5 Weeks

Your baby's heart will begin to beat this week! It's amazing how much is happening so quickly. A transvaginal ultrasound will show about 90% of the yolk sacs. It is now possible to differentiate between the head and the tail of your baby. By the end of the week that folic acid will be paying off as the neural folds begin to fuse. Average length is 1.5 - 2.5 mm.

How far along? 5 weeks, 1 day

Total weight gain/loss: 0, I'm all bloat

Maternity clothes? Nope

Stretch marks? Not yet!

Sleep? I could always use more... I realized last night that a body pillow is a beautiful invention.

Movement? Too early

Food cravings/aversions: I'm loving oranges, salads, and hard boiled eggs (thanks Ian!). My Viactiv calcium supplements make me want to hurl when I even look at them, and spicy food, while delicious, hurts

Baby's sex: Ian said he thinks we're having a boy, so now that's in my head...

What I miss: A good night's sleep, not needing to eat every 5 seconds, and not looking so puffy

What I'm looking forward to: I have an ultrasound tomorrow to make sure it's not an ectopic pregnancy. I just wish I was far enough along to see the heartbeat- I'm really looking forward to that!

Best moment this week: I'm going to count the positive test a week ago. Also, Ian and I took pictures of us with the test that are hilarious.

Weekly wisdom: Sleep is good. Food and water are good. Being pregnant feels like having the flu.

So...

I'm pregnant! We are shocked and thrilled. This was only our second month trying and I don't think either of us expected it to happen so soon. My estimated due date is 6/14/11, and our baby will be considered full term if it is born anytime between our two birthdays (5/24 and 6/25). Cannot believe it.

So far, no serious symptoms. I first suspected I was pregnant when I kept having cramps, but my period never came. I waited until I was officially late to test, and the second line popped up right away! This was a 5:30 in the morning, because I woke up early, knowing I was going to test. I didn't want to wake Ian up, so I set the test on top of his phone (which he uses as an alarm- and the cap was on the test!). I could NOT sleep, and pretty soon before his alarm was supposed to go off, Ian started to wake up. I asked if he needed to keep sleeping. He said, "Why, what's up?" I hesitated, then said, "I'm pregnant!" That woke him up. We couldn't stop laughing. That night we went out to dinner and bought some baby books.

I've had a craving or two, some food aversions, and a little bit of nausea. I was having some kind of intense cramping with pain on one side of my abdomen, so I called my doctor and they did a blood draw. My HCG level was 2800, which is quite high this early in pregnancy! Hopefully I'm only cooking one... My pain is pretty much gone, so I suspect it was a cyst (pretty common in early pregnancy), but my doctor's office still wants to me schedule an ultrasound next week to rule out ectopic. I'm not complaining! I would love to see that little sac in there, maybe see a heartbeat. Our first official visit is Friday, 10/15. I am still waiting for all of this to seem real.

I'm pretty sure no one actually reads this, but if you do know me IRL and you happen to see this, we'd really like to wait to announce it to everyone. Mum's the word! (I am so funny)