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Our baby was born a month early on 11/28/19 in Seattle, Washington.

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We’re Pregnant!

Really, it’s just me, but I don’t want my partner to feel left out and he’s the reason we have this blessing anyway.

I found out that I am pregnant last week on, Thursday, April 18th, 2019. My expected due date is Saturday, December 21st, 2019.

I’ve absolutely had my share of baby fever over the past couple of years and have been blessed to not experience this miracle with anyone other than my life partner Tyquan.

We’ve been friends online for years, met, and started dating around this time last year.

Shortly after, we moved to Cali so he could begin his new career at Apple in Cupertino. I came to visit and help him settle and ended up staying. I got a job as a Nanny for a biracial family in Mountain View. Then we got an apartment together in San Jose. 

I was responsible for looking after a darling little boy named Kierce. He was 2 at the time and recently just celebrated his 3rd birthday!

Unexpectedly, the family moved on to Kansas City and the mom helped me land a job at top tier production company.

So now, I’m the office manager and potentially may be production support at some point.

Fast-forward 3 months and I’ve missed my first period ever, since 13! There were so many times in the past that I thought I was pregnant and was disappointed to learn the opposite when I got my period. So this time when I took my first pregnancy test a couple of days after missing my period I wasn’t confident that the 2 lines I was looking at were official. One was kind of pale, which I think I can attribute to it not being my first pee of the day. (My hormone levels weren’t that high or something.) I took a digital test the next day and it said plainly and clearly “yes +.” I could barely contain my excitement and awkwardly shared the news with my partner. We hugged and talked and now spend time daydreaming and planning for how things are going to go if and when our little one makes it through this journey and into our life here on the outside.

I’ve been sure to stay grounded and not count my little chicken. We’re going to wait until the 2nd trimester before telling family and friends. (Although my mom pretty much knows because I asked her about my sketchy first test. It hasn’t been confirmed though.)

I decided to start this blog so that I could vent, keep track of my weight and diet, and have a safe place to gather and share new information as it becomes available.

I’m also looking forward to connecting with other expecting parents, all women, black women, queer women, men, everyone.

I want to have a safe, healthy, and happy pregnancy experience.