Since we saw and heard the rapid heartbeat of our Butter Bean, most of our fears were set aside. I was still nauseous off and on all day and, with some quick snacks to help curb the wave, the nausea would subside. We decided it was time to let the cat out of bag ... or at least let people know that we were going to be a family. Most of our closest friends already knew as we wanted to have a support system should something awful occur. But, I hadn't let my team in on the secret yet and Brian still needed to let his team know at work. Brian let his team know on Wednesday and they were all very excited for him. I let my management peers know one by one over the course of Thursday and Friday, and let my team of insurance agents know on Thursday night when we had a team get-together. Everyone was very happy for us and started asked all sorts of questions ... when did you find out? How far along are you? When are you due? Are you going to find out if it's a boy or a girl? Do you have names picked out yet? Since I also told everyone we were getting married on October 8th (oh - I set the date), I didn't get the, "Are you getting married," question which was a bit of a relief.
On Saturday, we made everything "Facebook Official." As they say, it ain't official unless it's on Facebook! Brian and I updated our profile pictures to the ultrasound picture of the Bean and got a lot of congrats from people we've known for years. I have to say, having Facebook is sometimes the easiest way to move information from one person to another!
After about Sunday, the excitement of letting everyone know we were pregnant started to wear down. On Monday at work, I kid you not, I was asked eight times in two hours, "How are you feeling?" And, it was asked with a little side-cocked head and true good intentions. I kept answering that I felt fine, just a little tired. I went to one of my old bosses, a female, and said, "You know, I know that people are genuinely interested and that they care, and that is amazing. But it's quite unnerving to have so many people switch their daily, 'Hey, how're ya doin,' with a huge smile to the cocked head, inquisiting, 'How're you feeling?' I mean, do they really want to know that I've felt nauseaus off and on all week and that I have to get up and walk around because it helps me to stay awake." She just smiled, looked at me, and said, "I forgot about all that!" We had a good laugh over that one ... until I got back to my desk and a friend sent an IM asking, "How are you feeling?" Let the questions begin!
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