Expecting...

That's right! We are! We found out the morning of August 1st. And my due date is April 12th!

 

(Sorry the photo is so funky, it was literally 4:30 in the morning--my camera wasn't diggin' the bathroom lighting)

The whole week prior I just knew I was pregnant. I had a headache every day that week, my breasts were super tender, and I would have small, random bits of nausea that came and left so quickly I would question whether or not I really had it. One minute I would say, "Oh man, I feel really sick." and the next second I would say, "I feel perfectly fine!" I was also incredibly emotional. Example: I came out of the dentist's office and started bawling because I thought they were really nice. Yeah. Just really nice. I called Mitch and said, "If I'm not pregnant right now, then I'm crazy."

So, I had to wait to take a test so I wouldn't get a false negative. We went to the store Saturday night and I talked Mitch into letting me buy some tests. Instead of waiting until the first day of my missed period (which would have been that next Wednesday!), Mitch let me take it Monday morning. He hid the tests from me until then, thinking I wouldn't be able to take the wait any longer and pee on it in the middle of the night and potentially get a false negative, and therefore potentially be really sad that it denied me a pink plus.  (Which is very much exactly what would have happened...he knows me so well)

So anyway, my first morning pee happened to be at 4:15 am and I really did try to hold it because it was so early but I had to pee SO BAD. I made myself go back to sleep and I woke up again just 4 minutes later. So, when the little pink plus came up almost immediately and the vertical line was so dark I couldn't stop smiling. I counted for 3 minutes anyway, just in case it erased on me or something. I went in and told Mitch who said "really?!" and then was WIDE awake. Obviously we couldn't go back to sleep forever after that, talking about who we were going to tell until I got a little further along, discussing baby (boy) names, argued about what the sex would be, etc. etc. and when we finally woke up again I had to check and re-check the test to make sure the plus was still there. The morning of Aug 2nd I even peed on another test just to make sure the whole thing was really real.

It's no secret I want a girl. Since the beginning of our marriage every time I referred to a future baby I always said "her" and I am guilty of buying some very girlie future nursery items. Every time I go to a store I only look at baby girl things. I have the whole nursery planned out if it is a girl. My sister is having a girl. We already have a girls name picked out. 

It's just what I want! 

Mitch definitely wants a boy. I told him if we did I wouldn't know what to do with myself. I would have to totally switch gears and start thinking of how to take care of a boy. I don't know anything about boys!

When I called and told my mom she said a few days prior she had the thought, "Mallory is pregnant! And she's going to have a boy!" After that comment, the thought of having one became more of a real possibility to me. So, I thought I'd stop purchasing girl things.

I know I really will be sooo happy with either one. The whole "I just want it to be healthy" is very true. I now question everything I do and eat. Once I was craving a turkey sandwich and searched forever on information for whether or not I could eat one. I found a "yes" a "no" a "under only these conditions" and everything in between. It was so stressful I almost didn't even want one anymore. I've also had a lot of cravings for vegetables. One night all I wanted was broccoli and celery, and the next night all I wanted was spinach. And let's be honest, by themselves these things are not the greatest tasting. However, I have the BEST recipe book for soups and I am able to make any kind of veggie-delicious soup I want. And it always satisfies my cravings perfectly. I also have to pee ALL THE TIME now. It is literally every hour.

Mitch and I went out and bought a juicer so I could get plllllenty of fruits and veggies. We also bought a new water filter for our Brita pitcher (which ... was long overdue). And I started drinking water like crazy (which I'm sure more than contributes to the frequent peeing) We bought veggie wash spray, TONS of whole grain, fruits, veggies.. everything I could think of to keep this baby healthy!

Here's my 4 week photo!

I am well aware that by 4 weeks you don't show yet, but we've got to have a starting point! And I'd just like to have a monthly photo log of the bump. So, here it is, month 1.