Early Pregnancy Signs

Baby LaTour is now approximately the size of an appleseed.  Funny, I brought an apple as part of my lunch today!  I'm somewhere around 35-37 days into pregnancy.  It's so amazing feeling the changes in my body while this little human grows inside me!  What a miracle!

Week 4 - Baby LaTour is the size of an appleseed!

I remember the constant urge to pee last time around, but it's so annoying to get up every hour to head to the bathroom when I'm trying to get work done!  I don't know how I'm going to be able to deal with it during my 4+ hour surgery labs on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons...

My "girls" are tender, which is a new feeling for me.  I told Craig that the only way I'm mentally dealing with my boobs being this tender is thinking that the more they hurt, the bigger they're going to get!  Haha!

I've experienced some fatigue, leading to a daily nap when I can fit it in.  Plus, my upper back has been sore.  Hopefully, my acupuncture session yesterday will help with that for a few days!

No morning sickness yet, though a little bit of nausea after breakfast recently, especially when I'm trying to take my amoxicillin for this erythema nodosum on my leg.  So, I'm not sure if the nausea is from the antibiotics or from the pregnancy.

On Sunday, I had a bit of a scare when I had a little light pink spotting.  Luckily, it only happened one time and then went away, and I haven't experienced any more since.

Overall, I'm just anxious for my repeat HCG level tomorrow.  It's supposed to be somewhere between 10,000 and 20,000, based on doubling every 48 hours.  If all looks good when I get the results on Thursday morning, we're going to tell some of our immediate family.  It's hard to talk to people like Mom and Dad without saying anything about this miracle inside me!  Yes, we're both still nervous that things could change at any minute.  After all, that's what happened last time.  But my HCG level was 1,000 higher than last time, and I'm feeling great and experiencing all these early pregnancy symptoms.

On a crafty note, I've made two sets of baby booties and a hat.  I also finished a blue & white granny square blanket I had started YEARS ago - not sure if the baby will be a boy, but if it is, the blanket is ready!  I'm waiting for a crochet pattern book for a Noah's Ark blanket/toys to arrive in the mail.

We're not going to find out the sex of the baby.  At least, I don't want to, though Craig does!  For me, it's one of the only surprises left in life; even time of death can be planned.  I want to be totally surprised when the baby comes out.  Girl or boy, we'll be blessed.