As most pregnant women know, doctors refuse to see them for a pregnancy check up until 8-9 weeks, and many of us get a positive pregnancy test around 4-5 weeks. That 1 month wait between positive pregnancy test and doctor visit is a pain in the butt- especially this time around because I have so many darn questions.
According to my last missed period, I'm 7 weeks pregnant today. I may actually be a little bit less pregnant than that because I forget the date that I got my last period. I think my "guess" might be a few days earlier than the actual date it came. So I may actually be 6 weeks + a few days pregnant. And I am showing. My stomach has gotten undeniably more pregnant looking this past week. I don't look like I'm 40 weeks pregnant obviously, but I think if a stranger passed me on the street and looked at my belly, they would be able to tell. That is absolutely absurd. At 6-7 weeks of pregnancy the uterus hasn't even risen above the pubic bone yet and the baby is just a few mm long. Women aren't supposed to show at 6 weeks of pregnancy and the ones who do are either SUPER skinny women (not me!) or pregnant with multiples.
Thinking back a few weeks, when I took my pregnancy test on the day I thought I was going to get my period, the "pregnant" line showed up instantly. It showed up before the control line, and it showed up so dark that there wasn't a lot of dye left for the control line. Since a super dark pregnancy test result is thought to be the result of high HCG levels, I could have been further along than 4 weeks when I took the pregnancy test. Or, there could be more than one baby in there. When I started showing and we started getting worried, Eric called my doctor to see exactly how much HCG was in my blood test results. They told him that it was a high amount for 5 weeks but that it doesn't necessarily indicate twins.
I've had some nausea this past week, but it's actually started getting better already. I only vomited once (a bunch of days ago) and ever since then I've felt sort of okay. Morning sickness is often exacerbated by an empty stomach, and perhaps I haven't experienced much nausea lately because I'm always eating. Literally, an hour or 2 after I eat anything (sometimes less!) I get excruciating hunger pangs that I absolutely can't ignore. My stomach screams at me, "If you do not eat right this second, you are going to die." I have to eat so frequently that I'm starting to hate food. Eating is usually a pretty enjoyable experience, but it's becoming miserable for me.
I feel ridiculously pregnant for only 7 weeks along. I have a doctor appointment in 9 days and I can't wait to find out what the heck is going on. I think when they feel my stomach for my uterus they will probably find that it's measuring larger than they expect, but of course I can't be sure about that. I have no idea how to feel/measure my own uterus so maybe it's not measuring any larger than to be expected at 7 weeks of pregnancy. Maybe I'm just super bloated and jumping the gun. However, if it does measure larger than expected, I hope they choose to do an ultrasound the same day instead of screwing around and scheduling it for a week or 2 later. I want to know for sure when I'm due and if there is more than one baby in there I need to know that too!
Maybe this sounds mean and monstrous, but I really hope it's not twins. I've never wanted twins. Putting aside all financial factors, and we'll pretend that my sanity could hold up through raising twin newborns, I would much rather have just one tiny newborn at a time so I can really focus on him/her fully. I feel like if I had twins neither of them would get the best of me because I'd have to divide up bonding time between them. I just feel like every baby deserves his/her own time to shine.
That said, if it's twins, I'll love them both unconditionally and I'll somehow find a way to take care of them the way they deserve.
If it's triplets, I'll love them just the same, but I'll probably spend the remainder of my years in the psych. ward at the local hospital.
According to my last missed period, I'm 7 weeks pregnant today. I may actually be a little bit less pregnant than that because I forget the date that I got my last period. I think my "guess" might be a few days earlier than the actual date it came. So I may actually be 6 weeks + a few days pregnant. And I am showing. My stomach has gotten undeniably more pregnant looking this past week. I don't look like I'm 40 weeks pregnant obviously, but I think if a stranger passed me on the street and looked at my belly, they would be able to tell. That is absolutely absurd. At 6-7 weeks of pregnancy the uterus hasn't even risen above the pubic bone yet and the baby is just a few mm long. Women aren't supposed to show at 6 weeks of pregnancy and the ones who do are either SUPER skinny women (not me!) or pregnant with multiples.Thinking back a few weeks, when I took my pregnancy test on the day I thought I was going to get my period, the "pregnant" line showed up instantly. It showed up before the control line, and it showed up so dark that there wasn't a lot of dye left for the control line. Since a super dark pregnancy test result is thought to be the result of high HCG levels, I could have been further along than 4 weeks when I took the pregnancy test. Or, there could be more than one baby in there. When I started showing and we started getting worried, Eric called my doctor to see exactly how much HCG was in my blood test results. They told him that it was a high amount for 5 weeks but that it doesn't necessarily indicate twins.
I've had some nausea this past week, but it's actually started getting better already. I only vomited once (a bunch of days ago) and ever since then I've felt sort of okay. Morning sickness is often exacerbated by an empty stomach, and perhaps I haven't experienced much nausea lately because I'm always eating. Literally, an hour or 2 after I eat anything (sometimes less!) I get excruciating hunger pangs that I absolutely can't ignore. My stomach screams at me, "If you do not eat right this second, you are going to die." I have to eat so frequently that I'm starting to hate food. Eating is usually a pretty enjoyable experience, but it's becoming miserable for me.
I feel ridiculously pregnant for only 7 weeks along. I have a doctor appointment in 9 days and I can't wait to find out what the heck is going on. I think when they feel my stomach for my uterus they will probably find that it's measuring larger than they expect, but of course I can't be sure about that. I have no idea how to feel/measure my own uterus so maybe it's not measuring any larger than to be expected at 7 weeks of pregnancy. Maybe I'm just super bloated and jumping the gun. However, if it does measure larger than expected, I hope they choose to do an ultrasound the same day instead of screwing around and scheduling it for a week or 2 later. I want to know for sure when I'm due and if there is more than one baby in there I need to know that too!
Maybe this sounds mean and monstrous, but I really hope it's not twins. I've never wanted twins. Putting aside all financial factors, and we'll pretend that my sanity could hold up through raising twin newborns, I would much rather have just one tiny newborn at a time so I can really focus on him/her fully. I feel like if I had twins neither of them would get the best of me because I'd have to divide up bonding time between them. I just feel like every baby deserves his/her own time to shine.
That said, if it's twins, I'll love them both unconditionally and I'll somehow find a way to take care of them the way they deserve.
If it's triplets, I'll love them just the same, but I'll probably spend the remainder of my years in the psych. ward at the local hospital.
Hope you be well upto the end....
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