My First Pregnancy

We decided to begin TTC shortly before our wedding 

& actually conceived about one month after we were married. 

That makes Finn our honeymoon baby. 

It was March 21st, the day that we found out.

I had been so flustered over the last few months of trying. Even though it had only been a fairly short amount of time, it just never felt like it was going to happen. I was so convinced that it was not going to happen that even when my period was five days late that month, I did not bother testing. We had our hopes up just a couple months before in January, when my period was two weeks late. 

Eric and I had just moved into our new home and decided we would celebrate with a bottle of Gin. I was extremely doubtful that I was pregnant, but I had him buy a pregnancy test while he was in the store anyway, just so I could prove to myself that I was not. 

When we got home I locked myself in the bathroom and took the test. When it showed up as positive I couldn't believe it. I gasped and covered my eyes and began to count to 100 (afraid that it was just a false positive and that it would turn negative). When I looked down again, it was still positive! I cannot describe the rush of emotions I had! 

Eric tried to come in and I screeched at him to get out! He later told me that when I came out my face was all red and I was crying and he was sure that it was negative. He held me and told me that it was okay. 

WE ARE PREGNANT! 

I told him. 

& We paced and cried and kept looking at each other in shock.

I really loved being pregnant. I loved the way my body looked and the feeling of our baby moving inside of me. I enjoyed labor and delivery and I just cannot wait to do it all over again! I feel so blessed.

20 Weeks with Finnegan

27 Weeks

A few days before giving birth.