Dreaming of Twins?

I had my first baby dream on Monday night and I thought it was sorta funny so I wanted to share it.

I dreamt that I went into labor one night. We went to the hospital. The whole labor is a blur except that I remember it was only about 30 minutes long (one can only dream of that!). I gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl. Ahhhh!! I remember holding them both in front of me and looking at them closely and I remember at least one of their little faces. She kinda looked like Nick. And they were really tall, skinny newborns. In the morning of my dream, Nick and I realized that we hadn't told anybody that we went into labor, let alone that our baby came, let alone that it was TWINS!  So we finally called and told family and friends. Then I think I woke up. But after I woke up, it took me a long while to realize that I did not just give birth to tall newborn twins. What a weird dream it was. I really hope for just one baby at a time, but twins do run in both Nick and I's families, so we'll see!

6-8 Weeks

at just 6 weeks, slight bump

Pregnancy symptoms have arrived! When I hit my 7th week, we were in Chicago/Galena, Illinois for my brother-in-law Peter and Marcy's wedding. First thing that made me sick just smelling it, SAUSAGE. No sausage for me anymore, at least for a while. I began to feel a bit queasy, especially if I didn't eat promptly enough. While the queasiness is no fun, it is a good sign to me that the baby is growing and developing so that makes it worth it. I'm beginning to see a very small belly forming that wasn't there before. I look forward to that baby bump growing. We are getting more and more excited about having a baby and starting to look into baby names, reading some books, and thinking about whether to move into a bigger apartment or find a house to rent.

We're Pregnant!

On the evening of August 4th, 2010, which happens to be my little brother's birthday, we found out we were pregnant! I decided to take a test because I was getting anxious, but thought I probably wasn't pregnant, because after trying to have a baby for over 2 1/2 years unsuccessfully you begin to wonder if it will ever happen. Well, I got a plus sign very quickly. I was trying to think of a fun way to go tell Nick, but all of the sudden he walked in, wondering why I had been in there so long. He saw the test, and we both just kinda stood there shocked. Then we got pretty happy. It was a guarded happy, because when I found out I was pregnant in April I miscarried two days later. But still we are so happy to be on our way to having a little family!  My estimated due date is April 10th. My first appointment with my certified nurse midwife is September 10th, at 10 weeks pregnant. I am hoping then to get a more exact due date and time frame.