6 Weeks

No big news or stories to report so far this week.  I’m finally feeling sick, however it’s not pregnancy related.  I’m fighting a cold that started Saturday afternoon.  It’s weird because I cannot drown myself in cold meds like I might normally do.  I’m staying hydrated and taking meds that are safe for me and baby. 

Thursday update...
I took myself to the doctor Tuesday afternoon and he said my lungs sounded good and my throat looked fine, so as I excepted, just a bad cold.  I took Wednesday off from work and stayed home to rest.  I still have the horrible cough and a runny, red, raw nose. Awesome :) I am looking forward to resting all weekend and watching the superbowl commercials.

Thank you for all the sweet cards I've received in the mail.

Sunday update....
It's official- the morning sickness is here.  Whoever called it morning sickness is sick and demented.  I wish it was only in the morning, reality is that is it morning, noon, and night.  Awesome :)

5 Weeks

We really wanted to call Joe's family immediately, but we decided to make a trip to Swansboro the next weekend to break the news to them in person.  It's fun to see people's expressions in real life. We told Joe's mom that same way as GG and she too didn't know what it was at first.  We made her put on her glasses so she could read what the test said.  She and Ed were both over the moon.  Mark was there with us so he immediately called Mary and I shared the news with her.   I was dreading telling Nicki and Jeff because our due date is right around the time of their wedding, but they are both so wonderful that they were very happy for us and understanding about me not being able to be at the wedding and the possibility of Joe not being able to attend.  I won't get an official due date until I go to the doctor for my 8 week appointment, February 15th and from what I hear your due date can fluctuate each time you go to the doctor, so we'll see.

I discovered this week I cannot stand the smell of cooked broccoli.  I was in a meeting Monday afternoon and someone was eating a broccoli and cheese hot pocket.  I wanted to take it from him and shove it down his throat to get rid of the smell. Gross!!!

Other than the broccoli smell, I am still feeling great, just beginning to feel more and more tired each day.

4 Weeks- We're preggers :)

With the new modern tests out today women can find out very early into their pregnancy if they are pregnant.  I've taken many tests in the past couple months to know what a negative result looks like. So,  when I saw the faintest of faint lines I knew something was different about this test.  Of course like most women I immediately took another one to confirm what I thought I saw.  The next couple of hours before Joe got home from work (I was home because of snow) felt like an eternity.  As soon as he walked in the door I made him look at the tests.  We put them under the light and squinted until we we felt crosseyed.
I was still unsure what this line really meant, so I emailed Meghan, a good friend of mine in Ohio, because she recently had a baby and had taken many pregnancy tests.  She immediately called me out and said "you're knocked up girl."  Her advise was to get a digital test because there really was no guessing with these.  They read "pregnant" or "not pregnant"!  Pretty straight forward. Friday night I went out and bought the test and waited until Saturday morning. I woke up early Saturday morning and as you can see from the picture below we were definantly preggers.  When I showed Joe the test I think the first thing he said was, "what time is it?"  Understandable considering it was around 6:00 am.  Once his eyes adjusted to the light he was able to read the test.  Obviously neither one of us could go back to sleep after that. 

That was such an exciting day because we drove to my parents house, now known as GG and Pop Pop, to tell them the news.  I bought my mom  a "brag book" and put the picture of the pregnancy test inside. She didn't quite know what it was, but once I told her she was exstatic as was my dad.  Later we drove to Grammy's house to tell her and we called Courtney on the way home.  I think Courtney might still be crying about the news.  It just so happened that we were going to Charlotte that night for my friend's 30th birthday party, so we were able to see Alex and Dre' Saturday evening to tell them.  We had a nice brunch with them Sunday morning to give them more details.

Monday was MLK day, so I was off work which was perfect for me to be able to go to the doctor for blood work.  The doctor said my hormone levels were great and they didn't see any reason to worry and not come in before the traditional eight week appointment.  That was a great feeling, but it is still a scary time of development. At this point I still felt great and could only hope for the best and take care of myself and our little one.