Second Month Pregnancy Reflection

The hardest thing for me to give up is:
coffee (sort of it makes me feel nauseous right now anyway)

This month I told:
Our family and a few close friends!

They reacted by:
They were all shocked and excited. My mother in law had the best reaction. I thought she was going to explode with joy!

This month at my prenatal visit I learned that:
I got to have my first sono! We got to see and hear the heartbeat! It was amazing!!!!!!!


New pregnancy symptoms I had this month:
"Morning" sickness, or as I like to refer to it as: progesterone "poisoning," Heartburn is kicking into full gear, headaches, bbs are getting more tender.

My hopes:
To hear the little heartbeat this month! To see and know everything is alright!


My fears:
Just terrified at the thought of being a parent! It is overwhelming some days!

"Morning" Sickness aka Progesterone "Poisoning"

So I turned 6 weeks pregnant on July 3rd wasn't feeling too bad and then bam on the 4th I just felt so sick from like 3pm on! The worst part is that weekend we were on a family get away for my sisters birthdays. I wanted to ride rides so bad but instead I just sat on the sidelines watching and feeling sick! And it hasn't stopped. Correction: I DON'T FEEL SICK IN THE MORNING!! I actually am quite starving when I wake up, but an hour or so later I feel terrible. Yesterday I was reading this book "Girlfriends Guide to Pregnancy" (I totally recommend this book it is funny and gives you the "real" scoop on pregnancy from real women...not just what the doctor will tell you!) Anyway she said that they should really call it progesterone poisoning instead of morning sickness...which is I feel is SO TRUE! So that is what I will refer to it as! Anyway I am just ready for this phase to be over with...so perhaps I can enjoy my pregnancy more! I hope our next vacation next week goes better! I am terribly afraid I am going to feel worse!  

Taken at Chad's Mom's Wedding. We had just found out the day before. 

See the little halo behind us?! That's our baby! ;)

6 Week Update

I am SO TIRED!
2008-06-29  (5 weeks)
I am now 5 weeks pregnant as of Thurs and I am exhausted! I haven't had a good nite's sleep for over a week now! Hopefully tonite will be the nite I can sleep like a log and all the way through the nite. I mean b/w listening to a dog snore and having to pee every hour it is a miracle I do get any rest at this point! Anyway we have told all of our family members now and everyone was shocked and very excited! We gave them all picture frames with our due date written on a scrapbook type page! We won't tell the world yet until I have my first "real" doctors appt. sometime at the end of July/early Aug. Plus I will be about 12 weeks by then anyway. Well, this is all I really have for now...to tired to even think or type straight!   

6 Weeks! 2008-07-03  (5 weeks) Well I am 6 weeks pregnant today! I am really lucky that I don't have very many symptoms presenting themselves currently. Mostly just tired and some nausea but that comes and goes and it is never really bad. I am sure that I should be knocking on wood b/c I sure my time is coming! I just hope it waits until after all our vacations this month! Anyway being pregnant has been such an emotional rollercoaster! One minute I am up and excited and the next I am down and terrified something is wrong! All I can do is trust in God that everything will be alright and we will have a strong healthy baby in 34 more weeks! (doesn't sound very long when you put it in weeks!) I can't wait until the end of the month when we go in for our first u/s!! I just want to see and hear our baby's heartbeat and know everything is ok!