Questions answered...

Along with pregnancy comes a lot of questions. Some are normal and some not so much. Here is the complete guide to these questions and thier answers...
How are you feeling?
I feel well. I've been pretty lucky so far in comparison with some of the horror stories that I've heard about pregnancy. For about a week, I felt like I was going to lose my cookies every second of the day, but that has since passed. Now, all I have to do is avoid food that smells or tastes like anything strong and I have no problem! My diet has consisted of crackers, corn flakes, milk, water, PB&J, and prenatal vitamins. Mmm Mmm, good! I'm sure it will soon pass though.
Will you be able to finish school?
Yes. That isn't a maybe, it's a yes. Ian and I have made the commitment that I will finish school and a plan is in place. After next semester, I'll be a senior and I'll only have 2 semesters left. With all that I've put into my education, its very important to me to finish. Thankfully, I've been working really hard and will most likely have full tuition for those semesters so the finances won't be the burden.
Why did you choose to get pregnant so soon?
Soon is a relative term. Yes, it was only a couple months after we were married when we found out we were expecting a baby, but I'm 20 years old. If you think about it like I've been waiting my whole life to be pregnant, it wasn't so soon; it was 20 years! Ian and I made the decision together. We felt good and right about it, and if it wasn't supposed to happen to us, I don't think it would have.

Now for the weird ones...

Are you happy to be pregnant?
What kind of question is that? You're probably just as shocked that I was actually asked that question, but it wasn't just one person. That's the scary part. The answer: yes. Even if I didn't want to be pregnant, would I really express that to the general population? Absolutely not! Ian and I both feel really blessed to have the trust of our Creator in bringing this life into the world. We're happy and anxious to teach this baby the goodness that life can bring when you do your best in all things.
Were you trying to get pregnant?
What is going through the person's mind who is asking this question? I'm a little tempted to give them a lesson on how babies are made. What are they really asking? Is this baby an accident? No. Any adult with a brain understands the consequences of thier actions. I fully understood that pregnancy was a possibility.
Now, to more fully answer the question I can tell you this: I wansn't trying to prevent a pregnancy, but I wasn't tracking my body temperature, my cycle and all those other things that people do when they're trying to get pregnant. I guess by the grace of God, or the luck of the draw, it just happened.
What do you want?
The question is asked just like this, word for word. I assume what they're asking is what I want the gender to be. If I look at it just the way it is though, it's much funnier to say that I want a baby. Maybe to be really funny I could say we want an alligator. I am from Florida afterall. Then again, Ian is from California, and he might want an ocean for surfing. That would be weird. It would be really cool if we could have a money tree! Of course, I've been known to kill any plant that is placed under my care, so maybe I'm not ready for that kind of responsibility.
As for the gender of our baby, I'd just like a healthy baby. I want my baby to be happy no matter what because I know that we will love it, no matter what.