GUESS WHAT!!!!!

Ok, so most people know this already, but I thought that I should probably write things down and keep a journal of my experiences just to make sure I remember everything! So, here's the story :)

On September 28th, I went to work feeling like CRAP. I had a bowl of cereal with milk that was a couple of days expired and I thought that I had gotten food poisoning. I went home and went straight to bed, thinking it would be gone the next day. Two days had passed, and I realized I had missed my period AGAIN. The month before, Aunt Flow also didn't come, but blood tests showed that there was no baby. Well, needless to say, with the throwing up and missed period, I had the thought to go grab a couple tests at the dollar store. Those two were POSITIVE. So, being completely surprised, I thought that there might be something wrong with those tests........ so I went to the grocery store and got the more expensive ones. ALL POSITIVE!!! I couldn't stop smiling :)

I went to pick Kevin up from work, which at this time he already knew (he wouldn't let me keep it a surprise til I picked him up) and he was so happy! We immediately decided that we were going to tell our families, but only immediate family for now. I was so paranoid that I was going to miscarry that I didn't want to share the news until I knew for sure that the baby was ok. So we scheduled a time and Skyped with Kevin's family in Denver which was pretty fun! Then we made the treck to North Salt Lake to tell my dad. Now, here's the interesting part! The morning of that day (sept. 30th) my dad texted me telling me he had a dream about me the night before. I was about 4 or 5 years old and swimming in a pool. I was swimming toward some junk in the water and was about to get some in my mouth when he pulled me out. He said he just remembered feeling an overwhelming love for me (or who he thought was me). He told me this dream before I found out I was pregnant! So, when we told him the news, his face was priceless! He was excited, but you could tell he was thinking about something. The little girl in his dream looked slightly different than I did when I was little, but he figured it was just his dream. Maybe it was his little granddaughter telling him she was coming??!?! We'll find out!

That following Monday, I had already had an appointment with my doctor to get my thyroid checked. They did some blood work and everything came back normal. The nausea and hair loss that I was experiencing was most likely due to the pregnancy. Since I was too early in the pregnancy to start any prenatal appointments, we scheduled an official appointment to start the process. On Oct. 28th, Kevin and I sat in the exam room, quiet and nervous. We both knew they were going to try to hear the heartbeat, and all I could think about was "what if it's not beating"? I was completely and totally terrified. Dr. Savage came in and immediately said "well. looks like you're pregnant! Congrats!" I smiled nervously and said thanks, trying to hide my fear of what was coming next. She said that the date of my last period would put put me at about 13 weeks and 5 days. And so I told her the whole experience with the missed period and negative blood test. She decided to have an ultrasound that following Tuesday to do a size and date ultrasound. Then, came the moment I was so excited for, yet dreading. She got the doppler out, put the INCREDIBLY cold jelly on my stomach and started looking for the heart beat. I heard a loud heart beat, nope. That one's mine. Then, I heard the most beautiful sound in the world....my baby's heart beat :) I was relieved and immediately started crying. It really was in there! It wasn't just a parasite that was making me sick! (I had already lost 3 lbs by this point). We were then taken into another room to get some blood work done, and then we left to schedule the ultrasound. I couldn't wait!

November 2nd was a very exciting day! We were lucky and got to have an early ultrasound and didn't have to wait til I was 20 weeks to see our baby :) As if the heartbeat wasn't convincing enough, seeing that little bean moved its' arms and legs was the COOLEST thing in the whole world! The tech measured the little embryo and sized me at 10 weeks and 3 days, giving me a due date of May 28th! Ahhhhhhh, so awesome :) We left the office with pics of our little one, and I couldn't stop looking at them. We made our next appt for the 22nd of November, which was this last Monday. Everything looked great! We made it through the first trimester and the heartbeat was still strong.... GOOD JOB BABY! Next appointment will be on Dec. 21st to find out if we're having a boy or a girl! And best part is, Ashley (my twin) will be here for it! 25 days to go....and I think I might go crazy with the anticipation haha!

Well, that's the news! And the looooooong story that comes with it :) here are some pics! Have a great day everyone!

xoxoxox,

Britt