Telling others

OK so the secret is out. All reactions have been good as expected. I think the funniest response we got was from my nephew
My sister-in-law:
"Connor, Aunt Denise and Uncle Chad are going to have a baby?"
Connor:
"A REAL baby?"

I guess everyone accepts that we think of Belle as our kid so much that it does get confusing for a 5 year old to know when a baby is a real baby! My fellow Stephen Ministers even suggest that I buy a shirt for Belle that says "I'm the big sister". She would look cute in that:-)

I have yet to say anything at work. I like having 8 hours where I don't talk about it. We have our reunion this weekend so we put we are expecting in March in our bios.
For some reason I never thought it would be awkward to tell people we are expecting. I always thought there was going to be that perfect lull in the conversation to announce it to others, or you would have everything planned out. Each time we have had the same problems. We are on the way to see people and try to figure it out in the car but when we get to the destination there is always something going on. With my mom, we didn't think about discussing it until we were pulling into her sub. I wasn't in the mood to talk about it because I had to go to the bathroom really bad. Then when we get there she isn't even there, we didn't have a key. So we had to break into her house through my sister's bedroom while a neighbor was watching! When they got home we kept telling them....."oh the cops will be here any second now....really I know that neighbor was watching us". So we didn't say anything that night. The next day we waited until we were alone with mom in the van on the way to the Cheeseburger festival. We mostly wanted to just tell her first so had to wait until then.
So after that mom did all the announcing.
Now we originally wanted to tell Chad's parents that Sunday on the way home from my moms. However their dog was going to have hip surgery on Tuesday. We had Belle with us and we have been keeping them separate so not to make the condition worse. So we decided to just go home. However they needed a ramp built so we went on Tuesday and left Belle at home. On the way over we tried to map it out, but we wanted to get the ramp built first. However we had to make stops before hand and get something to eat so we got there late. Then he went to work. When he was finally done, and everything was cleaned up and everyone was seated he finally announced it.
So then with the Stephen Ministers I wanted to wait until the end of our meeting.....and actually that was the least awkward of the announcements.
Then with our friends camping, we waited until we were around the campfire, but everyone kept getting up and moving and we were all talking about so much. Finally Chad announced it.

I guess I just imagined it all differently in my head, but I guess I am going off what I see on TV and in the movies. The couple arrives and everyone stops talking and says hello, then there is a quiet moment where no one is talking and the couple uses that chance to announce it (because everyone is already there and in rapt attention). But geez when does that ever actually happen?
We went to the doctor last Thursday. The doctor was going to listen for the heartbeat, but he couldn't find it. I know you can't always hear it at the 12th week so I wasn't to worried. Then he sent me in for an ultrasound. I kind of knew something was up when the tech kept measuring stuff. I had an ultrasound a year ago and the tech started to do the same clicky click thing and got the same look in her eyes. After the tech located the baby and the heartbeat she went to find the doctor to see "if he was done with us yet" The doctor already said bye. I started to explain to Chad that this is kind of what happened last year when they found I had "enlarged Ovaries". Well the doctor came in quickly and looked and explained that I have a fibroid tumor and a cyst. The Cyst should go away but the tumor could cause complications. I explained that I had an ultrasound a year ago. He wanted to the report sent to his office. So I had that sent Friday. As far as I know I should be fine. He did say I was showing more than 12 weeks, but he didn't see to concerned. Other than that I am good.

Getting ready to tell others

So we think we are going to start to tell others this weekend. We are not passed the 1st trimester yet, but are close enough. The timing would work better. I have enjoyed having this secret time but each day it gets harder to not let things slip. Still have been feeling sick from time to time. We are slowly getting the house ready. It will be easier to enlist help once people know why we are trying to dejunk. We are off to Cheeseburger in Caseville this weekend. We were planning on going to Cedar Pointe with friends. However I refuse to pay to get into a park just to be tortured. I love roller Coasters and spending a day in a park when I can't go on them would be miserable. Of course this has caused a slight falling out with some friends because we couldn't tell them the "real" reason we aren't going. Oh well what can you do? Anyways Cheeseburger weekend is always fun, and there will be lots to eat and it will be fun just to hang out.
On the job front, I don't think I got the job I interviewed for in my last post. It was just as well, I didn't want to deal with the whole maternity leave issue. I have a recruiter who keeps contacting me about a position, but at least now I think I will be upfront and ask if they would even offer maternity leave before I even would consider it.
That is all for now.

Nothing new to report

Appetite is still all funky. Although my appetite always gets funky when it gets hot in the summer. I had a job interview on Monday I will find out by the end of the week if I get it or not. Of course the problem is, I would really like to get this job. It would be closer to home, but since I would need to go on maternity leave in March I am at a dilemma on what to tell them. If I get offered the job, do I tell them then, or do I still wait and work for them a little bit. It is against the law to discriminate and not hire me because I am pregnant. But at the same time I would like to be honest, and know upfront if I would qualify for a paid maternity leave. If I were to stay in my current position I would get 12 weeks at 60% pay I believe. I may not qualify for anything other than the mandatory leave dictated by law (unpaid). So I will wait until I hear back from them.