B E L L Y - T I M E

Just an update to share my new belly pic and any symptoms. Can you believe it's been a week already since my last belly pic?! Fortunately, the bloating went down a little bit this morning; but believe me, my belly is usually way bigger than this! Wanna know what's making me so bloated? Progesterone! If you're really that interested, read the last paragraph.

(To compare this week's pic to last week's, click on the link on the side of the page that says, "Belly Pics".)

Symptoms This Week: Cramps and Bloating.

The cramps have been daily and were a bit stronger over the weekend. I generally like to feel them because it makes me feel like things are progressing. However, sometimes they're rather strong and I do get a bit scared. I know, I need to chill out and worry less. yeah yeah.

The bloating, as I mentioned before, has been ridiculous. Sometimes it makes me feel like I've already gained a million pounds. You know how right when you're done eating a large meal it sometimes looks like you're 3 months pregnant, and you need to take a deep breath and unbutton your pants? Well, that's how I've been looking and feeling all the time. lol. Mostly, it's just uncomfortable, as I'm sure you can imagine.

This morning when I was driving to work, I was thinking about how I haven't felt any nausea since sometime last week. Then I popped a piece of cinnamon gum in my mouth (yes, Joshie replaced my gum) and took back that thought. It was enough to turn my stomach and make me gag for about 30 minutes. Ugh. I'm expecting it to get worse over the next couple weeks, but I may surprise myself and be one of the girls who misses out on morning sickness.

"It almost seems that your jeans start to feel snug as soon as the pregnancy test comes back positive — and you can thank the hormone progesterone for that puffy phenomenon. While progesterone is essential for maintaining a healthy pregnancy (it is, after all, the pro-gestation hormone), it also triggers that oh-so-delightful trio: bloating, burping, and farting. Why? Progesterone causes the smooth muscle tissue in your body (including the gastrointestinal tract) to relax. This slows down digestion, giving the nutrients from food you eat more time to enter your bloodstream and reach your baby. That's the good news. The bad news is this slower metabolism can cause bloating. "

We've Got Flippers!

There was a time when I complained about being bloated... but I had no idea! My tummy has been so swollen that I swear if I had worse symptoms I would think I'm expecting twins. It's been about 3 days and the bloated belly has not taken a break. Just wait until I take my next belly pic in a few days... you'll see what I mean! I'm enjoying it though because it makes me feel more pregnant. hehe.

Today I'm officially in the first day of my 6th week! According to my ticker, Baby Breaux is "4-6mm, the vocal cords are forming, and the tiny heart is beating and circulating blood!" And from what I've read, Baby Breaux is also growing its brain right now and has exchanged limb buds for limb flippers! So much is happening so quickly.

So I know we decided that we were going to wait to tell family and friends until after the first appointment, but I'm not sure how I ever thought we could do that. When I was talking to Natalie friday afternoon, I just had to tell my Neetalie! And once I did, it felt exhilarating. I then had to tell everyone else! I called up Joshua at work and said, "I can't hold it in anymore. I'm telling my family so you can tell yours." And then I called everyone else to tell. From what I've heard, this is a tell all or tell none kind of secret. I think I did pretty well though... I held out for six days! We'll see if I can make it another week and a half without telling my friends ;).

Who Ate My Gum?!

Well I just got back from my appointment with my primary care physician. It definitely went well! She took a pregnancy test and I couldn't stop shaking as I waited. I have never been so scared in my life! When she finally came to tell me it was positive, I broke down and started crying! Yes, crying! I just feel like this is all too good to be true, and I'm so afraid it's going to disappear. And that's not the only time I got emotional today... When I realized Joshua ate my last piece of gum, I freaked and almost started crying! I mean, I literally had to fight back the tears. Thank God I realized I was being ridiculous and was able to calm myself.... after I chewed him out, of course, since I couldn't chew the gum. lol. Poor Joshie has to deal with another 35 1/2 weeks of this!

Not only have my emotions been crazy, but my mind has been gone as well. When I first scheduled my doctor's appointment, I gave the lady my mom's phone number when she asked for my social security number! When I realized what I was doing, my mind went totally blank and I couldn't think of it for anything. Then I couldn't remember my address!! Oh boy (or girl), I need to get a grip...

Tickling The Baby

I'm actually feeling some symptoms! All day today I've been having some mild cramps and a butterfly feeling in my stomach. Also, this morning hunger hit me hard! I never eat breakfast so my body is pretty much trained to not eat in the morning, but this morning I felt horrible hunger pangs until I was forced to eat something at work; and the hunger caused some pretty bad nausea. Bring it on! I'll definitely have to start making time for breakfast! Speaking of food, my mom made me cupcakes today to celebrate!! yummy! Of course, I have to fight the cupcake hog, Cherie', for them. :P

Enough about food! So... I've been thinking about babies so much that I'm even dreaming about it! Last night I dreamt that i had the baby and it was born on April 4th, but I doubt it's a premonition because I also dreamt that Brandi had her baby in June which is impossible since she's due in November! ha!

I'm really excited about tomorrow! I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow with my primary care phycisian to get a referrel to see my ob. I'm sure it will just be a regular check up to get the referrel and will have nothing really to do with the pregnancy, but I'm so excited because I feel like it's all becoming more real. I was also counting the days until my first appt today, and I freaked when I realized that it's really only about 2 weeks away! That sounds so close I can taste it!

The cutest thing happened at work today... well I think everything Sofia does it cute (Sofia is the little girl I care for at work)! We were in the grocery store checking out and she started tickling my belly and saying, "I'm tickling the baby!". Ah! I still can't believe there's an actual baby growing in there! ...Especially since it sure doesn't look like it... just check out my first belly pic that I took today! I can't wait until i get a baby bump. I hope I'm one of those women who show really early! So here's my non-baby bump:

First Appt!

I'm so excited! Our first doctor's appointment is scheduled for August 7th! Somehow, I will have to go another 3 weeks without telling everyone. Oh boy, this will be the hardest thing ever! I'm still in shock, really. The last couple of nights, I kept waking up over and over again thinking, "Oh my God, I'm pregnant right now. There's a baby growing in me!". All of a sudden, my eyes just shoot open and I'm totally aware that there's life growing in me. It's wild!

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Welcome to The Baby Breaux Blog! I created this blog months ago in hopes that I would soon be pregnant and counting down the days until we meet our precious Baby Breaux. I've been dying to say these next few words and the day is finally here: I'M PREGNANT!!!!

Yesterday on July 19, 2008 (Joshua's Birthday), he received the greatest birthday gift he could have hoped for... I got a positive pregnancy test! After jumping up and down for a few minutes, we then ran out the house to visit each of our parents to share the good news. I've never experienced so much excitement in all my life! The reality of it is just now settling in after a day of repeating the words, "I can't believe it!".

We want to tell the world and can't wait for all of our relatives and friends to share in the excitement. We've decided to wait until after the first doctor's appointment to tell everyone. There's just no way we can wait until the second trimester! I don't understand how anyone does it!

So based on my ovulation date, my estimated due date is March 29, 2009. Yes, we're aware that we may possibly have an April Fool's baby! The baby is currently 4 weeks and 1 day old, and according to my ticker is "1.5-2.5 mm big and it's organs, ears, eyes, arms and legs are just starting to form"! wow!

I decided to do this blog for my own personal journal purposes, but also to share my pregnancy journey with friends and family. I hope everyone finds this somewhat interesting, and will be as excited as we are when we finally get to share the news!