Saturday, September 22, 2007

We're Having a Baby!

Emile and I discovered I was pregnant on Thursday, September 13, 2007! We're super excited! I started to get an inkling that something was up because I was getting lower abdominal achiness that was not going away and I had this major metallic taste in my mouth -- my mocha and diet coke that day tasted horrible! I've since given up caffeine with surprisingly no withdrawal symptoms -- unlike other times I've tried to give it up. My body must know I don't need it right now!



I told Emile that I was pregnant by coming out of the bathroom with two onesies in hand -- one that says "Daddy's Little Girl" and another that says "I love Daddy" in blue and red. I asked him, while shaking uncontrollably, which one he thought we'd need more! I believe is response was "Are you serious?" with a big smile!




We told our parents via webcam. Because I'm not that creative, I used the onesie idea again. This time I held up two onesies that said "I love NY". One was blue and one was pink. I asked them which color they liked better. To say the least, our families were both extremely excited!!



Today was my first doctor appointment which Emile came to. Dr. Chrisomalis reconfirmed I'm pregnant (yay!!), checked my blood pressure and checked that my tubes didn't feel tender (which could indicate a tubal prgenancy). All was good! She changed my due date to May 25, 2008 so instead of being 5 weeks today like I thought, I'm back to 4 weeks 6 days. Tomorrow I'll be excited again that it's now 5 weeks :) She referred me to a doctor to get an ultrasound. It will most likely be in a week and a half. I'll be about 6.5 weeks and thus, we should be able to hear the heart beat! I'm looking forward to that day!

Dr. Chrisomalis want's me to keep my asthma in check and let her know if my bronchitis doesn't clear up in a week. I'm sure it will be then. Other than bronchitis (unrelated to pregnancy), my only symptoms right now are the achy abdomin pain and I'm starting to get a little emotional (Emile may have a different view of how emotional I'm being) and tired. We'll see if morning sickness kicks in.


We also found out that Dr. Chrisomalis only cares for women through their frist trimester so at 12 weeks, I'll need to find another doctor. The problem with this is that I'll also need to find another doctor when we move in January/February. So instead of only looking once for a doctor, I'm going to have to look twice. Oh well, we'll figure it out!


So far we're only telling our immediate family and closests friends! I'm looking forward to the day we tell everyone!

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