In the week since we've learned we were FINALLY pregnant, we've only told Becki, our parents, my brother, 4 of G's sisters and one of his friends. It's been REALLY hard keeping it a secret, but we really don't want to tell anyone anything that we'll have to retract later, so we're at least trying to hold out until after Tuesday anyway. After then, I'll feel a little more assured about this whole pregnancy thing, especially if we see a heartbeat.
As far as symptoms are concerned, I've basically had none. I've been downing water like there's no tomorrow (probably at least 5 bottles a day, if not more), but that's more of a self-imposed thing because I know that I don't normally drink enough. I had some slight cramping earlier in the week (around 4w3d) & the ever-so-slightest peach tinge on the TP the next day, but it was just once & after I downed some water, both went away. I haven't had any morning sickness yet & just the slightest tenderness in my bbs (TMI, I know). I know that this is like a double-edged sword, but I'd almost welcome some morning sickness just to make me feel like I really am pregnant.
Right now, according to "What to Expect When You're Expecting" (WTEWYE), the baby(ies) is now the size of a sesame seed! It has a head & a heart & the extremities are starting to form! According to G, it basically looks like a little shrimp! Click here to read what BabyCenter has to say about the 4w milestone!
My favorite part of being PG so far is having G take such good care of me. Not that he didn't take good care of me before, but it's just the little things, like insisting that I not carry in the groceries or the little hugs and kisses he steals and whispers "mama" in my ear :) LOVE IT! I especially loved when he started reading to our little one(s)...Harry Potter, his favorite!
YAY! Teri, (so sorry I mispelled it last night! eek!) I am pumped about your new blog and can't wait to read all about this awesome journey! YAY!!!
ReplyDeleteMe too! I'll never forget the 9 months I carried Pip - and I'm so glad you're going to blog through your pregnancy. We'll be praying for Tuesday - can't wait to hear how it goes!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you're doing this. You deserve to enjoy it all (even the un-enjoyable things about pregnancy.) I've never been on the infertile side of things, so I didn't want to offer an opinion since I don't understand how hard it can be. I've learned that you can never understand anything until you're put in that same place.
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to more news!
I didn't find out I was pregnant until I was already about 7 or 8 weeks (we never were quite sure when the baby was conceived, it was a very happy surprise!). I didn't start feeling symptoms until about 6 weeks, and then they hit me HARD. I was driving somewhere one night, when I started to get such extreme cramps in my lower back and such a powerful wave of nausea I had to pull over and lay down, and pant for breath. When I got home, I had started spotting, so I figured I was going to start my period. The next day my husband and I ate out at this Mexican restaurant where we both got some mild food poisoning. Nate got better, I just got worse and worse. It was ridiculous, because I stayed sick for like, 2 weeks. All I could keep down was french fries and milkshakes (so of course, that's all I ate for 2 weeks!).
ReplyDeleteAfter 2 whole weeks of feeling incredibly, debilitatingly nauseous all day long, I started googling my symptoms. "Pregnancy" kept coming up, and I kept thinking, it can't be that. That's impossible. We even joked about it, because it seemed so impossible. But it kept niggling in the back of my mind, until finally we went out and bought a pregnancy test. When it was positive, we both stood in the bathroom laughing and crying and holding eachother we were so totally shocked.
The next day, we went down to a free pregnancy clinic, where they gave us an ultrasound to see if the pregnancy was viable, and to sign the paperwork for me to confirm I was pregnant, so I could get some health insurance. I'll never forget when we saw that little heart beating on the screen - we both cried again. It seemed really real then, to actually see the baby's heart. It's so crazy, because the baby has a little heart, that is beating and alive, long before it even has a brain.
I hope you see good things tomorrow (I sure hope it isn't triplets! ;0)
Good luck tomorrow! Can't wait to hear! Love the new blog too, I think this is the perfect compromise :)
ReplyDeleteOh, and my m/s didn't appear until 6wks and was the worst at 9wks!
so glad you are doing this, can't wait to hear as you hit all the milestones!!!!!
ReplyDeleteit's a wonderful miracle and I can't wait to hear all about it.
The heartbeat was my favorite part. My M/S (you rememeber) started at 6weeks and lasted until I delivered 35 weeks later. I understand wanting it to reassured, but I don't wish that on people I like...LOL
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