My First Pregnancy

Brian and I have reached another chapter in our lives. We are going to be parents! We have been married for 5 ½ wonderful years and traveled all over the world (to more than 30 different countries). When we got married, we said we were on a five year plan before we would think about having a baby. We stuck to that and really enjoyed our time together. To check out some of our travel adventures visit:

http://amyandbriansworldtour.blogstop.com/

For several months, we have been trying to get pregnant. I have some female issues and there was some concern as to whether or not I could get pregnant without medical help. We were extremely blessed because this happened without the help of any fertility treatments. We used an online charting program at http://www.myfertilitycharts.com/ that proved to be extremely helpful. I took my basal body temperature everyday and entered it using text messaging. The website would indicate when ovulation occurred. Because of this program, we know exactly when our baby was conceived.

I wanted to start this blog, but no one except us knows that we are pregnant right now. Some people already know I am on blogger.com because of our travel blog. They could visit it and potentially run into this one and find out the news by clicking on my profile. So right now, I am going to type this up and upload to a blog at a later date. (Update: Brian uploaded my older posts for me on August 13, 2010 and added pictures for me)

The reason I don’t want people to know that I am pregnant yet is because I am a nurse and realize everything that can go wrong early on in a pregnancy. Our families are going to be really excited about this and I don’t want the entire world to know and then something terrible happen.

Today is our first doctor’s appointment. I have been waiting two weeks for this appointment. Once I took a home pregnancy test and it was positive, I called the doctor’s office thinking I would get an appointment soon however it ended up being two weeks later. I am excited to go the doctor’s appointment. For some reason, I have this thought after I see the doctor everything will be okay. In reality, I know that is not the case but right now that is what I am thinking. (My hormones are crazy right now and some of my thought processes are a little off).

I have started getting the morning sickness. It has not been fun but I can get through it. The mornings are the worst part for me. Another issue that I have is I also almost passed out last week. It was really hot and I got diaphoretic, had to lay down, and everything went black for about 10 seconds. That was a little scary but after I turned on the air conditioner and got some juice I was okay. This is another reason I really want to see the doctor.

I have also started going to the bathroom more frequently. I am trying to drink a lot of water but water has not tasted as good as it usually does. We bought fruit juice for me to try and help. I am usually not a fan of juice. I was never a real big pop drinker but I did have a few a week. Now I have to find pop without caffeine. It is amazing how many soda pops have caffeine in it. Thank goodness for A&W rootbear!

We are trying to keep me as healthy as possible. We pray everyday for a healthy baby. I am eating lots of fruits and vegetables. It is actually interesting because I almost crave fruits now more than any other food. I have had a brownie in the fridge to eat for 3 days and it does not even seem appealing to me right now. (Usually I love my sweets). I have also been really tired. I am sleeping 8-9 hours every night and a little more on the weekends.

I am getting ready for my doctor’s appointment. Hopefully I will have more news later.