5 weeks and I'm leaving New Mexico

I'm getting on a plane today to come home. Hooray! Work is done for the week, but school work isn't. It never ends. Thanksgiving is tomorrow, and I'll be making a ham for my parents and Bryan will be making a green bean casserole for his. This is should be interesting. Anyhow, for your reading pleasure:

Your embryo (looking kind of like a tadpole) is starting to form major organs (heart, kidney, liver, stomach) and systems (nervous, circulatory, digestive). Baby's presence in your uterus triggers production of hCG (the hormone detected by pregnancy tests)... which triggers production of other hormones like estrogen and progesterone... which trigger all those great symptoms you've probably been noticing!

Hola, from New Mexico

4 or 5 weeks

I'm in NM for work until Wednesday. So I figured I'd get a little blogging done. Recap: Last Thursday, I went to the hospital to take a pee test and reconfirm I'm preggo! I am, and will post the pic of my lovely pee test on Wednesday night. I told my little sister, and she figured I was last week because I was wearing my sweater around my waist the weekend before. She's all grossed out and is convinced I have an alien growing in my belly. I told the bosses, and they were fine. Whew....no ship travel for me...woohoo. I can't wait until Thanksgiving, Bryan and I are going to tell the parents. It's going to be great to see their reactions. Here's a belly picture. My friend told me I should take one every couple weeks to see progress. I'm already chubby, so there probably won't be a baby bump for awhile.

IM.SO.TIRED

I've been feeling so tired the past couple days. So tired that I have been going to bed at around 8:30 to 9:00 pm, and when I wake up, I'm still exhausted. Today I started out pretty good and somewhat lively, but around 11 am I was already exhausted. I even took a nap for an hour. I still woke up extremely tired, so I left for the day. Here are a couple of other symptoms for week 3.

Some women feel pregnant even before the test turns positive. The earliest signs include:

• Tender, swollen breasts Many women say the tenderness they feel is an exaggerated version of how their breasts feel before a period.
I haven't noticed my boobs getting any bigger, I think I'd be more excited about this than anything. I've always wanted big boobs.

• Fatigue Feeling tired all of a sudden — no, make that exhausted? Increased levels of the hormone progesterone and the extra effort required to start making a baby can make you feel as if you've run a marathon when all you've done is put in a day at work.
Yes, this it what is beating me right now.

• Frequent urination Shortly after you become pregnant, you may find yourself hurrying to the bathroom at an alarming frequency.
I've been drinking more what than usual, so I'm not sure if its being pregnant, or over consumption of water that's making me pee.

• Heightened sense of smell Many newly pregnant women find they're overwhelmed by gag-inducing smells early in pregnancy. This may be a side effect of rapidly increasing levels of estrogen in your system.
Hmmm...not yet.

• Food aversions Food turn-offs are even more common than cravings during pregnancy. You may suddenly find that certain foods you used to enjoy are now completely repulsive to you.
The past couple days, it's been off and on with this. On Monday, I didn't want to eat anything, and everything sounded gross.

• Nausea or vomiting Morning sickness usually doesn't start for a few weeks, but some women feel queasy earlier.
Not quite yet, and not looking forward to it.

• Your basal body temperature stays high If you've been charting your temperature and it stays elevated after you've ovulated, you're probably pregnant.
Delinquent.

• Bleeding or spotting Some women notice a small amount of red spotting or pink or reddish brown staining around the time they should get their period. (If you have pain along with spotting or bleeding, call your caregiver immediately since this can be a sign of an ectopic pregnancy.)
I haven't really noticed yet.

Congratulations, It's A Blastocyst!

Since this is my first post, introductions are in order. Hello my name is Mama to be to baby Bubo (just a nick name for now). The hubs and I have been married (as of today) for a little over 3 months. I'm a strange sort of gal that loves crafts, food, video games (especially Rock Band), and anything basically defined as cute (such as dogs, owls . . . ahem . . . bubo, sanrio, and everything else that catches my fancies). This blog is basically serving as my online journal through this crazy thing called motherhood. Alright on to to the real blogging . . . .

Basically hubs and I have been trying since we got married. In a rush, so you say. Hmmm...not really, but we both basically feel we are ready to have a baby. I'm approaching 30 and he is almost 32. It's about a good age to start having kids, right? Anyhow, after about two months of charting my BBT and determining when the right time is to, as hubs puts it, "leave a deposit in the bank," I finally got a BFP. TWICE. Pictures to come later on tonight. I tested last night and told hubs, but I think he's still in disbelief, and went on watching his wrestling show. I tested this morning and got the same result. BTW, while I was testing, hubs bust through the bathroom, telling me before he leaves, "don't take a pregnancy test today, I love you!" OK whatever, I did anyway . . . hee hee. Basically he said he won't believe the PT until I get a doctor to say I am officially pregnant. So, we'll wait. In the mean time, here's what's happening in my BELLY!

Bubo is the size of poppyseeds!

"In week 3, sperm meets egg, and voila: conception! Your little zygote sets off on a six-day trek through your fallopian tubes, dividing and redividing into identical cells as it travels to your uterus.

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."