A Bundle of Excited Nerves

We have made it to 5 weeks!!! I am so happy and so excited but soooo nervous. I've grown attached to our little Frogger...and would be so upset if anything happened. I know my fears are completely unfounded...but fears they are none the less. From what I'm reading online...a lot of new mothers go through the same excited nerves that I'm experiencing.

On happier notes, we've officially picked out our names. For a boy...Jeremiah Matthew Cooke. For a girl...Makenzie Leigh Cooke. I love both names - but pray that no one calls Jeremiah Jerry. I may cry if that happens (not really - but I have an ENORMOUS dislike for Jerry). I was thinking we can nickname him JJ. And Makenzie will be either Mak, Makkie, Kenz, or Kenzie...love the options!

I am off to make my sick wife some breakfast - seems like she is experiencing the pregnancy hormones with me. I'll be writing more later!

4 weeks 3 days Pregnant!

I went this AM for my second Beta blood test. On Friday the count was 106. Today..........562!!!!!!!!! Little Frogger is moving along perfectly. I think the nightly belly rubs I get from J is helping quite a bit.

Still no crazy symptoms - happy about that :) Praying it doesn't get too bad!

It's official! I had my first blood test on Friday - HcG level = 106!!! The nurse (Rebecca) said they like to see the count between 80 and 100, so she was happy with my count! Woo hoo!!! J actually said "I wanna hear the words!!" and Rebecca said "YOU'RE VERY PREGNANT!" :-D

I go for my follow up blood test tomorrow - and as long as all is ok, we go for our first ultra sound at 7 weeks.

On another exciting front, my best friend E just found out she is pregnant as well! She is 6 weeks - so two weeks ahead of our 4 :)

POAS-aholic

I took 4 tests so far - ALL POSITIVE!!! Including a digital one that told me this AM that I indeed was "PREGNANT!"

It's funny...I don't feel pregnant yet - I can't wait to start experiencing it.

OMG OMG OMG

I was a bit hesitant to post yesterday...but today (11 DPIUI)...we are sure......BFP!!!!!!!!! Yesterday it was very faint on both tests I took (the first in the bathroom at Super Target haha). This morning...a tad darker. WE ARE PREGNANT!!!!! This was our first IUI...I am still in disbelief and awe that it worked. Blood test is scheduled for Friday to confirm!! OMG! :)

Half Way There!

Today marks the halfway point of the 2ww. 7 dpiui and 7 more to go until the official bloodwork pregnancy test. I personally want to cave and take one on Sunday (Father's day - I thought our dad's would enjoy a BFP) but I don't think J will be OK with that. I'm going to ask what she thinks though. Poor thing went to the dentist today and isn't feeling too good at the moment!

And here go the symptoms:

A massive amount of hearburn.
Slight cramping on and off - mostly off.
Extremely conjested (I think this may be from a cold).
Feeling fat - would like to think this is bloating - as that would be another symptom - but I will go ahead and say it is truly due to the fact that I overate b/c I was bored at work today).

And there you have it - my positive thinking has declined a bit and I'm starting to think I shouldn't be so excited. Off to shower away my negative thoughts.

3 dpiui

EXTREMELY nauseaus....has got to be from the HcG trigger shot though. No way I'd be getting symptoms this early.

Also still kind of crampy. Started progesterone last night - this could be why.

Today I said to J...I'm 80% sure it worked...just a feeling.