Only 2 weeks 6 days left....

....until we go to the doctor! It finally feels like it isn't quite as far away! Otherwise nothing else is new. We read almost everyday to see what is happening with baby....his heart is beating, he has flippers for arms, he has all 3 parts of his brain, and he is still only 3/8 of an inch long (15,000 times bigger than at conception)! I am starting to feel nauseous in the mornings, but still haven't been "sick". The back pain and cramping (growing pains) are getting better. I am getting more and more tired in the evenings, having trouble staying up past 8pm....which is fine since I am up at 4:15 most mornings to go to the gym! All in all, the 3 of us are doing great!!!

A lot of waititng...

Not much new today. Finally got to make my appt with the doctor. It is for Friday, April 20th at 3pm. It seems so far away! The plan is for a visit and an "early pregnancy ultrasound". Am really looking forward that, I think it will finally make everything seem more real!

Yesterday's hCG level (official)

I got my result back from the doctor's office today. It was 297. Unfortunately, the doctor wasn't in today, the level wasn't high enough for the RN to just schedule the appt and/or ultrasound. She said that he likes to see the results >2000 before the ultrasound. Don't know why they can't just schedule my first appt, though?!?!?! She will call me back tomorrow!

Checking hCG levels

I called the doctor yesterday to make my first appointment. They want to check my hCG levels before setting up the appt. I told the nurse that I had previously done a level last Thursday and that it was 11, however I forgot to tell her that it was only 9 days post ovulation. Today (about 14 days post O) I had my level (unofficialy) checked at work again and it is up to 279!!! Good News!!! I stopped to have the "official" level drawn on my way home from work, I will get that result tomorrow! By my calculations I am 4 weeks along today, with a due date of 11.20 (we'll see if that changes after I see the doctor). Still feeling great; some fleeting bouts of nausea and exhaustion, but otherwise nothing! I can still hardly believe this is real. We got our first baby present yesterday from Susan. Look at how cute the socks are!!!

We're having a baby!!!

We decided in February that we were going to try to have a baby. Even though we never thought it would happen right away, waiting until I could test was the hardest part. This past Thursday, I finally broke down and asked a coworker to run a quantitative HCG for me (I couldn't stand wondering any more). The result....10.8 (at our hospital <10 is considered negative)!!! I then ran a qualitative pregnancy test and low and behold, that was positive, too!! I was shell-shocked all day and couldn't wait to talk to Ron! Tried to call him all day, actually took a pic of the positive test with my cell phone and sent it to him, but his phone was dead, so he didn't get the picture!!! Was finally able to tell him when he came home from work! Neither of us thought it would happen this fast! We are so excited and can't wait to share our good news with our family and friends! We are finding that keeping it a secret is proving to be MUCH more difficult than either of us ever thought!!!