A Grain of Rice!

I had my first ultrasound today just to figure out officially where I am with everything. This morning I had looked up on my tracker how big my baby is, etc, and learned it should be about the size of an olive (a large one, like a martini olive). I expected to be about 9 weeks(although I did have a suspicion that I was not as far along as they originally thought I was). I discovered today that they were WAY off! I am 5 weeks and 6 days, and my baby is the size of a grain of rice! My new due date is now May 22nd!

It's kind of odd. I mean, it's great that I am due 2 weeks after finals are over instead of just before them. It will be nice to have an extra month to save up, plan, etc. However, I can't help but be the littlest bit disappointed that I have to wait a whole extra month to meet this little miracle being built inside of me.

I couldn't hear the heartbeat quite yet, but I could see it, which was pretty amazing. It was like looking at a tiny grain of rice with a little bitty throbbing speck attached to it. It was beating at 109 beats per minute today. Pretty neat.

I have been starting to feel a few more of the "symptoms" of pregnancy, which may mean I didn't just sneak by all of that, but if it means a bundle of joy is coming my way, then so be it!!

Pizza Rolls...

Today we got a little lazy and had pizza rolls for lunch. I heard my baby say to me, "Really, mom? You think pizza rolls were really a good choice for me to grow healthy and strong. Seriously." I even envisioned him/her rolling their tiny little eyes, which don't even open yet. Shawn thinks baby was probably excited to have pizza rolls. In Shawn's head the baby said, "sweet! Pizza Rolls! Thanks mom! You rock!"... Or something along those lines.

Appointment Update!

Yesterday I met with the nurse practitioner, and she said that I could be due anywhere from April 24th to May 14th! I have my first ultrasound on Monday the 26th to figure out how far along I am for sure. I probably won't be able to hear the heartbeat yet or see much, but I am super excited anyway!

That's all for now!

Baby's First Concert!

Last night Shawn, a friend, and I (+1) went to go see a concert at Turner Hall Ballroom. I won tickets through our local radio station to the James Vincent McMorrow show. I was sitting there the whole time thinking how this was baby's first concert. Should I start a scrapbook and put the tickets inside? Should I buy an album as a keepsake? I hope it wasn't too loud (although I'm pretty sure hearing doesn't develop until 14 weeks or so... and the show was very chill). Shawn had a PBR tall boy at the concert, and couldn't help but mention that he's drinking for two now. :)

It was just so fun to apply every little piece of my life to my new baby!


James Vincent McMorrow::
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_0gEC2OBDs&feature=related

It's So Hard Not To Tell EVERYONE!!

I have only told 3 or 4 people from work at this point, so it's still very much on the down low. Holy cats, is it difficult to keep it that way!! Last night I was standing behind the front desk with one of the girls and all I could think about for over an hour was telling her. Finally, I had to just leave and hunt down someone I had already told so I could talk about it and not burst!!

In related news, I have officially booked my first two appointments with the Dr. to get that ball rolling. I don't really have a doctor, so it will be a new person. Hopefully I like her. If not, I may try to find someone else? I'm not entirely sure how this all works so I guess I will just make it up as I go along!

I plan to tell my family Sunday when I see them, and I feel like I'm going to explode the second I see them. It will be hard not to be tempted to just call them and tell them sooner!!

Alright, back to work... not that I'll be thinking about work...

I'm Finally Having a Baby!!

Hoorah!

I feel like I have been waiting forever to get pregnant and I finally am! It's so exciting! I am hoping to keep all loved ones as up to date as possible on this little bean sprout, hence the new blog! Also I think it will be so nice to look back later.

So: according to calculations based on my cycle, I am approximately 8 weeks pregnant and have a due date of April 24th, 2012. This will oh-so conveniently be one week before my wonderful husband and father of our brand new baby will be taking the finals for his very last year of Law School at Marquette! Yikes! Now because I've never really been "normal" as far as my cycle is concerned, I will not know the official due date or how far along I am until my first ultrasound. I could potentially only be 6 weeks along (or somewhere in that range).

We have talked about whether or not we want to find out the sex of he baby, and are leaning towards waiting.

According to whatever website I looked at my baby is probably somewhere between the size of a blueberry and a jellybean. It's starting to sprout hands, feet, and ear buds!

I have been blessed with essentially no morning sickness whatsoever! (thank you Jesus, Amen!) I am not sleeping very well, and have been getting headaches, but am so excited about having this baby that I feel just spectacular!

I hope to keep this updated regularly and probably will if I write at least one millionth of the times that I'm thinking about it!