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| How they learned the news (mom, dad, the family, etc.)? |
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| My mom knew something was different even before she took the test. Mothers intuition I guess. |
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| Mom's reactions when she heard the news: |
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| As stated above, I think I knew something was different even before I took the pregnancy test. After I found out, my first reaction was I knew it:), then Oh my god. There are going to be four of us in our little family. I loved it. |
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| Dad's reactions when he heard the news: |
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| My dad did not belive it and kinda made a joke about it. But inside he was happy. |
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| Mom's activities during pregnancy: |
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My goal is to be more healthy, go walking and swimming as much as I can.
Well, not so much done on the swimming front, but I did do some pregnancy joga. That has helped. And a lot of walking, which dose not seem to be helping with bringing on labor. Oh well. Other than that, I have been getting this house ready for Lillian Lif. Not an easy task i MIGHT ADD. There is only a few days left before she makes an appearance and there still a lot to be done. Laundry mostly. But my mother-in-law has graciously volunteered to help out with that. Thank you Anna:. As For everything else, well it is just going to have get done on it´s own time.
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| Our prenatal class: |
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| We have not gone to any prenatal classes, but have done some reading and fact checking. |
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| The baby moved! |
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With Matthias, I do not remember him moving so much. But with this little lady, it seems that she has joined the gymnastics team and the football team all at once. The first time I felt little butterflies in my tummy I was around 16 weeks and from then on, it has been on stop action. I LOVE IT.
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| Mom and dad imagining you: |
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| Mom: When I think of you, I see a little girl with light brown curly hair, big brown almond eyes and a smile of all smiles.:) |
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| Difficulties encountered during pregnancy or labor: |
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| So far there has been no difficulties during the pregnancy. IT has been smooth sailing so far. The only concern is that Lillian Lif will be a big baby and might be born, like her bug brother through C-section. But that is OK. As long as she arrives healthy and happy. As far as labor is concerned, we´ll see. |
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| Possible first name choices for our baby: |
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Travis, if it is a boy
Lillian if it is a girl |
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| Necessary material for the baby's arrival: |
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| A bigger place to live:), well that has to wait a little. |
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| Particular food craving: |
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| Soup. Dosn't matter what kind of soup, I just have to have at least two cups of soup a day. I guess it took the place of six cups of coffee a day:). |
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| Weight mom has gained (description): |
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| Til now, 01/12/08, I have gained 5kg. You don´t want to know the rest. |
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| How mom was feeling: |
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| All through out the pregnancy, I have felt pretty good. During the first trimester, as predicted I was tired. Then during the 2nd, it was like new life was breathed into me. I had energy and was ready for anything. Now at then of the road, life is getting a little harder. I feel so tired all the time, there seems to be an over sized basketball in my belly and I have been able to sleep;eat;see my feet and most of all, have to go to the bathroom every 10 minutes. But other than all that, I just am over the moon to see my little bundle of joy. |
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| Other details: |
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| Since the 26th of May I have been going to monitoring twice a week. It is great. I get to hear her heart beat for about 45 minutes every few days. And also because I am Diabetic I get to have more sonars than most women. So I get to see her about every two to three months. It´s great. |
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