{"id":4649,"date":"2011-03-16T07:47:48","date_gmt":"2011-03-16T11:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/2011\/03\/16\/baby-d-the-facts\/"},"modified":"2021-02-13T12:50:04","modified_gmt":"2021-02-13T17:50:04","slug":"baby-d-the-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/baby-d-the-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby D. &ndash; The Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>I am so overwhelmed by all the love from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/2011\/03\/15\/my-best-recipe-yet\/\">yesterday<\/a>! Each and every one of your comments, tweets, emails, texts, etc just melted my heart.&nbsp; Thank you so much for your kind words, excitement and well wishes- they mean the world to me!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2026and <em>phew<\/em>, am I glad the news is OUT! Do you know how hard it is to blog about healthy living with all I wanted for a few weeks were bagels and cream cheese and the thought of broccoli made me want to gag? It\u2019s hard \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>The blog won\u2019t turn into all baby talk \u2013 <em>promise<\/em>! \u2013 but this week may be dedicated to some of the changes that have happened lately, but first, let me answer the most asked questions\u2026<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>How far along are you?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>As of yesterday, I am 15 weeks pregnant with Baby D (Baby Dixon).&nbsp; We had a doctor appointment yesterday and heard the heard pounding away at 144 beats per minute.&nbsp; It\u2019s the sweetest sound I\u2019ll ever hear.<\/p>\n<p>This puts my due date at <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>September 6<\/strong><\/span>.&nbsp; Whew- summer is going to be a hot one!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/PhotoMar1674057AM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: 0px;\" title=\"Photo Mar 16, 7 40 57 AM\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/PhotoMar1674057AM_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Photo Mar 16, 7 40 57 AM\" width=\"300\" height=\"395\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Where you trying?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This little guy or girl was a wonderful surprise! So in short, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">no<\/span>, we were not actively trying.&nbsp; In fact, we had just decided to wait one more year before giving it a go, but God had other plans.&nbsp; We always knew we wanted kids, and once I finally believed the pregnancy tests (which took a loooong time), we couldn\u2019t be more excited!<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>When did you find out?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I have been keeping Baby D a secret for <span style=\"color: #0000a0;\">THREE MONTHS<\/span>! I found out on December 29.&nbsp; Why did I test?&nbsp; Looking back, I\u2019m not quite sure.&nbsp; I just kept feeling extremely tired- even in the middle of the day- which is unlike my usual, energetic self.&nbsp; I\u2019ll tell the whole story on another post \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMG_7547.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: 0px;\" title=\"IMG_7547\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMG_7547_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7547\" width=\"470\" height=\"320\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Do you know if Baby D is a he or she?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No, we don\u2019t know yet, though I\u2019ve been feeling boy all along.&nbsp; We will be finding out in three weeks, however, we plan to keep it a secret until he\/she is born\u2026 wish me luck! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>*************************************<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m just so excited about it all, that this week will be baby week on the blog! I\u2019ll fill you in about the changes in eating and exercising I\u2019ve experienced (<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>it\u2019s been wacky<\/strong><\/span>!), and tell you the story of the day I found out I was pregnant, too.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you again SO MUCH for all your kind words and support\u2026 what an adventure!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Any other pregnancy\/baby questions you\u2019d like me to answer?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am so overwhelmed by all the love from yesterday! 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