Pregnant During a Pandemic

I'm not usually a panicky person. I'm still not a panicky person. I usually have a tendency to see things as a bunch of hype and get highly annoyed with people who re-post of a bunch of fear-mongering, uninformed clap trap on social media. In times like these, I go on unfriending campaigns because ain't nobody got time for that.

But I have now come to the realization that this is not media hype, and that I should take it seriously. Where I am, schools have closed down, my institution and my husband's institution are moving to online instruction. Our son's daycare hasn't closed down yet, but thankfully since we'll both be working remotely, we won't have to worry about childcare if it does. I haven't yet decided whether we'll just keep him at home with us regardless. (One super con: It's hard to get things done with a 2-year-old running around).

I refuse to live in fear, so I am not having a full-on freak out session, but it is hard to not let my mind wander and imagine post-apocalyptic situations (cue images of empty shelves at the grocery store and such like) and have fleeting thoughts of not being able to protect my children from the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.

It's weird to say children, but considering that I am presently with child...(which is also weird to say, lol).

Sigh...anyway, we're staying home from church for the next few weeks. I know lots of sanctified folks might consider this decision a "lack of faith" or whatever, but look, while it's true that the Lord has not given us the spirit of fear, he has given us common sense. For goodness sake.

So, here we are. Scrambling to shift my classes online and trying to fight both a sense of encroaching isolation and inertia. It is going to be all good, but I'm going to be honest: it's times like these sometimes makes me question why I wanted to bring another human into the world.

Sweet Pea Is a Lot Bigger Than a Sweet Pea

Our sweet pea at 12 weeks

So, as you can see, Sweet Pea is getting big! I'm starting to show a little bit. This picture is just amazing to me. You can see the features of the baby's face! I told my students about the pregnancy this week. Didn't want them thinking I was eating too many Oreos. I could be wrong, of course, but I have a feeling this little sweet pea is a girl. We have names picked out either way. We'll find out in about a month.