Okay, so the news is out. We are pregnant. I know a lot of people thought that it would never happen (including both of us sometimes!) so we have been given some of the most thoughtful well-wishes I could have imagined possible. We are both incredibly happy and can’t wait to meet our little one. I thought that I would recap the first 8 weeks of the pregnancy really quickly so that everyone is on the same page.
5/15/2008- After feeling like I hadn’t had a visit from Aunt Flo for a while (I never have kept track and we weren’t yet REALLY SERIOUS about trying to conceive), I took a pregnancy test. Results: negative.
5/26/2008- Still no visit. Took another test: POSITIVE. What the crap??? Had recently been taking doxycycline for a staph infection, so had to research to see if it was safe, was not. Had to go to CareNow to confirm pregnancy and get new medication. Pregnancy confirmed. Clyndamiacin prescribed.
We debated in the car, and on the way to the pharmacy, whether or not to tell people yet. Now, some of you that know Kaleb know that he is the absolute WORST secret keeper in the world. No exaggeration. We decided we had better tell our immediate family, oh, immediately. Phone calls commence. For the record, neither set of parents believed us 
. We decided to wait until official confirmation from my doctor before telling anyone outside of immediate family.
6/5/2008- Official doctor’s appointment with most unfortunately named (but incredibly skilled) Dr. Laura Finger. Pregnancy double confirmed, and gamut of tests run. Dr. says that she thinks I am about 7-8 weeks along (since I have no idea when my last period was) and everything looks good. We schedule the sonogram for a week and a half later, and I decide that after the sonogram we can spread the news, especially since I wont have an estimated due date until then.
6/6/2008- morning sickness
6/7/2008- morning sickness
6/8/2008-? you get the idea
6/14/2008- pregnancy talk briefly interrupted for a lovely graduation luncheon that Kaleb threw me at Macaroni Grill. I finished my MBA the previous week. This baby is going to have an edumacated mom! Even though it was a graduation celebration, we ended up talking about the baby the whole time.
6/17/2008- SONOGRAM DAY!! Met Edie the sonogram specialist. She is great- totally no nonsense. Good for Kaleb, who likes to pull shenanigans. We get to see the little one- who looks surprisingly like a baby! And find out that we are just about 8 weeks along, with each week advancing on Wednesday. EDD of Jan 28th, and I got to see the little heartbeat. Which basically looked like a blinking light on the screen. I know that most women cry at this moment- and I certainly expected myself to, but it was just such a pragmatic moment- Hey! There is a baby! It is okay! You are due in January!- I never really got caught up in the moment.
That is, until that night. I cried myself to sleep thinking that there was a little heart beat in my belly getting stronger every day. I thought of all the women who get to see that picture and then the baby doesn’t make it. I hope and pray (and hope that you will pray too) that this little one will meet us in this world happy and healthy. I think that this is the day that I became a grownup.
Since the 17th, we have been telling people. It is actually the hardest thing in the world to work into a conversation, I have found! But, I also know that there are many out there that have to try very hard to have a baby. I especially want to be sensitive to those couples, those women and know that this is something I have desired in my heart for nearly 7 years of marriage. Even though it didnt take long to get the biological business done, the emotional pregnancy took a long time.
Next update soon.