Can I go here? (Intro)

[cipollina]

DF and I got our BFP yesterday morning and couldn't be more excited. We started ttc in February after I stopped the mini-pill and are extremely fortunate to have conceived after only two cycles. Our expected due date is 12/24 which puts us at 3 weeks 4 days. To be honest, I feel like there is so much that could happen over the next few weeks which could change everything, but I'm trying to focus on the positive and maintain that "today I am pregnant." I really want to enjoy these days, weeks, and months as much as possible and be present in all that is happening.

As for me, I'm a preschool teacher in the Boston area and moved here almost 2 years ago to be with DF. He's due to finish his PhD in December and has lived here for 6 years. I'm originally from around Philadelphia, and he's from Italy so physical family support isn't really something we're going to have throughout this time (makes me sad, but thank god for unlimited cell phone minutes and skype). Also, I love cooking all the things, baking gluten-free, and cuddling with my Westie, Luna.

I look forward to getting to know you all, and I'm excited for what lies ahead!

[littlelion]

Welcome and congrats cipollina!

[Becca]

Welcome and congrats!

[babycowbell]

Welcome! Congrats!

[anaberry]

Auguri!!! Di che parte d'italia?!? Welcome and so happy to hear conception was easy for you!

[mrsp121308]

Congratulations and welcome!

[purple]

Welcome, cipollina!

[eristin]

Welcome and congrats! Yay for more teachers!

[hmr11913]

Welcome & Congratulations!

[legalbeagle]

Congrats and welcome! My son (3.5) is currently in preschool and I'm so amazed at how much he is learning and the sheer patience of his teachers! I could NOT do it. Give me a desk job with a computer and lots of alone time any day.

[lastnamewithheld]

congrats and welcome!!

[graychloham]

Congratulations and welcome!

[cipollina]

Thanks everyone!

anaberry, Lui è di Modena. We're skyping with his parents this weekend, and I'm having to practice what I'm going to say since my Italian isn't all that great. Are you Italian, too?

eristin, yay! What do you teach?

legalbeagle, There is no way I could sit at a desk all day! I admire people who can sit and stay focused at a desk job. I'm just as ADD as the little ones I teach. I love moving around and being on the floor with the kiddos (though I have a feeling my view may change in a handful of months, lol).

[anaberry]

cipollina I lived in florence for 8 months and while there studied etnopsicolinguiguistics and art at universita degli studi di firenze.
I am not fully fluent (very choppy) but I can def hold my own in italy. Modena is beautiful!
Super curious as to how you two met?

[lola]

Yay! Welcome!

[cipollina]

cipollina I lived in florence for 8 months and while there studied etnopsicolinguiguistics and art at universita degli studi di firenze.
I am not fully fluent (very choppy) but I can def hold my own in italy. Modena is beautiful!
Super curious as to how you two met?

I love Florence and am super jealous you got to live there! But, seriously, I think almost everywhere in Italy is beautiful.

As for how we met... the tl;dr version is we had mutual friends, but it was a more interesting story than that. My best friend, a lesbian (very important to the story), lived in Boston, and I was up from Philly visiting her. She decided it would be hysterical to take me to a Flannel Takeover - a lesbian night put on by an organization up here in which a huge group of lesbians shows up at a normal bar on a normal night and overruns the place (it's truly an amazing idea). I'm there getting hit on by a very drunk girl, and a friend of my friend saves me. She proceeds to point out her friend (DF), who is about to be grinded upon by 3 guys. She tells me he's super sweet, from Italy, and working on a PhD at MIT, basically perfect. So, I walk over, squeeze my way past the 3 guys, and say "Ya wanna' dance with a straight girl?" We spent the rest of the evening together, and the next day he took me on a 4-hour long walk along the Esplanade where we just talked and connected. I went home the next day but refused to pass up the opportunity to get to know him more. He was perfect and everything I wanted plus some. We talked every day for 3 months and visited each other until we decided I would move to Boston so we could be together full-time. I moved here almost two years ago and the rest is history.

[eristin]

cipollina First grade! Love the little ones, but it's definitely more stressful while pregnant!

[anaberry]

Gotta love Boston's gay community!! Thats a pretty fantastic story!
I met my husband in boston too, except i was the international one... Of course I had to make the first move too... What is it with guys these days
Anyhoo, back to the point: welcome!

[rlb]

cipollina, welcome and congrats!