8 weeks

Today should mark 8 weeks. I feel as though I am 20+ weeks. I can barely hold my belly in and my pants are so tight. It sucks because it is not even close to time for maternity clothes. No symptom changes lately, still very much exhausted after doing very little, and I always want to be at home in the bed. Work is very very very slow, so this makes me even more tired. I decided to take Friday off and get some more rest since we are off Thursday for New Year's Day. Still hate meal time b/c its so hard to just eat, there is SO much thaught and nausea involved. Nothing ever sounds good and I get tired of stuff easily. I had gained 7 pounds since I found out I was pregnant, but then lost 3 over the weekend - Holiday Food-yuck! I ate a lot of cheerios and pretzels. Can't wait for the Dr. Apt. next week!

Baby racked up!

The baby got many gifts this year for Christmas, it was so sweet of everyone to think of he or she. My Dad seems to think we are having twins, he joked about it all weekend. Twins run in my family on my mom's side. I guess we will see on January 8th!

Christmas

I can't wait to go home for Christmas, my mom said she has some baby gifts under the tree! I told her it was too early, but I am still excited. There are also a couple of cute boutiques in my home town; I remember they used to have the prettiest baby stuff, so I might just buy a little something for my little one. :)

Update

So the past week I have been getting nauseous. Especially in the car, I dread getting in the car everyday. But I am keeping my saltines and caffeine free coke handy, and just hoping for the next month to fly by. I am also getting very picky when its time to eat, hardly anything ever sounds good to me. And if I eat something one day I can't eat that same thing anymore. The thought of certain foods also make me want to hurl. And smells are getting to me now. When Cory eats something, if I can smell the food on him, I can't kiss him. :(

Stretchy pants

I have a new love for stretchy pants. I went shopping over lunch yesterday to see if I could find some casual cotton dresses to wear to work so I would be more comfortable. But no luck, I did however find some leggings/stretchy pants for $6.99 at Target. These will be my best friend now and in the months to come. I am going to get more today :) That reminds me of that episode of Friends where Phoebe's new sporty boyfriend's shorts are very revealing in the crotch area, and she gives him stretchy pants as a gift and Chandler shouts "stretchy pants! Well those are the best things in the world, if I were you I would wear them every day EVERY DAY!" That's the way I feel.....

I am noticing a pattern: everyday after lunch I feel like I have been hit by a train - no energy whatsoever.......And work is really slow right now so that doesn't help at all. And to make it worse only the women at work know that I am pregnant so the men just think I am being lazy or slacking. And probably noticing that I am getting fat, b/c it is also getting very hard to suck my gut in that I had before I got pregnant. Joy.

OMG!

So, I have noticed most of my clothes were getting kinda tight, but today was an eye opener-literally! I was sitting at my desk talking to my friend Aimee and our mgr David. When I turned back around to my desk, I looked down and my top button of my shirt had come undone and my boobs were popping out!!!!!!!! I was mortified!

Also, yesterday I was wearing a plaid jumper and Aimee (oh honest Aimee) told me that this dress wouldn't keep my secret for long!!!!!

So Cory- can I please go shopping!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;)

In other news, I have begun to get a little queasy on the ride to work each day.......And I think we are going to search for a new OBGYN. We really want to deliver at this hospital that is one exit away from our house. But my OB said she delivers at the branch on Dunwoody. I just don't see the point when we have a perfectly good hospital right here. So I am going to call and ask about their regular Doctors. It would be so convenient to see our Dr., take our classes and deliver the baby just a few miles from the house. Keep your fingers crossed that we find a good one!

WHOA!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28112285/from/ET/?GT1=43001

1st Dr. Appointment

Today we went to the 1st Dr. Apt. and they did confirm that I was pregnant. It was kind of a bummer b/c I am not as far along as I thought. She thinks I am more like 5 weeks ( I thought I was entering week 7). It will be an August baby. I feel like I went backwards and further away from the "out of the woods mark". So she didn't do any kind of ultrasound since I am not very far along. Next apt. is Jan. 8th.

Baby Progress at 5w:
http://www.babycenter.com/6_your-pregnancy-5-weeks_1094.bc

Just for the memory....

No Mimosas for me :(

We have a "ladies of the office" brunch tomorrow from 11-3 and everyone is so excited to drink Mimosas - I was one of them about 2 weeks ago! So I am wondering how they are going to react when they notice I am not drinking. I am not ready to tell everyone in the office yet; maybe a few more weeks. But I guess I will just enjoy my OJ and hope no one notices.

I haven't really had any symptoms today, I did notice that yesterday I got a little light headed after taking a bath (and no it wasn't too hot). At least I haven't had any morning sickness, I read that comes around the 8w mark. Which will be 2 more weeks. I think I am at 6w from what I have read and what people have told me. Again we will see on Monday - I CAN NOT wait. Its like torture. The lady from the Dr. office called today to confirm - I think they did that to be mean - they usually call the day before - so I have 3 more LONG days until we see our little one which is the size of a blueberry I think.

I have been reading a lot on the website www.whattoexpect.com and I think its pretty much the same as the book. So I probably won't be buying the book. I printed out a flippin 5 page list of foods and portions that I need to be eating so we are stocking up next week. Its pretty much get plenty of meat, veggies, wheat, dairy, and fruit. I like a lot of the stuff on the list - I just need to add more to my diet.

Nerves

Last night I had a dream I lost the baby, I didn't sleep very well b/c of that and I was cramping a bit. Today I just feel really nervous and shaky. I am just ready for that freakin Dr. Apt.

Holy crap

I got kinda cold and started looking at my hands, and my finger nails are blue......weird............I asked a friend in the office and she said it was normal.

Finding out (5w I think)

I found out I was pregnant over the Thanksgiving Holiday. I took some really cheap HPTs and there were very faint lines in the result window which led me to believe that something was up. So Cory's sister was kind enough to let me take her last digital one (she is 23 weeks pregnant) and it was a definite YES, then when we got back home I took another one to check again and it was also positive. I was very excited that I got the answer I wanted. We weren't trying to get pregnant, we were just taking the steps to start trying around the spring time or summer. We had no idea that it wouldn't take very long at all! But we are super excited!

So now all of my good friends and family know, I am hoping everything goes well and that there will be no bad news to report. I know that miscarriages are very common. I am very anxious to get to the Dr. and confirm that its a healthy pregnancy.

First Dr. Apt is Monday, Dec. 8th.

As for symptoms, I really can't tell a vast difference. I would say that I am easily tired, but I have always been like that from time to time. I haven't been sick yet (knock on wood), and only some slight tenderness in the bra area. And my face is breaking out too, it's hard to glow with acne :(

I think that the baby is 1/4 of an inch long and looks like a tadpole. Again will probably find out more about that when I go to the Dr.

The reason I have named this blog "Little Cory" is that I know the baby will look like him. So many 1st babies look like their dads and I hope ours takes after his/her daddy. Even if its a boy or a girl I hope it looks just like him :)