 Hi everybody, Andrea here. So I'm just gonna cut right down to the chase. You saw the title. You saw the thumbnail I am pregnant and we couldn't wait to share it with everybody. So this is more of a personal Is it a V-log whatever people call those things, but I'm a dental hygienist I'm a mobile dental hygienist if you follow me on YouTube. You're either a dental professional You're a dental hygiene student a dental assisting student or maybe you're even a patient of mine But this is more a personal V-log so anybody can watch it I'm sure people will be watching this who just want to learn about the first trimester and Pregnancy because let me tell you as soon as I became pregnant I was on YouTube right away typing in things like first trimester or how did I know I was pregnant? So I've been watching some amazing youtubers that are going through the experience as well And they're telling me the baby essentials like what you should put on your baby registry and all of that has just been so helpful So I wanted to do something similar and I thought it would be cool to have it on video So I can look at these videos ten years down the road I can show my future child ten years down the road how I felt when my child was in my tummy So that's pretty cool, right? So if you are still watching this then you want to know more about it So I am almost 39 years old I did not think I'd be having my own children not because I didn't want any children but I just didn't meet the right guy to have children with and I met the love of my life two years ago and he already has two children So his oldest is almost 16 So I couldn't blame him if he said to me. I don't want any more kids You know, but he just didn't think that was going to be in the cards for him So we wanted to kind of see how things went. I had never lived with kids before They're my first step kids, you know that kind of thing, right? But then lo and behold we did decide to have our own child and I am almost 39 So I'm not in my 20s. I'm considered old for having a baby So what the doctors say is it's probably gonna take you at least a year to get pregnant So like no rush. Don't don't stress Don't worry about it. And the thing about us is we both said we're not going to stress about it If it doesn't happen, it doesn't happen the natural way. That's okay IVF all of those other things you could do. I personally wasn't interested in Anything else. I just figured hey, we'll give it a shot if it doesn't work. Don't worry So we got pregnant after two months of trying. That's it and I'm shocked. I truly am I thought it would take at least a year like we didn't plan for this I guess, you know, like we built our our house. We just moved into our new home August of this year and we don't have enough bedrooms But the great thing is is see this office here You guys this office is going to become Aidan's room My stepson and then the baby is going to be upstairs So we have three bedrooms upstairs the two kids and our master and then we both have offices down here So we're just going to do a little switch My office desk and everything is going to move into Adrian's office now because it's bigger So it's all working out. I can share all of that in another video, but it's all working out Now in case you want to know how did I tell Adrian? So I basically left those three Pregnancy test strips. I'll have to show you guys. I don't have it in don't have it with me I didn't think about that but I can show you in the next video, but he saw them and he didn't know what they were like They aren't those normal Pregnancy tests that everybody sees they were just strips. I'm a dental hygienist So actually I have things that look like that for sterilizing that test the sterilizer so he saw them and he's just like oh you had left your Dental stuff over here and I couldn't stop laughing because that wasn't what I expected his reaction to be I expected him to look at those strips and go. Oh my god. Are you pregnant? But he looks at them and he's like, what are these? Oh you had left your dental stuff over here So I couldn't stop laughing and he's like why what's so funny? Why are you laughing and I was laughing so hard I couldn't even get the words out So when I finally could I said to him, do you not know what those are? I think I'm pregnant and then he's like oh my goodness. So it was hilarious. It was really funny I did the test I did it three times. It said I was pregnant now The reason why I did the test was really just kind of out of a fluke I wasn't feeling very well just like general sickness symptoms. I just thought I wasn't feeling well I did actually hurt my neck the day before so I thought I wasn't feeling well because of my neck But then I was sick in the morning and I'm not one to throw up So I was sick in the morning again didn't think for a second that I was pregnant But I figured hey, you know what I have nothing better to do Let's take one of those pregnancy tests because I had like a bulk of like 50 from Amazon I can leave the link for you guys down below for those tests like they're such a good price They're in bulk so you don't have to worry about paying for those expensive tests, but anyways So I just took it. I went to go dye my hair like box dye. That's it because it's fall I kind of like to go a little bit darker and then I like to get highlights by my amazing hair stylist So I was dying my hair. I like took the test got in the shower got out of the shower Like I wasn't even gonna look at it. I just kind of walked by and I did like a double take like There's two lines So that was pretty cool, but I still didn't believe it So I took another test a couple hours later The same thing and then I took another one the next day and then I'm like, okay I might be but with my age and how long I wanted children for I'm kind of nervous like if something gonna happen, but we're gonna just take it as is and be positive, right? So do you want to know how we told the kids? So they came over because we have the kids every other week So when they came over we really like those charcuterie boards So we made one of those for dinner. I think it was lunch actually and then we had rolled up a piece of paper Oh, which I do have actually I can show you guys that we rolled up two little pieces of paper One said Andrea's and then the next one says pregnant. So each kid Aiden and Ajax What we're able to unroll one of these and they read it out loud And that's how they found out and they were extremely excited. So that was perfect And then of course one of the first questions was where are we where's the baby gonna go? Where are we gonna sleep? So and then we had handled that but it went really really well They were super excited because you know why we did prepare them ahead of time We talked to them about it maybe six months ago saying well, how do you feel if we had a baby? We don't know if it's gonna happen, but we're we're talking about it Like how do you guys feel about that? Do you have any questions and they were very excited keep in mind? They're almost 16 and 14 so They are older and they're very mature about things so that was really really great and then Why we couldn't wait so I still haven't had my first doctor's appointment. I suspect I'm three weeks along just because of when my last period was I'm three or four weeks along That's what I suspect So it's quite early to tell people people say doctor, you know, just people say I don't even think doctors say But people say you should really wait three months before telling people but we're just so excited We couldn't wait It's so hard to keep this secret and they say that because anything can happen within the first three months Anything can happen anytime, but when within those first three months There's so much that can go wrong that the baby might not you know, it might not work out Let's put it that way, but enough thinking negative. Let's think positive But we're just so excited. We couldn't wait to tell people and I would like to normalize it like we shouldn't have to hold This in for three months if anything happens you guys We'll all talk about it and I'll have amazing support, but I'm a big believer in thinking positive So we told our families first of course and then we decided to post on social media now I'm doing this YouTube video So if you want to follow along with me I am going to be doing more videos like this probably once a month at least Just to kind of recap everything and I hope you guys enjoy it and somebody will enjoy these personal videos Just as I've enjoyed somebody else's like personal baby videos where they're talking about pregnancy where they're talking about all of it I've been really having so much fun listening to these YouTube videos Last but not least Do you guys want to know my symptoms? So the only symptoms I've been having so far is cramps Like period cramps. I've been bloated. That's been insane Like bloating is insane, but it seems to be better now that I'm further along like I was bloated the first week I was bloated. No, it was mainly the first week and then I wasn't so bad But I haven't even had my doctor's test yet So I don't know how far along I am just to remind you guys and I was sick one time I had a matcha latte and got like really sick. So maybe it was the matcha latte. I don't know And my chest has really hurt. So that's the truth and all of those things I don't normally have so that's what kind of made me take that pregnancy test So and apparently those are one of the first symptoms is your chest hurting Period like cramps and bloating and I have them all so I take this as a really good sign Is that silly but I take this as a really good sign. So you guys I'm curious I know it's too early for this but comment below. Do you think I'm gonna have a boy or a girl? What do you guys think? Let me know I would love to hear your thoughts and I hope you guys enjoy this I'm gonna keep doing it. If not for other people it's gonna be for me where I get to watch this in the future and Let me know if you guys have any questions comment below I would love to hear especially if you're one of those people who are almost 40 and pregnant I would love to hear because I'm 39 and pregnant and it's the best thing ever We're so excited definitely follow me on Facebook if you want to because that's where I'm posting some pictures And on Instagram too. So thank you guys for watching and I'll see you in the next one