It's Official, I am Pregnant

I found out I was pregnant about a week and a half ago. I was not prepared for it - my husband and I had agreed that we would wait until the Fall to start trying so that we could have some time to travel and enjoy our freedom before the baby time came. After throwing a big wedding in Chicago last September - and spending most of the year and a half before that planning the wedding - this was our time to chill. Of course, at the age of 36, there was a quiet voice whispering in the back of my head - hurry up, time is running out! Either way, we were on a set course that we felt good about and we had lots of travel and fun planned to really take advantage of our time as newlyweds.

Jump to last week, when I am sitting in New Orleans with two girlfriends - enjoying Mardi Gras - when I realize I am a week late. Not something normal for me - I am never late. And I realize there could be a real reason (for the first time) that I could be late. I had to know immediately. So I took two home pregnancy tests in the New Orleans Airport and they both screamed YES! I started to cry. I was not ready for this. And I was heading to Chicago, not LA. I need to get home to my husband as soon as possible. I called him and he was calm, supportive and sounded happy - way more than I was feeling at the time. A few days later I made it back to LA where we went to the Doctor for a blood test. Later, she called me to say "Yes, you are definitely pregnant".

Now I sit about a week later, still feeling scared, nervous and sick! Someone once told me that early pregnancy feels like you are constantly hungover - boy were they right. I feel hungover all of the time. Nauseous, achy, tired. And I did not even get the enjoyment of having some great wine. Which is another point of frustration right now - I love great wine and champagnes - it is something I enjoy with friends, family and not just for special occasions. It is part of my life. And now I cannot have any. It is a bummer.

But through all of this, I am getting excited to have my first child. It is amazing and my husband and I feel extremely lucky to have been blessed with a child so quickly. Life is amazing! I have been telling people that I actually cannot imaging not being pregnant now. It is like, I already see this new dimension of my life and I like it!

Now if i can just make it through the pregnancy.

I will be 7 weeks next week - gestinational scheduling - 7 weeks. My calculations, just 5.

I had my first headache today, add that to the exhaustion, stomach pains and general feeling like crap.

I am going to keep working out - especially since I have been eating Pizza, pasta, ice cream and so forth!

My chest is HUGE and hurts!

Oh boy, what a crazy ride this will be!