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Throw back to Pregnancy #1




We have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of our first son, Easton, for the past seven months. This adventure has been wonderful and exciting from the get-go! Here is a little synapses of our journey!







My favorite part, so far, was telling Cody that he was going to be a Daddy. With some help from my girlfriend Robbie, I had him convinced that we were all going to the park to take some goofy pictures. Below are pictures of what he really found at our destination. 







I found a GREAT song for breaking the news to family or friends in a special way. While Cody opened the ring box, I played this in the background. 



When the message got across, Cody started to tear up, causing his eyes to become hidden behind two lenses of fog. #Adorable! 


During the first couple of weeks there was little physical change happening. We spent our time getting used to the idea of being parents. 

 We practiced our, 'I'm pregnant?!' faces:
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We practiced our first diaper changing faces:




We practiced our 'Look at how cute our baby is,' faces...



 And then I said goodbye to being able to fit in my clothes.


Our choice in hospital has been Silverton, based on great feedback from our friends. The Salem midwives have been excellent! I have also looked into a home-birth a tad, but I think I'll trade the clean up for room service. 

At ten weeks, we had our first appointment and ultrasound. My only worry was that we wouldn't see anything in there after all, but sure enough, a little baby was not only in there but moving around like crazy!





Then came the morning sickness....

To all of you going through this, feel free to compare notes.
Some main techniques used to help morning sickness include:

  • Eating ginger
  • Wearing wrist pressure point bands
  • Sucking on a lemon
  • Eating small snacks consistently ex: crackers
  • Eating salteens before getting out of bed

Personally, salteens were the only things to help me get through the night and unfortunately had no effect on the day time. Here is the list of what I found to work.

  • Wake up and eat 4 crackers around 4 am
  • Get out of bed and eat cereal first thing, (Raisin Bran is loaded with Folic acid!)
  • Never put fruit in an empty stomach, (my apologies to the customers of US bank the morning I learned this lesson)
  • Don't take your prenatal vitamin (I don't recommend this, but for me it was the difference of throwing up 9x per day or 3x)
  • Don't drive at night! 
  • FOR NO REASON RISK EATING SPAGHETTI,  JELLO OR VEGETABLE SOUP

Finally, after the sickness part, I began to grow!!















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