Drawing

Soon after I announced to my students that I was pregnant, one of my kindergartners drew this picture of me with the baby in my tummy.  

First Teacher

This pregnancy is different than my last because I have a toddler at home, who has her own adorable and funny things to say about mommy being pregnant. I am still a teacher and though she is my daughter, I am her teacher too, because a parent is a child's first teacher.

A Week Ahead

At my 8 week appointment the ultra sound showed the baby was 8 weeks and 6 days old.  Almost 9 weeks along!  That's further ahead than I had originally thought. . . a very good sign :-)

I'm pregnant!

I had to leave school early for my 8 week appointment.  I told my kindergartners that I would be leaving a little early so I could go to a doctor's appointment, but I was okay.  I told them another teacher would be coming in to be with them until school got out.  Many of the boys were excited that a "boy teacher" would be there. As I left many of the students came up to me and gave me hugs.  I couldn't move, so many of them were surrounding me.  I wanted to tell them, I'm having a baby!  This is a check up for the baby.  But I didn't know if was a viable pregnancy (though it sure felt like one), so I didn't say anything.  I just told them that I needed to go or I'd be late for my appointment.  

A parent was volunteering in my classroom when I left.  She sent me an email and told me one of my little boys cried the whole time I was gone because he missed me.  

What Are You Doing?

When I was just a few days shy of being 8 weeks a kindergartner came up to me and began pressing on my stomach.  I looked at him, pulled his hand away, and said, "What are you doing?"  He couldn't explain his actions.  I didn't think I was showing that much!  I was at the point that only I could really tell I was getting "fat."  Like I said earlier, most of my clothes still fit me and it wasn't like I was in the best shape before I was pregnant, I did not have a flat stomach to begin with.  

Getting Bigger

Somewhere around my 6th or 7th week I began to feel like I was getting fat.  Another good sign, right?  My clothes still fit, I just felt like I had a little belly.  I thought I was beginning to show earlier than I did in my last viable pregnancy.  Perhaps it is because I had been pregnant before.  But then I thought, what if I was having twins!  Oh, the crazy things I kept thinking during that first trimester.  At least I knew all the emotions meant I was really pregnant this time!

Anticipation

Due to the fact I have had so many miscarriages, and being at a new school, I was extremely hesitant to tell anyone that I was pregnant.  I decided to wait until after winter break to let everyone know.  By that time I will be well into my 2nd trimester (15 weeks to be exact).  I decided that first I would tell my students, then I would announce it on my class website.

Be looking for more adorable things kids say when a teacher gets pregnant!