First Time Mommy

I always knew that I wanted to be a mom. I was the child who had the baby dolls and dreamed of doing the things that moms do. Strolling the baby around, feeding the baby, rocking and swaying with the baby. It surprises me now, as an adult, that I did have such an urge to become a mother as I certainly didn’t have the cookie cutter upbringing that would lead me to believe that we all live happily ever after and that our mothers are always there for us. I only saw my own mother occasionally in the summertime.

Still, I knew that motherhood was for me. I knew that I wanted to marry young, and have babies right away. They say life never turns out like you expect, but in this case it did. I met my husband when I was 16 years old. We were married by the time I was 21. 1.5 months later, I discovered I was pregnant!

This discovery took a little while to get to. I *knew* something was different with my body, I just never suspected that this was it. Just to be on the safe side, I bought a home pregnancy test-it was negative! I thought I had made much ado about nothing and thought nothing else of it, putting the 2nd test that came free in the package away. Fast forward 2 weeks later…still “late”! I was about to get in the shower when all of a sudden I had the overwhelming urge to take that 2nd test out and make sure. Lo and behold, there was a plus sign. I started at the test for a little while, not daring to believe the result. I read and re-read the test instructions. Yep, still a plus sign. I started to scream/cry/hyperventilate a little bit and ran out to my husband. He was the face of calm I demanded that we go buy some more tests, all 5 of them came back positive! You can’t blame me for being thorough!

I think back to that time and it seems like another life. I am now the mother of a 5 week old and I can’t imagine or relate to that other life where he wasn’t here with me. Where he wasn’t cooing and reaching for me, spitting up on me, and being the best thing that ever happened to anyone in the whole history of the world. Welcome to bloggymommy, welcome to my trials and joys of being a first time mother. Share this year with me and learn with me. Welcome.

If you know someone who’s pregnant here is a link to throw the perfect baby shower!