Week Four

This week was very exciting for me because I was waiting to start my first fertility treatments in the following months and my testing started this week. On Monday November 29^th, I was laying on my couch, when a smell wafted into my nose. I thought to myself “that is absolutely disgusting” and remember asking the dog to close his mouth. Yup, my cute pup was laying on the floor, chewing on a toy, smelling up my nose! I remember the odor, it was so strong and potent. I kind of had an idea in my head after that that maybe I will take a pregnancy test, you know, just so I reduce the stress so my cycle wouldn’t be delayed.

So, I went into the bathroom, did my business, and immediately looked down at the test…two lines. My hands started to shake and all I could think about is that this could not possibly be right. Honestly, I didn’t know what to do. My husband, was watching television, oblivious at this point that we were going to have a baby. I played this part over and over in my head so many times. I even bought an adorable “you’re going to be a Daddy” card over a year ago that I was planning on giving to him or telling him in some other cute way. Out of sheer excitement I asked him to please come upstairs. There was a shake in my voice and so he came running like something was terribly wrong. He said “what’s wrong” I looked up at him and said “we’re going to have a baby” then I burst into tears and hugged him tightly. This is one of my most precious memories in my entire life.

After this, I immediately called my Mom. We held a conversation and I let her rant about different things until I finally couldn’t hold it in anymore. As soon as an opportunity opened, I said “By the way, I’m pregnant”. She was in absolute shock and kept asking me if I was kidding. She wasn’t there with me, but I know she had tears in her eyes. She had known what I went through for this to happen and had been giving me encouragement and praying for me for quite some time. She once told me almost a year ago that she had a dream that I would get pregnant in November. I remember specifically thinking that she was completely wrong and how awful it would be to wait that long. Well, here it is, November 29^th, and I’m pregnant.

After I got off the phone with her, I immediately took another test out of disbelief, then another, then another. Those beautiful two lines were just as dark as ever on every single test that I took. Several positive tests later and I knew, this was really happening.

Looking back previous to this week, I remember eating with my Mom at McDonalds. I literally ate an entire breakfast and within 20 minutes felt extreme hunger again. I remember her saying something like “You’re hungry again?” Other than that, I really can’t think of anything that was different about this month from any of the prior months. All I knew is that this month was now special. It was the month that I found out that I was going to be a Mother. 

 

Weeks 3 & 4: Poppyseed

In week 4, now safe in your womb, the ball of cells (blastocyst) splits in two, becoming the embryo and the placenta. The amniotic sac and fluid are forming around baby, and will act as a cushion for the next eight months.

According to MorphThing.com, a super fun morphing website, our baby should look like the photo below. HAHA, I know this is just for fun, so we shall see how correct Morph thing really is!