First bout of morning sickness!!

So the books aren't kidding when they say you should see morning sickness in the 6th week. Today I am 5 weeks and 6 days pregnant. Last night I got up at 2:30 to make my nightly trip to use the restroom, and came back to bed to expect to fall back to sleep like I usually do. Nope, it wasn't going to happen, I finally got back to sleep at 5am. Then at 6:15am my alarm woke me up, and it was time to get ready for work. Well I got dressed and I sat down to put my socks and shoes on and that's when it hit me... It's really hot in here and I am starting to get dizzy. Then I went to go brush my teeth, and I gagged, and I gagged again, and the third gagging meant business. I ran to the toilet where I hunched over and well you can guess what happened next. Dane woke up and came to my rescue. He stood beside me rubbing my back :) . He's the sweetest husband EVER. So that was my experience with the first morning sickness. I think I still have many days of it to come, but I thought I would mark the first time I ever had it. Dane e-mailed me at work today and told me that it was weird and he felt like he was in a "prego movie"... and he said that it's exciting to go through the progression of pregnancy. I told him that I am glad that he gets joy out of seeing me puke :) I am so glad that he is there to be by my side through everything. He's been great. He's the best husband I could ever ask for, and I know he will be the best daddy!!! I think I am in a mushy mood now... so I'll end it here before this gets to be another topic.

I made it to the 5th week!!

I know I am crazy. My last pregnancy lasted only 4 weeks 6 days. So today I am very excited. I haven't been having too many symptoms. I am tired a lot now, and I crave some foods, such as today I wanted pinto beans, white rice, and corn bread. My boobs hurt (not that some of you needed to know that)... and I gag sometimes. I guess next week we'll find out if I have the full force of morning sickness. I know this sounds kind of weird, but I hope I have it sometimes, just to reassure me that everything is okay with baby Schilling.

Our First Appointment...

On October 12, 2007 we had our first prenatal visit. I was 4 weeks 3 days. They didn't really do too much, just gave me a goody bag of magazines and brochures. I wanted my doctor to give me blood work (which she did) but I also wanted to come back Monday to make sure my HCG levels were doubling. She took me back into her office and told me that she can not prevent another miscarriage from happening, and that I need to settle down. If it's going to happen it's going to happen. She's right, but it still made me slightly mad. I just want to make sure that this pregnancy is doing well. Well anyways, I went to get blood work done, my first round. The HCG level came back 675. Which is where you should be during the 4th week. So I am very happy about that. Now I just wish I had another number to compare it to. Next week my doctor is going to attempt the first ultrasound. I will be 6wks 1 day. But that's another post.

We are pregnant!!!

Well, Dane and I have been TTC for sometime now. I have been thinking for about a month now, how cool would it be to give Dane a positive pregnancy test for his birthday. So one day on October 6, 2007 he went to photograph a wedding and I decided to take a test. It took a few minutes, but said PREGNANT!!!! As you all probably know there is no way that I could of kept it a secret from him until October 8th (his birthday). So I went out to get his birthday presents from me, and I went down the card aisle and got a card from a child that said "Hey Daddy" on the cover. It was perfect. So when he came home from the wedding, I gave him an early birthday present. Two digital pregnancy tests in a bag with the card from the child. On the envelope I wrote "To someone special".... he opened the card first and read "Hey Dad--" He couldn't finish it, he had this HUGE smile on his face, and he gave me a HUGE hug!!!! And said really?!? And I was so excited I took the tests out of the bag for him and said "see"... :)

We are scared, for a repeat experience of what happened in July. That was a really rough time for the both of us, and we hope that we won't have to go through that again. With this pregnancy we are taking it day by day, and cherishing every moment we have with this baby, and we hope that we can see and hold our baby around June 17, 2008!