i didnt have any periods since feb. and even though im irregular anyways i thought something was up. i took and hpt and it was positve on tuesday 5-27-08. i went to the free clinic to get a comformation dr thing on wednesday and told my husbands dad. he was actually expecting it! but i havent had any of the usual symptoms yet, only alittle nausea and cramps like hell!! i think my boobs are getting bigger but my husband dont. they dont hurt though!yeah! i think im only 4 weeks so i got a long way to go,
we told the entire family by 5-29-08 everyone seems to be supportive and happy except the mother in law oh well she can just get over it . its my life too. not hers. and i cant stand people when they say life is over, i told them that its just begining and the just have to correct me and say no its over once the little one gets here. errrrr!!!!! sorry my hormones must be taking over. that reminds me... i almost cried today by just listening to a song on the radio. but im ok now

ok last night i noticed i get severe cramps when i dont eat for long periods of time, and if i get startled or start ranting or raveing about an issue. so i think i will need to take my own food places to munch on when they say they are going to feed us, ill just take like some crackers or something. and i must stay really calm or else it gets really uncomfortable. im figuring it all out one step at a time. i cant wait to go to the dr's i have a appt. on fri. 6th they just want to do the information sharing though, then we can schedule the actual physical exam. thats what im waiting for. i want to know excatly how far i am not just guessing.

ok i have been having nightmares for the past few nights i guess thats normal but i dont want to dream that my husband is going to die. it was horrible, i woke up at 5:30am this morning scared as hell and started to cry, like bawling crying not just tearing up.

i think im 5 weeks now. i dont know for sure. i wish i couldve gotten a dr appt sooner. but my first dr's appt is this friday. but they only want to go over the history and info and stuff, no exam or checking to see how far i am.

but its pretty crazy my sister got pregnant around this time last year. and when i have mine he/she will be acactly one year younger than his/her cousin. i only have one sister so its up to me and her to have all the grandchildren as possible.

so anyways about my pregnancy so far... no morning sickness. no mood swings. im pretty calm and relaxed.
i have had some weird nightmares the past few night though. i have had cramps everyday so far, some days they arent that strong but when i dont feel them i think that im not pregnant, or something is wrong. i need to feel the cramps to tell me that im still ok. i wish i was further along but im not and i can only wait.
oh and another funny thing is that my dog she is about 6months old. i think she can tell im pregnant. she follows me into the bathroom every single time and her attitude has change alot. she just has that look when she looks at me (like she's saying " are you ok?") its so cute and i actually joked with her and said what am i pregnant? and it turns out a few days later i was.so there are signs everywhere. you just got to read between the lines sometimes.
ok ill keep you updated!!!

ok so i did have morning sickness yesterday, i actually had to throw up. it was horible, and i felt that way the entire day, i had school yesterday and the only thing i could think about was "when is she going to stop talking, i need to throw up" but anyways, i have found a job finally, after trying for 3 weeks. i was trying to be a waitress at golden corral but he had computer problems and i couldnt finish all the steps until it was fixed. so i kept calling and bothering them and they finally gave me a job but not as a waitress but someone in the kitchen and i thought that was even better, since i am preggo and i have to eat at least 3 meals a day. i had a job at perkins before i went to golden corral and i was a waitress there for about a week and hated it, i NEVER got a break, which is rediculous because i was working 8 hours a day. not even a potty break but i didnt need one i guess since i couldnt eat or drink anything. and my trainer sucked. all she would do is talk to other waitresses about personal crap going on in her life. oh well, once i quit i found out i was pregnant and that explained why i was sooo exhausted and i slept all the time, and stuff.

but i had morning sickness today, not throwing up yet, but i feel like it. and i have been having weird dreams too. i still got the cramps and they are for the most part not as strong or as frequent as they were a few days ago.

my boobs are sore too, they have gotten noticely bigger or (fuller as my SO would say) i took a picture of my belly when i found out i was preggo you know to give the starting point of it, and i have been feeling huge lately so i took another one and it is noticely bigger too. i think i might be eating more lately and thats whats causeing that but i really cant wait till i am actually showing cause thats when the baby will start to move and i cant wait till all that. some people might get irritated when their baby kicks them all the time, not me i cant wait, ill want him to move all day and night. i have a pretty high tolerance i think. and patience so i can handle all the pregnancy stuff that might come my way. i hate when people tell me all the horror stories about their pregnancy and how much they hated certain parts of it. well i plan to enjoy my pregnancy and all the other ones that might come after.

i was planning on getting another pomeranian till i found out i was pregnant, now we arent cause it would be harder to try to train a new puppy while im going to school and working and having a baby. oh man im glad i didnt find one, cause i fall in love with cute little dogs.

ok so i have my first dr.'s appt. today and it shouldnt be too interesting, just information an such, im pretty lucky to not have any health problems or family health problems on either side. so i am hoping that i will have a healthy baby, oh and im not allergic to anything either, makes things alot easier.

you know how most prenatal vitamins make preggos sick? well i got some from walmart i think called one source prenatal. and they work great for me. i dont feel any different, maybe a little more energy here and there, but definitly better and not worse.
sorry this is soo long. ill keep you updated though!!!!

i havent been on here for awhile because i havent been feeling good at all, i have a really bad case of morning sickness. and it started about 3 weeks ago. i found out at my ultrasound that i was 5 weeks and 6 days now im about 8 weeks tomorow and my due date is feb 2 2009. i cant wait till the morning sickness is over, i went to the dr last week and i have lost 7 lbs in the 2 weeks that i went to the dr. so she gave me a perscription for the morning sickness, it only works if i can eat something right after i take it, but never works in the morning i have been throwing up at least 2 times in the morning, but im hoping it will go away.

by my calculations the day i found out i was pregnant i was only 3weeks along, thats pretty lucky because most poeple dont find out till theyre about as far as i am right now. its crazy though and im taking it one day at a time with college and a new job and everything. my next appt is in 4 weeks and i should be about 12weeks along and we will get to hear the heartbeat at this one too. and it just so happens to be the day after my b-day, thats a great b-day present i think.


well ill try to keep this post up do date but its harder than i thought it would be. im alot more tired than i used to be.

hey everyone,

so far ive been sick every other day or so, if i dont eat when im hungry i get sick, and if i dont eat right when i get up i get sick. its not any fun and i cant wait till its over (the morning sickness) i love being pregnant, today i looked at my belly while laying flat on my back, and i could see a slight bulge on my lower right side of my belly. it was exciting to be able to see it, and it was really hard. so i know it was there for the first time i got to see and feel it. ive been feeling slight pulling, just like stratching which is normal, when i turn my upper body. and i felt some sharp pains every now and then, nothing unbearable just its way of telling me its still there,
we decided on a name boy or girl.... Taaren or Terin. sounds like Karen, but with a T. it sounds pretty with our names and last name too.
oh and my sister says im silly for getting so excited about being able to feel the baby. because she just went through this about the same time last year, and she said just wait till he/she kicks you in the ribs. her son broke one of hers in febuary.

well i have my last final in college on the 24th and my dr. appt the same day so i hope it will be a fun filled day!!

im concerned though about my weight though. im not underweight but when i found out i was pregnant in may i weighed 132 and thats normal then i went in for my first real dr. exam and weighed 125 thats 7lbs in two weeks that i lost, now i have been really sick and expected to lose weight, but they want me to gain it and ive been trying with the morning sickness meds they gave me but i couldnt function, i was always sleeping. and still felt horrible. so i went to the dr.s and i still weighed 125 and that was 2 weeks after the first dr appt. now i havent weighed myself since then and its been about a month. my concern is that i still havent gained any weight cause i still get sick, i dont really know how much i should gain by 12 weeks, i just hope that it wont affect the baby's health.

ok so im 21 weeks now and i havent been on here in quite awhile. my morning sickness has tappered off alittle bit, im still getting sick in the mornings just once or twice then the rest of the day im perfectly fine. im starting to show now, my mother in law actually had to take picture of it. it was soo cute,
ive been recording the heartbeat at the dr.'s office with a tape recorder so everyone else that couldnt be there could hear it and i can listen to it anytime i want. my dr is a bitch and i hate her. she pisses me off everytime i go in there, she never leaves the dopplar on the heartbeat long enough without moving it around, its not her job i guess to make me happy, just as long as she gets the basic stuff she is required to do done. she is very outspoken and im a very quiet polite person so she just talks over what i have to say. and at the last appt. she had to make it clear to me that i couldnt have the ultrasound cause there might be a chance that the baby wont even cooperate to let us see the genital parts to find out. and its not developed enough to see it at that certain week i was in. last week i was 20 weeks and i know a girl that is a month behind in her pregnancy that got an ultrasound at 17 weeks and found out the sex of her baby, so that just ticked me off that they werent going to even give me a chance. and the weird thing is, is that they want me to go up to the hospital to get the ultrasound done when there is a ultrasound machine exactly the same as the hospitals sitting in their office. anyways ive been enjoying feeling my baby move. ive felt it fluttering around when i was 14-15 weeks, not really sure if it was or not, but defintly its turning into full blown kicks and punches, its pretty cool to experience.

If you don't like your doctor you should think about switching to another OB. This is an important event and you don't want to go to every appointment dreading your encounter with the doc. Many doctors offices have ultrasounds that they use to check fetal position, check fluid, and maybe a 1st trimester dating. But this is totally different than the fetal survey which is what your doc is sending you to at the hospital for. The doc isn't trained to get a 4 chamber heart but the tech at the hospital is. And yes, you most certainly can tell the sex at 17 weeks. Sometimes the baby is not cooperative but that has nothing to do with its age.

Good luck with the ultrasound - hope it gives you the good pics!