woman!. The clerk that I had just left - runs over to me - "Jennifer, its another name change! AND she's pregnant!! This IS my lucky day"

I guess Pregnant women at the DMV are like celebrities dying - we come in 3's!

Last night, D and I went to a baby shower for the Wada's. It was at one of B's friends, who has a huge house in Oakland - it was a cocktail party tinged with a hint of baby shower. I'm glad that T and B came out as we wouldn' have known anyone there otherwise.

I'm looking forward to our Baby shower in a few weeks. People at the Wada's kept asking me "So, are you all ready?" My reply Define Ready? I feel like we should be ready after the baby shower and certainly ready by the end of the year. Its hard to "get ready" when we don't know if its a boy or a girl. Our money is riding on boy - so we'll see. Economically, I think it was a very wise decision to not find out the sex, as this would have given me wayyyyy too much time to spend shopping on gender specific clothing. The "Cheap Ass Bitch" in me is excited to go shopping after the baby comes in Jan, as there will be lots of stuff on after Christmas!

Having a cold and being pregnant = not fun.

Last week me and my basketball were in Ohio. It was a productive trip, and I was able to take the team out bowling. Let me mention, that I kicked some ass bowling as I got a Turkey while 7.5 months pregnant! What What!? I still have Mad Bowling Skills

I brought back with me was a cold. I am just now am starting to feel better. Its been a hard week. I was so congested that it was hard to breathe. I was taking Sudafed (30 mg) as per my Doctors instructions, which seemed to temporarily work. I developed a cough mid week and discover the most magical elixir out there - Robatussin. That did wonders for my cough and the Sudafed eventually cleared up my congestion.

I had to get a girlie checkup, which you know is never pleasant. Argh Cold Duck Lips. I discovered that getting a checkup while 30 weeks pregnant - as well as having a cold is impossible. First of all, I was told (or maybe I read it?) that lying on my back for a period of time is not good as it restricts blood flow thru the Vena Cava and might affect the baby. So I started thinking about that while looking up at the ceiling. The exam seemed to take forever for some reason. I was on my back for a good 20 mins and I started to panic. I know, I'm a worry wart. I started having a panic attack, sweating profusely and having trouble breathing. "Are you almost done? I think I'm going to pass out here" Needless to say, I think I scared the shit out of the doctor and the observing medical student. They hurried up and were done quickly.


So I am at the 30 week mark as of tomorrow. I'm getting bigger and still thankful that I discovered some comfy H&M Mama maternity jeans. Good thing I work from home, cause I wear them every day.



I heard of the best pregnant costume for Halloween. Half an Avocado - so classic. D can have been a tortilla chip. However this year we aren't doing anything - or I should say I'm not doing anything. D is going out for a Boys Night Out - which means that they will encounter lots of women who think Halloween is their one night for dressing up as a slutty kitty or a naughty nurse. Psssshhht Amateurs. I intend on going to see a movie late afternoon with Auntie and then coming home and doing nothing. Yes I know. I lead a VERY exciting life! I've been going going going for the past 2 weeks and I am looking forward to doing nothing this weekend :)

Have a safe Halloween!

Free wifi on flights is pretty nice....

Ok I've been bad at updating this blog. Thank god for free wifi on my fligt from SLC to Cinncinnati. Sorry for any typos but I'm on my iPhone which has a spell checking mind of it's own!

28 weeks down at this point We've still got lots to do before the baby Busch comes. Crib, clothes, birthing classes, tour of hospital, and I'm sure another other million things I'll forget about. c'est la vie!




D and I have had a busy few weeks. Last week we were in the OC camping (and working). We camped near Dana Point at Doheny beach. It was fun to see everyone - Especially D's brother and sister in law as well as their kids, 7 mos and 4 years. It was good practice for us when the little one comes. But honestly, these kids were so good that I feel that we will be in for a big suprise when our little one is a hell-ion.


We headed back from camping on Friday. It wasn't too bad of a drive - a few asshole drivers here and there- but we made it in one piece.


It was nice to be home. Doing laudry and checking email/ mail. Good times.



The next morning I caught a 7:30am flight to SLC to suprise Dee for her birthday. It was so good to see her and R and the little walking F who loves to say "uh ohhhhhh." It was a short and sweet trip as here I am again on a flight to Cincinnnati. I'll be in Dayton for a week training a new hire who will hopefully hit the ground running as I'm off on Maternity leave in about 8 weeks.

Dee described my babybump, which I flashed to her, as a "little basketball"!

26 weeks down and I'm still feeling pretty good [knocking on wood]

I have been feeling pretty good throughout this pregnancy. No aches and pains. Its been pretty much smooth sailing - aside from a few things, i.e. clothes getting tighter, not being able to walk as fast as I used to (can't keep up with Daddy Long Legs). Today, I noticed however that my hips joints are starting to ache a little bit. I feel like that Barbie doll who had her legs twisted up to her ears in one big circle coming back to normal. I did a lot of walking today so perhaps that was the cause?



Today was the day that I officially became a "Busch" as I walked over to the Social Security Office this morning and applied to get my name changed. Yesterday we celebrated our 2 year anniversary, so I felt that it was time that I loose my maiden name. The whole process took under 10 minutes. I did get to the office before it open and hung outside on Valencia street with a motley crew of people.

There was a heavier set Mexican woman who was drinking a Steel Reserve (mind you, its 8:45 am) and being belligerent(harmlessly), talking about how she loves to paint and learned to do so in jail, which she had been in an out of numerous times. Did I mention she was the first person in line waiting outside the door for the office to open? And who says drunks don't have their shit together? From the looks of her, I would have guessed that she was in her mid-40's - her hands tattooed with 'Love and Hate' on the knuckles. Her face was weathered and she looked like she had a rough life. So, I was shocked when she was called up to the next window and shouted out her birthday. blah blah blah 1979. Holy shit. This person is a year YOUNGER than me?


So that was my experience today at the Social Security Office. It wasn't that bad but certainly not worth the 2 year wait.

The love/hate relationship with my Snoogle

Anyone that knows me, knows I love to sleep. Well this growing belly and continuous nighttime jaunts to the bathroom are making it rough to get a good nights sleep. The constant tossing and turning to find a comfortable position. Pillow positioning. I was loosing a lot of sleep. Then came Snoogle. I first heard about the Snoogle at a friends baby shower. I ordered it online at Amazon, as I didnt know where to get it locally here in San Francisco. * Silk Blue PJ's not included.


At first the Snoogle was a little intimidating as its almost half the size of me. But once I got used to it, it definately made things a little easier for me to get comfortable. Also, D loves it as its my "barrier" whereas I can not "steal the bed". Which, aside from sleeping, was the second thing that I love to do.




25 weeks
We had some friends in town this past weekend from New York for a wedding. Immediately, when they saw me they were like "dayyyyymn girl you're getting big!" (it had been a month since we last had seen them). So I thought I would post another lovely belly pic to keep you all updated on my "bigness."

I love that H&M is now carrying a selection of maternity clothes - while most of it is pretty hit and miss - I have managed to pick up some skinny grey denim jeans - which are SO comfortable. Who ever thought elastic waisted jeans could be comfortable AND fashionable
Anyhow, for those of you who care what they look like -

Another fav item of clothing is my American Apparel (I know, I know..I'm such a tool) bandeau dress which I wear as a high waisted skirt and look like a totally fashionable preggers lady. I wore it to my doctors office and my doctor (!) complimented me on it and then asked if I was "IN" fashion. OMG talk about a self esteem boost. I'm wearing that skirt everyday til this kid pops out.


I'll try to post more later this week. Its D and I's 2 year anniversary on Thursday. I guess its about time I get the ball rolling on getting my last name changed. The idea of a Social Security Office scares me.

Wow. I'm 6 months today. (that is if my preggers math is correct)

Frog Throw down at the Cal Academy of the Sciences.
We went to Nightlife at the California Academy of the Sciences in Golden Gate Park last Thursday. It was great - $12 to get in, 21+ over, and bars (ok the bars were not a main highlight for me) I really enjoyed walking around the Rainforest and exhibits without a million kids running around. Oh god, does that mean I am going to be a miserable mother?


On another subject, I have roughly 16 weeks until my due date. 16 weeks. It seems like alot of time. But we have so much still to do - Decide on childcare, update baby registry, doctors appointments, blood draws, weight gain, etc. Ok I'll stop myself there.


On a more serious note, there have been 3 murders in our neighborhood in the last week. I try to reassure myself that these are all "gang-related". But when these shootings happen in broad daylight 3 blocks from my house, I'm wondering to myself, "What if...I had been walking down that street...what if I had the baby with me" .

When we initially moved into our place in June 2008 there were a stream of murders (I want to say 15 people were killed in a course of 2 months.) The UPS driver informed me that one of the kids that was killed lived across the street. I remember when we moved in I would see a group of Mexican kids , decked out in white shirts which were 3x's too big hanging out in front of the house where the "kid" lived. We haven't seen them since the kid got killed. I've been trying to learn more about the gangs in our hood - the Norteños and Sorenos. Here is the recent news article I found about the murders 2 blocks from my house, mid-day Sunday on bustling 24th street.

To end this post on a more positive note - San Francisco's mayor Gavin Newsom and his wife had a baby girl last Friday. I hope that good ol' Gav is able to start implementing some more kids friendly activities (such as Sunday Streets)

23 weeks down...

So we made our first "big" purchase for the baby today - a Stroller! We found a Quinny Buzz in great condition on Craigslist. Its a great stroller and I love how easily the Maxi Cosi car seat adapts to the frame. D thought is was a little on the heavier side - but I feel we are going to be using it alot in the hood walking around so there shouldn't be too much need for me to lug it up our stairs. This nice thing is that the seat/car seat comes easily off the frame so if baby is asleep I just have to carry that part up.


So here I am at nearly 5 months.



I'm just starting to get an Outie. Thank god for maternity pants.

My staple articles of clothing while getting bigger:
1. H&M Mama Black pants
2. American Apparel - Bandeau dress worn as a high waisted skirt - nicely accentuates the baby bump
3. Empire Waist anything - thank you for coming back into fashion!
4. My Keds - they fit no matter how swollen my feet get.



I went to a few maternity shops and sample sales and was so appalled. The clothing for maternity is so hideous unless you want to drop the bucks for some designer duds. I lucked out BIG TIME when I hit up the Goodwill Boutique in West Portal one day. Not only did they have a selection of designer jeans on sale for $10/pair - I was able to find three pairs of newer Maternity (Sevens, Earl Jeans and Diesel). I've had some good luck scoring maternity clothes at Thrift stores. The best/cheapest purchase was a vintage black lace dress that I found while I was in Dayton, Ohio for a week for work. $2! I have yet to wear it as I'm saving it for a special occasion.

I did manage to find a cute jean skirt at Motherhood.

Ok enough about Maternity clothes and me - Its back to baby stuff....

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So I'm updating this at 23 weeks - as I didnt really have much to say early on. In fact, I secured this blog even before I was pregnant. I went to London for a week for work and came back feeling sluggish and tired. I thought it was surely the jet lag - but the pregnancy test said otherwise. I certainly did not believe my eyes, so I took another 6 tests. My disbelief was in the fact that the pregnancy test with the two lines can certainly be open to interpretation. "D, one line is darker and the other line is barel showing up - What do you think that means?!!" I went so far as to scour google looking for people posting about similar test results. I even called the company (First Response). Finally, after reading mixed feedback and getting the "sounds like your pregnant" from the company - I broke down and bought the Mambo Jambo of pregnancy test - the one that clearly reads "NOT PREGNANT" or "PREGNANT". Needless to say, the test finally showed clear and concise results - Pregnant.



Why I didn't just drop the $25 dollars in the first place to save all the confusion was beyond me. But thats just me, always looking for a cheaper alternative.


So we go to the Doctor in May (1 month along)- and I'm still apprehensive about really being pregnant. We get a ultrasound and the doctor shows us a little blob that is apparently a life form growing in me. I haven't had any significant indications that I'm pregnant - such as Morning Sickness, tenderness of the breasts etc. So this little blob could have just been some sort of anomaly the doctor found. I'm still not really sure I'm pregnant. (Yes, I am a little bit in denial)

I think the real "seal to the deal" was when we went back to the doctors a few weeks later (Maybe at the 3 month mark) and got another ultrasound - and saw the defining features of the baby. Nose. Hands. Head. Whoa - this is real!