A baby is on the way!

On Saturday, May 15, I decided to take a pregnancy test. Mostly on a whim, but also because I had been feeling a little out of sorts.  Heck, I even went to the ER a week and a half earlier because of my nausea. So anyway, I took one, and saw an ever-so-thin and light second line...and that just wasn't going to cut it.  So, at my request, Stuart went out and bought the cadillac of pregnancy tests...the digital! Twenty dollars and a "yes" later, I finally believed it. Stuart picked me up and twirled me around, and we both laughed and screamed.  I think Daddy may have even cried a bit. ;-)

At first, we only wanted to tell our immediate families, and we did on Saturday. But we both worked the next day, and neither of us could contain our excitement... and pretty soon, well, you get the point.  The cat was out of the bag.

So, here I sit, 4 weeks and 3 days pregnant. I went to my primary care physician on Monday, were I took yet another urine pregnancy test.  I left feeling a little rattled, as she told me that 20-25% of all known pregnancies end in miscarriage during the first 12 weeks.  "I didn't even tell my own mother until I was 12 weeks pregnant" she said. 

The way we see it, if something, God forbid, does go wrong, we will have all the support and love of our family and friends to help us through it.  Little Baby Wiser, although still an "embryo" and not yet a fetus, needs to feel love and joy from everyone from the get-go, not just when the second trimester begins. :) We are so grateful to have so many incredible people in our lives, and we know that Baby Wiser will be loved and cared for...and maybe a little spoiled.

So, what's it like so far?  Well, nerve-wrecking and stressful but still somehow peaceful and wonderful.  I have been a little nauseated at times and craving salads (at least I am not hungry from candy bars and chips right!?) My husband may even claim I am a bit moody. :) We go for our first ultrasound on June 1st.  That will be right around the 6 week mark.  According to my research, sometimes you can hear the baby's heart beat.  AT SIX WEEKS! How incredible.  At this appointment, they will make sure the baby is in the right place and that it is growing like it should be. Until then, I think we will be on pins and needles, praying that everything is happening the way it should.