Jack, It seems only natural that I write your birth story in the form of a letter to you… Your Dad… Full of Surprises It was Sunday, April 24, 2017 – three weeks and one day till your due date. Your dad was away on his aircraft carrier, the USS George Washington, while it conducted…
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Keeping the pregnancy secret… for 20 weeks!
Once I finally stopped freaking the F out about learning I was pregnant, I wanted to try my best to make the journey as special and memorable as possible for everyone (especially since I didn’t plan on it happening again)! That included making sure Steev got to share the news with our fams in person….
Finally telling the hubs… at 10 weeks gestation!
Ten weeks gestation, and I was finally going to see Steev to break the news in person. How the hell did I wait this long?? Well, he was in the middle of the ocean on an aircraft carrier when I found out, and I didn’t wanna tell him over the phone. Plus, I’d needed the first…
Positive?? I’m pregnant?!?! NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
There I was, a recently married 36-year-old, with all the fear of an unwed teenager. I’d just peed on the stick and was hoping, with every ounce of hope I had in me, that that second line wouldn’t appear. I put it on the counter and walked away. I waited the longest, most short-of-breath 3…
