12 Weeks and The End of the First Trimester!

How far along? 12 weeks

Total weight gain: 1 lb...holding on for dear life!
Maternity clothes? nope, just unbuttoned jeans
Stretch marks? nope
Sleep: not as comfortable sleeping on my belly anymore, but training myself to sleep on my side is more difficult than anticipate...i see a body pillow in my near future
Best moment this week: getting past the first trimester! woo hoo!  now we're relatively safe to say we're in the safe zone (lots of safe there)
Miss Anything? fish!  fish and chips mmmm!!!
Movement: nothing yet, hoping in the next couple of weeks I'll get to experience the flutters! 
Food cravings: Still want fruit, but now also cheese mmm!
Anything making you queasy or sick: If I don't eat every hour I get way irritable and way nauseous!
Gender: ?
Labor Signs: No
Symptoms: Feeling pretty good- a bit tired and bloated, but all in all, pretty good!
Belly Button in or out? in
Wedding rings on or off? on
Happy or Moody most of the time: Had a roller coaster of emotions this week...watch out if I don't eat- it's not a pretty sight!
Looking forward to: Feeling some movement and going to our next doctor's appointment next week to hear the heartbeat again!

Surprise!

On September 5, 2012 I was making dinner and wondering why I had yet to receive my special monthly friend as she always shows up right on time.  Now mind you, I had just broken down in large crocodile tears in my OB/GYN's office not two weeks before as she sat there and proceeded to tell me that Paul and I might not be able to have kids.  We had been talking and budgeting for children for the past two years and this past summer was the golden opportunity to get this show on the road as they say.  Needless to say for various reasons, the odds were not in our favor.  We had begun to talk about perhaps looking into adoption down the road.  After that fateful doctor's appointment, I stopped charting, taking my temperature and more or less, I stopped expecting it to happen.  

Back to my dinner on the 5th.  I decided that perhaps I should take a pregnancy test just to be sure as.  Thinking the odds would not be very high, I went back to cooking and after dinner checked my little friend.  It.was.positive!  The first words out of my mouth verbatim were "Are you for real Jesus?"  Paul and I had been praying that whatever was meant to be would be and God was clearly sending us a loud LOL sign.  

I decided to tell Paul a couple of days later with a few more positive pregnancy tests under my belt.  Now all I had to do was christen our little chalkboard!  I told him that I thought there was a dead rat in the wall and could he come check it out. Now, knowing my dear husband he of course walked in the room, looked behind the door and proceeded to knock on the wall to locate the dead rodent completely missing the giant chalkboard sign below.

An so begins our journey!

How far along? 9 weeks

Total weight gain: 0 lbs. yea! 
Maternity clothes? nope, not yet
Stretch marks? none yet
Sleep: no problem, still able to sleep on my tummy and back! **sigh**
Best moment this week: going to the doctor to hear the little beans heartbeat 169 bpm!
Miss Anything? I never thought I would say this, but hotdogs!  I miss hotdogs, chili dogs, any form of deep fried delicious, buttered bun loving hot dogs!  
Movement: nothing yet :( 
Food cravings:  Fruit and ground beef, however not together!
Anything making you queasy or sick: not really
Gender: ?
Labor Signs: No
Symptoms: overall pretty good, nothing compared to week 5, 6, or 7 when I had consistent nausea.
Belly Button in or out? in
Wedding rings on or off? on
Happy or Moody most of the time: pretty happy, still a bit in shock that it's actually happening!
Looking forward to: getting past the first trimester, so we're in the safe zone!