Finding Out

A little bit about this pregnancy so far.

I suspected I was pregnant over Thanksgiving when we were in California. On the drive home that Sunday I started feeling a little nauseous and there were enough symptoms that by Monday morning when I took a pregnancy test I was going to be shocked if I wasn’t pregnant. Shane had a dentist appointment that morning and I had the day off work so while he was gone I decided to get out the Christmas decorations. I decorated our fireplace mantle and put up our stockings. I went and grabbed a little tiny stocking that we had gotten from somewhere and put it up as well. So when Shane walked in I thought he would notice it right away (he’s really observant usually) but he didn’t. So I told him there was a present for him on the mantle. As he walked towards the mantle he said, ‘Congrats you’re pregnant' jokingly…I think he even came back and gave me a kiss. I didn’t say a word. He looked at the mantle and still didn’t get it, so I told him it was in one of the stockings. I think he touched all 4 stockings before he looked at the fifth one, reached inside and found my pregnancy test in it.

I feel really blessed and excited that we didn’t have to do any fertility this time. I think it really does take a long time to get over all this chemo as I can tell a difference in my body this time around as compared to the first time trying to get pregnant. In fact, we’re both in a little shock we got pregnant so fast and so easily. I told my doctor that one of my first thoughts when I found out I was pregnant was ‘That was so fast and so cheap…who knew it was so cheap to get pregnant!’  :)

I’ve been more sick this time than I was with the girls. Not horribly sick but just nauseous and yucky feeling. It’s mostly passed now but I still have my moments here and there (like this morning for instance.) They say you’re usually doubly sick with twins but in my case I never felt sick at all. I feel way bigger then I ever did at this point before. I’m totally showing and pretty sure I’m going to be bigger with one baby then I was with 2.   This is a picture of me at 13 weeks.

It really is just one, we had it confirmed via an ultrasound at our first appointment. Here’s a phone shot of the ultrasound picture…you can’t really tell what it is but it’s a baby and it’s just one.