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I'm pregnant
I decided to create a blog of my 2nd pregnancy because looking back I realize I did not keep a very good record of my first one. I wish that I would have. It's a piece that's missing out of my son's baby book that I can't fill in.So here goes... I took a pregnancy test on Tuesday 8-15 and yeah (!) it came back positive. Some of my friends think I'm crazy to be happy about being pregnant so soon. Trevor turns 1 on August 24th.

I really am not positive of what the conception date is. Since I breastfeed, I haven't had a regular cycle. I had my first period on June 18th. When I was about a week late I took a test and it came back negative. The lactation consultant said that it was very possible to have irregular cycles, and for it to go away and come back months later. She set my mind at ease and I didn't think about it anymore.So for the last 2 weeks (at least) I have been unusually tired. Hubby would say that I'm always tired, and I can't disagree. I'm a napper, what can I say. Well with the tiredness I just chalked it up to stress at work. It's been even more stressfull than usual the last few months.

Combined with the fact that I've been having neck problems that I've been in physical therapy for and taking some meds that make me very sleepy.Saturday I felt very yucky all day. I mean, couldn't eat without turning green kind of yucky! I thought of the possibility of pregnancy but not terribly seriously. I was thinking maybe I just had a bug or something. So Saturday evening I wake up at about 3 am running to the bathroom. Yuck! Reminded me of the many times I spent time being sick during my first pregnancy. Thought maybe I should get a test.

Sunday, pretty much same all day. I came downstairs in the morning to my brother making coffee. I LOVE coffee in a big way, and especially love the smell of coffee perking in the morning. Yeah, not so much. Made me sick. If that makes this girl sick, somethings going on. Still didn't go get a test. Monday, sick most of the day but crazy hungry for pancakes. My last pregnancy I craved pancakes like mad. Thought again, maybe I should get a test. But I didn't.

Tuesday I go to work, man was I feeling nasty and the night before was pretty lousy. I went and got a test on my break and took it. Big fat positive! So now the questions arise... When did we conceive? I'm pretty clueless on that one, sounds crazy but I'm just not sure. Likely that it was back in June and when I took the test maybe I took it to early, I dunno. The other possibility is that I ovulated the next month and just didn't have a period. Which I hear is possible. I've heard of nursing mothers getting pregnant the 2nd time without having a period. It'd be pretty damn cool if the conception was the first time around because then I'd almost be over with the first trimester, which from what I hear is the worst and that it gets better in the 2nd trimester. I wouldn't know, the first time I was miserable all but 1 week of the entire pregnancy. Morning sickness ended at about month 5. Had a wonderful week and then I had a pinched ciatic (sp?) nerve and horrible back and hip pain for the rest of the pregnancy. I spent 3 days a week in physical therapy.

So, I can only hope that this time around I get a break... I've served my time right?The other thing that makes me think that it was in June is my pants aren't fitting. I feel like I'm already starting to show. I looked in a full lenght mirror yesterday and thought, "Holy cow, how could I not know I was pregnant!" I'm getting the rounded tummy. For the last month (well actually longer) I haven't been happy with my body. I've got some extra flab around the middle but the last month I've been annoyed with the beer belly look I've got going on. Again, duh that I didn't take a test!My main cause for concern right now is that last week I had an MRI for my neck. I check the box "no" that there was no possibility that I was pregnant. Now, a smart girl who was wishing to be pregnant might have taken a pregnancy test before having a MRI. But not me, I guess now I can just chalk it up to those pregnancy hormones that make you dumb right?

Combine that with the pills I've been taking that one should not take while pregnant. I'm a bit worried. The doctors office said not to worry about it and that everything should be ok. But deep inside, I'm still a bit worried. I guess it's too late to do anything about it now. As they say, no sense crying over spilt milk.It sucks that I can't take the "good stuff" to help me sleep at night anymore. My neck hasn't been quite as bad as it was, though it's still sore. Hopefully it continues to improve and not take a turn for the worse. At it's worse I went to the emergency room it was so bad! That was about 2 months ago.So I suppose that about covers it up til now. Hopefully tonight goes better than last night! Last night I spent 2 1/2 to 3 hours in the bathroom! I was going to take my pillow and blanket and campout.