Journal Entry

Terra’s first few weeks

My husband Andrew and I are expecting our first child around October 20, 2008. Andrew will be 29 in November. I will be 25 in July. Andrew works in the shipping department of a company that makes signs. He loves to work on cars in his free time. I work part time in an office, do volunteer work, and freelance writing. I have always been around children. I have six brothers and sisters and six nieces and nephews. Pregnancy and motherhood are a new adventure, though. I am fascinated by the amazing changes taking place inside my body. Please get to know me as I shares the adventures of my pregnancy. View my Mommy.com profile here .

So, let’s start off back at the end of January: Jan 29, 2008

Few women are aware of when they ovulate some however may notice if they don’t feel themselves ovulate when they usually do. Otherwise your first indication that you might be pregnant could be implantation bleeding. This may occur 7-14 days after conception. Some women may think their period is starting, as I did. My periods are very irregular so I wasn’t overly suspicious at this time.

Feb 5, 2008 (Week 3)

This week starts a period of critical development in baby’s heart. Some time this week it will start to beat. This was the most amazing thing I learned early on. There was a heart beating inside me before I even knew I was pregnant.

Feb 12, 2008 (Week 4)

Many women experience morning sickness as their bodies adjust to changing hormones. There is an increase in estrogen, progesterone, and hCG. If your stomach is upset try eating bland carbohydrates. Some women even eat a few crackers before they get out of bed in the morning.

Feb 26, 2008 (Week 6)

At this point in time I’m not even sure that I’m pregnant. Only the slightest suspicion told me that when I went to the dentist this week, X-rays were not a good idea. I remembered mentioning to a friend that I had to go to the bathroom a lot, but I didn’t think anything of it.

Mar 4, 2008 (Week 7)

My breasts were very tender on Wednesday. I got a little nauseated sitting in the back of a van. I couldn’t figure out why I was so hungry mid-afternoon. I had a good lunch. That night when I took a shower my breasts hurt from the water. I was pretty sure…

I was anxious to take a test, but I knew I should wait until morning. I woke up at 1:40 Thursday morning. I wanted to test, but decided to wait. I woke up again at 5, but couldn’t go back to sleep. I was sooo nervous. I finally took the test just before 6am. I put it down and walked away. When I came back to look; there was a plus sign. Flooded with emotions, I didn’t know how to react. I cried. My husband was out of town. I called him and cried again. He was so sweet. He called me several times. I switched from multivitamins to a prenatal. I made a doctor appointment and signed up for every free baby website.

A word of advice on signing up for websites; don’t sign up for websites that promise to send coupons on behalf of more than one company. You will get tons of spam or junk email. Do visit the websites of the individual companies that sell the products you think you will use. They are less likely to share your address.