Pregancy Test

Ok, I know I'm 6 weeks pregnant. I've already even been to the OB's office and they basically told me I was too. Yet, I took a pregnancy test this weekend. Why, you ask? Actually, it makes sense. We were cleaning up our bathroom and I found an unused test. I don't plan on needing to use it for quite some time now and it's not something you give a friend ("hey, I had this laying around, do you want it?") so instead of just wasting it by throwing it out, I thought I'd waste it by using it. And lo and behold, I'm pregnant! Actually, I've never taken a pregnancy test this far along into a pregnancy (not that I'm far, but for both pregnancies, I've only taken the tests when I'm about 4 weeks). The positive line showed up on the test even before the control line appeared in the other window. I started laughing a little. I haven't been feeling very pregnant - I'm the normal amount of tired, I'm not sick at all; I honestly wouldn't even guess I was pregnant if I hadn't taken that test - so it was reassuring to know that the other lines I saw weren't my imagination.
Oh, and as a side note, Nick said he was outside tonight, taking out the trash, when the neighbor called him over. She asked him point blank if I was pregnant because she just thinks she sees something in my eyes. Now, how on earth she could see anything at all when I've seen her for about 30 seconds total in the past few weeks, but still, it was weird for her to ask Nick. Last time I was preggers my old co-worker had a dream that I was pregnant before I even took the test. How do these people have a 6th sense about me being pregnant?

First Appointment

Today was my first appointment. I feel like I was just sitting in that OB/GYN office yesterday, pregnant with #1. I like that the birth announcement of my sweetie is still hanging up - it made me smile to see her.
I filled out a bunch of paperwork and peed in the cup. I was waiting for the nurse to come in and tell me that I wasn't really pregnant. She didn't do that though. She came in and gave me samples of pre-natal vitamins and went over the family history. We talked about #1 and my tear and she cringed thinking about how bad it had to have hurt. She also said that since #1 and I are both A- blood types she thought that Nick should go get blood work done because there was a good chance he was negative too and that I didn't have to get a rhogam shot this time. I loved that he has to actually get poked this time also! Unfortunately, right after that, she gave me the paperwork for my blood draw. Yuck.
Oh, and most importantly, she said my official due date was June 21st. All the websites told me June 18th. I guess I have to wait for the ultrasound to see if it makes a difference. Which it doesn't since #1 was 8 days late.
My next appointment is with the new mid-wife at the practice.

Headaches

I'm plagued with migraines. Last pregnancy, I had them very bad the first trimester - almost daily. Then they were magically gone for the entire second and third trimester. Post baby #1, my headaches have been back with a vegence. So much so that 2 weeks ago I went to a neurologist to see if there was anything I could do about them. It was before I found out I was pregnant again though, so all his suggestions are now no good. So, I'm back to just taking Tylenol, drinking Pepsi, and trying to sleep them off - none of which is that successful of a treatment. I've had a pounding headache all day and I can only dream of Imitrex. I guess I'll settle for acupuncture and hoping that relieves some of my pain. (On a side note, Nick has been giving me acupuncture for "strengthening" to help Baby S 2.0 along!)

Five Weeks

I keep forgetting I'm pregnant. My tiredness has gone away and I'm not really feeling many symptoms anymore. Part of me is happy and enjoying it since I am not sure how long it will last, but then the other part of me is worried and hoping that everything is ok. I also think I forget I'm pregnant since no one really knows yet. I'm nervous thinking about telling work.
I have my first appointment next Wednesday. I meet with the nurse to discuss family history, etc. I'm not sure why I have to do it again since the family history hasn't changed at all.

Five Weeks

I keep forgetting I'm pregnant. My tiredness has gone away and I'm not really feeling many symptoms anymore. Part of me is happy and enjoying it since I am not sure how long it will last, but then the other part of me is worried and hoping that everything is ok. I also think I forget I'm pregnant since no one really knows yet. I'm nervous thinking about telling work.
I have my first appointment next Wednesday. I meet with the nurse to discuss family history, etc. I'm not sure why I have to do it again since the family history hasn't changed at all.

Told My Parents

We went to my parents' house this weekend. It was my sister's baby shower and as much as I was excited to tell everyone our good news, I didn't want to rain on her parade in any way. Well, my dad spent all weekend saying things about a possible baby #2. Finally, I just spilled the beans! And Nick ended up telling his friend so now a handful of people know.
I'm started to get all anxious about the sitter situation once we have two...

Feeling It Already

Since this weekend, I've been exhausted. Both days this weekend I took 1.5 hour naps. I like napping but that is even a lot for me. All this week, I've been ready for bed by 9. It's Thursday, the Office is on, and I'm so tired I can barely stay up to watch it.

I Told Nick

I was so nervous driving home from work last night about telling Nick. Not that he would react poorly, but just telling him. And I wanted it to be special. Of course, in true Karen/Nick fashion, it wasn't quite that way! I got home from work and all I could think about was spilling my guts and all Nick could think about was calling Verizon since our home phone wasn't working. I finally had Nick away from the phone and I grabbed Katarina and told her to tell Daddy that Mommy was having a baby. She started whimpering and saying no. Haha! Nick finally came into the room and I told him that Katarina had something to tell him but she was being shy. So I told him. He looked surprised, he said great, then he started doing something else! It wasn't until a minute later that he shouted, "come here!" and gave me a big hug and kiss. I guess it is to be expected - I had 24 hours of prep time on him! He was in shock. He didn't even ask me when I was due though. He immediately started lecturing me about my eating habits. He said he was excited and when I told him I was scared to death he couldn't understand why. He is just so gung-ho about another child. He already calls him (I say him because I think that is what "it" is, even though "it" is actually nothing right now) Baby S 2.0. This morning he said goodbye to my tummy. He's so cute.

Wow

I'm 99.99% sure I'm pregnant. I have taken 2 pregnancy tests today and they both had faint + on them. Oh. My. God. What have we done? It doesn't seem real, but yet I pull out my test (yes, it's in my pocket and I'm carrying it around work) and there is a line. I wanted to be pregnant with #2 so bad and now that it's real, I'm scared to death. More scared than when I was pregnant with #1.
I still haven't told Nick yet. I wanted to do something cute but I just can't keep this secret any longer. I'm going to burst if I have to keep quiet any longer. I need my partner in all this!

Maybe I Was Wrong...

I know I posted the other night that I got a BFN when I took a HPT and pretty much felt like this month was out for us being pregnant with #2. Well, I had one HPT left and when I came home from work I decided to just take it. I figured I'd just take it and be done with it. After about 30 seconds it looked like there was a very faint line. So faint that it didn't look like it could be there. I stared at it for about 3 minutes as Katarina ran around asking what I was doing. I decided to stick the test away, but a minute later I couldn't take it and I broke the test open to get a closer look. There is definitely a little line there. But maybe it's an evaporation line since it was longer than 3 minutes? I don't know. When I was pregnant with Katarina it was so faint Nick didn't believe me. I am going to test tomorrow.
I haven't even mentioned anything to Nick yet. I'm sitting here going crazy all by my lonesome! It's funny because every night I've had dreams about pregnancy tests or being pregnant. It's definitely been on my mind!
I guess I'll be posting tomorrow.

Another month down...

...and no luck. I broke down today and bought a thermometer to start officially charting. I charted when I got pregnant with Katarina so I guess it's time to do it again. (You ask why I had to buy a thermometer if I already charted...somewhere in the past two and a half years I seemed to have lost it.)
I took a pregnancy test today and got a BFN. You should have seen me holding it up to the light and tilting it in various directions to see if I could see a faint line. No line no matter how hard I looked. I even pulled it out of the garbage an hour later to just be really sure that I didn't see anything.