13 weeks and 5 days

So I have seen the little person inside of me last week. It was surreal. It was moving a lot apparently – my husband had the best seat in the house, he got to see the screen during the entire ultrasound, whereas I only got to see it for a minute at the end. I saw it move its arms up and down – as if it was going up a ladder. It’s crazy how well you can see it!

A few days later, I finally announced the news to my mother. I asked her if I could send her an email just before she would leave work that day, for fun I said. She said sure, gave me a time when she would check, and I planned to send her an email just before that time.

The email read:

Subject: Entertainment for your drive back home… (I know she hates her long commute back home…)

When she opened the message, the first thing she would see is the ultrasound photo, then my one sentence: ps: yes you can tell everyone!

She emailed right back saying I shocked her – in a good way. She asked how far along I was…

as I read these words my cell phone rang. Oh my goodness, my 2 bosses were in the other room (Work doesn’t know yet) and I NEVER get phone calls… but I took it anyways…

She was crying – I am so happy, how far along are you?

I told her, trying to keep my voice down (even though we were both speaking french and knew it wasn’t likely that anyone would understand me…) She said she knew I was at work so she would keep it short, and call me at home later… phew!

I was ready to just weep. But I had to keep a straight face and keep working. I had told my mom. The most difficult part was done!

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