As my first entry, I would like to tell you the story of how I found out I was pregnant.
On Friday April 27th, I started having some cramps and some light spotting and I went to bed thinking I was not pregnant AGAIN (we had attempted a fair number of tries already). Saturday morning I woke up and the spotting was mostly gone and the cramps were also gone. I had a home pregnancy test in my closet, so I decided to take it. I fully expected it to be negative and was just taking it so I wouldn't convince myself that I could possibly be pregnant, when I knew I wasn't. So I took it, and before I could even set it on the counter, it was positive. Dark as could be!!! I was so excited I couldn't wait to tell everyone.
I wrote my IPs (intended parents) an email asking if they would like the results from the hpt, or if they would prefer me to go to the doctor first. I never got a response until late that evening, and by then I had started spotting again. I was so afraid I would lose the baby. I went to bed early thinking that I would wake up in the morning with no baby.
I woke up on Sunday, and there was no more spotting!!! No more cramps at all, and I still had that ever so slight nausea I had for the last week or so. I was hoping that I was still pregnant and my little surro-baby would be okay. I had to wait until the next day to go to the doctor, so I tried to be as patient as possible.
Monday morning I woke up and went to the doctor. He first sent me to the lab for a pregnancy test. I went there and gave them my "sample" and waited. And waited and waited. It only took 15 minutes, but it seemed like it took forever. I was so scared that my HPT was wrong, or that I lost the baby. The nurse called me in and whispered "Positive". I laughed, and she said "Oh, this is good news?" and I said "Yes, Very!" Then she said she was so relieved because she hates giving out the positive results because you never know how someone will react. I thought it was kind of funny because I would have been terribly upset with a negative result, yet she was worried about giving me the positive one.
The doctor then told me that me and the baby are fine, and not to worry anymore. As long as the spotting doesn't come back we should be okay. Whew, a big sigh of relief.
I headed home floating on air. I left a message on my IPs machine, and then waited for them to phone me back. I knew it wouldn't be until about 5:30pm, when they got home from work, but again it seemed to take forever! The phone rang and it was IM. I said "Congratulations!" and she seemed pretty excited. I feel so lucky to be able to help them have a baby.
So that's the story of how I found out. I am going to update this often, so hopefully I won't miss any important moments in my pregnancy to share with everyone.
I am now 4 weeks and 4 days pregnant----Due on January 4, 2002
May 2, 2001
I'm still doing great today. I'm feeling really lucky that morning sickness hasn't started yet. I never get it really bad, but I'm hoping I won't get it at all this time!!! My taste in food has definitely changed though. The only things I seem to want to eat anymore are bananas and yogurt. IF told me that he eats yogurt all the time, so I'm assuming this little one will take after him.
I signed up for a weekly newsletter that gives you updates on the baby. It says this week the baby is about the size of an appleseed. I thought that was neat---I thought we were still in the "size of the head of a pin" stage.
i'm having a hard time sleeping at night. I don't know if it's a pregnancy related thing, but this is certainly something I've never had trouble with before!! I wake up most mornings at 7:30 and can't fall back asleep. I think I might just be too excited and once I'm up I start thinking about everything that is happening to me and it's impossible to just relax and fall asleep. Oh well, I'd rather have this than morning sickness!
I'm 4 weeks and 5 days pregnant
May 3, 2001
The only real pregnancy symptom I have now is fatigue. Today I finally got to sleep a little. I went to sleep at 10:30 last night and woke up at 10:00 this morning!! I guess that's a big advantage to being a stay at home mome---as long as the kids sleep, so can I!
I'm 4 weeks 6 days pregnant.
