Pregnancy Diaries Entry No. 1: Sharing Our News

When Mike and I decided it was time to get pregnant and grow our family, it was 2020 and we were finally both settled into our jobs, making good money and felt at home in Las Vegas.

Then the COVID-19 pandemic swept through the world and the lockdowns shut everything down. My husband lost his new job (as did about 225,000 other people in Vegas) and we were staring at a global phenomenon that we’d never seen before. We decided to wait and see what the hell would happen in the next year or so.

Life has been a bit of a whirlwind since then to say the least. My father died in November which threw me for a loop but late winter/early spring, Mike and I decided to get more serious about growing our family.

And BAM…we got a little surprise confirmation earlier this year much to our excitement.

I took like 7 pregnancies test and they all came back positive!

I found out the beginning of April that I was pregnant and it has been a bit of a roller coaster since then. Fighting off my anxieties over my age (thanks society for that one!) and not being around most of my family has been difficult. Luckily, my best friend is also pregnant and talking to her about everything has helped me feel less alone, less isolated.

Being able to share the good news with my mom, after what happened last year, brought the biggest smile on my face. Truly, one of the worst parts about the first few weeks of pregnancy is having to keep the news to yourself and not sharing it with the people who love you.

I’ve had anxiety over sharing it with the entire world aka announcing publicly on social media. Being a pregnant person automatically means people are going to give you unsolicited advice or weird anecdotes. It’s like when you become pregnant, everybody is in your business, telling you what to do or asking you deeply personal questions. I 100% understand why some people don’t even do formal announcements. Pregnant people are not public property and I have boundaries that I will absolutely assert, no matter who you are.

The best part about it all is how excited Mike is and the little bit of planning we get to do now. He’s been so supportive and protective and helpful, which has been a relief. I already feel alone in this process so it’s nice to feel like he’s got my back.

This was taken at 14 weeks!

My goal is to update my blog every couple of weeks or so on how this process is going for me and my family. It’s exciting and terrifying, especially with everything (*gestures wildly*) going on in the world.