The First Weeks After We Found Out Andie Was Pregnant

Or, as we like it better, from our tiny beginning to our little raspberry.

When You Know Before You Know

As I explained in a different blog post, we knew early 🤍
Not from tests. Not from symptoms.
Just… a feeling and the fact that Andie was warm – that’s how we knew she was pregnant.

So we didn’t wait long and scheduled the first gynecological check-up. It was very early; so early that Andy didn’t even go into the office. Everything happened fast.

After a thorough examination, the doctor told Andie something both reassuring and slightly surreal:

👉 the pregnancy was very early,
👉 it resulted from a polycystic ovary (less common statistically, but absolutely possible),
👉 and the embryo was still in the process of traveling and implanting into the uterus.

💡 Important medical context (kept simple)
In early pregnancy, fertilization occurs in the fallopian tube, and the embryo then travels toward the uterus, where implantation happens. At this stage, uncertainty is normal, and doctors usually recommend waiting a few weeks before confirming viability.

We were told to return in 3-4 weeks.

Until then:

• take first-trimester supplements,
• live normally,
• try not to overthink.

Easier said than done.

Early Pregnancy Emotions: Excitement, Fear, and Hope

🌱 We walked out of the office with our hearts full.

Yes, we knew the rule:
👉 “Don’t tell anyone before 12 weeks.”

But we made a conscious decision.

We chose to focus on the positive.
Not because we were naive – but because we didn’t want fear to define the beginning of this story.

There’s a saying that fear attracts fear.
We didn’t want that.

So we called our parents.
And we told them.

It was one of those moments you never forget.

Googling Pregnancy (But Not Too Much)

Once we got home, we did what most curious future parents do:
we read 📚

Not obsessively.
Just enough to understand what was happening.

We learned:

• how early pregnancy evolves,
• what to expect week by week,
• how tiny life actually begins.

And somewhere in that process… we gave our baby a name.

From Our Tiny Beginning to Our Little Raspberry

At first, our baby wasn’t “a baby” yet.

It was simply Our Tiny Beginning.

A small spark 🧬
Already working hard to become a human.

That name didn’t last long.

A few weeks later, we read that around 3-4 weeks of pregnancy, the embryo is roughly the size and shape of a raspberry.

And that was it.

🍓 Our Little Raspberry was born.

From that moment on, the pregnancy became personal.
It wasn’t abstract anymore.
It had a name, a presence, a story.

And Our Little Raspberry stayed with us – all the way until birth.
(And honestly… even a little after, when Mike was already very real and very loud.)

Early Pregnancy Felt Like a Quiet Fairy Tale

Looking back, that period feels like a fairy tale.

A quiet one.
No big announcements.
No loud plans.

Just us, learning how to become parents ✨

It was:

• the beginning of our parenting journey,
• Mike’s journey from Our Tiny Beginning to Our Little Raspberry,
• the moment life slowly changed direction.

And the truth is…

That journey didn’t end there.

Growing With Your Child Starts Before Birth

Becoming parents didn’t happen the day Mike was born.

It started much earlier.

With:

• a tiny beginning 💫
• a raspberry-sized miracle
• hope
• curiosity
• and a lot of learning

We’re still on that journey.
And I don’t think it will ever truly end.

That’s the most beautiful part.

We don’t just raise Mike.
We grow with him.

Every single day.

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To protect our family’s privacy, all images on this blog are real-life moments, visually transformed into cartoon-style illustrations using AI. The stories are real. The emotions are real. The people are real. The art style is simply our way of keeping intimacy safe.