Chugging along...

Well, things seem to be moving along smoothly. Other than the constant nausea, which I am beginning to get used to, things are going great. I can't say I am enjoying pregnancy yet, but I have a feeling that once the little one starts moving I am going to love it. I can already feel the beginning of the changes in my body - particularly the tightness in my lower abdomen as things expand. There is also some soreness in other areas - but not as much as I expected. At least for now. :) I know that things can change quickly.

I'm a little confused with how far along I am since every website seems to say something different, but I think I'm at eight weeks right now. According to the gestational age on the ultrasound, Monday will be eight weeks. I'm hoping that since that is a little further behind than what everything else says, maybe I will have a small baby! (Please, God?)

My husband has been an absolute prince to me over the last few weeks. He cares so much and always asks me how I'm feeling and if he can do anything for me. It seems like this process is already drawing us closer together. I am so looking forward to the next several months - and I want to take advantage of every opportunity to share it as a couple. I could not ask for a more perfect partner for the journey. I am so thankful for Andy.

It has started...

Morning sickness has officially set in. I don't know who came up with the term "Morning Sickness." Obviously someone who never went through it. They should have called it "Whenever-it-feels-like-it sickness". Morning? Yes. Noon? Yes. Evening? Yes. Middle of the Night? Sometimes. The nausea has woken me up twice so far in the middle of the night. The doctor gave me a pill that is supposed to help keep it at bay since it was sticking with me all day and it has been my friend until today. Today I think my body figured it out!

I spent the last three days at a training class and it's difficult to walk in in twenty minutes late. It's not like I can say "Sorry, everyone.... I just spent the last twenty minutes puking up every last ounce of liquid in my body and then I had to re-do my makeup because it smeared all over my face!" Instead, I just had to slip in quietly and try not to interrupt as all of the women in the class stared at me with knowing glances. Everyone was very sympathetic to my "delicate condition," as one friend termed it, but it's kind of embarrassing.

Most of the moms that I have spoken to have told me that it will be over soon and then I will hardly even remember it. I sure hope so! I can't wait for the fun things - feeling the baby move and seeing him/her in a sonogram (looking like more than a piece of rice!). I hope this yucky part passes quickly and the others take it's place.

First Ultrasound

I had my first ultrasound today. It only confirmed what we have known for a week - and what my body has been confirming for several days - I'm pregnant! Although it still seems surreal in the sense that I can not believe this is happening to us, it really hit home when we heard that little heartbeat today. It is definitely in there and it is definitely ours! In nine months (actually, seven and a half!), we are going to be parents.

I am going to keep this blog as an update site for those of you that really want to know what is going on and how I'm feeling - not just the rosy stuff that I will post on the main blog. This is mostly going to be for the girls. If you have been through it and can sympathize or if you want to know what goes on during pregnancy, this is for you! I already know that I am incredibly blessed to have an incredible support system to hold me up through this process - so thank you in advance to all of you that will be beside me through this!