I'm Pregnant!

October 8, 2007. 6:20pm.  Guess what!?  In both Jenny McCarthy's Belly Laughs and Vicki Iovine's The Girlfriends Guide to Pregnancy, Jenny and Vicki describe the beggining weeks of pregnancy as feeling much like PMS.  Both books even say that you may feel like you're about to have your period any day now before finding out you're pregnant.  I guess that explains my symptoms lately.  I was SO SURE my period was going to come on time.  I woke up in the middle of the night on the morning it was due positive that I had felt that 'you-just-got-it' feeling.  I rushed to the bathroom and...nothing!  So, I put on a panty liner and went back to bed hoping I would wake up in time to catch it.  The entire day I kept feeling like I had just gotten my period, but once I hit the bathroom...nothing.  Finally, that day came and went.  Then, the next day came...and went.  I wanted to take a pregnancy test so bad, but I was too terrified of seeing only one pink line instead of two.  I planned on just waiting until Wednesday to test.  That would give me one day past the 28th day in my cycle; just in case my period was just late (I'm on a 25 day cycle).  Today, however, my husband noticed I was feeling tired and down and told me it was probably because I was pregnant.  "After all," he said, "you've been peeing like a fire hydrant lately."  I attributed this to the fact that I had increased my liquids dramatically to help prevent UTI symptoms.  I told him the reason I was dragging was probably because of my thyroid; I probably just neeeded my dose increased.  After he left to make a gas station run earlier this evening, around 4pm, I decided I would just take the test.  So, I did.  2 PINK LINES!!! It's been about 2 hours since I took the test and I've decided not to tell anyone until I aurprise my husband with the news.  So, this post won't be published until I've done that and (at risk of bodily injury) of course until I've also surprised MY mom.

So, to recap:

Symptoms I had before finding out I was pregnant:

1. Fatigue.  Soooo tired!

2. FREQUENT urination.

3. Nausea without the need to vomit.

4. A full feeling below my belly button.  Not really my usual PMS bloating, but more like I have a little water filled balloon hanging out in my abdomen that makes it uncomfortable to sleep on my stomach (my favorite position!).

5. Faint cramping.  My usual PMS cramping is almost like a pinching or sometimes a scraping feeling with a lot of aching in the area where I imagine my ovaries to be.  These were more faint; noticeable, but not painful.

6. Hunger!  I have had the wierdest cravings so far, but then I get full really fast.

7. My favorite jeans were getting a little snug just around my middle.  I noticed during long car rides or after a big meal that I really really wanted to undo that top button.

8. Heat!  If I lay down for any length of time, I just start radiating heat; like a human oven (brings a while new meaning for me to the saying 'bun in the oven').

What I'll do now that I've found out:

1. Test again in the morning to make sure it wasn't a false positive (even though these are rare).

2. Call my OB/GYN!  See when I should come in for my first prenatal exam.  I also need to make sure he's aware of my thyroid condition.

3. Think of a cute way to tell my husband and TELL HIM!

4. Ditto for my mom.

5. Post this!!! :o)

-Jessy