an all-natural pregnancy

(vs. an 'unnatural' pregnancy ... ??) Well, Joey and I have always said that when the time comes, we would make the switch to all organic and natural products. To give the baby the best chance at a toxin-free existence, I suppose. So as soon as we got the little pink line, no more Safeway shopping for us - all overpriced hormone-free food! How exciting! At the same time, we got rid of as many toxins as possible - natural dish soap, shampoo, deodorant - you name it. And we are cutting out plastic too: I now have glass food storage containers to take with me to school, trendy metal water bottles, and featherweight titanium silverware to replace my trusty plastic set.

Of course, a plastic-free existence would be an all-day chore in this day and age, so no, we are not yet raising chickens or milking our own cows - we're just doing the best we can. And discovering organic restaurants for guilt-free eating out!

So what everyone wants to know is: how extreme are we going to be with the baby, once he arrives? Well that's still up in the air; stay tuned for more in the months to come :)
And in the meantime, you can laugh at me while I sell my half-empty, no-longer-acceptable box of Tide, while still purchasing pre-sliced mushrooms in an evil Styrofoam box, covered in cancer-causing cling-wrap! Oh, the hipocracy of being idealistic and too lazy to wash mushrooms.

missed clues

Every time that I have talked to Eduardo during the past year and half, she has asked me if I was pregnant. Except when I actually was. I stayed in Boston for 5 days, dropping clues left and right, without getting discovered. Here are a few of the hints:

- not sampling the delicious-looking sushi (which I love)
- buying baby socks at Fenway Park
- requesting a special salad without feta cheese (my favorite)
- having my burger overcooked (gross!)
- an uncanny interest in kids books
- no EtOH (even at a burgers and beer party)
- my frequent, urgent demands for the bathroom
- many odd food demands
- "I like that name" comments
- just a little weight gain (which Tia noticed, so I'm not just paranoid!)

Did I miss any??

where I'm at

So the picture below is clearly me, perhaps more 'normal' than I'll ever again be: not yet 'showing' but feeling quite bloated (or is that the Wisconsin-then-Boston gluttony?). We have told my immediate family (and Joe's) and everyone was quite surprised. So yesterday on a hike in New Hampshire, I told Tia and Eduardo who of course are the impetus behind this little string-of-nonsense/waste-of-time: my participation in the technology age.

So here's the update: I knew I was 'expecting' about 10 days before that silly pink line finally showed up on my third pregnancy test. For the first few weeks, I felt really different - not bad, just not myself at all. Every minute of every day, I was aware of the changes taking place. Now, seven weeks in, other than feeling bloated and like I have to pee all the time (damn hormones!), it's sometimes hard to remember that soon our little family will be a little bigger.

So if I am organized enough, I can use these postings to track everything that's happening to me physically (and both of us emotionally) and you can keep up with my impending parenthood. In the meantime, at the least, it might help me remember that I'm not just me anymore!

week 7

Breaking the news

Yep, you guessed it: I'm pregnant! :)
I'm being coerced into starting a blog, so please enjoy!