nice to see you

My first ultrasound was quite an experience. Jon and I had our eyes glued to the screen as the tech pointed out things we quickly pretended to see. There's the heart beating...a little white pulsing. Okay, I saw that. The crown to rump measurement showed 8 weeks 4 days. The doctor visited with us about various tests that could be performed during the first trimester and answered the few questions we managed to come up with. Running is out he said with hesitation because he is all too familiar with the mind of running junkies. I agreed to back off the exercise until the pregnancy was more stable. We are off to Little Rock in a few days armed with this exciting news. Who to tell first...

the longest 3 days

I just got a call from the nurse about my lab tests and was asked if I was sitting down. Does any good conversation begin with those words? She said, "You are not only pregnant, you are very pregnant." Her guess was close to 8 or 9 weeks! What?!?! That can't be right. I took it all in with the intention of checking my calendar asap to set things straight. We went over some details and she scheduled me an ultrasound for Friday.

3 tests later...

Here goes my first attempt at blogging. I felt a blog was necessary because... I am pregnant. C-R-A-Z-Y! I noticed a while back that I was feeling more and more exhausted so on a whim, I decided to take a pregnancy test on the morning of July 11. It instantly gave me a double line - a.k.a. you are pregnant woman! I actually didn't take it too seriously because it was a cheap test from the Dollar Store. I went to the gym as planned and decided to take another more expensive test when I was finished working out. The second test confirmed the results of the first test in less than 30 seconds. Okay, maybe this is real. Jon was on call that day and we weren't guaranteed to see each other so I decided to wait and tell him on Saturday. I knew I was going to be at work when he arrived home so I decided to leave him a piece of paper folded in half that read, "For Jon", with the positive pregnancy test hidden under it. I got home to find him in bed trying to get some much needed rest. He asked me what the test meant like I had someone else pee on it or something. I told him that the test that I had left him was one from that morning and was actually the third one I had taken. We chatted for a bit more and then I let him drift off to dreamland. I spent the next 2 days looking for the do's and don'ts of pregnancy seeing as I was pretty sure I had committed most of them during the last 3 weeks. I am trying not to get too excited about things right now as a lot can happen this early on.