Let the games begin

Luke & I have recently announced that we are pregnant! I'm actually 9 weeks pregnant (10 weeks on Tuesday). We are so excited about this new adventure. Through some convincing by my mom, I've decided to try & keep a blog throughout my pregnancy (& even perhaps when the baby is born). So, here are some things going on in our lives....

We found out I was pregnant on Saturday, October 29th. I took an at-home pregnancy test & it came back "positive". I had taken another one too early (on Tuesday morning) & it came back "negative". Luke & I had been trying for 3 months & the birth control was still in my system when we conceived, so we were very surprised that we had a "positive" test. As the New Englanders know, we had a winter storm that hit on the Saturday we found out I was pregnant...Winter Storm Alfred. I took another test the following Tuesday, just to be sure, & it also came back "positive".

Next in line was to make an appointment with my OBGYN, which was scheduled for Monday, November 28th. We couldn't wait that long to tell our parents & siblings, so we told them our exciting news. Everyone was beyond excited. While waiting for our doctor's appointment, we purchased the book "Your Pregnancy Week by Week", which was recommended by our friend Katie Siegal, we are so happy we got the book...it's been amazing. We have also been taking "belly pictures" on Sundays. Also during this time of waiting, my morning sickness has been HORRIBLE! I've actually missed two days of school because of it. Luke has been wonderful helping me out with all these changes...he asks me everyday (at least twice) how I'm feeling, he cooks dinner every night (the sight/smell of food makes me sick), he's cleaned up after me, he's been super supportive & helpful...there's so many wonderful things he's been doing for me...I'm so blessed to have him as my life-long partner.

We went to the doctor on Monday, November 28th & it was confirmed that we are pregnant. We got to see the baby on the ultrasound & we heard the baby's heartbeat...AMAZING! It brought tears to my eyes. The baby's heart rate was 173 BPM...nice, strong heart. The baby looks good & I do too, so everything is going well so far. We really wanted to wait until after Christmas to make the big announcement, but so many of my coworkers were thinking that we were pregnant because of the amount of work I have been missing, so I felt like it was time to tell people, so I did when I returned to school on Wednesday, November 30th (I missed Tuesday because of morning sickness).

My due date is July 3rd...Luke thinks it will be July 4th (he's so patriotic). We both think our little one will be a girl, but we will be so thrilled with a boy or girl. We are just hopeful we have a healthy baby (& I hope this pregnancy becomes easier...lol).

Things are going very well for us. I feel so behind with Christmas because of my morning sickness & I've been very, very tired during the week, but I know that our family understands, so I'm not worried. Please keep reading & please keep me in line with creating new posts!