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THE DAY I FOUND OUT I WAS PREGNANT | pregnancy tag part 1

October 21, 2019
I seriously couldn’t have asked for a better pregnancy! Everything from the moment we decided to start trying to the second I held my son in my arms was beyond amazing. I will forever cherish those memories <3 I’m so happy that Tim and I filmed so much when I was pregnant (and still do!) and that those home videos can always take us back to these days. I really wish I would’ve kept my site up and updated you all with my pregnancy too. Unfortunately that didn’t happen as I had sssooo much going on, but that’s why I made this post! So that I have something written about my 9 months of love and you can get a little peak to it as well!

Raskauteni oli kaikinpuolin parhain mitä olisin voinut toivoa! Siitä hetkestä kun päätimme yrittää lasta siihen hetkeen kun sain vastasyntyneen poikani syliini kaikki oli enemmän kuin ihanaa. Ne ajat on syvällä sydämessäni aina ja ikuisesti <3 Olen niin iloinen, että Timin kanssa päätimme kuvata koko raskauteni videolle, kotivideot tyyppiseen tapaan. Kuvaamme edelleenkin elämäämme, jotta sitten joskus voimme istua yhdessä sohvalle perheen kanssa ja palata näihin hetkiin. Vähän harmittaa kun en päivittänyt sivujani ja kirjoitellut raskaudestani, mutta sen takia tein tämän postauksen – jotta saisin nämä fiilikset itselleni johonkin kirjoitettuna ylös ja te saisitte pienen kurkistuksen elämäni ihanimpaan kuukausiin, jotka nyt jatkuvan pienen Jussi-pojan ja Timin kanssa <3

How and when did you find out you were pregnant?

Like I said, we had talked about starting a family so the pregnancy wasn’t really a surprise. We wanted to have our own little family for a longgg time, but knew we had to wait because the fall of 2018 was our best time to try due to my school. I kept a track of my period and bought ovulation tests which told me when I was ovulating aka when it was time for mommy and daddy to do a little baby dance… The first month that we actively tried to get pregnant, I didn’t track my ovulation and I was so bummed to get my period. The second month I bought these ovulation tests, was more relaxed than the first month, and then we got lucky <3

I remember the day I found out about my pregnancy very vividly. It was an early Friday morning and I had gotten up the bed to use the restroom. (They tell you to test for pregnancy with your first ursine since it would have the highest amount of the pregnancy hormones). I busted out one of my many pregnancy tests, did the magic, and so the wait game started. Everyone says it’s the longest few minutes of your life, but I think the opposite! I kept thinking how the moment I’d read the stick would change my life and I prayed for it to be positive. Then before I even knew, 10 minutes had gone by already! (Ok granted, it was like 4 am so I might’ve fallen asleep lol). Then, I checked the test and saw it was a strong positive. My heart exploded in happiness as I cried tears of joy. I felt so profound happiness, love, and gratitude it’s hard to put into words. It was an unbelievably beautiful moment. I had just found out that my little baby, Jussi, was growing underneath my heart. Suddenly, I had a little secret that only him and I knew, until I’d tell daddy the good news. I put my hand on my belly and whispered the words to my little love which he still hears everyday: mommy loves you. A few minutes later I went back to bed and cuddled up next to my husband who had yet to find out our little love had just announced his existence <3

Miten ja milloin sait tietää raskaudestani?

Kuten jo aiemmin sanoin, olimme Timin kanssa puhuneet omasta perheestä, joten raskaus ei tullut yllätyksenä. Toivoimme omaa perhettä jo kauan aikaa, mutta tiesimme että syksy 2018 olisi paras aika yrittää saada lasta opiskelujen takia. Aloin pitämään kalenteria kuukautisistani ja ostin ovulaatio-testejä, jotka kertoivat milloin olisi oikea aika antaa lakanoiden laulaa… Ensimmäisenä kuukautena en vielä käyttänyt testejä, mutta toisella käytin ja silloin meitä onnistuikin <3

Oli perjantai-aamuyö kun nousin sängystä käymään vessassa. (Raskaustesti kehotetaan tehdä aamulla, kun virtsan mahdolliset raskaushormonit ovat suurimmillaan). Kaivoin kaapista testin, tein taikuudet ja niin odotuspeli alkoi. Kaikki sanoo, että ne muutamat minuutit ovat elämäsi pisimpiä, mutta itse ajattelin juuri toistepäin! Muistan ajatelleeni kuinka se hetki jolloin katsoisin testin tuloksen tulisi muuttamaan koko elämäni ja itkien rukoilin, että testi olisi positiivinen. Ennenkuin huomasinkaan, 10 minuuttia oli jo kulunut! (OK, olin tosi väsynyt joten saattaa olla että nukahdin hetkeksi, haha). Katsoin tuloksen ja selkeä positiivinenhan se oli. Sydämeni räjähti onnellisuudesta ja onnenkyyneleet valuivat poskillani. Tunsin niin syvää onnellisuutta, rakkautta ja kiitollisuutta että sitä on mahdotonta sanoin kuvailla. Se oli niin kaunis hetki. Minä, pienen Jussin äiti, sain tietää hänen kasvavan sydämeni alla. Yhtäkkiä meillä oli ihana yhteinen salaisuus, kunnes kertoisin ilouutisen tulevalle isille. Laitoin käteni vatsalleni, kuiskasin pienelle rakkaalleni sanat jotka hän kuulee monesti päivässä suukkojen ja halien kera: Äiti rakastaa sinua. Menin takaisin sänkyyn nukkuvan mieheni viereen, jolla ei ollut vielä mitään tietoa siitä, että meidän pieni rakas oli juuri saanut alkunsa <3

How did you tell your husband?

I had so many more or less crazy plans to tell Tim, but ultimately I wanted it to be a sweet, tender moment with nothing too extravagant. So, about a month before I got pregnant, I bought this huge mirror that was leaning on the wall in our living room. I had also gotten a pair of small, fluffy baby shoes that I’d give to him. I put the shoes along with an envelope that had two positive tests and a personal poem next to the mirror. On the mirror I wrote “Roses are red, violets are blue, inside of me, beats two hearts for you”. On that Friday morning when we both woke up, Tim went to work and I stayed home. Since it was a Friday, Tim had a football game later that day so I knew I couldn’t tell him until after. I was thinking if I should wait a few days, but I just couldn’t. So, during the day when Tim was already with the football team about to leave the school (it was an away-game about an hour drive away), I set everything up and drove to the game with his family.   At the game, all I could think about was the fact that I’m pregnant and I’d soon be able to share the news with my husband. I thought that was the perfect day to tell him since we’d most likely win the game and the news of our baby would just elevate the evening even more! Well, things went south and surprisingly we lost the game. Football means everything to Tim so he was really emotional after the game. When I picked him up from the school after the team had driven back, he was so angry and sad at the same time. I hadn’t seen him that upset over a game in probably forever. He cried and cussed, that’s how terrible he felt after the loss. Ok, so we’re still at the school and here I am trying to think how to get home before him and clean everything up before he notices – obviously this isn’t the right night to tell him. As we just have one car, there was no way I could’ve gotten home before him so tonight just had to be the night! I rush upstairs before he does, and before turning the lights on, give him a big hug and kiss and try to cheer him up a little. Then, I turn the lights on and ask him “Look, do you like the new mirror?”. He sees the text, asks me if I’m pregnant, and immediately breaks down in tears. We hugged each other for minutes straight, without saying a word, just crying tears of joy <3 Now in hindsight that was the perfect night to tell him. The emotions were either so low lows or super high highs, and the heart aching loss was nothing compared to what we had just gained, our son <3

I wish I could attach pictures of the night, but they were all on my phone that’s not working. If I get my phone to work, I’ll attach them to the second part of my pregnancy tag!

Kuinka kerroit aviomiehellesi?

Minulla oli niin monta enemmän tai vähemmän hullua tapaa, jolla jakaisin uutiset Timin kanssa. Loppujen lopuksi halusin kauniin ja herkän hetken ilman mitään ylimääräistä. Noin kuukausi ennen kuin tulin raskaaksi, olin ostanut meidän olohuoneeseen ison peilin, joka nojasi seinää vasten. Ostin myös pienet, pörröiset vauvatossut, jotka yhdessä kirjekuoreen kanssa laitoin peilin viereen. Kirjekuoressa oli sisällä kaksi positiivista raskaustestiä, sekä käsinkirjoitettu runo. Peiliin kirjoitin valkoisella kynällä ”Roses are red, violets are blue, inside of me, beats two hearts for you”. Kun heräsimme yhdessä sinä perjantai päivänä, Tim meni töihin ja jäin itse kotiin. Koska oli perjantai, Timillä oli jenkkifutis peli illalla ja tiesin, etten voisi kertoa hänelle ennen kuin hän tulisi takaisin kotiin. Mietin, pitäisikö mun odottaa vaikka huomiseen, mutta en halunnut pitää asiaa salassa yhtään pidempään. Niinpä perjantana kun Tim oli joukkueen bussissa menossa peliin (ei ollut siis kotipeli), laitoin kaiken valmiiksi ja ajoin peliin Timin perheen kanssa.

Pelissä ollessani en pystynyt ajattelemaan mitään muuta kuin että olen raskaana ja kohta pääsen kertomaan ilouutisen miehelleni. Ajattelin, että tänään on täydellinen päivä kertoa sillä todennäköisesti voittaisimme pelin ja raskausuutiset tekisivät päivästä vielä upeamman. No, ilta ei mennyt ihan suunnitelmien mukaan ja kaikkien suureksi yllätykseksi hävisimme pelin, jonka piti olla helppo voitto. Jenkkifutis on kaikki kaikessa Timille ja hänen suurin intohimonsa, joten häviö tuntui hänestä todella pahalta. Kun hain hänet heidän omalta koulultaan, Tim oli niin vihainen ja surullinen samaan aikaan. En ollut nähnyt häntä niin tunteellisena pelin takia pitkään aikaan, jollen koskaan. Hän kirosi ja itki, niin pettynyt hän oli. OK, ollaan edelleen Timin koululla ja siinähän mietin millä pääsisin kotiin peittämään peilin ja piilottamaan kirjeen – tänään ei selkeästikään ole paras päivä vauva-uutisille. Meillä on vain yksi auto, joten meidän oli pakko mennä kotiin samaan aikaan. Tämä ilta olisi se ilta kun kertoisin Timille. Kun olimme parkkeerannut auton, juoksin nopeasti sisälle ja ennen kuin laitoin valot päälle, halasin Timiä ja annoin hänelle suukon ja yritin piristää häntä edes hieman. Hetken kuluttua laitan valot päälle ja kysyn Timiltä tykkääkö hän uudesta peilistämme. Hän näkee runon peilissä, kysyy olenko raskaana ja murtuu kyyneliin. Siinä me sitten olimme, toisiamme halaten, hiljaisuudessa itkien onnen kyyneleitä <3 Nyt jälkeenpäin mietittynä tuo päivä oli juurikin täydellinen. Tunteet olivat joko niin pohjalla tai super ylhäällä, ja joukkueen sydäntäsärkevä häviö ei ollut mitään siihen verrattuna mitä olimme juuri saaneet, meidän poikamme <3

Lisäisin tähän kuvat kyseisestä päivästä, mutta kuten tässä postauksessa kerroinkin, vanha puhelimeni joka sisältää kaikki kuvat raskauteni ajalta on rikki. Linkkaan ne pregnancy tagin toiseen osaan, jos saan palautettua kuvat siihen mennessä!

Pictures by the gorgeous Marika V

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