Sorry to be so graphic, but I feel the need to vent...

Been throwing up alllll day... I feel like I've been initiated into some sort of sadistic sisterhood.

Actually, waves of nausea have been coming and going pretty badly most of the day so far. :( I think this might be one of my worst days. And to make matters worse, it's not like feeling pukey makes me ANY less hungry. So I just keep eating and sending it back... I'm taking the advice of one of my pregnancy books... and that is, if you know you're going to have to see your food again, at least eat things that don't look that bad the second time around.

By the way, saltines are a big, fat joke. File them under all the other old wive's tales about pregnancy.

Still playing with the fetal doppler over here. It's certainly more fun than prime-time tv right now, that's for sure. I rented it here. The model that we rented has a feature that lets you record the heartbeat to your computer! Of course I was all over that.... Listen to what we recorded last night!

When I left work yesterday afternoon, I could neither zipper NOR button my pants. Not cool. So today I am getting some pretty funny looks from people because I came to work in what is essentially pajamas.

I have reached the point of not caring what my clothes look like as long as they are comfortable. I knew it would come sooner or later... just didn't realize it would be THIS soon.

I am 10 weeks pregnant as of yesterday. That's a big milestone. One of my books says that now the baby has everything it needs... organs, fingers, toes, a winning smile, and a sense of humor.. it's a small-scale human now. Just has a lot of growing to do.

Tom and I rented a fetal doppler so we can listen to baby Madeline or Benjamin's heartbeat at home. This is both because we are high-tech parents and because I am paranoid. Mostly the latter. It's really neat though. I listen it every night before bed and every morning before I leave for work if I have the time to find it. (It's an elusive little thing to find!!!)

I am registering my prediction right now that this is a baby girl, by the way. Call it wishful thinking or mother's intuition... I just have a feeling.

Oh, and no puking so far today. Bonus!

Lots of firsts this week! :)
Our first doctor's appointment was Tuesday, August 25th. We got to hear baby's heartbeat -- 170 beats per minute!!!! Doctor says everything looks good and sent me for more bloodwork.

Also, puked for the very first time just yesterday. That was fun. ;) I'm hoping it was a one-time occurence because it's not an enjoyable activity. Ugh.

In keeping with the trend of comparing my child to various food items, you'll be happy to know that baby is about the size of a cherry this week. Whether of the Bing or Marracino variety I do not know.

I will probably pay for this comment... but.... Not nauseaus for two days! Wahoo! A record! Breakfast still isn't really all that appealing, but what can ya do? I am so tired I could cry. Can barely hold my head up at my desk right now. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.....

Haven't posted in a few days because nothing much new is happening. Same old tired, nauseaus, yuckiness.

Today I decided to switch doctors. I was comparing hospitals and found one that's much nicer than the one where my current doc has privileges. My new first appt. is August 25th. :)

I have never been so hungry in my WHOLE life... I can't even describe it! I had FOUR breakfasts this morning, starting at 1:00a.m.
At this rate, they will have to take me on a flatbed to the hospital when I go into labor. :

Nausea, nausea, nausea. It's just a big ol' world of nausea right now.
Also, I wish I weren't stuck at work right now because I'd really like to go to bed.
The day-by-day pregnancy calendar says Bean is the size of a peppercorn today. Is it just me or is a peppercorn smaller than both rice AND raisins?
Ah well...

Sort of an uneventful pregnancy day.... not much happening with the little bean or me. :) Did go to bed AGAIN last night around 7:30. Yikes. I am supposed to go out with some friend tomorrow night... to an event that I know will go at LEAST a little past ten... I hope I don't pass out on them. :\

Went to bed at 7:30 last night.... no further comment.
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz................

No nausea. No raging hunger. No running to the bathroom every five seconds. No NOTHING yet except for TIRED. I can't get enough sleep. If there was a bed in my office, I'd be in it right now. I already spent my lunch hour snoozing on the couch in our conference room. :\ I guess all this manufacturing a human requires more energy than you might think.

Embryos are apparently measured by what food they most closely resemble at any given point in time.
I am receiving conflicting information as to whether my future child, who at this point is 21 days old, is the size of a grain of rice, or a raisin. That's a pretty big difference! At any rate, its teeny tiny smaller than rice OR a raisin heart started beating today.

Since yesterday, I haven't really felt sick at all... just worn out and hungry. Hope it stays like this, but I have my doubts.

... well, I started this blog a few days late... so I'll try to catch you up. Friday before last, I was soooooooo sick... Saturday I was sooooooooooo sick... and so this continued through Tuesday morning, when it dawned on me that perhaps this wasn't just a stomach bug. Considering I have taken 5 or 6 pregnancy tests in the past year, you would have thought this would've dawned on me EARLIER, but that's beside the point now.

So Tuesday morning, (7/15) I unceremoniously peed on the stick yet AGAIN... this time, I turned around for half a second and wouldn't you know it, the darn thing turned up two lines while I wasn't looking. (that's "positive" for those who haven't experimented with the many brands of preg. tests on the market these days). I stumbled into the bedroom, stick in hand... "Tom... hey Tom.... " "What?" "It's two lines.... look it's two lines..."

What followed was a mixture of shock, excitement and total disbelief ... slowly we have begun to tell people. I called my mom that morning, she told my dad... we told Tom's parents the next day... still keeping it a little quiet though.

A blood test came back from the doctor yesterday, cofirming that I am in fact, with child... (duh).

And so begins another adventure ... :)