Need some encouragement.

[suziebee20]

Tomorrow we are going out to breakfast or lunch with my mom to make our "announcement." I'm really nervous. I think she'll take it well, but I'm still really worried. If it goes well, Jaime and I will tell my grandpa when we get home from lunch. Then he's telling his parents after my first doctors appointment. When I go to Planned Parenthood for my first prenatal appointment, I'm going to get some information on resources like Medi-cal, WIC, stuff like that. I'm not really freating expenses right now except for doctors appointments and hospital bills. Other than that we'll probably be okay. We'll be living here at my house (there's 2 spare bedrooms) for nothing. We've got a lot of tidying up to do though and I'll have to get a real bed up in my room since I only have a broken bunk bed. I've been sleeping downstairs on the couch for years and I love it. Jaime says he doesn't like my "supercouch" idea and even if I stick both couches together facing each other he's not sleeping there when he moves in. :worry: :laugh: I'll be breastfeeding so we don't have to worry about formula. Furniture and clothing shouldn't be too bad. Our PP has a program for new parent education and upon completion they'll give you a gift card towards the purchase of a car seat. Diapers... oh boy... :smile9: those will probably be a huge expense.

I'm feeling pretty good about tomorrow, I'm just worried that she won't be as excited as I'm hoping she'll be. I'm also nervous she's going to yell something crazy in the restaraunt. This pregnancy thing hasn't been too bad yet. I know I'm only a few weeks along but I'm feeling pretty confident. The one weird thing is that for the last week or two my internal alarm clock has me up about 6 or 7 AM. At about 8 there is no way I can fall back asleep. I even wake up one or two times during the night to pee. A few weeks ago I'd be lucky if I could get up at 7 for school. Even this weekend. I stayed up till midnight last night reading. Got up twice to pee. At 3 AM got restless so I started reading and I finished Cirque Du Freak book 5 and read all of Cirque Du Freak book 6! (No joke, it was a young adult book though, about 200 pages) fell asleep afterwords and I was still up at 7ish. :laugh: It's crazyness.

Anyway, just wish me luck and keep your fingers crossed for me... actually, for us. :gvibes:

[Defenderofthefaith]

:hugs: Hope things go well for you guys. Try to get some sleep in the upcoming months b/c aft the baby's born you won't! :laugh:

[AngelIz]

suziebee20, good luck to you,
and sending good vibes your way :gvibes: :gvibes:

[wildbirds]

Hang in there. Don't expect your family to be to excited. It may be a shock to them at first and there could be a little anger involved at first but a little time should cure that.

You'll be fine. Just be honest and upfront and it should be ok. Let us know how it goes.

[Krystalyn]

Usually prenatal care is free, because having an infant born with defects from lack of adequate care is very, very, expensive.

I accidentally got pregnant, and took three PG tests.

I called the father, who then brought over his own PG test.
I then peed in a cup and said, "here you go"
He said, "Do you know how this will affect my life?"

I told him to leave (not so nicely)

I called my mother, she's not in town, and she was not happy.
During the pregnancy
The father remained a jerk
I asked my sister to go to lamaze with me, not only did she refuse, but
---she asked me to be her maid of honor at her wedding 6 months after due date
Parents unsupportive

Stay with me

I told everyone that I was going to do it myself.
I would call a TAXI when it was time and
give birth to my son.

I told them because they were not being emotionally supportive,
I forbid them from seeing my son when he was born
that I had the power to do that...

Two weeks before my due date, my mom came down
and she was a complete saint.
She cleaned up for me.
She taught me what to do.
She supported me when my son had jaundice in the hospital.

Everyone adores my son...
I know it's now not about me it's about my son and that's great...

The moral of the story
Even if you do face unsupportive parents,
once they hold your sweet little infant, it will win their hearts

[SeaAngel]

suziebee20: You have my well wishes and good vibes as well. :hugs: :gvibes:

[bearbaby_26]

While my prenatal care if far from free, I wouldn't worry too much about the hospital bill. My doctor figures out what the co-pay for the delivery will be. Then, each visit, I pay a little. By the time I deliver, my hospital bill will be paid. Of course, if there are complications or something, it will end up costing more.
As far as peeing all the time, WELCOME TO THE CLUB!! It will get better when you get into your second trimester. I can actually sleep through the night most of the time now.
It doesn't sound like you're having any morning sickness. That's great! Sometimes, it starts a little later (like around week 9-10) but hopefully you'll be spared.
I've been thinking about you and wishing you luck. Be sure to let us know how it goes!! :gvibes: :gvibes:

[tigress2b]

Wishing you little bee and your SO the very best today and thru the entire pregnancy. You really seem to be doing a great job of gettng all the information you can

:gvibes: :fairy4: :gvibes:
karen

[skpaw]

GOOD LUCK to your whole family! :gvibes: