Starting to Feel It

So after going from "100% sure I wasn't pregnant because I think would FEEL it" I am now "100% sure I am pregnant because I DO feel it". It's crazy how a couple of days can change everything.

I started feeling a little sick in the mornings, but no throwing up. That quickly changed to "throwing up" in the mornings. That quickly changed to "throwing up all the time". Add being bloated, feeling "fluish without the flu", and food aversions... I officially "feel pregnant."

I'm also feeling like a huge ball of nerves. "Is that normal? Is this normal? Uh oh, Is that normal??" I don't think I've done as much "research" as this since college. I'm constantly looking things up online, reading the message boards, etc. Thank goodness for the "What to Expect When You're Expecting" book given to me by our neighbors Emily & Ted (thanks guys!!). That book covers everything- literally.

I'm still feeling very, very anxious for my first doctor appointment though (which after all of my "research" I have learned is a very "normal" feeling for moms-to-be). My first appointment with my OB-GYN, Dr. Biter (thanks for the referral Gulam and Dorota!!) is July 7th. Two weeks away!! I'm not sure if my nerves can hold up that long...

Happy Birthday Grandma

So the day we find out we're pregnant just happens to be Diane's birthday. Once the initial shock wore off (happy shock, but still shock) we decided to surprise Dustin's parents with the news. We drove over to their house ("just happened to be in the neighborhood"= lie) to give Diane her birthday card. In the card Dustin wrote "Happy Birthday Grandma". It was so hard for me not to blurb out the news the minute we walked in the door, but we agreed that we would tell them with the card.

Fred immediately offers drinks as we walk in (always so hospitable)....
"No thank you." I say.
"Oh come on" he says. "Have just one."
"No, I'm fine"
"Not even just one for Diane's birthday??"
"Ummm.... maybe a ginger ale. Uh, that sounds good."

So we all settle on a round of ginger ales. He must have thought something was up because we rarely pass up a celebratory drink!

Diane, on the other hand, had no idea. She opens the card. Reads it. Laughs. And politely closes it and hugs both of us.

"Mom" Dustin says "Don't you get it?"
"Yeah I get it- I'm old" she says
"Mom?!?"
"I get it- I'm a grandma! I'm old!!"
"I don't think you get it mom"

She looks at me confused. I pat my belly. And then the light bulb goes off.

She says "you are??" And Dustin screams "we're having a baby!!" Everyone starts hugging and crying over the good news!

An unforgettable birthday :-)

I think we're........ PREGNANT!

So I'm 4 days late. I think no big deal- must just be from stress. After all I did just host a big girls weekend at the house with Colleen and Sonya. But, Dustin thinks I should take a pregnancy test. "Honey- don't be silly, I would KNOW if I was pregnant". To humor him, I pick up a test while we're at the store getting groceries for dinner (Risotto and white wine.... yummy!)

I decide it's probably best to go ahead and take the test before I open the bottle of wine. I think I was literally peeing on the stick and calling to Dustin in the kitchen to go ahead and open the wine at the same time.... 100% sure that I wasn't pregnant.

The test says it can takes 1-3 minutes to register the results. .0001 seconds later.... "Pregnant". Speechless I walk into the kitchen and show Dustin the results. He's as shocked as I am. "Get in the car dear- I think we need more tests" he says. So we run back to the store- pick up 2 more tests. I run back into the bathroom. Second test- positive. Third test- positive. I can't believe I even had enough pee left for the third test to give a result- much less a positive one!

I call mom.... "Mom, I think I'm pregnant."
"Well sweetie, are you late?"
"Yes"
"Have you taken a test?"
"Three"
"Yep, you're pregnant"