Pregnancy Updates

Here is a rundown of the last few months!

10/26/10

OMG!!! I’m pregnant! Believe it or not I took the test at work and now I am sitting here crying happy tears and shaking with joy!

I know, who takes a HPT at work. It is weird because these last few days, I have just been TIRED! I seemed to feel a little more hungry lately too. But then again, I thought I was feeling all of this last month too and my HPT came back negative. I ran out of tests at home so I ran to Walgreens on my lunch and couldn’t wait. The other big difference this month is the major breakout on my chin – I had horrible acne when I was pregnant with Luke and it doesn’t look like this time will be any different.

I literally sat in the one-person bathroom in the basement and willed that second line to appear on the stick. I started to see it coming, I willed some more and there it was. It is a light line, but I also took the test in the middle of the day so I will take another one first thing tomorrow morning.

I can’t believe it. We have been trying for 2 months, but it seems like it has been a long 2 months – I guess when you are ready, you are READY! I am thrilled, ecstatic, beyond words excited! I can’t wait to tell Wally…Yippee – summer baby here you come :)

FYI - I wrote the post above as soon as I got back to my desk after taking the pregnancy test!

11/17/10

What’s going on? Well, it’s been kind of a roller coaster. I went from POAS 3 times and getting 3 positives to going to my first doctor’s appointment and not having the ultrasound machine in her office be working (my doctor schedules your appt. around 7-8 weeks based on the first day of your last menstrual cycle and then does an u/s right then and there to confirm everything). So she told me to make an appt. at the hospital for one the following week and to get a Beta test. I did mention to her that my cycle has been off so I may not be as far as long as I thought. So at the ultrasound on the 10th, I measured 5 ½ weeks. Even knowing that I was probably not as far along as I thought (7 ½ weeks), it was still tough to hear that I was only at 5 ½ weeks and that it was too early to see the heartbeat or even a fetal pole. So…my doctor called that Friday with the results and sounded a little concerned or maybe it was just me being paranoid. Maybe she forgot that I told her my cycle was off….she said I needed to have another ultrasound done to be sure there was growth. My u/s is scheduled for tomorrow at 1 PM…I am so hoping for some wonderful news and hope to just be able to move forward with a great pregnancy. I have to say I am feeling all kinds of pregnancy symptoms still. And I have been feeling great! Praying for good news!

11/19/10

UPDATE: Great news! I saw the heartbeat and am measuring at 7 weeks. I met with my doctor today and she said everything looks as it should and my due date is 7/9/11 - a firecracker baby :) I go back in 4 weeks!

11/28/10

We told our immediate families over Thanksgiving. We arrived at my parent's house Wednesday evening. My sisters were both home too. The plan was to put Luke's Big Brother pajamas on him that night and just see everyone's reaction, but who can wait that long??? Apparently I couldn't. We were eating supper and I went up for seconds and said I needed to finish the BBQ because I was eating for two...I basically just blurted it out - ha! Wally said I can't believe you just told like that...I really couldn't help it. Everyone was very excited and of course my mom said she "knew it"! My sister Stacey already knew. I had told her (and my BFF Jes) a few weeks ago because she came to see The Lion King with me and my college girlfriends and I needed both her and Jes to help cover for me since I wouldn't be drinking at dinner but wasn't ready to say anything yet!

We told Wally's family when we were over there on Thanksgiving. Before we ate, we went around the room saying what we were thankful for and at when Wally was done he mentioned that we would need another place setting at next year's Thanksgiving - once again, everyone was just thrilled!!!

We had one more person we wanted to tell over the holiday - my Aunt Kathy. My parents have the Kohr side over on Thanksgiving evening for drinks and dessert, but I just wasn't ready to tell the extended family yet - I am waiting until closer to Christmas. So...Stacey filled a Bud Light bottle with rootbeer for me and I drank that all night LOL After everyone, but Kathy left, I had her try my "beer" and she said "that's rootbeer" and caught on right away :)

I am definitely more paranoid this pregnancy than I was with Luke. I have been hearing this is common and it is just because you know more the second time around. With that being said, we have decided to wait until Christmas to announce the great news to everyone else! But I am still feeling great - just exhausted still.

12/3/10

I am at about 9 weeks now! I am feeling good still, just very, very tired. I have been falling asleep around 8, but then I am wide-awake by 4 somedays....uugghhh. And I have been hungry ALL.THE.TIME. I wasn't fulfilling that hunger very well for awhile, but I am trying to make a bigger effort to eat better. The pants are definitely getting snugger already and the bloat is there for sure! By the end of the day I feel like I could be 20 weeks pregnant sometimes - not a good thing when you still haven't told work! I am planning on telling work around the Christmas holiday along with the rest of the world!

12/17/10

I heard the heartbeat :) All is still good. I am about 11 weeks now. My face is still broken out, but my crazy appetite has finally subsided and I am eating more normally. I finally feel comfortable telling more people! We decided to make our Christmas card our announcement. It has definitely been hard to keep the secret from some people, but I thought the card would be a fun way to let some people know! So...the cards went in the mail immediately following my appointment today.