9 weeks!

Gosh,  it is amazing how fast time is flying!   I have a feeling I'll be saying that for the next 20 years.

So far everything is going well.  We graduated from Dr Rockstar last week.  Sad day!  They were so awesome!  They will make great babysitters for our embisicles that are chillin away.

I decided which hospital i'll deliver at and so met with my OB & midwife offices this past week.  The hospital I chose has a really neat delivery center but the catch is I have to be seen by their midwives to use it.  Meh, that's o.k. They seem to know what they are doing ;)

Morning sickness is starting to let up a little bit.  Thank god!  As long as I eat like an animal all day and first thing in the a.m., I'm good.  I'm betting this is partially due to the fact that I stopped my estrogen & progesterone supplements.   WOOOOHOOOO!  I was/am super nervous about letting them go. ..kind of like my security blanket.  But I still had a party.

I think I spotted the first little sign of a bump last night!  Up until now I wasn't sure what was flab or baby buddah.  Haha. 

J and I are leaving Friday for our babymoon extravaganza to europe.  Woot woot! 

And so it begins :)

I hit 6 weeks last Thursday and am feeling the effects. I kinda started feeling pooey a few days before that, but I digress. I've decided early pregnancy feels like a nasty hangover. Ha. A little sick & nauseous, maybe a headache, starving though food sounds repulsive, and tired even though you've slept all night. Sore & huge boobs, and cramps/angry guts to include a mild case of the 'backups.' Its pure joy! ;) Oh no, this is *not* me complaining. I'm loving every minute :)

Our first ultrasound

Tuesday the 4th was our first ultrasound. I was freaking out and way nervous cuz I had some pink spotting on Monday followed by brown. All. Day. Long. I had cramps, I've had cramps from the get go but this was also all day long.... J happened to have CDO that day on the ship (which was super busy& a huge deal because they were doing Change of Command for the fleet) and spent 13 hours in his choker whites, longer than at our wedding! I was alone all day & night fretting! It was terrible.

So Tuesday, I was a nervous wreck. We got to the office like 30 minutes early. I refilled my progesterone and then thought 'well that was dumb I should've waited until after the appt.... Just in case.' Ugh. As we're waiting, I heard at least 3 other people get congratulated. I was hoping & praying I'd be in their club today, oh please oh please!! I'm in a dress (this detail comes important later on) and hanging out. I went pee before we got to the WR but my bladder was full so Dr Rockstar had me go again so he could see well. At this point it's been like 45 mins since we've arrived. I just want to know already! Gah! I was 5 weeks 5 days and so it's iffy whether we will see a heart beat or not. Dr is checking everything out.... It looks good & healthy, ute & yolk sac are measuring good, and he makes sure nothing out of the ordinary is in there causing trouble or that would cause bleeding. Then shit got real in our household, we saw the little flicker of a heart beat in there! It was so cool!! I totally cried. Hahaha. I go back in 2 weeks, when I 'graduate,' and can't wait to see it for real going crazy. I was so excited and distracted walking out of there, we got to the car and I realized I forgot to put my unders back on. (see below, forgetful.)

They chalked up the spotting to ute stretching or a tender cervix exacerbated by aspirin. I stopped for 3 days and haven't had trouble or spotting but started back last night so we'll know soon if aspirin is the culprit. I know I know, everyone TOLD me spotting was no big deal and not to worry but of course I was worried! After everything we went through to get this far, I worry about everything!

Today I'm at 6 weeks.... The dreaded week when all the fun symptoms come out to play. So far I'm hanging tough. My boobies are officially outrageous (thanks in part to progesterone & estrogen supplementation). I have been SUPER forgetful. Like ridiculous. Of course I'm more tired than usual. So far no nausea or barfing although I do admit I feel a little strange. Not sick, just not quite right. You know how when you are feeling like you're gonna puke and you get lots of saliva? Yeah, I get that. It's gross. I'm hoping my guts of steel can hang tough for awhile :)

We took our first "bump" picture. It is so cute! Though its more like a starting point pic cuz there is no bump. ;).

I've been taking it easy from work. Literally, I'm working 3 days this whole month. I've had lots of time to research our Europe trip, Oktoberfest trip, and figure out where I want to give birth. Yes for real. I need to find an OB and to do that I have to figure out what hospital I want to be at. Talk about a CHORE. Ugh. It feels like a million years away!