Feeling better...

I'm finally feeling better. My fever broke this morning, and now my throat is only mildly scratchy. I'm still tired, which could be still not feeling well and/or the pregnancy. We'll see :) I did stay home from work today, though, just so I could rest up.

I'm starting to get a bit of heart-burn. Not sure if its a one-day thing or a new symptom. I'm hoping to get more real, true symptoms, just to prove to myself that this is real! I took my last Dollar Tree PG test this morning (since I finally slept all night and figured the urine was concentrated). It was so cool to watch as the test line showed up SUPER DARK before the urine even reached the control line!

Fever and sore throat

I have really felt ill this past week. First, last Sunday I started with a runny nose and lots of sneezing, lasting a few days. Then, it turned into a chest congestion cough for a few days. Yesterday morning I woke up with a bad sore throat, and by last night had a fever ranging between 99.8 and 100.5. That scared me so much because I know a fever isn't good while pregnant. I went to Urgent Care Clinic this morning, and they prescribed Amoxicillin, assuring me that it was completely safe during pregnancy. I sure hope so! But, its probably a good idea because I am so miserable...and that can't be good for the baby either :(

I have not had any new pregnancy symptoms...
~ Extremely tired (though that is probably due to the illness)
~ Sore breasts (noticed primarily last night and today...not sure if that is just being achy with the illness)
~ Going the bathroom frequently (of course that's probably cause I'm drinking 60 - 80 oz of water each day)
~ Occassional pinchy, stretching feelings in the uterus area and the left ovary area (hoping that doesn't indicate an ectopic!)

I'm looking so forward to my ultrasound scheduled for 5/12 to see the heartbeat. That will be added reassurance that all is progressing normally.

We haven't decided when to tell everyone yet though... I've told mom, Carrie, and a handful of people at work (Holly, Lindsey, Megan, Jackie, Carrie, and Gayle). Mom wants us to announce it after Tiffany's graduation at the end of May, since grandma Rutan and Marlene will be back. I guess we'll see if everything looks good. That would put me at about 9 weeks.

Second beta test

The second beta blood test result is in! 769! They wanted it to be in the range of 700, so it has slightly more than doubled! Hopefully this little baby continues to grow big and strong :)

Dr. Zhang will also be having me do my first ultrasound on Monday, May 12 at 4pm. I should be about 7 weeks at that point. But it feels sooooo far away! Nearly 3 weeks from now :( I am just praying that our baby stays strong and continues growing...and that we see a great heartbeat on the ultrasound!

I still can't believe this has happened! At least the spotting seems to be not as bad, just a tiny bit today. I feel a bit more relaxed as well. Over the weekend, I just felt like if I so much as moved I was going to hurt the baby....now I still worry, but I go about my usual day at work.

I'm trying to take it easy in the evenings since I am on my feet all day. I have been pretty tired during the evenings as well.

So far my symptoms include:
brown, creamy spotting
aches and twinges in the uterus area
no appetite
food aversions (right now the only things that sound good are water, cheese sticks, fruit, and veggies) I tried eating a casserole the other night and nearly gagged...
fatigue during the day/evening
insomnia during the night (I am tossing and turning a LOT, as well as waking up and not being able to fall back to sleep). This started that first night after finding out I am pregnant...

After 4 years...

We have been trying to conceive our first child for 4 years, 2 months, with not even a hint of a positive test. We have had some amazingly pretty evaporation lines, but nothing with color.

Friday morning I was sure my period would start. I had a bit of spotting the night before, and was just certain it would start. It hadn't so just for the heck of it, I took a pregnancy test. There was a second line!

I yelled for Brian because I didn't believe what I had seen. He came up and said that yes, it IS positive. He went out to Walmart (this was at like 6:45am) to get a digital test. Within a minute of taking it, it said pregnant!!



We were both in shock! I called the doctor's office as soon as the opened at 9am, and they agreed to get me in for a blood test and an appointment at 2pm that day.

I wasn't thrilled with the nurse. She basically made it seem like urine pregnancy tests aren't very accurate, and although she HOPED I was pregnant, I might not actually be. She kept saying it was way too early for a blood test to show positive. She had me soooo nervous!

Dr. Zhang came in and did an exam. She didn't seem overly concerned about the spotting I've been having. She said they would call with the beta blood test results and that she wanted me to come back on Monday for repeat blood work.
My HCG levels are 238 (which was on cycle day 27, 15dpo). The nurse that gave me the message said that that indicated a definite pregnancy.

I have been soooo worried this whole weekend. I keep wanting to just be happy and enjoy it, but everytime I notice the spotting (brownish) I just get freaked out. If I could put myself on bedrest for the first 12 weeks, I would in an instant...