The First Appointment!

So after three tests, I took one more at week 5. I needed to see the word 'Pregnant' in order to believe it. So, I asked Todd to stop on his way home from work and pick up a digital test. I took the fourth test the next morning, on Saturday and again....surprise! It was positive! But this time it said Pregnant, it wasn't just a faint blue or pink line. Wow! I'm really pregnant!

So our first appointment was this past Monday. I chose a dr. who's office is right around the corner from our home so it's very convenient! He seemed nice as did the girls in the brand new, clean (very important :)) office. He just kept saying, "You're really early!", like he was surprised...I told them I was only six weeks. Did he think I was wrong? Ha!

So here's out first baby pic...can you see him/her? It's the little dot off to the far right inside the black bean looking shape. :) We didn't get to hear the heartbeat, but we saw it. The dr. pointed out how the dot seemed to be blinking..."that's the heartbeat" he said. Wow! I could almost cry just thinking about it again.

Our next appointment is March 27th, but check back, I have a feeling there may be a few posts between now and then (I need to complain to someone!).

And so it Begins!

I took my first test on Friday am, the second Saturday am and a third on Sunday...all positive! We still don't believe it but my husband and are are pretty excited! You see, I'm 33 yrs old and a bit of a worrier and was sure that either I wouldn't be able to conceive (like all women) or that it would take us a while to get pg...boy was I wrong! My new nickname for my hubby is "One Shot"! Ha!


We talked about starting to try in August, but I wanted to go off the pill now, for a few reasons. One being that I've been on it a while and the other cuz of my thyroid. My period was getting lighter and lighter (I know, who would complain, right?) and even tho I'm not a dr. this made me think something was wrong. So I went off in Dec. and I got my first normal period in years in Jan. No worries, everything is just fine and in working order. Wow! I totally forgot how awful they are (TG I won't have one for a while now!)! Along with the regular flow came the horrible cramps! My whole weekend was shot! While rolling around in bed all the wonderful memories of when I was not on the pill came flooding back.

Anyways...so Todd and I thought it would be fun to try. We figured it would prob take us at least a few months and who gets pregnant on the first try...right? WRONG and WRONG again!

I started feeling really hungry like a week or so later and then my belly started making all kinds of weird noises and was getting really gassy! I felt like I would explode if someone poked me with a pin! After 3 weeks I took a test and it came up negative. Ok, so I was just really hungry and gassy, right? WRONG again! I waited exactly one week and took another one before work...this was the first of four.