5 weeks 1 day today

Well I haven't posted a journal in a while. I finally hit the 5 week mark yesterday which seems surreal. You know how you have downloaded all of these pregnancy apps on your phone in the hopes of REALLY using them one day? Okay I know i am not the only one that did this LOL! Every month I would hope and pray that it would continue to go past Week 5 and yesterday it did! It's very surreal and a bit overwhelming but soooo very exciting! My husband and I are just completely in love with this baby already and looking forward to many more milestones to come. We sit and talk about "What ifs" and "How do you feel about that" when it comes to our baby. We are finally having the conversations that I always dreamed about. We have not told a lot of people....maybe about 5 of my friends know and a few of his co-workers know because he was confiding in them for advice about IUI and IVF procedures. Our families do not know yet and it has been tough not sharing with them but I think worth it. We will share our good news on Easter. Then probably mid May make the big announcement to everyone and do the whole FB update thing where I scream from the rooftops that we are pregnant!

Our first ultrasound is on March 29th which I am excited about. Would like to know how many little turkeys we have in my belly ;) With my high beta numbers I am a bit overwhelmed but taking it one day at a time. I will be happy with whatever has been given to us (hopefully just not too many! Be careful what you wish for!)

The pregnancy symptoms are slowly coming but for me it helps me mentally know that I am indeed pregnant. The biggest symptom is the intense cramps I get about 5 minutes at a time. I usually just calmly breathe them out and they go away. I have been taking Tylenol on occasion to help with the aching dull pain at night so I can sleep. That is another weird symptom....I am not sleeping well at all! I hardly get a full night's rest in and that is the hard part. I wake up tired and in a fog most of the day just waiting to get home so I can lay my head down and rest. I get up and go to the bathroom constantly but not because I have to pee or anything. Mostly because the toilet helps my cramps and I think I am so anxious right now that I find myself playing with my iPhone in the middle of the night to pass time because I can't sleep. So much on my mind. I finally got a nap in today where I slept for 3 hours which was much needed. I was having major hunger last week but not so much this week. The only new symptom I have started today is my nipples are getting sore.

My husband has been so great in all of this and making sure that I take it easy and not to worry about much except the baby. It's a long story but we are in the middle of a stupid lawsuit right now with our next door neighbor (she is suing us). Because she is suing us, it's hindering the sale of our condo which we are hoping to move out of soon and move into a bigger home where my brother lives (he is moving). We are just ready to move on from this small place and away from her but not able to because of the holdup. After talking with my Step-Mom, she advised us that we suck it up and hire a lawyer to handle this for us. We really didn't want to have to pay out of pocket for something so lame but she is right. It's better to pay some money and do it right, then not hire someone and get screwed over by our neighbor's lawyer. I actually was very relieved when we made that decision yesterday. Let someone else do the work for us and hope that we get reimbursed the court and attorney fees at the end. My husband was so great....he told me not to even think about the lawsuit or the neighbor and that he is going to handle everything. He does not want me to stress out or anything. So I feel now we are making progress with this house/lawsuit thing and one step closer to our next home!

So that is my update! I have affectionatly named our baby "Little Turkey" only because he/she is due right around Thanksgiving LOL! I know it probably sounds bad but I feel like I have a turkey in their roasting right now! ;)