First OB Appointment

Since I had the flu a few weeks ago, I wasn't 100% that I was really pregnant. So at my first OB appointment (I'm 8 weeks now), my doctor told me that I was indeed pregnant. She did a physical and was able to tell immediately. Then of course I received like a ton of things to read and think about during the pregnancy so now I'm totally swamped. My first ultrasound is tomorrow morning and I'm super excited. I will be able to see the little lima bean and its heart beat. It's one of those "confirmation" ultrasounds, to see if the baby is ok and implanted in the right place. I don't want to worry but a small part of me is always worried. So I had this wierd dream last night. I woke up at 4am and I couldn't sleep at all. I dreamt that I met my baby, who was a boy and I knew his name already. In my dream, I could see exactly what he looked like and all his features. I don't know what this means! In the dream, I was taking him home from the hospital and he was sitting in his carseat next to me. Is this a sign? It was so clear that I swore that I woke up thinking it was real. I guess I'll just have to find out in 7 months!

Sick as a dog! But not Ozzie! 6 week old Lima Bean

So this baby thing is really getting to me! On Sunday night I felt absolutely awful! I came home from Vegas almost completely destroyed!. Just when I got to the airport, the smells made me nauseous! Whoever said that Cinnabuns smelled good must be freaking crazy! No one suspected that I didn't drink over the weekend so we'll see what my friends think when I can finally break the news at 3 months. Wow, it seems so far away! So today is Wednesday, I have called in sick on Monday and today due to the combination of morning sickness and the flu! I have never felt so miserable. Talk about paranoia, I took another pregnancy test yesterday because I thought maybe I wasn't pregnant and I just had the flu. Nope, the 4th test came back positive! No more taking tests! I should also stop watching A Baby Story on TLC channel because it's beginning to freak me out of all the complications that could happen. Oh well, think happy thoughts and hope this little lima bean will be ok.

Last Friday...A Funny Feeling

Friday, January 19th, 2006: I woke up at 4:30am with a strange feeling. I wasn't sure what it was exactly but I couldn't sleep. I think actually Ben couldn't sleep either but he didn't know why either. We ended up going back to bed and getting up at our normal time for work around 6:30am. While we had breakfast I mentioned to Ben that I wanted to take a pregnancy test just to see what it would say. I was 5 days late so I figured why not right? Ben said that we should wait another few weeks because the last time I thought I was late, the test was negative. So anyhow, on the way to work I stopped by the drug store to pick up a test. For some reason I had to take it so I took the test in the bathroom at work. It was 8 am! The test took no time at all to come back positive. I thought I was reading the instructions wrong and went to my car to reread the instructions again. No...I didn't misread them. So I called Ben and told him that he was going to be expecting a little friend in 9 months. I think Ben's reaction was absolute disbelief and he didn't think it was correct. So I told him that I would take another test during lunch from another brand just to see. So later on that day, I bought another brand, which was a more expensive test and took that one. Easy enough, it came back with "PREGNANT" in less than a minute. I tried to call Ben again but I couldn't get through to him which drove me crazy. I called my doctor and told her which of course she said that I needed to see her in a few weeks when I was 8 weeks pregant, I was already 5 weeks pregnant! Oh my god...the shock. So I asked her persistently if the tests were accurate, I did take 2 and she said they were very very accurate. I think the rest of the day was a total daze... The next morning on Saturday, just to be sure that Friday wasn't a dream, I took a 3rd test! Ok...it came back positive again. There was no way that three tests could have came back with false positives. Now I am resolved to believing that I was pregnant and we were going to be having a baby around the 24th of September! This is insane!!! Over the last few days, I have been at peace. I am totally excited and ready. I never thought that I could have this feeling but I am. I surprise myself! The next 8 months will be all about the baby and his/her things! I can finally go through that Pottery Barn catalogue with a reason!