New Beginnings

So this weekend was wedding weekend for a close friend of mine from college. I love weddings, it is such a reminder of love, new beginnings and a commitment to each other. They are one of my favorite couples and I can't wait to hear about all their new beginnings as a married couple, moving, TTC and all things that come with marriage. It was a great weekend starting from Friday all the way until Sunday afternoon. Friends traveled from near and far and it turned into a mini-reunion of sorts. The weather was gorgeous, the ceremony was very beautiful, the bride was breathtaking and the couple was very, very happy. The reception was a TON of fun...we had a ball!!!! Danced and danced all night and btw...got tons of compliments on the fabulous shoes...but they had to take a time-out at about the 4 hour mark as my feet were killing me!!!

Friday before we began our travels, I just needed a nap...and I proceeded to sleep for about an hour(remind you, I am not a napper AT ALL) and throughout the weekend I was dragging a bit and was hungry the entire time. I had a drink at the Friday night event and woke up feeling like crap. Drank ginger ale all day. At the wedding reception I was sweating very badly and couldn't figure out why I seemed to be the only one. Sunday on the drive home, I slept almost the entire trip while still consuming ginger ale due to slight nausea. Fast forward to Monday and I decide to run out and purchase a test, b/c at this point I am one or two days late and what do you know, as soon as I finish POAS a BFP positive appears. HOLY COW a BFP!!!!!

This was the first month that I really tried not to stress out about it, hardly visited the sites that I normally stalk, didn't look into every symptom( I didn't want to get tricked by the progesterone gods again), didn't test prior to AF's arrival. I had some IB spotting on Wednesday and still didn't want to get my hopes up, chalking it up as start of AF. This was also the month that I contemplated about actually "actively trying" due to the EDD. Not to mention the fact that I just fel "out" this month, especially once my monthly acne friend showed up. This pregnancy so far has been completely different than last pregnancy...by the 4 week mark I was experiencing morning sickness day and night, I felt 100% pregnant from day one. This one not so much, which is how I felt with my DS, so I am hoping that this is a good sign of things to come. I don't feel pregnant at all, aside from the mild exhaustion and small bouts of nausea whenI am in the car and frequent trips to the bathroom.

DH and I are very excited, but I am very nervous at the same time. The next 8 weeks or so, I plan on taking it as easy as possible and really taking care of myself. I am trying to be very optimistic, but every cramp or tug in the stomach it always puts those thoughts in the back of my mind. I keep running to the bathroom to check my underwear hoping that nothing is there.

We are now deciding if we are going to tell anyone yet, I thought it would be cute to at least tell our mother's for the upcoming Mother's Day...but if we do tell them we are swearing them to secrecy as we don't want to tell others until we reach the 12week mark. DH doesn't think our moms will be able to keep their lips sealed, so we are still debating. I was thinking of including a pic of the positive test in their Mother's Day cards. ~Last pregnancy I forgot to take a picture of the test and by time I remembered 4 days later, the positive result had disappeared...which was indicative of the pregnancy :(. So this time around I have taken a ton of pictures of the test. I also took a digi this morning and took a pic of that too.~

So for new beginnings, I have gotten my wish...pregnant within 6 months of miscarriage, pregnant by EDD of miscarriage and to top it off my Mother's Day wish and birthday wish are coming true. All I wanted was BFP and I got it!!!! Here's hoping for a very healthy and happy 9 months!!!!! I am ready to embark on this journey, while trying to stay very positive. New month...new positive attitude...new pregnancy =New beginnings