Week 7

Until the doctor changes my due date, I am on Week 7, maybe???

I have started to eat a little more and this is probably the reason I feel bloated all the time. Also, my skin is  breaking out like I was a teenager again.  I feel gross, but I really can't complain if these are the only bad pregnancy symptoms I am experiencing.  Thankfully no morning sickness (yet).

This week has had a lot of ups and downs.  We will first start with all the fun stuff.  Bill and I have started to do some baby research.  We went to our local library and picked up 4 baby books:  three books are on what to expect during the whole nine months and the fourth book is about eating well.  I only have read 1/3 of the first book and already feeling overwhelmed.  I am hoping that these books will give me some insight on what I can expect during each trimester.

Besides picking up the baby books, this weekend I shared our news with my two other best friends, Nital and Zena.  Nital was beyond thrilled to hear the news and gave me tons of advice.  I am definitely going to go shopping with her when the time comes.  The next day I called Zena when she was at her parent's house celebrating Mother's Day.  She was also thrilled to become an Aunt.  She even offered to become our full time nanny (which I might take her up on).  By the end of the conversation, her entire family knew.  They all said congrats but I warned them to keep quiet.  I hate having a secret and not being able to share it.

I also told my boss on Thursday.  He sent out emails to the biologists asking us to give him the weekends we did not want to work over the next 6 months.  Hence, I could not procrastinate any longer because I will not be able to work all of November and December.  Tim was super happy for us.  He even got a little teary eyed.

We still plan on telling our families on Memorial Day weekend.  We have an idea set on how to tell them the news but for now I am going to keep that a secret as well.

As for the downs I have been experiencing.  My bloods sugars have not been as great as I would like.  They have been really low or sometimes even high.  I have been trying to measure my carb intake and trying not to go over a serving size.  I even bought a scale to weigh out my food.  Yes, crazy!!!  I am just very worried that every high or low will affect the development of the baby.  I can't wait to see the 8 (or 9) week sonogram to confirm all my worries.

As of week 7, the baby is the size of a blueberry.  Awesome!!!

 

PS-- I hate blogger.  I updated this post on Wednesday and it deleted it.. aggggggg