Week 4

Baby is the Size of a Poppyseed

I found out I was pregnant on Friday, May 23, 2014.  My husband and I decided to start trying in January 2014, after his New Year's Resolution in our annual "Guess the Resolution" party game was "to start a family."  I felt like he was proposing all over again.

I stopped taking birth control that month, downloaded the Glow app (amazing, by the way), and began our journey.  A few months went by of charting and negative tests and then May rolled around.  It was the end of the school year (I'm a high school teacher) and I was more worried about my 148 kids making it until June than about my own possible child.  I stopped charting, stressing, and documenting and what do you know....

I jumped up and down, cried a little, and immediately started pinning nursery ideas on a secret board.  One for Baby Boy Hall and one for Baby Girl Hall.  I had to pass the time until my husband came home so I could share the news and I needed to do more than walk around the house in circles carrying two pee sticks.  I was afraid if I set them down they would change their minds and turn negative on me.  My husband's hobby is woodworking, and a while ago I bought him a book with projects in it for this very occassion.  I stuck a note in the children's section so he would open up to my note about the crib.  Once the words "I'm pregnant" came out of my mouth he picked me up, freaked out with me, and then took me out to dinner to celebrate, where I drank water instead of champagne, which was a first for me.

Here is my first "bump" photo.  No actual bump yet, but I am starting to feel some changes.  Below is a list of questions that I found from this amazing blog that I plan to use every week - I really hope she doesn't mind me borrowing!

4 weeks, 1 day

Our little poppyseed :)
Baby's neural tube is forming. 

How far along? 4 weeks

Maternity clothes? No

Stretch marks? No

Sleep: Not a problem, going to bed early and waking up bright and early

Best moment this week: Getting a positive pregnancy test and seeing my husband’s reaction!  I didn’t believe it until I read the digital results.  I took one, and went to the store for another one because it didn't seem real.  Then I took two more tests a few days later.    

Miss Anything? Wine…and beer.  And soft cheeses.

Movement: None

Food cravings: None

Anything making you queasy or sick: Nope

Gender: No idea!

Labor Signs: No

Symptoms: Occasional nausea, abdominal cramping, and BLOATING (UGH). 

Belly Button in or out? In

Wedding rings on or off? On

Happy or Moody most of the time: Moody

Looking forward to: Sharing the news with our friends and family-I hate secrets!