So, a few people have started to find out my secret today, since I started linking to this site from my personal blog. For the most part everyone has been very cool and congratulatory.
Still, I'm just waiting to see how a select few of my oldest friends react to the news. I could be interesting...we'll see.
Chris
11.29.2007
Fun Quotes
Here's a couple quotes I found today, that I thought were cute:"A baby makes lover stronger, the days shorter, the nights longer, savings smaller and a home happier."
-Baby Love.
"A news baby is like the beginnin of all things -- wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities."
- Eda J. Le Shan
Heidi
11.28.2007
Heidi's first update
Hey there everybody I just wanted to give you all an update on how my pregnancy is going so far. It has been an exciting journey so far and I am sure it is just going to keep getting better. I love being pregnant it is such a crazy feeling knowing that there is a little one growing inside of me.
I was a little surprised to find out that we were expecting. We were actually pregnant in August but at the end of August we had a miscarriage which was pretty hard on me. My doctor said that we should wait at least a month before we tried again so I was not expecting a positive test. I am not even sure why I took a test when I did other than I had a odd feeling like I should. I am glad that I did because it showed two pink lines. Yep, I am totally preggers!!!!!!! I showed Chris the test and decided that we needed to set up a doctor's appoint to confirm the test. I went to the OB at the beginning of October and they confirmed that yes we were pregnant and so the journey begins.
We went in for our first ultrasound at 7 weeks to confirm how far along we were and to set a due date. The first ultrasound was really neat you could hardly see anything but you could see the flutters of the heartbeat. I was just so happy to share that experience with Chris it was really amazing to see the first picture of our little baby.
So it is official my due date is June 10, 2008. It is quickly approaching I am 12 weeks already which is crazy. Well this is starting to get a little long so I think I will end with this we got to hear the heartbeat yesterday for the first time which was so great I cried but I know that the baby is going strong and is continuing to grow big and strong and I am looking forward to that next ultrasound.
And before you ask...no we are not going to find out what we are having it is going to be a surprise odd I know but that is just how we are. Well Chris and I are happy that we are able to share this happy occasion with all our family and friends and keep checking back for more updates as we go along.
Luv ya all,
Heidi & Chris
I was a little surprised to find out that we were expecting. We were actually pregnant in August but at the end of August we had a miscarriage which was pretty hard on me. My doctor said that we should wait at least a month before we tried again so I was not expecting a positive test. I am not even sure why I took a test when I did other than I had a odd feeling like I should. I am glad that I did because it showed two pink lines. Yep, I am totally preggers!!!!!!! I showed Chris the test and decided that we needed to set up a doctor's appoint to confirm the test. I went to the OB at the beginning of October and they confirmed that yes we were pregnant and so the journey begins.
We went in for our first ultrasound at 7 weeks to confirm how far along we were and to set a due date. The first ultrasound was really neat you could hardly see anything but you could see the flutters of the heartbeat. I was just so happy to share that experience with Chris it was really amazing to see the first picture of our little baby.
So it is official my due date is June 10, 2008. It is quickly approaching I am 12 weeks already which is crazy. Well this is starting to get a little long so I think I will end with this we got to hear the heartbeat yesterday for the first time which was so great I cried but I know that the baby is going strong and is continuing to grow big and strong and I am looking forward to that next ultrasound.
And before you ask...no we are not going to find out what we are having it is going to be a surprise odd I know but that is just how we are. Well Chris and I are happy that we are able to share this happy occasion with all our family and friends and keep checking back for more updates as we go along.
Luv ya all,
Heidi & Chris
Chris's welcome
Welcome to the Mowder's baby blog. Being a (very) small-time blogger for the past few years, I have enjoyed the outlet the internet offers and decided long ago that when the time came to have a child, that it would be important to share this part of our lives online as well.
I have been putting off setting up this site until it was time to start "officially" telling people we are having a baby, but since Heidi just passed the 12-week mark...I figured it was about time to break the news. Now, I won't go and steal her thunder by giving a full introduction to what we are planning to do with this site over the next 6 months and beyond, but it should be alot of fun.
Instead, let me just share an interesting little article I came across today on the common fears expecting fathers face. According to the article the fall into 7 categories:
Seven fears expectant fathers face
Now many of these are completely ridiculous or don't apply (paternity fears, seriously?), but there are a few that are pretty dead-on if you ask me.
Financial worries pretty much a fact of life for us, and I have to say that is and has always been my number one concern about having a child. Luckily, I have a great support system in my family and know they will always be there to help, but it always feels like a failure o have to ask anyone for help in that area. Honestly, if I had all the money in the world I would have probably had kids sooner. But I've heard from plenty of people that no matter what you are never financially ready for kids, so you just have to take it as it comes.
Fear of my own mortality has never really been something that bothers me, mostly because so many people I know have lived great, active lives into their 80s and beyond. I know the fact is that I'm closer to 30 than 20 now, but still I feel like I will be young at heart well after the birth of my child. My parents proved that is possible a long time ago.
I do really worry a bit about Heidi's health. She has had numerous issues, ranging from mundane to quite serious, in the past. Although there is nothing that is setting off any red flags to this point, it is something that I know is always in the back of her mind and therefore has to be something I think about, at least a little.
As far as our relationship goes, I think it's bound to be a little bumpy at points, but then again it always has been. We are nothing if not aware of our own flaws, but I know that all the trying things that have happen through two years of marriage have only made us stronger and I am pretty confident this will be the same way.
And finally, the worst of all. I am deathly afraid of women's medicine. Everything bit of equipment is creepy, everything has ridiculously complicated names and women act as though men shouldn't even be allowed to know anything about how any of this works. Not knowing anything about a subject is creepy enough, but compound that with the fact that at least half of everyone you know has first-hand knowledge of the process and it gets really scary. And not a one of them will hesitate to present you with their opinion on the matter as if it was fact, quoted directly from the Bible or something.
It's quite frustrating, but I guess you just have to take it all with a grain of salt, knowing that none of it will help you in the end anyway. Maybe that's my biggest fear of all: the fact that we're gonna have to figure it all out on our own. Or maybe that's the fun part...who knows.
I have been putting off setting up this site until it was time to start "officially" telling people we are having a baby, but since Heidi just passed the 12-week mark...I figured it was about time to break the news. Now, I won't go and steal her thunder by giving a full introduction to what we are planning to do with this site over the next 6 months and beyond, but it should be alot of fun.
Instead, let me just share an interesting little article I came across today on the common fears expecting fathers face. According to the article the fall into 7 categories:
Seven fears expectant fathers face
- Security fears: Fear of not being able to provide financially.
- Performance fears: Fear of not being able to due your husbandly duties during the delivery (i.e. getting her to the hos pital, being in the delivery room without passing out)
- Paternity fears: Fear that the child may not be yours
- Mortality fears: Fear of your own death due to the fact having a child makes you realize you are not young anymore.
- Fear for your spouse's or child's health
- Relationship fears: Worries that your spouse will love the baby more than you.
- Fears of "women's medicine": Fear of the unknown factors of the OB/GYN.
Now many of these are completely ridiculous or don't apply (paternity fears, seriously?), but there are a few that are pretty dead-on if you ask me.
Financial worries pretty much a fact of life for us, and I have to say that is and has always been my number one concern about having a child. Luckily, I have a great support system in my family and know they will always be there to help, but it always feels like a failure o have to ask anyone for help in that area. Honestly, if I had all the money in the world I would have probably had kids sooner. But I've heard from plenty of people that no matter what you are never financially ready for kids, so you just have to take it as it comes.
Fear of my own mortality has never really been something that bothers me, mostly because so many people I know have lived great, active lives into their 80s and beyond. I know the fact is that I'm closer to 30 than 20 now, but still I feel like I will be young at heart well after the birth of my child. My parents proved that is possible a long time ago.
I do really worry a bit about Heidi's health. She has had numerous issues, ranging from mundane to quite serious, in the past. Although there is nothing that is setting off any red flags to this point, it is something that I know is always in the back of her mind and therefore has to be something I think about, at least a little.
As far as our relationship goes, I think it's bound to be a little bumpy at points, but then again it always has been. We are nothing if not aware of our own flaws, but I know that all the trying things that have happen through two years of marriage have only made us stronger and I am pretty confident this will be the same way.
And finally, the worst of all. I am deathly afraid of women's medicine. Everything bit of equipment is creepy, everything has ridiculously complicated names and women act as though men shouldn't even be allowed to know anything about how any of this works. Not knowing anything about a subject is creepy enough, but compound that with the fact that at least half of everyone you know has first-hand knowledge of the process and it gets really scary. And not a one of them will hesitate to present you with their opinion on the matter as if it was fact, quoted directly from the Bible or something.
It's quite frustrating, but I guess you just have to take it all with a grain of salt, knowing that none of it will help you in the end anyway. Maybe that's my biggest fear of all: the fact that we're gonna have to figure it all out on our own. Or maybe that's the fun part...who knows.
11.27.2007
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