I'm in love!

We had our first ultrasound yesterday. Seeing the baby was so amazing and what a relief to know that everything is okay! It was just a blob on the screen, but it was the most gorgeous blob I have ever seen. The baby's heart rate was 157bpm and the body measured at 1.54cm. The estimated due date on the ultrasound is June 9th, but the doctor said she estimated June 8th. I guess we'll see what happens. I can't believe we're going to be parents. Everything seems so real now! Below is a video of the ultrasound with the heartbeat at the end...

The 1st 8 weeks

My blog has now become a pregnancy blog per the suggestion of my bestie. Let's recap on the past 8 weeks (7 weeks, 5 days). On September 29, 2009, I was driving to the middle school I've been student teacher at when the feeling of nausea hit me. It was overwhelming and like no other nausea i had ever experienced. I also had a weird metallic taste in my mouth. I was pretty sure I was pregnant. I student taught all day and then raced to the store to pick up a pregnancy test. I say 'racing' because I had to poop so bad and I wasn't sure I was going to make it home in time. Anyways, I conquered the urge of my bowels. While going to the bathroom, I took the test. I was in such a hurry because I was supposed to meet my friend in the afternoon for a late lunch and I couldn't be late. I sat in my smelly bathroom and watched the digital test come up "pregnant". I was so excited! I immediately grabbed a camera and recorded the excitement. I then had to rush to meet my friend. All during lunch I schemed about how i was going to tell Brian. When I got home, I put a hamburger bun in the oven, set up a video camera to record his reaction, and then did my best to look unexcited while I did dishes. hen he came through the door, we had our conversation as usual. I asked him to help me pull the dishes out of the oven since my hands we dirty. He pulled out the hamburger bun and said, "Huh". He just sat there and stared at it and then it hit him that we have a bun-in-the-oven. He was thrilled.

So that was the announcement. The weeks that followed have been full of morning sickness, which is really all day sickness, food aversions, sensitive smell, horrible gas, mild cramping, monstrous boobs, a massive bloat, and debilitating fatigue. Also, whoever says women 'glow' when they are pregnant is horribly mistaken. The glow is really a shine from the insane overproduction of oil that ends up covering your hair and face. The resulting breakouts have been lovely too. My hair has been growing at an alarming rate and in places where it has never grown. I've been finding chin hairs daily, and just yesterday my husband looked at me feet and said, "Oh my God! You have Frodo feet!" The rest of the day was filled with songs about my hairy feet. I love him.

We have the first ultrasound tomorrow to make sure everything is okay with the baby. After we see that it's fine, we're going to announce to the family. Unfortunately, Brian's family won't find out until Thanksgiving, so we need to make it explicit to the people we tell to keep the news a secret. I'd hate for the family to find out we're pregnant on Facebook.

I think that's pretty much covered everything to this point. More to come....