I can’t believe that is has been over 11 years since I first appeared in this magazine for their Teen Model Search. Back then I was young and still in high school, never even thinking about being married and having children. It seems like that life was so far away. Now, I am happily married and pregnant and 11 years have just zipped on by. Life could not get any better if you ask me. I have always been a very outgoing person and was delighted when I was asked to write this article every month detailing my pregnancy.
Though at first I didn’t think I was pregnant, that little pink plus sign on the pregnancy test came up in two-and-a-half seconds and I could hardly contain myself when I found out I was pregnant. Though Khristopher and I had been planning on having a baby, it still seemed unbelievable when I found out I was actually pregnant. I had to pinch myself a couple of times before I realized, “Hello! I’m pregnant!!!”
First came all these different emotions that I never thought I would have experienced. I jumped for joy one second and then sat and cried the next second. Blame the hormones. Trust me on this one. You will look insane to your husband, but hey it’s a great excuse for everything. Then came the decision to whom I would tell and how. Of course I surprised my husband, Khristopher when he got home later that night and boy was he excited and all smiles. Even though if you ask him he claims he knew I was pregnant the minute I ate an egg roll, because before being pregnant, I would refuse to even try one.
As I now enter my second trimester, I am filled with great happiness and excitement. So far I must say that I have had the “normal” textbook symptoms. You know, nausea, sore breasts, frequent bathroom trips in the middle of the night, heartburn, hormonal changes and fatigue. Although I must say that I am very fortunate that I have not been praying to the porcelain goddess every day like I know a lot of woman do. So, I apologize to those women now.
Though I may not look pregnant, (it looks more like I ate a couple extra cheeseburgers) as my fourth month approaches I must admit that this is the most pleasurable experience that I have ever been through in my life. Everyday I wake up smiling and almost cannot believe that there is a life growing inside of me. This child was made with so much love and I can’t wait to meet him or her. Secretly, I am hoping it is a girl… shhh. We will know next time what the sex of the baby is. Until then I will be having fun chronicling my Joys of Pregnancy…