5 Weeks

Symptoms and Feelings: So far, only really sore boobages, and twinges in my uterus.  In my last pregnancies I didn't get nauseous/throw up until about 6 weeks... so about 7 more days of feeling decent :)   I've also been really tired lately.  Not quite exhausted but more tired than normal.  

Cravings:  None yet!  I did really want Los Tres Amigos the other day but I think that's pretty normal.  We hadn't had Los Tres in awhile so it was due time!  Oh wait... chocolate chip cookies.  I really really want some chocolate chip cookies!  Or just the dough (a no no... grr).  YUMMM!

At 5 Weeks, our little bun in the oven isn't quite a bun... but the size of a sesame seed on a bun.  :)  

Spreading the News

Okay, we've only known I am pregnant for a week but oh my... I feel like its been forever!  I hope this pregnancy doesn't go by this slow the whole time!

Ultimately, we decided to go ahead and tell the people that we would share any upsetting news with if something ends up happening to this pregnancy.  Our first pregnancy ended in a miscarriage before we told anyone and it was hard to tell good news laced with bad.  We knew regardless of what happens we would want support or to be able to share with those close to us.  

Ryan's dad came over last Friday for dinner and we decided to tell him.  It was a spur of the moment thing and he just handed him the envelope with the "baby tickets" in it.  His dad stared at it FOREVER and I was feeling a bit nervous.  Uhh.... uhh..... He seemed happy!

I told my mom via text.  Hurricane Irene was heading right toward her and she and Mike refused to evacuate even though the police were sending everyone off the island.  I was terrified we'd end up with another Katrina situation and she'd never learn about this baby.  So before I went to bed I hurried up and sent her a text.  

She called me the next morning and was so excited!  I told Lori and my sister the same way.  PREGO!  (We had some friends before we were married that said they always associated Prego spaghetti sauce to the wife being pregnant b/c that's the only kind she would eat... some reason we always only buy Prego and it always reminds me of "PREGGO!" HAHA!)

My mom told my grandma, who said she had had a dream a few nights before that I had a baby boy.  GAH!  And then Ryan accidentally spread the news to our neighbors (UGH) and I told the girls via text as well.  Funny how the times change.... my first few pregnancies texting wasn't even a thought because not everyone texted.  Now its like the norm for spreading news HAHA! 

I went into work yesterday and found out that another 1st grade teacher is pregnant with her 3rd... she's 13 weeks along.  Her older two are close to the same age of my boys, so she was super excited when I told her.  I hope all this spreading of the news so early isn't a bad idea.  It makes me nervous.  However, I'm already feeling symptoms... really sore tatas, bloaty, and I can feel kind of pinchy feelings in my uterus when I think I remember that as the stretching/growing (right)?  From the pregnancy updates it says by 6 or 7 weeks I think that the uterus doubles in size so I'm assuming that's what the feelings are.  

5 weeks so far!  So early, but so excited about this whole baby thing!

What's with the blog name?

The title of this blog came from my friend, Stephanie. I'd called her about medication (she's not "almost a nurse" anymore... she IS a nurse!) and when I told her she said "You're like the One Hit Wonder! All of my pregnancies I've been so so so incredibly lucky to get pregnant the first month. I don't take this for granted and I am extremely thankful every time. I can't believe it, again, the 4th time... first try. Craziness.

Telling Ryan

With my last pregnancies I really didn't do anything exciting to tell Ryan.  Our first pregnancy I don't really remember telling him.  I'm pretty sure I took a test during the day because I remember Ryan and I taking a walk afterwards and just being amazed we were pregnant.  That pregnancy ended shortly after.

With Porter's pregnancy, I woke him up (I had taken a test at like 1am) and told him.  He was pretty out of it.  And sadly, I don't even remember how I told him about Hudson's pregnancy.

However... I wanted this time to be exciting.  I made up these "ticket stubs" for him and put them in a manila envelope, wrote "RYAN" on it and put it on the counter on top of his books for class.  When he came home from work he saw it and said "What's this?"  And I waited a moment in the foyer and then walked into the kitchen to see this big smirk on his face, him staring at the tickets.  He said "Are you really?!"  I nodded and said "I've taken 3 tests!"  He said "What the heck!  We only got one week of trying!"  HAHA!

8.24.2011: We're Pregnant!

When we got home from camping I had a package waiting for me... 25 high sensitivity pregnancy tests purchased on eBay for $4 from Hawaii.  I snuck up to the bathroom and peed in a plastic cup and watched as the first line appeared.  For a moment there was only one line.  And I figured.... yeah, I didn't think it'd happen this month.  Not after all this medication issues and my huge meltdown and the stress I've been under.

But the test said wait 5 minutes.

Just a moment after only one line appeared... I saw another begin to show up.  And it got darker.  And there were definitely two lines.

I really couldn't believe it.  I uttered under my breath "Holy shit... how did we get so lucky again?!"   I can't believe our fertility luck and I thank the Lord for it because of my lack of maternity leave we needed to get pregnant either this month, September or October.  Still, my due date should be around May 2nd which puts me off work for a month without pay.  It will work out.  It always does.

I'm amazed.  Feel so blessed.  So excited.  Hopeful.  Curious.  Excited.  I can't wait to tell the boys in a few weeks, once we're much further out of the scary weeks.  I'm so worried about miscarrying again.  I thought that by the 4th pregnancy it wouldn't weigh so heavily on my mind but lo and behold, that is all I think about all day.

For now, I will bask in amazement.