I still can’t believe that I’m pregnant. I think I wake up everyday and say that too myself. It’s so surreal. So far my only symptom has been exhaustion and using the bathroom more than my norm (which was already a lot). I have my moments where I feel nauseous but I haven’t had any vomiting yet. I also have my moments where I don’t want anything to eat but then I feel sick when I don’t eat. I think it’s still fairly early for “real” symptoms (I’m only 6 weeks and 2 days). I’ve been trying to keep up some of my healthy habits that I adopted while trying to conceive such as drinking smoothies daily and making sure I take a probiotic.
We also told a few family members and we told our 12 year old. She was ECSTATIC…that was once she actually believed us! She thought we were joking but she soon realized that we were being serious. The main reason we decided to tell her was because it was becoming hard to talk about it and keep it from her at the same time. She’s with us all of the time and we were bound to slip up at some point. We told some other family members because they already knew about the IVF process so of course they were awaiting the news of whether or not this cycle worked for us. We also have a few friends that know for that same reason.
We’ve already been visiting baby stores and looking at stuff. It’s so hard to resist now! We probably won’t tell the rest of the family until after we get the ultrasound and hear the heartbeat. I would prefer to wait until the 1st trimester is over but Stanley is really itching to tell his parents and my aunt wants to tell the rest of the family so I decided that after the first ultrasound, they could go ahead and tell. The ultrasound is scheduled for 12/7 and that feels sooooo far away but hopefully the time will fly by. We also go out of town that week to visit my family in North Carolina so that’s perfect timing for sharing the news.
Everyday when I wake up, I thank God for blessing me with this pregnancy. Every time I have a symptom, I thank God for it. This is what we prayed for and we’re so thankful for EVERYTHING that comes with it.
