Bumpday Monday

Week: 5

How Big is Baby: Baby is the size of an apple seed. The Bump says "Your embryo is now measurable -- though at week five, it's a wee .13 inches -- and she's gearing up for much more growth. In fact, in the next week, she'll almost double in size. Grow baby grow!  The embryo doesn't look like much more than a tadpole right now, but at five weeks, she's already starting to form major organs (heart, stomach, liver, kidney) and systems (digestive, circulatory, nervous)."

Weight Gain: I didn't weigh myself today. I was afraid of a Memorial Day weekend gain. I'll weigh next week.

Gender: Chris and I both think it's a boy, but we'd be happy with either sex and I would LOVE to have a girl.

Names: We have both of our names picked out, but I don't want to put them out there yet. Maybe in a few weeks.

Symptoms: Still very tired, peeing frequently and had a couple days of cramping but overall I feel fine.

Sleep: Sleep has been ok. I get up once a night to pee, but I can go right back to sleep after so it's not really bothering me.

Movement: too early for that, but I can't wait!

Maternity Clothes: none

Food Cravings: It's not really a craving, but I want to eat cream cheese and chive cracker sandwiches all the time. I usually eat two packs a day.

Food Aversions: none

Stretchmarks: none

What I'm Looking Forward To: my first drs appointment!

What I Miss: nothing yet

Next Drs Appointment: I haven't called to make it yet. Chris switched jobs and his new insurance doesn't start til June 8th so I'm waiting til then to call.

Best Moment of the Week: going to the lake for Memorial Day weekend with Chris, my parents and sister and realizing next year there will be a baby with us! We also went to the outlet mall and we bought a couple things. I'll post about them this week.

Bumpday Monday

Week: 4

How Big is Baby: Baby is the size of a poppy seed. According to The Bump at 4 weeks, your baby, now known as a blastocyst, is practically microscopic -- a teeny ball of cells. She's busy settling into her new home (your uterus), prepping for all the crucial development she'll be doing over the next six weeks. The ball of cells is splitting into the embryo (your future child) and placenta.  Baby's neural tube, the building block of his spine, brain and backbone, is already formed.  The amniotic sac and fluid are forming into protective cushioning for your baby.

Weight Gain: Zero
Gender: Chris and I both think it's a boy. My friend Lauren's 3 year old boy and 4 year old girl both told me it's a girl though, so we shall see.

Names: We have both of our names picked out, but I don't want to put them out there yet. Maybe in a few weeks.

Symptoms: Extreme tiredness, bloated, cramping, starving when I wake up, extra thirsty and I have to pee a lot.

Sleep: Sleep has been fine. I've woke up a couple times to pee in the middle of the night, but I'm sure that's because I'm drinking so much water.

Movement: too early for that, but I can't wait!

Maternity Clothes: none

Food Cravings: chocolate icecream

Food Aversions: none but the first couple days after I found out I felt sick right after I would eat.

Stretchmarks: none

What I'm Looking Forward To: my first drs appointment!

What I Miss: nothing yet

Next Drs Appointment: I haven't called to make it yet. Chris switched jobs and his new insurance doesn't start til June 8th so I'm waiting til then to call.

Best Moment of the Week: getting a positive pregnancy test! and being able to tell our families.

Amazed

I am still pregnant! I took a digital Thursday morning and "Pregnant" popped up! I don't plan on taking anymore tests and am finally accepting that it's true and I really am pregnant. I'm still really worried about a miscarriage and check all the time to make sure I'm not bleeding, but I keep trying to tell myself I can't do anything to prevent it, and today I am pregnant.

We told my parents and Chris's parents Thursday night. My parents came over to help set up tables for the garage sale we had yesterday and today. I gave my mom a little gift bag with the digital test in it and told her I had forgotten to give her a little something on Mother's Day. When she opened it she was so surprised. She kept saying "are you really?!" and my dad just stood there with his mouth open for a couple minutes. They knew we had been trying and they are so excited to be grandparents.

We had to call Chris's parents to tell them because they live 3.5 hours away and we won't be seeing them until June 23rd. We had initially thought we would just wait until then to tell them, but then decided we didn't want them to have to wait that long to know. Chris called his mom and told her that she was going to be a grandma and she screamed so loud that Chris's dad came in from the garage thinking that she was dying or something. They are both incredibly excited.

Yesterday his mom text me and told me that she and Chris's dad want to buy all of our baby furniture and I can pick out anything I want and they will buy it. She also wants to throw me a shower. I am so amazed at their generosity. We are so lucky to have them. My sister also told me that she wants to throw me a shower so she is going to throw me one here, where my whole family lives, and his mom is going to throw one for their side of the family on the other side of the state. I feel so blessed to have such amazing people in my life.

I am going to start doing bump updates on Mondays since that is when I change weeks. Monday I will be 4 weeks. They will probably be boring for the first 8 weeks but I still want to be able to record what I am going through. I probably won't take bump pictures until 8 weeks.

POSITIVE!

Today is my eleventh cyle. I am 9 DPO and I got two positive tests!

I am so excited! I honestly can't really even believe it. It doesn't seem real. I have never gotten a positive test before, ever, and today I got two of them!

I had a dream this morning that I took a test and it was positive and in my dream I told my husband that it was finally postive and he was so happy. Then it showed me telling my parents and it was just such a happy dream. When I woke up I knew I had to test. I waited the time limit and then glanced at it and decided it was negative and that there was no way I could be pregnant since I haven't been the last 10 times. I dumped out my pee cup and then decided to look at it again. I saw the most amazing thing ever, TWO LINES! I  couldn't believe. The line was so faint though that I wished I still had pee left so I could test again with a first response, since I had tested with an internet cheapie. I text my best friend and told her I thought I was pregnant, but wasn't sure because of the super faint line. I didn't know if I was seeing something. She came over at lunch and I look the first response. I figured it would be negative since it wasn't my first pee of the morning. NOPE. POSITIVE. I can not even explain how I felt. We both saw the lines. I was not seeing things like I first thought.

I then decided I HAD to tell someone else. Best friend had to go back to work so I was just sitting alone for the next 30 minutes until I had to leave to go back to work. I decided to tell my sister. I called her and started crying as I told her. She was so happy for us. She is one of the people that knows how long we've tried. It was great being able to finally tell someone.
I texted Chris around 3:30 and told him when he got off work I wanted to talk to him about something important. He asked if it was something bad and if I was mad at him. I assured him he did nothing wrong. When I got home he was just getting done getting dressed and everything from taking a shower. He came in the bedroom when he was done and sat on the bed. He asked what was wrong and I said "nothing I'm just nervous to tell you something." He asked what and then I just started crying and said "I'm pregnant". He instantly grabbed me and hugged me and layed down on the bed. He kept saying "you are?" over and over and I kept saying "yes" and then he changed to "are you sure" and I told him yes I was sure. He cried and I cried and we hugged. It was so amazing. A little later he told me he was glad my dream to be a mom was coming true. I told him about the dream I had that night and he told me he had a dream I was pregnant too!

We are really excited. He already wants to go shopping for baby shoes. He's obsessed. My estimated due date is January 28, 2013. It's based off when I believe I ovulated. I am 3 weeks 3 days today and over the moon thrilled.

I bought clear blue easy digital tests to take tomorrow. Those should be easier to photograph.