SHANNON'S PREGNANT!

Congratulations!! Saw this in your other post, but didn't want to celebrate there! I'm so happy for you! That didn't take too long ;) Must have been that lovely West Coast weather. Congrats and keep us posted, no-longer-overachiever. (Well, at least not in terms of babies :)


Sorry...am I totally stealing your thunder? I'm just so happy for you!

[candybomiller]

Congratulations Shannon! I can't think of a better place for support and to have any sort of questions answered. I wish I would have known about this board when I was first pregnant!

****HUGS**** to you (and DH too, I guess <G>)

Candy
-SAHM to Matthew Nicholas, born 5/22/02

FANTASTIC! Congrats Shannon - best baby thoughts and wishes. Hope you had fun here in the Bay Area. Keep us posted. I'm so happy for you - hooray!

Shannon--

Congrats!! I'm just sorry that I'm gone from C'Ville when it's your time. I strongly recommend Martha Jefferson--they were so fantastic there (and between the gall bladder attacks, the delivery, and the GB removal, I certainly spent some time there). The classes are also really great, although you probably know your way around that sort of stuff.

keep us posted and enjoy!
Paula

PS Rapture on the downtown mall makes a GREAT virgin bloody mary--strongly recommend them!

[sntm]

THANKS, everybody! Turns out we got pregnant our first month trying (thank you, TCOYF) and my first pregnancy test was just too early. Found out the day before I left for San Francisco (you should have seen me trying to avoid the massive quantities of alcohol that everyone was drinking since noone was on call!)

Has been a stressful two weeks, though, with some worrisome spotting. I was harrassing the OB on call this weekend. Feeling better now after quant beta-hcgs doubled in 36 hrs (yay!)

I'm so delighted to be on the boards "for real" now. We are telling family this Friday (since I will finally be off call and won't have to interrupt anyone to go in to see a patient.) Hoping Mom will be excited enough about 1st grandchild that I can score a Bugaboo (Chip has forbidden me from buying one, though we both like the Zippy, too.)

Y'all are the best! :+


shannon
not-even-pregnant-yet-overachiever
trying-to-conceive :)
PREGNANT! EDD 6/9/03

[sntm]

paula,
i've already got my MJH brochure. I'm on vacation in April and taking EVERY CLASS I can find! And we will definitely have to hit Rapture again -- I haven't been there in forever!

shannon
not-even-pregnant-yet-overachiever
trying-to-conceive :)
PREGNANT! EDD 6/9/03

Congrats Shannon! Yes, welcome to the boards "for real!"

Have you thought up creative ways to tell the family? For my parents, we sat them down very seriously, and said, "We would like to know what you would like to be called, Grandma, Granny, Nana?" or something like that. For DH's parents, we sat them down, and played "Pomp and Circumstance." DH went on and on about what wonderful jobs they did in the roles of mother and father, and that they were therefore being promoted. We have it all on video. It was pretty funny. Someone else I know wrapped up a pacifier and gave it to his mom. Have fun with this, and good luck overall!

PS You'll soon realize that 4 years of med school plus residency don't help prepare you for what lies ahead, trust me! :)

*Hoping Mom will be excited enough about 1st grandchild that I can score a Bugaboo*

That's the spirit! LOL

[sntm]

unfortunately, has to be done by phone. and i have NO idea how to start. should we chit-chat first? scream into the phone "I'm Pregnant!"? tell them to sit down, we've got a surprise?

stressful!

shannon
not-even-pregnant-yet-overachiever
trying-to-conceive :)
PREGNANT! EDD 6/9/03

Shannon...Congrats!!!!

I too had spotting att he beginning after a long car ride, they thought it was that so glad to hear that you BHCG was going up!!!! Keep us posted...

When we told my father my husband said called and said "Grandpa"????it took awhile for him to catch on :)