At the end of an ultrasound that lasted over 30 minutes, the technician was finally comfortable telling us that I am carrying a boy. The little darling had chosen his favorite spot and was not going to move without a fight. I had to switch positions about a dozen times and the technician had to …
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Early Pregnancy Reflections 3: All Day Sickness
I’ve always prided myself on being a tough girl. I have always just felt that if I ever happened to get run over by a bus, I would just brush myself off and walk away from it. I never imagined that I would suffer from morning sickless, let alone all day sickness. I remember that at about 7-8 …
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Early Pregnancy Reflections 2: The Day We Found Out the Big News
We had bought a package of 3 pregnancy tests. I think it was the First Response brand. I chose it because it is supposed to predict pregnancy before the other tests. It said it was only about 60-some percent accurate at testing pregnancy as early as I took the first test. I took the first …
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Early Pregnancy Reflections 1: Fertile Forbes
Getting pregnant for me was as easy as counting to 14. Really. You see, this pregnancy was planned out and I managed to get pregnant the very first month that we tried. My parents had warned me growing up that the Forbes’ were fertile (in other words, no sex before marriage). I had believed them. …
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Baby Olson
Andy and I are thrilled to report that I’m pregnant. I’m considered 16 weeks pregnant as of October 23rd. The picture of our baby below was taken three weeks ago. Now our little darling is already quite a bit bigger. Probably about 5 inches long. The baby is due on April 7, 2007, but will …