On Friday, June 14th, I headed to my family doctor and told her I thought I was pregnant. She said that the home pregnancy tests are pretty accurate, but that we could do a blood test to make sure. I said "YES" to that.
She was so happy for me. We had talked about me getting pregnant before and she had me started on prenatal vitamins. Every time I went back, I asked a few more questions about it. But now, there I was, pregnant and all. At this point, I gotta be honest, I was a little nervous. So I started firing questions: what kinds of exercises can I keep doing? Can I still run, do yoga, and cross-fit? How about volleyball? What shouldn't I eat? What should I do between now and my first appointment with the OBGYN? Does it hurt the baby that I drank 5 glasses of wine last week when I was visiting my family?
Having had 2 kids recently, I'm pretty sure she understood my worries...so first she told me to calm down. Apparently, the drinking shouldn't be a problem, I can keep working out as long as I don't try to improve (don't run further/faster, don't lift heavier weights, don't do things I haven't done before).
Oh and the real surprise is that I'm 5 weeks pregnant. I just found out I was pregnant? How could it already be 5 weeks? That means I'm going to have a child in my arms in 8 months? That's 1 less month to prepare!!!
Apparently, the counting begins on the first day of your last period. It doesn't make much sense to me, since I was clearly not pregnant on the first day of my last period. Wow, how come I didn't know about this?
So, I went home, bought a copy of the book "What to Expect When You're Expecting" on my Kindle and started reading. Apparently, my little munchkin is the size of a sesame seed right now. That's so small.
She was so happy for me. We had talked about me getting pregnant before and she had me started on prenatal vitamins. Every time I went back, I asked a few more questions about it. But now, there I was, pregnant and all. At this point, I gotta be honest, I was a little nervous. So I started firing questions: what kinds of exercises can I keep doing? Can I still run, do yoga, and cross-fit? How about volleyball? What shouldn't I eat? What should I do between now and my first appointment with the OBGYN? Does it hurt the baby that I drank 5 glasses of wine last week when I was visiting my family?
Having had 2 kids recently, I'm pretty sure she understood my worries...so first she told me to calm down. Apparently, the drinking shouldn't be a problem, I can keep working out as long as I don't try to improve (don't run further/faster, don't lift heavier weights, don't do things I haven't done before).
Oh and the real surprise is that I'm 5 weeks pregnant. I just found out I was pregnant? How could it already be 5 weeks? That means I'm going to have a child in my arms in 8 months? That's 1 less month to prepare!!!
Apparently, the counting begins on the first day of your last period. It doesn't make much sense to me, since I was clearly not pregnant on the first day of my last period. Wow, how come I didn't know about this?
So, I went home, bought a copy of the book "What to Expect When You're Expecting" on my Kindle and started reading. Apparently, my little munchkin is the size of a sesame seed right now. That's so small.
This sounds odd, but a sesame seed has never looked so cute.
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