Thursday, March 25, 2010

How is it that morning sickness seems to occur at all times EXCEPT the morning? Ridiculous. My only advice is to keep something in your stomach AT ALL TIMES!

5 Weeks

I'm going to try to at least update this once a week, but I'll probably be updating more often. My friend who is pregnant with her first said I should start taking pictures of my stomach so I can see the changes. I'm not sure I'm quite ready to do that as right now it would look like I'm a little pregnant...at 5 weeks. I'm a little over where I want to be so I think I might wait until I can see a distinct change in my waistline and THEN let you all in on what I look like:-) We'll see.

So, I took my measurements today. Weight: 135.2 Waist (at bellybutton): 34 in.

So far so good! I still feel like this is surreal and I'm trying to keep a lid on it until I reach the end of the first trimester...or at LEAST until I've been to the doctor!! I haven't even been to the first doctor's appt. yet! A week from Tuesday...it will be here soon:-P

Same symptoms...maybe a little more obvious than before. We had a day off yesterday due to the snow and I just about literally spent the whole day on the couch, I was so tired. I don't know if I would say I've had any morning sickness, but whereas I used to be able to eat anything at any time...now I feel like I have times where NOTHING sounds good. I don't feel icky or anything, but I just don't feel like eating which is WEIRD for me. I noticed the last few days that I have just the tiniest bit of spotting after exercise...so far I've only noticed it after doing the elliptical so I think I'm going to start just walking and see if it goes away.

Ugh...so maybe I lied...I feel a little icky right now so I think I'm going to lay down before I have to get ready for work!

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Worrywart

My good friend who is about 9 weeks away from her due date told me awhile back that the moment she became pregnant, she started worrying about EVERYTHING. I remember thinking, when I finally get pregnant, I'll be so happy I'm pregnant I won't be worrying about anything!

Yeah, right.

So, I'm about 4.5 weeks pregnant and I'm already fretting about every little twinge in my belly, every little symptom. I even worried because I haven't really had much in the way of morning sickness and I thought...this must mean something's wrong!

After visiting about 5 different websites on morning sickness, I found out (for those who might be interested) that while some studies have shown there is a higher rate of lack of pregnancy symptoms with those who end up miscarrying than those who carry through, it is not uncommon to not experience much morning sickness. Plus, I HAVE felt some slight queasiness...at least during the work week when I don't eat as frequently. We'll see how this week goes on that front.

Oh, and did I mention that I'm only 4.5 weeks in? So...I could definitely be in for some unhappiness down the line...we'll hope for not:-P

All in all, I'm going to have a hard time being excited until I get past the first trimester...June 1 is my goal line. Well, maybe we'll get excited before then. I think that first doctor's appointment in 2 weeks will really help to ease my mind. Keep your fingers crossed!

Friday, March 19, 2010

Bring it On!

Well, it seems the wait is over. At least, we hope it's over. There's a long way to go, but I'm very positive.

Yesterday, I took probably the 15th pregnancy test since I went off the pill and much to my surprise (or not so much...I had suspicions) it was positive! I took a second one this morning which confirmed the results from last night.

I've decided to chronicle the journey of pregnancy into motherhood through a blog as opposed to posting every inane detail on Facebook. My own experience of having to see everybody ELSE'S pregnancy updates for 7 months while I continued to not get pregnant was difficult to say the least...and it didn't even really take me that long to GET pregnant. But, combine pics of pregnant bellies, yet another negative pregnancy test, and all of those lovely hormones and you get one big ole basket case.

Best I can tell, I'm only 4 weeks along at this point. It's been 8 weeks since the start of my last period which is when they SAY to count from...but I don't think the 'magic' was really happening until the last 4 weeks so I'm going to go with that for now. I have my first doctors appt. April 6th so we'll see what she says then. I have to wait 2 1/2 weeks!! Waiting is tough...but I guess there's going to be a lot of that coming up so I might as well sit back and relax.

My first indication that something might be up was this past Monday when I was talking to a friend and the whole time I kept thinking about caesar salad. I was practically salivating! I don't even order caesar salad when it's an option so I was surprised by the craving. I have felt nauseous, but nothing severe...hopefully that's all it will be. Off and on I've had a little indigestion, but again...nothing big. The biggest thing I've noticed has been sore boobs...it was slight earlier this week, but as of yesterday, it's been more obvious. Spotting over the weekend...none since then which is good.

I'm still a little surreal about all this. It has been my constant thought since I went off the pill back in July...getting pregnant, that is. I have tried to not let it dominate my feelings, but it has been very difficult (not to mention the change in hormones after being off the pill). Now that I see that 'pregnant' logo on the stick...I don't know, it's like I'm trying not to get too excited too soon...I'll feel much better once I get past the first trimester (end of May).

Well, that's it for now. Probably falls in the TMI category, but oh well. Just pretend you didn't read it:-P More later!