Pregnancy - Baby Wenny

It all began on the 28th March, 2012 - The day we found out. :-)

A lot had been happening in our family with Aunty Doris passing away a few days earlier and trying to get her funeral organised as well as Mum having her nervous breakdown. I was at work and was feeling emotionally drained and so exhausted. My boss told me to go home or do something nice and have some time out. I called my sister and said to her "I don't need this stress i could be pregnant for all I know. BAM. The realisation was there that I couldn't remember how long ago i had had a period. I got off the phone and looked at my ap on my phone and realised that I definately was late. I was so convinced it was stress that I did a test on my own before Zach got home from work because i "knew" it would be negative.  

Well lo and behold that line came up quicker than i could count to 10. No waiting 2-3 min to see if i was there was the second lil line we were waiting for. SHOCK. OVERWHELMING. EXCITED. all at once. Yep! I don’t think anyone can tell you how you feel that first moment you see that second line and its not just one. I swear i sat on the toilet for 10000 years just in shock. I got in the car and drove to Zachs work. Since I had the afternoon off i thought id surprise him and we could maybe go get something for dinner because it had been a few hectic weeks. He didn’t think anything of it cos  I had only just realised I was late and well who would have guessed lol. I picked him up and we went to subway at Lisarow for dinner. I had no idea what I could eat so i figured subway was a good choice :P

I put the test in the top consol of the car and pretended that my sunnies were in there and asked him to get them out. He opened it and closed it and i was like AHHHHHHH. He said babe they are not in there. I said “ are you sure... im sure i put them in there.. can you check again.?” He did again opened and closed it. I thought oh my word lol. I opened it and went “Whats that??” He saw it and went “ What really... two lines thats positive right?!!! He practically jumped into my seat. That made me heart feel so much better. The 50 min i knew without him knowing was torture! We ate and couldn’t believe it with all thats happened this month. Very quickly did Zach get used to kissing my belly and all that J

I had been so tired and going to bed early but i thought that was just cos everything was crazy. It only got worse. I had severe fatigue. 

I spend Thursday with Mel and Hayley at Erina DYING to tell her. She even asked me if I did a test and I looked away and went “yeah” and shrugged my shoulders. Nothing more on the topic lol. We went to get food and once again i wasn’t sure what i could eat. Mel suggested sushi and i knew i definitely couldn't have that so i got a piece of cheese pizza and a caramel donut lol. 

All of us were meant to go to mum and dads for dinner that night to talk about the  funeral but didnt. I usually go to Mels on Thursday night to hang and sometimes do crafts. I made it out like Zach had cancelled his guys for the family dinner so he might come too. HA! We got there and i gave mel a pressie for Hayley. I bought a lil pink jumper which she thought was so cute... i was sitting there thinking HURRY UP and look what else is in there.... she went to put the bag down and realised there was something else in there. When she pulled it out it took a while for her looking at the shirt “I'm gonna be a big cousin” to comprehend it because i had told her that day i had done a test and she just thought it was negative. Lets just say she was close to Zachs reaction. She jumped up and down. Squealed.

We quickly realised we needed to tell mum and dad tonight. Not only did they need good news but mum was going to Manly with Jen the next morning to rest and then figure out about getting help. We had always said we would tell the Wenners first since we couldn’t tell them face to face. It was at that moment 430am in Florida. We went back and forth and I knew i couldn’t wait 2 weeks to tell me parents so we called. Both Mobiles... the home phone... nothing.. I told zach to try the home phone again... finally his mum picked up. He asked her to get on skype cos we really needed to talk to them about somethings. She said cant you call in a few hours.. said she might get on and then hung up. I was like AHHHHH!!!!! Lol. I had my phone and saw their name pop up. They were defiantely more than half asleep when we told them but I got a cute photo of their reaction.

We then got into Mel and Dans car with Hayley in her shirt to go tell them the news. We got there and mum was all over the place and well didn’t notice it. None of them did. They were all looking at her and showing them her tooth slowly coming through. Mel put Hayley every which way to make the tshirt obvious.. Finally dad saw and looked at me. That face of good news and relief will never leave my memory. He got teary eyed and asked me "Really?!?". They all said it was finally some good news.

We got to tell Tiff and Daniel on Saturday as well as Angeley. Tiff asked if it was April fools at first. We were confused until we realised it was the day before April Fools here in Australia. She was excited and Daniel told us that us and Angeley are the only way he would become an aunty. Lol. Ang was excited too. Second time aunty in the same year!

I had trouble keeping water down without gagging in the mornings. I had to have OJ or my fibre drink it water and eat something bland. Water didnt agree with me lol. Go figure.

I had been liking Chunky Beef pie from Pie in the Sky. Singapore Noodles. I actually even liked a sip of Zach's coke zero and i HATE soft drink especially coke. I have not been able to eat choc or anything sweet. Im off every sort of sweet food. All i wanted is savory.

Our first ultrasound was amazing. We went in there to have it by Janet at Dr Farags office in Gosford. She was LOVELY!!!! I was convinced there was nothing in there (how do you really comprehend) and she sure proved me wrong very quickly lol. She wacked that ultrasound Doppler on my belly and BOOM there was our gorgeous lil baby ! Wow there is nothing that can prepare you for what thoughts run through your head that day! I was relieved, thrilled, emotional, anxious all in one. This lil person is a product of the love we have together and boy is that baby created out of ALOT OF LOVE!  We asked a lot of questions and the lady was so great answering them all for us. She took a pic of its little feet (3mm) in length. What a miracle. Only God could create something so small yet so perfect. Everything forming even when it was so little.

  

The Announcement

It was Mothers Day 2012. We were 12 weeks 2 days and well thought Mothers Day would be a great day to announce to the world i was going to be a mumma!! J

Mum, Dad, Scott, Mel, Hayley all came to HOP that morning. Meant alot to me that they were all there. The day before we told Luke, Leesa and Bek  VT and Rach and Ben.

Sandra was doing the lesson that day on mothers. It was organised that through that she would talk about the future mothers and that there were not just 3 but 4 babies coming to HOP. Everyone was looking around trying to figure out who it was and she said Zach and Elisha. For not telling the young adults group before the reactions were PRICELESS!!! The one i will never forget was Richard turning to Karyn and being like “WHY DIDNT YOU TELL ME” thinking she knew but she said i didn’t know either :P We kept it very secretive. J Everyone was so excited, I just got super overwhelmed and hid. I don’t know why I had convinced myself people wouldn’t be excited for us. Boy was I wrong in thinking that. Zach was surrounded by all the guys showing them our 12 week ultrasound video. Lol. I thought it was cute how they all huddled around him. More than the girls did for me. I was totally fine him taking the spotlight on this for me. J
As soon as Sandra announced it at church we posted it on Facebook. I really could have waited for the world to know a bit longer but knowing people knew we knew it would get out and we wanted to be the ones to share that.

FACEBOOK ANNOUNCEMENT

We were so overwhelmed with the excitement from everyone that I ended up turning my phone off because it constantly beeped lol. What a blessing to have a world wide group of friends who shared in our excitment!!! This baby was going to be LOVED!!!! Or should i say already is :)

It wasn't until about 18 weeks that I got really excited. I felt great, I was seeing little changes in my body.

Zach is the sweetest daddy already. He comes in from work and greets me with a big kiss then bends down kisses my belly and tells bub that he is home and that he loves it. Our text messages now are daddy misses baby and medium baby. He is big baby i'm medium baby and then there is lil baby. (Sappy or sad i know lol but that's the way we roll) He kisses my belly before bed and before he leaves in the morning. He sings baby monkey to it and apparently at 20 weeks they tell each other secrets as he lays his head on my belly. Im not allowed to know apparently. :P I am just so abundantly blessed to have that man as my husband and I wish I could tell this baby already just how abundantly blessed he/she is to have him as his/her daddy! Our bed has become a pillow kingdom and he just finds me within all the pillows that help me sleep more comfortably. :-P

The Saturday night I was 22 weeks 1 day (21^st July) Zach and i went out to see “The Dark Knight Rises” (Batman) with Luke and Leesa Robinson. We saw it in the VMAX which is amazing sound and bigger seats etc. I swear if the baby hadn't been awake it most certainly was woken up. I hadn't really felt it and what i thought was bub i just didn't know until at movie! It was so loud and the vibrations from the noise were amazing and baby went crazy lol. Zach kept his hand on my belly the whole time trying to feel it. I figured that since i only just felt it that he wouldn't on the outside. The following day after we skyped Tiff and Baby Noah i was laying on my back in bed and lo and behold Zach put his hand there and felt a little kick. I was watching his face to see if there was any changes in his expression and when i felt it and saw his face with the “I wonder if that was a kick” look i told him he must have. Ill never forget that look. J

 I'm still off chocolate. I don’t really have cravings. Not for anything specific. I defiantly like plain, somewhat savory foods. I'm trying really hard to only eat healthy. 

I get up in the morning as late as i can to jump in the shower and leave. Zach leaves home at 7:50am to get the train and i generally wait til about 810-15 to get up and shower. I'm pushing it for time these days i just wanna lay there in the warm bed. I get to work and I generally have my green apple and sometimes a fruit English muffin. About 2 hrs later i have an orange or a banana. Then for lunch I have one slice of brown toast with avocado, tomato an egg and cheese on it. DELICIOUS. I've started to have a bit of variety and take some one minute steaks with me to give me some iron. I pretty much just eat fruit veggies and add some protein like eggs or meat to my day. We eat pretty plainly at night. Brown Rice with either mince or chicken. Lots of veggies. I make a nice pesto meal which i say the baby likes it so I can eat it more :P

I ordered our wall stickers from amazon and they got lost in the mail. I was trying to find something that was heaps cheaper but something that was similar and would look cute. I couldn't so Zach said i could order them again. Tomya and Craig Peters are over in the USA at the moment for their daughters wedding and they are going to bring some things back for me J YAY!!!! One thing i miss about America is the shopping.

So time just passes by. Between work, church, midwife checkups and just our general life its been rather busy. I just grow and keep getting told how little i am. I don’t think bubbas little (he wasnt being born at 9 poind 1 oz) i just think im carrying more in my back than out front at the moment. Its funny... i was scared to get pregnant with the thought of puffing out like a big balloon and getting bigger in every aspect of my body but that just hasn’t been the case. I have never felt more beautiful and gorgeous since being pregnant.

Here are some piccies about your time in the womb lil man!