trucking along....

(5 weeks, 5 days)

time seems to be taking forever to pass since that positive pregnancy test...

since that first bout of morning sickness, i've only had a couple more, which is nice. though, i'm waiting on baited breath for it to start up full force in the coming weeks since i'm still very early in the pregnancy.

not much is new since the last post because i'm kind of in a stand still until i actually start going to appointments, only another 2.5 weeks! it was 4 weeks when i first booked it so i guess time is passing and it will get faster the closer i get to that appointment. i don't have a truckload of symptoms to reassure myself that i indeed have a healthy baby growing in my tummy so i just have to trust that everything is fine i there. i'm hungry all the time, my boobs feel like they're going to fall if i run up or down the stairs or do some jogging, and i've got that lovely bloated belly that probably won't stay hidden for much longer. i'm thinking after my first appointment when me and the hubby go out for a date night that i'll get him to come with me to get some maternity clothes... i don't want to start wearing them until we're ready for the news to get out so i don't draw more attention to the belly than necessary at this point and after my appointment is when we'll start letting family know seems like a good time to me instead of wearing the bella band permanently for another month on top of the month i'll have already been wearing it for by that point.

i want to shout it from the rooftops, but other than the continuing absence of AF and the few symptoms i have, i have no cold hard evidence this pregnancy is viable. you can't hear the fetal heartbeat on the doppler until 12-14 weeks (so not until at least my 2nd appointment) and my doc doesn't send her patients for ultrasounds until the middle of pregnancy unless she thinks its necessary. so i'm kind of at a stagnant point where i am until proven otherwise, but its a long time until i can find that out (another 6-12 weeks on top of the 2 weeks i've known i'm pregnant already). all this worrying may be for nothing, and i'll be voicing my concern to my doctor when i see her and hope she'll send me for one sooner so i can breathe easier knowing i actually do have healthy baby in there.

i've bought some custom t-shirts for our reveal that should be in this week so we can snap a pic of us in them and send them to our family out east so its not just a phone to say, "hey, we're pregnant!", they'll actually have a physical picture. it will be the same picture i'll be using on FB to make our official announcemnt once i'm out of the 1st trimester (or if forced to do so sooner if some ppl can't keep a secret...). we're excited. i've also started looking at furniture for the nursery. a little shocking thinking how expensive this furniture that will only last the first few years of their life is compared to an adult bed that could last the rest of their life. we've also started looking at carseats, something hubby was a little shocked how much they cost, but it definately got him excited about this baby that's going to be in just 7.5 months :)

i'll leave it at that for now and i will definately be starting to post tummy pics soon (probably starting this week even though i started taking them 2 weeks ago) and i'll post the pic of us in our shirts when i get them!