The first post!

Well, here I am...we are (myself and the bun, that is!)!

Tomorrow I will be 11 weeks along in this pregnancy. We are scheduled for a doppler or sonogram tomorrow...I am not sure which, if they aren't the same thing. :) I have yet to have an ultrasound but am scheduled for one I think in August or thereabouts.

It's been a wacky ride so far...and I honestly feel like I have been pregnant for so long, already! I found out just after I hit the four week mark--super early. Doug actually thought pregnancy before I did...even though I was feeling awful (extreme exhaustion and nausea), for some reason, pregnancy didn't really enter my mind! But, the two lines popped up on the home pregnancy test, strangely on the same day that my Grandfather passed away, April 9. Since then, I have been consistently ill and tired, crabby and emotional. I have occasional giggle fits (most recently during the movie "Dodgeball--" you have to agree that the scene in which the team gets pelted with wrenches is pretty damned hilarious) and my nose is so sensitive--the dogs (who smell like normal dogs) really reek lately. And I can't really watch the food network anymore...especially shows that have live seafood or big hunks of raw meat--nasty. In fact, up until a couple of days ago, I honestly nearly yakked just from thinking about meat (or coffee, for that matter...a supreme tragedy since I love even the most watery decaf). So, we think the kid might be vegetarian and prefers tea...I can handle tea no problem. Great, he (oops...I keep calling the baby "him..." although I have no idea if it is a girl or boy, "him" pops out more readily than "her") is already picky...I suppose...just like his Daddy. :)

I am still feeling somewhat ill and tired, although I do remain hopeful that the sicky-part of pregnancy will go away soon. My own mother, along with a variety of other moms tell me that it will...well...it better! Although now that I am out of school, the sickness aspect is less stressful, if I don't sleep well or perhaps sleep all day, my school work doesn't suffer. Perhaps the dirty dishes in the sink or the dog fur accumulating on the tile floor doesn't receive attention but at least I am not graded on those things (unless Doug is keeping score and because I am pregnant, he knows better than to harp on those sorts of things--not to say he really did harp before the pregnancy).

I look forward to sharing all the fun we have along this terrifying but exciting journey with all of you! We'll include belly pics and ultrasound pics as soon as the belly looks pregnant (not quite there yet) and we get into the ultrasound. FUN!