12 Weeks!!

We are pregnant!!!!!

(7.5 Weeks)

Finally we can let everyone know! It has been sooo hard to keep it quiet. However we didn't really keep it too quiet, at least I didn't. :)  Currently we are 12 weeks pregnant and baby is doing very well!

How we found out:
 Thursday, May 9th 2013 I went to work and suddenly felt nauseous and had a headache. I went home to take a nap but first I took a home pregnancy test. It was 4 days before my period should arrive so didn't expect anything but since I am obsessive I took a test anyway. I had to read the test multiple times when it said "PREGNANT". I screamed and cried with joy! I immediately went to go get more tests since I only had one at home. On my way I called the doctor's office to schedule a confirmation (not sure what else to do). I went immediately in to the doctor. The urine test at the clinic came back negative. My doctor said to wait a week and take another test (yeah right me wait?!). I felt confused and sad. After my appointment I went  to see my mom Marrie since she was at work and I said with tears in my eyes "I got a positive test at home and a negative here." She immediately said "lets get a blood test." So they took my blood and I waited...and waited. The numbers were elevated 45 (25 or higher confirms pregnancy). In two days I was set to go back in and  have blood drawn again and the number should  double.

 When i got home from the clinic, Nathan didn't know anything,  I put signs on Benz and Mercedes that said, "I'm going to be a big brother" and "I'm going to be a big sister again." Nathan walked through the door and read the signs and said "really?" and screamed. I explained the situation to Nathan. 

Friday, May 10, I woke up at 5am and could not sleep. I took two pregnancy tests and both were POSITIVE. I immediately told sleeping Nathan. He thought I was weird for taking them but I needed as much confirmation as I could get.

Saturday, May 11, on our way to Celebrate Mother's day with Nathan's parents I had another blood draw. We got a call 30minutes later saying the number went up to 80, not as high as we would have liked which made us worry.  Monday, May 13, I had another blood test and it was at 153- That is more like it! I also missed my period that day.

It was a week of worry for us, it was weird because we didn't know if we should be excited or not because we didn't know how it would turn out. Thankfully things continued to progress.  Due to some spotting we had an ultrasound at week 7 to make sure everything was ok, and it was.

Week 10 we met with the midwife and were able to hear baby's heartbeat :) Mom (Marrie) came to the appointment with me so she got to hear baby too!

How far along: 12 Weeks
How big is baby: Size of a lime and weighs 1/2 ounce. (Length: just over 2 inches, head to bottom.)
Total weight gain/loss:
Maternity clothes: Yes I bought some at 8 weeks due to my pants feeling tight and uncomfortable. 10 /11 weeks I bought some more tops, some leggings, a pair of shorts and capris.
Sleep: Restless legs have been keeping me up some nights. I get up several times a night and some nights I need to soak my legs in the bath.
Best moment this week: Telling the majority of people we know about being pregnant.
Miss Anything:Not feeling nauseous, since week 6 I  have had terrible morning / all day sickness along with exhaustion.
Movement: nope
Food cravings: Simply Lemonade Raspberry and sour cream and onion chips :)
Anything making you queasy or sick: Dog food smell, 8 weeks I threw up from feeding Benz. Oh and also taking a photo of me in my bikini this week, don't do it...just don't.
Gender: Not sure, I really am hoping for a girl .
Looking forward to: Deciding if we are going to find out the sex of the baby. I want to find out and Nathan would not like to know.