How I found out:
Friday morning, February 17th, I went to the doctor for a 9:15am appointment at the OBGYN for just a regular yearly visit.
Wyatt was supposed to come with me, but since he got home from work at around 2:30am I let him off the hook and went on my own. I was feeling a bit emotional. Not sure if it was because he didn't come with me or because I don't like doctor visits, or because I had to drive there and had never been there before. And I hate driving, specially when I don't know where I'm going.
So I got there and met the doctor for the first time and she was super nice. I told her about my last period and how it was very weird how I had only been spotting very light for the last week and how normally I spot for a few hours and then it gets heavy for a day or two. So she said we would do a pregnancy test just in case. I thought to myself, I'm not pregnant, but ok. So I went and peed in a cup, put my name on it and went back to the room and undressed for the pap. Just waited for the doctor to come and do the pap. Not to come and give me results. But she did: "Katherine? um, your pregnant."
I was shocked, nervous, I couldn't believe what I was hearing. I started crying and she handed me a tissue and I told her " I drank last night...I had sushi last weekend..." She was smiling telling me it was ok as long as I stop drinking and that salmon is actually not bad to eat. While she was asking me question after question my mind was racing with thoughts of a BABY? What is Wyatt, my family, his family, our friends going to say? Will they be as excited as I am right now? Is this for real??? Is this really happening? What do I do? I have no clue what the first step is!
Wyatt & I have been off birth control for a few months. And I was actually a week late a month after he left for A-school, but no such luck. We weren't actually trying, but we weren't trying not to either. It was a situation where if it happened it happened, but didn't think it would happen so soon! We moved to northern California and drove up January 3rd. I got a job a week after being here in Santa Rosa and were very excited to get the chance to explore our new area. All of the excitement of being back in Cali and exploring the new area lead to a little more than we expected :).
First person to find out:
When I got back in the car, still in shock from finding out, my mom calls me. The car rings and I pick up thinking, why is she calling me... she knows I should be at work? But since I picked up by instinct, I said Hi mom! and started to chat. Of course I was thinking Wyatt has to be the first one to know. But mom was talking about how dad was going to be helping a friend moving a toddler bed, and I asked about the crib. THE CRIB! As she told me what they would do with it, tears ran down my face and I couldn't talk until I finally said crying and mumbling "MOM, I'M PREGNANT." After more tears and her and I being super excited I headed to work for what seemed like the longest day of my life.
Telling Daddy:
Because parents were coming up north that weekend I had to run a couple of errands before getting home. But finally I got home and I told Wyatt by reading the poem I wrote at work in like 3 minutes! I folded the poem and showed him letter by letter. And bought cute little socks at target and also showed him the ultrasound picture:
He was very excited, he hugged me tight and held my hand and smiled at me all night. That night I didn't cook. He wanted to celebrate by eating take out mexican and poured some cranberry juice in my wine glass and he had a beer. That weekend my family drove up from Palm Springs (had planned this for a couple of weeks) and we went to a couple of wine tours and toured San Francisco. Of course, no more alcohol for me. We told our families Saturday night and everyone was super happy to hear the amazing news.
Although we were completely shocked at first, we are both beyond excited to have a baby & feel so blessed!! Now if I can just get past this nausea....lol
How far along? 5 Weeks
Total weight gain/loss: 0 so far
Maternity clothes? None yet, I know to get more leggins for later in the pregnancy. Good thing I love them now lol
Stretch marks? No
Sleep: Fine so far, but wake up at least once for a bathroom break.
Best moment this week: Hearing the wonderful news and telling our immediate family :)
Miss Anything? not really, my family and I went wine tasting and I was satisfied just smelling the cups lol.
Movement: none yet, just lots of cramping that remind me there's a very little something in there growing :)
Food cravings: mexican, but I always crave mexican
Anything making you queasy or sick: EVERYTHING, I can smell everything right now and yesterday I could not keep anything down. At around noon yesterday I got so sick and have not felt good since. Got some nausea medication today finally in the morning after going on a mission last night to a couple pharmacies. One didn't take Tricare, the other one was closed :(
Have you started to show yet: No, but I'm not super skinny so that's probably just me and all the eating I did last weekend.
Gender: Unknown
Labor Signs: No
Belly Button in or out? In
Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happier than I've ever been in my entire life!!
Looking forward to: Shopping for everything I need and the seeing my baby's face for the first time along with everyone's reaction when they see him/her too.
