During the week before Christmas we had a pretty strong suspicion that I was pregnant, but decided to hold off on taking a home pregnancy test until after the holidays. The entire Christmas weekend it was in the back of our minds, and we hoped that our own little Christmas miracle was getting settled deep in my belly.
While we were out running errands the Thursday after Christmas we picked up a home pregnancy test kit. When Friday morning rolled around we decided it was "go time" (testing first thing in the morning offers the most accurate results). To add a little fun, we covered the window that shows the results with a post-it note while I took the test and while it sat for a few minutes to process. When the three minutes was up, Ben peeled off the post-it note to see if we had one line or two!
Not surprisingly, he decided to pull my leg a little by sighing, "Hmm..." and looking thoughtful as though he was not sure what the results were showing. I kept saying, "Is there one line or two lines? Two lines means yes. What does it say?" Then, he looked over with a grin and said "You're pregnant!" and showed me the positive test.
Needless to say we are very excited and very nervous about entering this new chapter of life. It doesn't really seem "real" quite yet as I have zero symptoms and feel perfectly normal. Hopefully it's a good indicator that morning sickness, etc. won't be too bad (that or it's the calm before the storm! haha). Based on our calculations (and consultations with the Internet), we think the baby's due date is around August 27, 2012. This means I am already five weeks pregnant! According to a website, the baby is the size of a sesame seed right now.
I have a regular annual physical in a few days and will ask my primary care doctor for obstetrician recommendations. There is an OB/Midwife group that has offices and delivers at a hospital that is about 15 minutes from our house, so at the moment I'm leaning that direction unless I hear something much different from my doctor. Most OB/Midwives won't schedule an appointment until the mother is 8 - 10 weeks along, so we won't go in for our first appointment until mid to late January.
We decided to start this blog to chronicle the journey to parenthood for ourselves, and to share updates and photos with family and friends who are not nearby. At the moment, my goal is to post about once a week. Also, we are going to start taking weekly photos so we can watch my belly grow! Once the baby arrives we'll be sure to go heavy on the photos. :-)
