We're pregnant! I am in my 7th week. Since all of the grandparents and aunts/uncles to-be have been informed we are now letting our little secret out of the bag. Some of them were shocked and others had their suspicions, but all are very excited, especially the grandparents to-be.
On my side of the family this will be the first nieto. On Mark's side, this will be grandchild number 8, but the youngest grandchild is currently 13 years old, so for the moment "Baby Lopez" will be the only baby in the family.
The baby was planned; some folks aren't surprised others are. For those who know me best and my neurotic ways, I wanted a 2010 baby. Why? It's easier to remember the age... God has been really good to us in this journey. We only started trying for a baby in early April; it took two weeks and BAM! Mark and I were REALLY surprised about becoming pregnant so soon. On Thursday we went for our first visit to the doctor. Our due date is January 7, 2010.....so it may be a 2010 or 2009 baby. Everything looks good. An ultrasound was done and we got to see the heart beat and the tiny little "pea-pod!" As some of you know, I had food poisoning a few weeks ago. The doctor did say there were no concerns regarding that, especially since it was so early on in the pregnancy, I was 4 weeks along at the time.
For the past two weeks the pregnancy has been in full gear. Thankfully I have not been throwing up, just a lot of nausea. It has tapered off these past couple of days. I'm eating constantly. Usually after 3:00 PM I eat every hour and I wake up in the middle of the night for a feeding, sometimes twice. They are not meals per say, but snacks. What I'm mainly eating now are fruits and red meat. The baby is picky that way. Having to cook dinner or shop at the grocery store is a thing of the past for now. It makes me sick to my stomach. I've become a napper and have to take things much slower.
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