First Trimester

During most of April and May, pregnancy exhaustion has been the norm for me. Ironically the week I discovered I was pregnant, the spring tennis league (3.0) started - weekly matches for 7 weeks. I signed up in March, before I was even pregnant! Luckily I felt great once I was playing tennis - wish I could have played tennis all the time. Another positive is that I had another winning season!

Yesterday I went for my first prenatal visit at the West End Women's Health Center affliated with Vanderbilt Hospital which is where I will Labor & Deliver. I researched my OB/GYN options last year and knew that a midwifery practice is a good match for my personality and values about health care. My primary midwife is really cool, a woman named Soheyl who is of Persian descent and has lived in the United States for the past 20+ years. I enjoyed conversing with her about my outlook and questions about the pregnancy/birth process as well as her philsophy. I plan to go natural child birth yet know that the connection to a hospital gives us options in case an alternative is necessary.

I am learning that flexibility is key to this process as well as future parenthood. Also daily naps are a must!

The Dip Stick Don't Lie

I, Tara, discovered that I was pregnant yesterday!!

After feeling icky for 2 weeks, I took a HPT (home pregnancy test) to determine a possible cause. WOO-HOO!

I told my mom (Bonnie) before Jai because we were having lunch after church. Then, I went home to tell Jai - Bonnie said she'd listen for a loud shriek of excitement. Jai's response when given the test stick with the BIG PLUS MEANS PREGNANT sign was

"Is this a joke?"

Dude, would I joke about such an event after 15 months of procreation efforts?!?!?

We decided to keep our news to ourselves for the next 12 weeks for concern about miscarriage. 3 of us know about the pregnancy and it seems to be hardest for Bonnie (grandmother-to-be who has 4 grandchildren already) who wants to tell EVERYONE! :-)