10 Weeks

How far along?: 10 weeks so close to being out of the first trimester!

Total weight gain/loss?: I have lost about 15lbs since finding out I am pregnant

Maternity clothes?: no but I have maternity dress pants and a nursing bra for later. ;)

Stretch marks?:  same as always

Sleep?: I haven't been quite as tired lately, but I also haven't been sleeping very well at night the past few nights..

Best moment this week?: realizing that I only have one more work day until I'm on vacation!

Movement?: nope, still too early, though I have been feeling fluttery type things super low where I know baby is.. It's just gas but I like to pretend, ;)

Food cravings?: sweets, it's all about sweets this week. And cherry or Coke icees. yum!

Anything make you queasy or sick?:  Most meat... anything I have to cook or prepare.

Have you started to show yet?: nope, too early.

Gender?: still too early for that, but Hubby and Abi both still say girl.

Size of baby: about the size of a kumquat!

Labor signs: NO!

Wedding rings on/off?: on today.. my hands swell on and off lately.

Belly button in/out?: in

Happy or Moody?: not bad, happy mostly.. but I still swing from okay to crazy lady

Looking forward to: vacation next week! I can't wait, I'll have the house all to myself for 3 days of fun cleaning.. lol. I've been dying to get it organized. But also we have a 3 day weekend and I love it when hubby is home!

8 weeks

We got to see baby this past Monday!! Little gummy bear is doing great! Measured right on track at 7w5d (which was what I was on Monday) and heart rate was 160bpm! Perfect little bean!

How far along?: 8 weeks!

Total weight gain/loss?: I have lost about 11lbs since finding out I am pregnant

Maternity clothes?: nope! though I did buy a flowy dress and top

Stretch marks?:  same as always

Sleep?: fairly well still, taking naps when I can which helps the fatigue..

Best moment this week?: Getting to see our little gummy bear on Monday and being able to share it with hubby and Abi.

Movement?: nope, still too early!

Food cravings?: nothing. zip, zilch, nada. Food disgusts me. lol

Anything make you queasy or sick?:  Food. Meats really. Yogurt...

Have you started to show yet?: nope, too early.

Gender?: still too early for that, but Hubby and Abi both still say girl.

Size of baby: about the size of a kidney bean!

Labor signs: NO!

Wedding rings on/off?: off.. my hands swell on and off lately.

Belly button in/out?: in

Happy or Moody?: moody moody moody. and today I have a headache.. boo.

Looking forward to: the next time we get to see baby gummy bear! and my vacation at the end of May!!

7 weeks!

Not much change this week, as expected! 

How far along?: 7weeks!

Total weight gain/loss?: I have no idea because I haven't checked and I'm still not planning on it!

Maternity clothes?: nope, just stretchy yoga pants and scrubs... plus LuLaRoe sometimes

Stretch marks?: this is such a cruel question... yes. They've been there for forever. lol

Sleep?: sleeping okay, I've been super tired lately and have taken quite a few naps which is totally not like me.

Best moment this week?: I got yesterday off to spend with my family. It was for a bad reason though. Abi had a seashell lodged in her ear and we had to go to an ENT to have it removed because the ER couldn't get it. Scary stuff. She originally said a classmate had done it, but then we found out (because her school has video cameras) that she did it herself and lied. My baby told her first big lie. Oh boy... She's okay now, thank God. 

Movement?: nope, still too early!

Food cravings?: still very little interest in eating. Every time I think of something it either makes me nauseous or I don't want it by the time I make it to eat. 

Anything make you queasy or sick?:  Food in general. Today I have soup and crackers. Yum.

Have you started to show yet?: nope, too early.

Gender?: still too early for that too, but Hubby and Abi both still say girl.

Size of baby: some apps say between 14-20 mm big growth since last week!

Labor signs: NO!

Wedding rings on/off?: off.. my hands swell on and off lately.

Belly button in/out?: in

Happy or Moody?: moody moody moody. 

Looking forward to: still my first official ultrasound.. 5 more days!

6w2d today! :)

How far along?: 6w2d

Total weight gain/loss?: I have no idea because I haven't checked and I'm not planning on it!

Maternity clothes?: nope, just stretchy yoga pants and scrubs... plus LuLaRoe

Stretch marks?: this is such a cruel question... yes. They've been there for forever. lol

Sleep?: sleeping okay, but the weird pregnancy dreams are setting in and I do not like them!

Best moment this week?: hmm... honestly this week has been so rough. Hubby's been working super late and with a nasty headache ... um.. my daughter is pretty cute. She makes me smile. :)

Movement?: nope, still too early!

Food cravings?: I have no interest in eating right now. Nothing sounds good, at all! This of course upsets my stomach and makes me nauseous. But the nausea is less than it was last week, so it's kind of odd. I hope it goes away for good! Then again, it's supposed to be a "good" think that I get nauseous.. it means I'm still pregnant...

Anything make you queasy or sick?: not eating.. and pork. Last night was not fun.

Have you started to show yet?: nope, too early. Plus I've got a lot of padding in my belly this time

Gender?: still too early for that too, but Hubby and Abi both still say girl.

Size of baby: some apps say between 4-6mm

Labor signs: NO!

Wedding rings on/off?: on

Belly button in/out?: in

Happy or Moody?: well considering I've had a 3 day headache where nothing I did helped.. I've been pretty moody. Hopefully now that it's gone I'll start to swing back to my normal self.

Looking forward to: still my first official ultrasound.. we're almost there!

5 weeks today!

Haha I know I know! I'm "only" 5 weeks, but I'm still excited! I'm going to be logging my pregnancy journey similarly to the way I did it last time, with questions each week. It's a fun way to pass the time and journal about this new babe!

How far along? 5 weeks today

Total weight gain/loss: Ha! I have not looked in a while and I won't until my OB makes me.

Maternity clothes? Nope, just a bit larger scrub bottoms in anticipation :)

Stretch marks? Well..... I've gotten quite a few over the past few years from gaining weight, so I'm sure I'll be adding more with this pregnancy. But nothing new yet. 

Sleep: Still sleeping as usual. Though I've started putting a pillow between my knees. 

Best moment this week: Telling friends about being pregnant. I also got to tell my step dad which was fun. 

Have you told family and friends: Some, not all. Especially not my boss....

Miss Anything?  My mom, a lot.

Movement: nope, too early for that! Though I am having a lot of back pain and some cramping today :(

Food cravings: protein! 

Anything making you queasy or sick: eggs.. not eating soon enough after getting up for the day. 

Have you started to show yet: nope

Gender:  Well, hubby and Abi think it's a girl, I think it's too early to put all my eggs into that basket! 

Size of baby:  about the size of an apple seed.  

Labor Signs: NO! and that needs to stay far away! 

Belly Button in or out? In

Wedding rings on or off? On

Happy or Moody most of the time: Moody all the time!

Looking forward to: my first ultrasound and appointment with my OB.. May 8th! I'll be about 7w5d at the time! :) :) :)

And so it begins!!

I am only 3 weeks 6 days. Very early, I know. Every cycle I have taken multiple pregnancy tests up until the day I start my next cycle. And every time, the stupid stick only has one line... That is up until this past Friday. I was only 9 days after ovulating, too early to test but I couldn't wait any longer. So I took an infamous "blue dye" Clear blue test. I thought, hey if it gives me an evaporation line, at least I'll have hope for one day. Well.. low and behold a super, super faint line appeared by the very end of the time limit for that test. I thought, nah.. it can't be. But later in the day, I took another test, a Rite Aid brand. A much darker line appeared on this one! I kept thinking "no way, this has to be an evap line..." But still, it came up within the time limit. So the next day I took another test, a pink dye First Response.. the "gold standard" of testing early. And again, a faint line appeared, this time in 2 minutes! Still in disbelief, I'm looking at the test when my daughter comes in and asks if I've passed my test. (She's seen me looking at my tests before, and I've only explained that they are tests for grown up mommies.. nothing more) I told her, yes I passed. And she shouts out "Daddy, mommy passed her test!!!" I wasn't exactly ready to tell hubby, I had wanted to wait until at least the day I was supposed to start my period so that I'd have a darker test to show him, but he comes in the room asking "what test did mommy pass??" And he wouldn't let it go.. so I showed him the test. It was hard to see, but very much there. Hubby said "so you're???" and I said yes... and he smiled and I'm sure at that time Abi had no idea what was going on, lol. Well later we went to breakfast and in the car, hubby asked Abi how she felt to be a big sister.. this is how that went;
Hubby: hey Abi, how do you feeling that you're going to be a big sister?
Me: giving the death stare to him because Abi didn't know yet and I don't want to break her heart if something happens
Abi: wait, what?
H: yeah, you're gonna be a big sister to the baby
A: what baby? Is there a baby in mommy's belly? MOMMY HAS A BABY IN HER BELLY?!?!? YAY!!

And it's been that way ever since. :)
Abi greets the baby every morning, "good morning baby, how'd you sleep?" and she pats my belly... so stinking cute! She tells everyone she meets that "mommy has a baby in her belly and I'm going to be a big sister!!" I love it! But, again it is so early... I'm just afraid that something will happen and then there go all the good feelings. I'm trying not to worry, really I am. I'm just trying to enjoy this because I promised myself and God that I would soak up every second of this pregnancy that I can. I, of course, don't feel pregnant yet. I won't for a while, but hubby still asked me today "do you feel pregnant yet?" The tests are getting darker and darker. Still not as dark as the control lines but hey, progress. I've taken way too many tests, something like 13 since Friday. That's only 4 days... hubby thinks I'm nuts but just laughs. It's because I don't really believe it yet. We've been trying (off and on) for 3 years, and it hasn't happened yet. I thought it would never happen, and here I am getting positive pregnancy tests 6 days before I miss my period. What?!?
I told some friends at work, those who've been praying for me and hubby. They are close enough friends that they knew when we were going to be "trying" this cycle, so they were praying extra for me these past few weeks. It's all I want to talk about, but I know I shouldn't. Still, it's fun.

I spoke with a nurse friend who's done OB all her career and she advised me to wait until at least 2 days after my expected period to call my Dr. That's this Friday and it cannot come fast enough! I want to know if we'll get another dating ultrasound at 6 weeks and if they'll run beta HCG levels on me like they did last time. Last time I hadn't had a period for almost 4 months when I got pregnant, so I wonder if her protocol will be different this time since I was on the Femara... Guess I have to wait until Friday to find out. But for now, I'M PREGNANT!!!!!!!!!

Attention friends...

I'M PREGNANT!
Details to come!

Please don't say anything on Facebook,  it's  very early yet... thanks!