Back Tracking a Bit (part 2)

After we told our parents we then told our grandparent & family, but they had to swear to secrecy until we shared the news! Luckily I wasn't sick & only felt nauseous a couple times, so it was a lot easier to keep quiet!

Friday, May 13th- Our First Doctors Appointment

My doctors office wont see you until you are 8 weeks pregnant unless you have had previous issues or have heart trouble. We were very excited about our first visit. To comfirm the pregnancy they also do an ultrasound, unlike most doctors offices. They confirmed they we did indeed have a little one in the works! Twins is common in my family & Justin immediatly asked "How many are there??" The doctor quickly said "Oh, Just One!"

Baby McCowan at 8 weeks 1 day. The heart rate was 169 beats per minute which was great!

A little sibling love <3



We decided we werent going to announce it to the world or make it "Facebook Offical" as we call it until I was 12 weeks (3 months) pregnant.

As most of yall know....Im not a fan of going to the doctor & anything dealing with blood. Well I have quickly gotten over my fear of going to the doctor, but the whole blood issue was still on my mind. At 11 weeks they have to draw blood & run a lot of tests. I usually pass out & fall in the floor (no joke!) when I get my blood drawn, so I was so scared that I was going to pass out this time. Luckily I told my nurse that I was an awful patient when it came to getting my blood drawn. She assured me everything would be ok if I just laid down. Sure enough she was right! So now maybe I am getting over the fear of my blood being drawn! ;)

Thursday, June 9th- 12 weeks along!

Justin & I decided to make it offical & we no longer kept our wonderful news a secret! We posted it on facebook & told anyone & everyone!

A little over 13 weeks along. I notice the "bump" but most people at this point couldnt.

We made lists of names & debated & debated over what "Baby McCowan" was going to be named. We had decided that the day we found out if it was a boy or girl we needed a name besides "Baby McCowan." Justin's only request was if it was a boy it HAD to have the middle name Michael since its his middle name & his dads middle name. I said I could handle that! We finally narrowed it down to 3 boy names & 3 girl names. After saying the names out loud over & over again we were able to come up with 1 boy & 1 girl name.