Elias and I both looove kids! We love all of our nieces, nephews, cousins, and even just the cute kids in our ward. While dating and since we've been married we've always had open conversations about having kids but we decided we wanted to be married for at least 2 years before having kids. So this spring the stars aligned and we felt like it was the right time! (I also think it helped that Elias became obsessed with baby Jay the day he was born)
So as I was training for the Ogden Half Marathon it started getting harder and harder to run which is usually opposite of what happens when training for a race right? On one run specifically I was supposed to run 10 miles, it was a rainy day but it was warm so I was excited! I geared up with a wind breaker and all! About 2.5 miles in I was soo out of breath, I took a little break went into a store and went to the bathroom as well as got a drink. So I turned around to head home. I ended up walk running which later turned into just walking, I was so out of breath I had an extremely upset stomach and kept burping almost like I was going to throw up!
I remember when I was almost home I thought "I swear if I'm not pregnant I'm the biggest whimp ever!!" Ha ha long story short my 10 mile run turned into 5 miles and I was exhausted for the rest of the day.
This was the first time I really felt like I was pregnant!
The second time I thought something was out of the norm was one Sunday morning I woke up and I was having sharp pains in my uterus. If I moved quickly or anytime I stood up or sat down, and actually just walking I was having really sharp pains! They were so painful that I only went to the first our of church and even contemplated going to the hospital! I had heard people talk about "implantation pain" before and that was kind of my first thought! I couldn't think of anything else it would be. So when I came home from church I started researching on Dr. Google (I know it's so bad to do that but who doesn't?) and from what I read that's what it seemed like. But I didn't get my hopes up and I just scheduled an appointment with my doctor to go in the next week.
After that day I started getting really bad acne and my boobs hurt like crazy. In the same week we were going up to Tacoma to spend time with the Shumates, meet Enzo and be there for his baby blessing :) the whole time we were there I didn't feel like myself and I felt like I didn't look like myself since it was the worst acne I have ever had in my whole life!
But now I know why and it's totally worth it :)
We got home from Tacoma on Sunday and then I was supposed to start my period that following Thursday. I always start right on the dot so when it didn't come on Thursday or Friday Elias and I decided that I should take a pregnancy test. So Friday night, after eating at Noodles with Elias's Dad (where I ate my dinner so fast and was still starving) we stopped at Walgreens and I went in and bought a box of 2 Walgreen's brand tests ha ha.
We went home and I got 2 positive tests! I was like shaking because I was so nervous, but we were both SO excited!!!
Oh and also that was the day before my half marathon.. So you can say I didn't get too much sleep that night! And that little baby inside me is what kept me going in that race! It made time pass by so fast thinking about our little baby! And I was a little worried running, you just hear of so many people that miscarry.. But I decided that I was well trained and it wouldn't be too straining on my body :)
So those were all my first signs of little Baby Green :)
-Stef
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