7 weeks 3 days... Thanks a lot Abby.

So I have noticed that I get sick from a lot of stuff. The smell of hard boiled eggs in our fridge, too much sugar in my food or drinks, sometimes even fresh air will make me queasy. But today I think anyone would have gotten sick if they were in my shoes. I was minding my business watching Netflix when my dog started to get sick on our rug so I pulled her onto the hardwood floor to make it easier to clean it up. I was doing alright until I went into the kitchen to get paper towels to clean it up and the thought of cleaning it up made me get sick instantly in our kitchen sink. So thank you very much Abby for breaking my streak of not getting sick 3 days in a row.

Thinking about this blog and what I write on here made me realize I talk a lot about getting sick but as of right now that is about all that is going on in this pregnancy. The doctor I saw at the clinic told me that getting sick and being nauseous was just my bodies way of dealing with the hormones and that its a good sign. Good sign or not it is the one symptom I wish would go away already.

Other than that I have a crazy work schedule this next week and I am going to try and make it to the DMV to have my license changed for the my new last name. Once that happens I found a doctor I think is going to be the one I go with (I still want to meet her first) I just need to have matching last names on my license and healthcare card and then I can start making appointments.

Right now Tony is at the baseball game and I have the bed to myself so I think I will take advantage of that and sleep right in the middle until he comes home and moves me over.

7 weeks and 1 day

I meant to post this yesterday at exactly 7 weeks but I fell asleep. That seems to be the story of my life during this pregnancy. Either i'm tired or nauseous. My nausea has now transitioned from certain foods making me sick to certain foods and having an empty stomach. Every morning I have thrown up before I can even get my breakfast, which now are things that are not considered breakfast foods. I have pasta (i.e. Ramen), baked potatoes, or even left overs from the fridge. Breakfast cereals and white milk are making me sick. Pretty much anything with a high amount of sugar makes me sick. I even have to dilute my apple juice.

Last night I was really craving potato salad. I tried convincing my husband to run to the store and get me some however he said that if I want weird craving food I am going to have to wait until I am 5 months pregnant. His theory is that if he is going to have to go out and get food at all hours of the night he wants to wait until I am further along in my pregnancy because as of right now I can still go and get it myself. I laughed  because that response was totally expected and I know if I am having cravings now I sure as heck will have them later so he will be going out.

Any way I got my card for Badgercare yesterday, but now I have to pick an HMO in my area to then pick a doctor from that HMO and once I enroll I will be able to start making appointments.

I am so loving telling people that we are expecting even though I'm still worried that we told people too soon.  We haven't even made it to the 10 week mark. Tony tries to make me feel better by saying that if anything did happen we could try again. But I really don't want that to be our thought process I want to nurture and love this baby. So I am waiting to post any of this news on Facebook where a larger group of people can see it until we make it to the 10 week mark which is October 17th. I will definitely have an appointment by then.

Alright that's all for now. I will post again very soon if I am not sleeping that is...

Approved!

So I am officially approved for badgercare! Woohoo! I now have to choose one of three HMO's in my area and from that I choose a doctor.

I am going to fully dive into making my decision this weekend. There are so many doctors and hospitals to choose from. Tony is good at researching things he'll be helpful with this. I am beyond excited to finally schedule an appointment and see how our baby is doing.

Other than that my nausea is coming more in waves now rather than with certain foods. I get really nauseous around the morning and then at night I am exhausted around 6 o'clock.

My plan tonight is to come home take a nice bath have some dinner and then bed time.

6 weeks!

We are 6 weeks along today. Not much to report I received some papers in the mail regarding the badgercare. I filled everything out and faxed it in today. I am really looking forward to getting these benefits taken care of so I can schedule our first appointment.

I hope they get back to me soon.

As for the development of the baby. Sstarting this week our baby's heart is beating and he/she has blood coursing though it's developing body.

Lastly our little bundle of joy is making me sick more often than not now. However I wouldn't trade baby J for anything.

5 weeks 2 days: Baby Books

Almost everyone I know knows I love to read. A large portion of those people know that I have hundreds of books. So it's pretty much a given that once I found out we were having a baby I added to my collection. I now have 8 pregnancy and childcare books and 2 more already ordered.

I love knowing all about what's going on with our baby each week. Right now the books all say that pregnancy symptoms are prominent. Mine sure are. I have the privilege of having all 6 main symptoms. Tender breasts, frequent urination, nausea and vomiting, fatigue, moodiness, and bloating. But I am so excited to get this chance to be pregnant and be a mom.

Right now our baby is about the size of a pumpkin seed. I bet ours will be one of the cutest pumpkin seeds there are. I can't wait until I get to hear the heartbeat and feel our baby move for the first time.

Waiting is too hard...

So I wrote that many husband Tony and I were going to wait to tell people and that was a bold face lie. We told. A lot. The list of people who know is growing. FAST.

My mom.
My sisters.
My dad.
My grandma.
My boss.

Tonys mom. (Thinks its a girl)
Tonys uncle.
Tonys aunt. (Thinks its a girl)
Tonys dad and fiance.
Tonys brother.

Then this weekend we are telling his friends and then mine. We are terrible at secrets.
Everyone has been so supportive and excited. I really think we will be just fine. I can't wait until we get our health insurance squared away and we can start going to doctors appointments.
Oh and as for whether we think our baby is a boy or a girl I think girl and tony says boy.

Background (5 weeks and 1 day)

Not really sure what happened to the first blog I posted on here but its gone. Anyway here is a little bit of background info on my husband and I.

We have been dating for 5 years we were engaged for the last 2 of those 5 and recently got married on September 1st, 2012. And about 8 days after we were married we found out that we are 4 and a half weeks pregnant with our first child.

This is a semi planned pregnancy. We stopped preventing pregnancy in August 2012 and found out we were pregnant September 8th, 2012.

I am constantly tired to the point were I woke up one morning and my bra was wrapped around my arms because I fell asleep while taking it off. I started writing this post 2 days ago and fell asleep in the middle of a sentence and never got it posted. I am peeing every hour. My boobs hurt all the time and I have thrown up 4 times since last Saturday.

I am scared and excited and emotional. This is our first child and I am slightly freaking out. I started my prenatal vitamins as soon as I found out and I have been taking better care of myself for the baby. We are trying to get on state assisted health care to help pay for the costs of having a baby. We qualify but now we just have to file the paperwork.

I went to the doctor on Monday (just a walk in clinic) and had our pregnancy confirmed. We are getting our ducks in a row and trying to make everything we want to happen work. I will definitely keep this up to date.

Pertussis...

I am currently a nanny to 3 kids ages 4, 2 and 4 weeks. My employer asked me a few weeks ago before my wedding if I wouldn't mind getting the pertussis vaccine after the wedding to protect the baby.

However I read online that the vaccine Isn't recommended for pregnant women until they are in their 20th week. And because my sister and my mom both miscarried their first babies I don't want to risk it. But I also don't want to tell anyone just yet.

I am so nervous that if I tell her now they wont let me continue nannying for them and I will not have a way to save up money for the baby. Luckily my husband is great at construction as is able to do side jobs on the weekends to pay the bills. But once the baby comes I know that everything will get a little more expensive.

Last thing I am worrying about right now is the fact that we do not have health insurance and a lot of the health insurance agencies consider being pregnant a pre-existing condition. I just want to take care of my body the best I can for this baby. No advil, no drinking, eating properly, and working out. I even started on prenatal vitamins 2 days after the positive pregnancy test.

Day 32 week 4

So I have been trying to figure out how far along I am. All of the sites I have read say that your pregnancy starts at your last menstrual cycle which for me was August 8th. That puts me in my fourth week. I
wrote just this morning that so far I have had smooth sailing. Well that is no longer true.

My husband and I along with Judy (Tonys dads fiance) were watching tv while his dad showered. All the while I am eating flaming hot cheetohs. Well on the television a man is touching elephant poop with his bare hands (we were watching impractical jokers). I start to get queasy. I head outside because the only bathroom is occupied. I proceeded to throw up all of my cheetohs and my breakfast.

I then have to come in and ask my husband to help me with the hose to clean up the mess I made outside so the dogs don't get into it.

Then I feel so bad having to lie to Judy about why I threw up. I am glad we are leaving here today I think if we stay another day they will figure it out.

This is the first weekend of symptoms and I can already tell that keeping this a secret is going to be hard. I am already ready to tell people.

But I made my husband a promise to wait. So wait we shall.