"Flutters?"

So, I got up this morning around 4:45 A.M. to use the restroom and when I laid back down I swear I felt baby doing something. My Lil' Peanut has always been on my right side and I just had a Doctor's appointment last week and heartbeat was found to the right of my belly button. What it felt like was my baby was tickling me from the inside. I am almost 15-weeks and they say you can't feel "flutters" until 16-20 weeks. I know it was my baby moving around, already letting me know that he/she is okay. 

Coming Soon!

Due Date January 22, 2013.

This is how we announced our pregnancy on Facebook. Of course we told our closest family members and friends in person. We got a lot of Congratulations and well wishes. This baby is going to be very loved. 

10-Week Baby Bump.

First Ultrasound

Proof there is a baby in my belly. 

This is my first Ultrasound that I got taken at 7-weeks. I won't get another one until my 20-week Ultrasound, which is at the end of August. Little peanut.

First Blog....Better late than never...

Okay...so I am starting this a  bit later than I wanted to. I am about 14 1/2 weeks pregnant with my first baby. I wanted to start a blog early in the pregnancy, but first trimester totally kicked my butt! No one ever told be me how difficult it is being pregnant, I always envisioned  I would be happy, perky, and have a beautiful pregnancy glow. Uh, not so much. Fatigue was horrible, no matter how much sleep I got I felt like I was a walking zombie.I had black circles under my eyes, my kiddos in my classroom even noticed I was tired. One student said to me, "Ms. Garcia, you look sick, you should go to the doctor's." Kids are so brutally honest... If my students could tell I looked like crap, I must be pretty bad.

 I started getting cramps early on in this pregnancy and I was worried I would miscarry. It felt like I had the worst menstrual cramps ever! I ended up going to the ER soon after I found out I was pregnant because I could not take the pain anymore. After running some test, the Doctor told me it was still too early in my pregnancy to see anything and I would just have to wait it out. Cramps lasted a couple more weeks, turns out my uterus growing and stretching getting ready for a bigger baby was to blame. Something no one had ever told me about and would have been useful information. Thank goodness the cramps have subsided for now, I hear they come back during labor.....Yikes!

Let's now move on to acne. I have always had clear pimple free skin up until  now. My face looks like a pubescent 13 year-old girls face. Not only is my face getting pimples, but my skin is so dry and flaky that I often don't recognize the person when I look in the mirror. It sucks, but I am hopeful that this is not permanent and after I have my baby my face will have the once youthful, dewy look I had.

I am naturally an emotional person, I tend to wear my heart on my sleeve, but now I cry at everything. A tire commercial, a mother hugging a child, my boyfriend telling me he would rather have hamburgers than pizza, pretty much anything will make me cry. So crazy and very annoying.

These are just a few things that I have experienced so far in my pregnancy and I'm sure there are many more to come. My boyfriend Jacob and I are excited about this new little blessing that will make his/her debut around the middle of January. I made it to my second trimester and am now trying to enjoy every moment of pregnancy.