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Not much to tell. No symptoms. I am so contradictory! In one sense - I am thrilled to have no symptoms yet - maybe I'll be one of those lucky ones who has a wonderful pregnancy! And that would be awesome! As long as my baby is healthy and everything is growing all right. I just wish I knew for sure I was pregnant! I just get worried about miscarriage - you know? On the other hand, I am starting to stress a little about the Amsterdam trip. I DO NOT want to have morning sickness or be I-can't-function tired until, at the very least, I meet up with Grant. Ideally, the symptoms wouldn't hit at all - but wasn't I just complaining of that?

Maybe I am earlier in my pregnancy then I realize? I don't know.

Of course, I could just take a pregnancy test every other day!

I do think I am going to take one with me to Amsterdam and take another one there with Grant. Why not? They'll expire if I don't use them!

Well, it supposedly is the size of a plum or something....

I had the weirdest sensation last night - I don't know if it was a dream or a sensation, but t was almost like I could feel this small, baseball sized lump in my belly - like, you know, as if I could actually feel my uterus swelling up and pushing things around. So funny!

5 weeks, 1 day - Starting my 6th week...

What is happening with your baby?

The formations of the lungs, jaw, nose, and palate have begun. The hand and feet buds have webbed-like structures that will become the fingers and toes. The brain is continuing to form into its complex parts. A vaginal ultrasound could detect an audible heartbeat at this time.*

 

How big is your baby?

Your baby is about a ½ inch in length.*

 

2027????

Could It Be?

If you are pregnant, your due date is Saturday, February 14, 2009
And you most likely conceived on 5/24/2008
You are in Week 5 of your pregnancy (34 days)

Fun Birthday Facts

* Your baby's birthstone will be Amethyst (Sincerity)
* Your baby's Astrological Sign will be Aquarius
* Your baby's Flower is Violet or Primrose (Violet, Sky Blue or Yellow)
* Your baby will be born in the Chinese Year of The Ox
* This time next year your baby will be 17 Weeks Old!
* Your baby will start kindergarten in 2014, be old enough to drive a car in 2025, finish high school in 2027, and will graduate from college with the class of 2031, give or take a year. Can you imagine?

Fatigue

Extreme fatigue: If you are pregnant, a very common symptom in the first eight to ten weeks is exhaustion. When you are pregnant, your body is going through significant metabolic changes. Your entire body needs to adjust to the new process of growing a baby. For most women, the fatigue starts to go away by the 12th week of pregnancy.

If my calculations are correct, I will hit week 8 around July 5th, and hit the eleventh week around July 26 - which will be nice - between my two vacations, and ending around the time my cousin comes out from Ohio!

(This would mean that I start my 2nd trimester around Aug, 9)

Cool - Cramping is common...

Cramping can also be common in early pregnancy. Until the uterus assumes its mid-position and becomes better supported by the bony pelvis in the second trimester, it is prone to menstrual-like cramping.

Karen knows

So Karen, the student I mentioned earlier, knows. She brought her two month old cousin in to visit during the family pizza lunch and said, "Here, practice..." (He was so cute...) So, I figured I better tell her how important it was that she keep her mouth shut - that NO ONE but Grant knows, and how we are waiting to tell our families together, etc.

I was sort of upset about the whole doctor reschedule, so that's when I told her. I think she feels honored to be let in on my secret, so she feels a sense of pride that I told her and is more inclined to keep it a secret.

Plus, I promised her that when I told everyone, I'd send out an email giving her bragging rights by telling everyone that she guessed.

Ah, Dios Mio, my Karen! You are so perceptive!!! Gracias, mi amiga.

Reschedule....arg

They had to reschedule my appointment - the nurse practitioner I am supposed to see won't be in the office on Monday. The only way they could see me before I leave for Amsterdam was if I went in Wednesday morning - and there was no way I was going to miss my last day of school.

When I explained that I really felt that I was only around 4 weeks pregnant and why, with my ovulation symptoms and the negative pregnancy test two weeks earlier, they decided it would be okay to see me after the trip - so they scheduled my on July 1, at 3:00 PM.

I've taken, like, three pregnancy tests and I am for shizz up the spout...

So... I am still feeling fantastic... Tired - but I didn't get home until 11, so that would be expected under normal circumstances.

I took another pregnancy test yesterday afternoon, and it was, again, positive, so i feel very confident, now anyway, that am, indeed, knocked up, although it still doesn't feel real yet. But, hey, as long as everything is healthy, I am actually pretty stoked that I haven't had any first trimester troubles!

I wonder, if I do have any symptoms - extreme tiredness, vomiting, nausea, etc, if they will come on gradually or suddenly - (As in, will I be puking my brains out and miserable on my flight to Amsterdam with no forewarning?) I hope not!!!

I'm having a baby, I'm having a baby...

I can't wait for my doctor's appointment on Monday!!!  I know it will be very basic with not much information yet other then how I need to take care of myself, but still... I am SO excited!!! Maybe we can come up wth a pretty accurate due date!

Feeling Fine

Feeling pretty normal today. Again, I woke up at 5 and couldn't go back to sleep. It scares me, because I am anticipating this enormous wave of exhaustion - everyone says they are SO tired the first trimester... but I haven't felt that yet. On the contrary, I keep waking up early, unable to go back to sleep! Again, I think I am pretty early on (like, week 4 or 5), so there is plenty of time left in this trimester.

Also, of course, there is that fear that I am not, in fact, pregnant. I'm not complaining - I mean, it would be fantastic to have a mild first trimester, but I guess I just will feel better when I know for certain that my little apple seed is really there and doing well.