Personal Update: Baby on the Way!
Alright, so I’m the oldest in my family and my parents are really itching to tell everyone they are going to be grandparents, so here’s the news!
Duarte and I are really excited; I’m currently 9 weeks pregnant and if all goes normally, the baby will be due at the end of January.
FAQs:
How are you feeling? I felt fine until the beginning of week 7 and am now in a constant state of nausea. Hoping it goes away by the second trimester!
Was the pregnancy ‘planned’? Anyone who knows me well wouldn’t bother to ask that question! I’m a bit of a plan-aholic. We originally had planned to wait to have a child until we moved back overseas, but then we thought that since I have a much more flexible schedule being a grad student than I will when I’m teaching full-time again that now is a good time.
Are you still going to teach internationally? Yes, we always wanted to raise any children we have in an international/multicultural context where exposure to different languages and cultures is part of life from an early age.
What’s the strangest thing you’ve experienced so far? We went out to eat with Duarte’s family and I had ordered a sirloin burger with mushrooms. While eating the burger, I kept eyeing a side dish of cole slaw that my mother-in-law wasn’t eating. I’ve never liked cole slaw, but for some reason I just wanted to eat the cole slaw instead of the burger! Duarte happily finished off the burger for me.
I’m planning to start up a pregnancy/parenting blog, so when I do I’ll post an announcement here for anyone interested!
Congratulations!! I am so happy for you guys! What an exciting news! My husband, John and I are expecting our first as well and I’m 22 weeks pregnant! We’re having a girl! Being pregnant is such a beautiful blessing inspite of all the physical challenges you will face. But what a beautiful gift it is be given the opportunity to care for one of God’s beautiful creations and be called a MOM — God bless to you both !!
22 weeks – so exciting! I’ll have to update Duarte and let him know you guys are going to be parents too. May God bless the rest of your pregnancy, keep you and your daughter healthy and fill you with strength.
HEATHER! This is soo exciting!! I am so happy for you BOTH!
Exciting news Heather, congrats to you & Duarte! All the best
Congrats Heather! Very exciting! I’m hoping for the same soon!
Oh so exciting! The ‘waiting’ period where you think you might be pregnant but you can’t take the home-test yet was the toughest for me. Keep me updated.
Oh my gosh!! Yay! I am so excited for you both!!! You’re gonna be great parents. Sorry it’s been awhile since we caught up, but it’s so good to hear from you AND so good to hear this news! Keep me updated.
How exciting! Congratulations 🙂
Yea! I’m so excited for you guys! Can’t wait to hear all about it on your new blog 🙂
Congratulations Heather! What exciting news! 🙂
Congrats. I remember what it was like being pregnant in Pakistan. Gosh, it was so hard when I had cravings for taco bell. I hope you are feeling well.!