Happy St. Patty's Day!

No green beer for me today, obviously!  And I'm 100% ok with that!  I will spend my afternoon/evening in class today, doing finals and enjoying the fact that I won't have to be back in classes for 2+ weeks!  

So last night as I was laying in bed nibbling on some crackers, sipping my water, & watching episodes of Desperate Housewives on Netflix Instant Queue, I was feeling some odd sensations in my uterus.  Little twinges.  Not cramps, really.  They started up again this morning and from what I have read it is completely normal and possibly the uterus adjusting for baby?  It's hard to not let every little thing send a Red Alert to my brain because we lost our baby-to-be last time at 5 weeks.  Buuuuut.....I'm trying to stay positive and just enjoy every little moment!

So.  Yes, back to Desperate Housewives.  Will fell asleep around midnight and I wasn't ready for bed yet.  I was tired, but knew I wouldn't be able to sleep.  So I started watch TV and ended up watching 5 episodes before I felt even remotely ready for bed.  And even then it took me quite a while to actually fall asleep.  And when I did?  I woke up about 2 hours later and ended up out on the couch again.  Slept a little more after Will went to work this morning, but I'm feeling so run down!

Need to find something to eat before I have to leave for class.  Also need to shower.  Was up talking with Will as he got ready for work this morning and pizza sounded SO good at that point (9am!?) so he's bringing home pizza tonight, lol.  

So far, so good.

5 weeks, 2 days today.  Still too early for me to be comfortable, but I've made it further than I did last time we got pregnant.  So I'm hoping for the best.  It helps that I'm constantly reminded by my symptoms that I actually feel pregnant.

• Food doesn't sound good at all throughout the day.  I have to force myself to eat a yogurt in the morning, and yesterday it took me an hour and a half to eat the entire thing.  As the day goes on, food sounds more appetizing and I'm able to eat dinner and then usually snack on something before bed.  It's not that I have morning sickness, exactly...I'm not throwing up and I'm not all that sick to my stomach.  Just small waves of nausea, constantly reminding me of the changes taking place within me!  Thankful for that, actually.
• So.  Thirsty.  Been drinking a lot of juice and water.  And peeing about 100 times a day.
• Tender boobies....ow.  
• Cannot sleep!  I'm thoroughly exhausted but I cannot sleep!  I usually fall asleep for about 1-3 hours in the bedroom then wake up completely restless and unable to get comfortable.  So then I move out to the couch and toss & turn there until it's time to start my day.  Thank goodness I have time for naps if I need/want them otherwise I'd be a walking zombie. 

Other than that, I feel pretty good.  I actually had some energy yesterday and accomplished laundry, homework, grocery shopping and made dinner.  Which obviously means I will be sitting on the couch for the next 2 days because, I mean...really?  I'm exhausted, lol.

 

I'm just ready for finals to be over with tomorrow and to have 2 weeks off for Spring Break.  Then we'll be in Nashville for a few days.  Next semester is my last semester before I graduate, and all I have is one class and my final internship (working with teen moms & pregnant teens, actually).  I'm ready to be done, that's for sure.  Bring on summer (even if I will be miserably hot).

Stick, baby, stick!

After months and months of trying, months and months of praying and hoping and crossing our fingers, yesterday I got this lovely sight:

And then today, JUST to make sure:

So far, we are keeping it pretty quiet.  Basically nobody really knows or remembers this blog (that I started last August when we found out we were pregnant, only to miscarry a week later).  So I feel safe about writing in here for now until we make it public.

I am literally just in the 4th week (meaning my period wasn't even late when I took the tests).  I didn't really have any symptoms...not like last time.  Breasts were a little tender, but nothing more than the typical PMS-esque tenderness.  I think the thing that really got me was that I was all of a sudden majorly restless at night and couldn't sleep.  That happened last time, too.

So while Will was at work, I went and bought a 2-pack of tests because I was just sure that I was not pregnant.  I wanted proof so that I could set my mind at ease and impatiently wait for my period to start so we could move forward and try again next month.  It was raining out and I almost decided against it, but I drove the mile up to Rite-Aid and bought the tests and came home.  When I took the test and the 2 pink links immediately showed up (although the test line was faint, I could clearly see it immediately), I about started bawling like a baby.

Since Will was working, I decided I had to go up there and show him in person before anything else.  I put the test in my pocket and drove the 2 miles to his work and was on the verge of tears the whole time.  I had one of his co-workers get him for me and I was acting like I was there to grocery shop (lol).  I then pulled the test out and put it in front of him.  His response was, "You're pregnant?!"  Um.  Yes.  It appears that way.  I wasn't sure if he was petrified or surprised.  He said he was "fine" lol.  My husband, the man of little words.   

So here I am.  Trying not to be completely scared out of my mind because of what we went through before.  I pray to God that this baby is healthy and "sticks"!  Doctor appointment on Monday.

Stick, baby, stick!