The 1st trimester - Thats err, definitely a line!
As I mentioned I'll break down the 1st trimester into sections and then try to get up to present day so I can start giving you a blow by blow account of the 2nd trimester as it happens (already a couple of weeks into it so need to get cracking!). I'll begin by reliving the moment we found out we were going to have a young whipper snapper.
It was a sunny night, I remember not because we stared into the sunset holding our little pregnancy test kit having just been delievered the good news, no I remember because I had sweat streaming down me like rain down a window having just played 5 a side at Portobello for an hour!
Anyway, Sarah brought up a small cup in which to place her sample and I waited in the bedroom, heart thumping. She came back into the bedroom with the sloshing contents and I thanked the lord I could not smell. No such luck for her, urine and sweat - nice. We placed the test kit in the sample and 5 seconds later its confirmed. There you go, you're having a kid! We sat for about 15 minutes just staring at each other. We laughed, she cried, I laughed, we floated down stairs and then just sat in a trance like state.
My first words at this magical time were "I need a drink, do you....DOH!"....
I dont think I will ever match the experience of seeing that line appear, well perhaps the birth etc will beat it, but as experiences go it will be in my top 10 when I look back on life.
We did decide to try and work out when the child was concieved, dont worry, no details will be shared - we're friends but this aint that type of site! If we were inclined to name the baby after where it was concieved in a Beckham-esque manner this was quickly ruled out. "Half time during the highlights of Brazil vs Ghana in the World Cup whilst staying at your parents house in Musselburgh whilst they were sunning themselves in the Dominican Republic" does not roll off the tongue! Apparently other suggestions I made such as "Alan Hansen Gent" or "Gary Lineker Gent" after the witnesses to the act were not going to be candidates either. Given Brazil were on I had thought "Pele" might be suitable, but given the adverts he is famous for doing I thought perhaps it would be too ironic.
There is no doubt looking down and seeing a line appear, realising you are about to enter the 2nd half of your life (its the way I think of it) and contemplating the coming years is overwhelming. For me it was a million thoughts and feelings rolled into one. Excitement, nerves, elation, contemplation - you just cant describe it. Its the excitement about bringing up a child, starting your own family mixed with "Oh my god, I struggle to tie my own shoe laces...as for long division, how am I meant to help with that!!".
At least thats how it was for me........
Comments
Did you find the first trimester was over in a flash? Not least because the first couple of weeks there's nothing doing, then you actually find out about half way through it!
Posted by: Lee ? | September 23, 2006 5:59 PM
The 1st was over very quickly indeed - find out, hide it, have scan! Loved every minute of it..will see just how the 2nd trimester goes. Between thinking about nurseries, holidays to Sweden, my sisters wedding etc I think we'll be staring the 3rd in the face before we know it.
Posted by: ChrisGent | September 24, 2006 10:58 AM