week ???

I had my first doctor's appointment yesterday. I'm fine and healthy, but the doctor couldn't figure out exactly how far along i am. He was saying 10 weeks based on my last period, but i said i'm not that far along. I guessed about 7. During the exam he said I'm further then 7 but not quite 10... so he's sending me for a sonogram. I'm excited, we'll get to see the baby early :-)

They had to tell you about all of the prenatal screenings and that scared me a bit, but we wouldn't terminate anyway so I think I'm skipping most of them. I'd be more worried if there was a false positive then if i just didn't know. I may get one for spina bifida if it's offered that way we can make sure we'd have the correct surgeons at the hospital to minimize effects.

I'm getting bloated and my feet are swollen. Other then that, i look the same. I did wear my first maternity pants today and they are SO much comfier then my regular pants. I still have some morning sickness and food aversions, but I'm feeling pretty good.

I fly out to Charleston on Sunday morning, Erin and I are going on a 5 night cruise leaving Monday afternoon. Joe's being great considering i'm flying out on our first anniversary. He's been wonderful with the pregnancy and everything else too. I'm really lucky.

pregnancy

so far it's been an interesting ride. I have days where I feel wonderful, and days where I barely want to move out of bed. I get morning, noon, and night sickness. i live on Tums and toast, and sprite. My pants no longer button. Today's the first day i'm wearing a maternity shirt too.
i went to Boscov's to get measured for a maternity bra, and the lady just went "oh my lord! i don't think we carry that size". *sigh* on to special ordering bras now. i've started looking at nursery stuff, and i've started a wish list at babies r us...but i'm not even sure i'm going to register there.

My dreams are crazy now. i had a dream the other night that i cooked beefaroni, and it was so vivid i could see the can of beefaroni! last night i had a dream that i was at my baby shower and there were people i hadn't seen in years. very odd pregnancy symptom.

My cravings now are for sweet things- which means my teeth hurt :-P. still can't go near coffee, and now i can't have turkey lunchmeat.

Erin and I are going on a trip next week. location still undecided. somewhere away from people where we can just relax for a bit. i'm looking forward to it.

and baby makes three...

Joe and I are expecting a little addition to our family! We found out we were pregnant on 08/13/2007. I have my first doctor's appointment on 9/12, hopefully we'll get a due date then and determine how far along i really am. i *think* i'm around 5-6 weeks along.

It's been exciting and scary. I'm so thrilled to be a mommy, but so afraid that i'm going to do something wrong and hurt the baby.
anyways, i wanted somewhere to journal my thoughts and symptoms. i have two pregnancy journals but they're fill in the blank type books.

I've had morning sickness all day long. it went away when i got a cold, but that was mainly b/c i couldn't smell anything to set me off. Now that the cold is gone, the m/s is back in full swing.

My already enormous boobs grew another cup size. If they're growing in the first month, i may have to start making my own bras!

I can't stand the scent of coffee. I miss it a bit, but then i smell it and remember why i'm not drinking it.

i've been craving soft pretzels and corn dogs...and onions.

Joe's been awesome so far at helping me out and dealing with the crazy mood swings (they just started this week). He's patient and just a bit over protective.

i think that's it for now.