PREGNANCY

"I'm pregnant!" I will never forget the night I said those life changing words to Adrian. There was an immediate smile on his face, along with a look of shock and disbelief! We had not been "trying" to get pregnant, however, I had quit taking my birth control about six months before because I really did not like the way it made me feel. Even though we weren't "trying" after about three months, I started to wonder if maybe I just wasn't going to get pregnant. I'm sure many woman have gone through the same thing. I definitely wondered, but I decided not to let myself worry too much about it. Besides if anyone had asked me at the time if I was ready to be parent, I'm pretty sure my answer would have been "NO". Three months later everything changed. I remember so vividly the night I found out. Looking at the test and seeing a "(+)" holy cow, I had no idea that seeing that symbol could make me so happy! I ran to Adrian as fast as I could, I wanted to tell him in a special way....but I could NOT hold it in. I immediately showed him that little stick and shared some of the sweetest happiest moments of my life with him that night. Now for a little about my pregnancy. I am writing this at almost 34 weeks already, so I will go back and share with you some of the details about my experience with pregnancy. Within the first 12 weeks the only symptom I felt was a sore chest. At 12 weeks I began to nauseous. I felt nauseous pretty much the entire day for two weeks. I did not throw up at all, in fact I haven't thrown up the entire pregnancy but the nausea was enough for me. By this time I had quit my job as a waitress about a month before and was currently applying to work for the school district, so it was kind of nice to get to stay at home and relax while I was feel nauseous. 16 WEEKS: Feeling great at this point, no nausea. Pretty much feeling normal not really pregnant yet.

19 WEEKS: Again no change, feeling great and realizing I'm about halfway!

Then.....we found out we're having....A BOY!!!!!!! I cried in the room when they told me it was boy. It became so real to me at this point. Now I wished the rest of my pregnancy would just fly by so I could meet our baby boy!

And of course....I immediately went shopping.

20 WEEKS: Hiking in Yosemite. I have hiked this very same hike before not pregnant, and at 20 weeks I definitely noticed the difference in my body. I was still able to do it, but had to pace myself quite a bit. At this point still feeling great though!

24 WEEKS..I think: Again starting to just feel bigger. At this point I was pretty steadily gaining a pound a week. Not sure how much I had gained total at this point. Hiked Mission Peak with my little brother. SO HARD but I felt great afterwards!

25-27 WEEKS: Now is comes the point where I started to feel pregnant. Not in a bad way though. I started feeling him kick A LOT!!! His kicks didn't hurt and still don't but they are powerful and I LOVE them! Its crazy just watching my belly move all over the place when he is really active, its definitely the best part.

31 WEEKS: Feeling more tired by week 31. Other than that still feeling good, still no pain and no trouble sleeping. My maternity pants are my BEST friend! I think I will probably still wear them even when I'm not pregnant, for those nights I'm just feeling extra bloated :)

Now for some maternity PICTURES just recently done. My photographer, Chung Li was so wonderful and I love every single one of the pictures he took. He made me feel like such a beautiful pregnant woman. I will post a few but if you would like to see more check out his blog

I will post a few more in my last few weeks of pregnancy. I have only 7 WEEKS left! I have gained a total of 20 LBS!!! Still overall feeling wonderful and tired :) Also I have started the home study course of HYPNOBABIES. It is a self hypnosis program to help me have an easier and natural labor, which is my goal. So far I haven't been able to stay awake for a whole session but I will continue to try.

A Little Background on the Parents to Be

So I finally decided to enter the blogging world! I never really thought I would create a blog, not sure I felt I had anything that interesting to share. However, I now look at blogs as more like online journal/scrapbook and with all the new and exciting parts of life we are experiencing I figured "why not?" Adrian and Katrina Fernandez. I took his last name on May 14,2011. I met Adrian about year prior to this at Applebees, where I was currently a waitress. His younger brother introduced us, and that was pretty much it. My first impression of my handsome husband...."wow this guy talks SOOOO much!" But it didn't bore me. And to this day he still has plenty to say, I will admit I'm not always listening to every word he is saying but its usually because I'm just distracted by he his good looks. I'm not exactly sure what his first impression of me was, you will just have to ask him yourself :) If you know Adrian and I, you know we fit the rule "opposites attract". We are very different in almost every aspect, but one thing we have in common is how much we love one another. Marriage may not always be easy, but it is without a doubt worth it. I wouldn't change a thing about my life right now and am so happy to share it with the love of my life.

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