John and I found out we were pregnant on Tuesday, October 28th. I remember this date because I had just been on a 6 mile jog with my assistant principal and she brought up the question about starting a family. She said, "So Koehler, when are you guys going to start having babies?" I just started to laugh because little did she know I had asked John to pick up a pregnancy test on the way home from work! I looked over and told her about out '4 year plan' that may be changing soon because I was going to take a test that evening. She just laughed and we kept running. I was about a week and a half late at the time, but to my naivety I thought it was because of my new workout pattern and better eating habits :) Little did I know there was a baby growing inside.
So - I took the test that night and sat anxiously awaiting the results. Then the positive sign showed up! Talk about nervous...I sat there trying to think of how of ways to tell John the results. I could hear him playing with Bailey in the room (trying to keep his own thoughts distracted). I walked out and told him "It said I was" and broke down crying. Not that I was upset, the unexpected feeling was just too much to handle. He smiled and said "Yayyy!" with a bit of hesitation. We just kinda sat there in disbelief for a while. We decided we wouldn't tell anyone, which of course lasted about 5 minutes. He got on the phone with his best friend Ryan and I called Lauren. They were both so excited while we sat there still shocked! I then called my sisters to let them know they were going to be aunts. They were in shock as well, but soooo excited, and I knew from that point on, this baby was going to be SPOILED!! :)
We told all our co-workers the next day and called the doctor to set up an appointment. Both of our parents couldn't believe the news. I remember my Mom's reaction was "My baby's having a baby!! Don't call me Grandma, I'm too young for that!" and Dad said "You're kidding..are you guys excited?" After confirming we were he became ecstatic and said he couldn't wait to be a Grandpa! John will have to give me more detail about his parents reactions...this will be their second grandchild and I know they are just as excited as my parents were!
The first trimester started hitting at about 9 weeks. I had nausea at night, which worked out well since I needed to teach during the day. I was unable to eat meat until week 14, so I got my protein through lots and lots of peanut butter and eggs. I pretty much ate anything I thought sounded good. In fact, the one day it snowed in Houston, I was craving an ice cream shake, so there I was in the snow sipping on a milk shake!
We had our first check up at 12 weeks...here's our first glimpse of our little 'peanut'
We had some other testing done in the next week which left us a little worried at first because the test results were outside the 'normal' range originally. After my bloodwork came back however, all previous worries were put to ease! We found out on December 30th that we had a happy, healthy baby girl growing inside!! Our little Kelsey Ann Koehler! Below is a picture of my belly on December 15th. I think that would have been about 12 weeks.
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