Assuming we finally got the count right, yesterday makes seven weeks. (Which would make it five weeks since ovulation, if you’re “new” like me and didn’t know it worked that way ;) ) I don’t have a doctor’s appointment yet, I’m still trying to reapply for my insurance AND I haven’t even had an appointment yet to “confirm” the pregnancy (I take that back, hubby just made one for tomorrow morning with his family doctor). Having to have all this stuff done, like, yesterday is a little overwhelming.. and just one of the reasons we’d planned to take care of a lot of things before we started trying to conceive. But because God totally surprised us (thank you, God! No, really. :) ), we’re doing it all now. That includes the work on the house.

We bought a new toilet this week (Gotta love Menards. We bought a Toilet-in-a-Box for $69 and there’s a $15 mail-in rebate), got our dryer/the wiring for the dryer fixed yesterday and got a quote for the whole-house rewiring that needs to be done before we should have a baby in the house. We plan to start tearing up (“we”, meaning Mark) the carpet in the bathroom to finish the tiling and the get the toilet’s water lines fixed. Also on the list at some point is to replace the carpet in our bedroom and living room because, well, it’s probably 30-years-old and it looks it. (Yuck.) A new couch would be nice too, but that’s not that important. (That reminds me, does anyone know the best time of the year to shop for furniture and carpet to get the best prices?)

As for the pregnancy itself, well, I am starting to feel sick. But that’s a good sign, right? I haven’t actually gotten sick, but we’ll see how long that lasts. So far I seem find as long as I can get something to eat. I woke up this morning to go to the bathroom and felt sick, so I ate a cookie. (Hey, it was right there waiting! lol) I’m also hungry all the time. Not like I used to be though, now it’s like I’m starving and haven’t eaten anything all day and I feel like I might pass out if I don’t eat right now. I get full faster when I’m eating though, so it’s easier to spread a meal out rather than eating another meal or snacking all day.

I’m going to try to be sure whatever I’m consuming is good for the development of the baby, rather than eating curly fries for supper like I did yesterday. That’ll probably be easier said than done, but thankfully I do love fruits, veggies, whole grains, etc., so it won’t be extremely hard for me to eat right. I bought a book called Eating Expectantly which is pretty helpful. (Getting to a healthier weight is another story. Why is it so hard for me to work out when I know that I have to?! That’s rather selfish of me.)

Oh, and I’m pretty sure almost everybody knows I’m pregnant now. I told my parents and my sisters, & remember, Mark told practically his whole family the day we found out. My dad didn’t seem excited when I told him (he’s been bugging me to start having kids because he “won’t be around forever”, even though he has 9 grandchildren and considers three others his too), but then she started talking about helping me buy things, like maternity clothes.. so he’s definitely excited lol. I thought I was being clever by wrapping up my positive tests in a box so he’d open them and see them. Not only did he have no idea what they were (how many daughters do you have again, Dad? lol) but he couldn’t read them either. So that idea was a big fat fail lol.