The day two lives changed forever

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I have decided to start blogging since I am horrible at keeping a journal and even worse at scrap booking. This is such a special time in our life, I want to remember it forever, and I want to share my feelings and progress with all my loved ones. I hope you enjoy and I'll keep the blog as updated as possible.

On Saturday July 26Th Matt and I got the best possible news, 2 PINK LINES! Although the second line was faint it was definitely visible. Of course me being the geek I am, googled the words "faint second line on pregnancy test" all of the sites I found said even a faint line means the pregnancy hormone (HCG) was detected in my urine. There is no other reason for HCG to be hanging out in my urine other than pregnancy. This is something I knew all along from nursing school but I guess I just needed reassurance! We got pretty excited, but were cautiously reserved. On my way home from work the next morning I went by the store to purchase a digital pregnancy test, the ones that say "pregnant" or "not pregnant" that way there was no confusion. Sure enough, almost as soon as I pulled the test out from underneath my stream of urine the best 8 letters I have ever read appeared..... "PREGNANT". It didn't even take close to the 3 minutes it said it could take. Even though it was approximately 7:00 in the morning I woke Matt up with the news. He was so excited! Words can not describe they way his face lit up with excitement. Although we are super excited we also know how many first time pregnancies end in early miscarriage. We have decided not to tell anyone.....for now. It's the hardest thing I have ever had to do. This is the biggest secret I have ever had to keep. We are planning on telling our families on my birthday when almost everyone is together. I am feeling pretty good, except I am exhausted all of the time, and I am sleeping more than usual (hard to imagine...I know!) I'm not looking forward to the first trimester nausea and back pain I hear about, but I'm sure I'll be OK. Anyway, here is a posting from one of the many pregnancy sites I have been on that says what the heck is going on in my body this week.

Your pregnancy: 4 weeks

How your baby's growing:This week marks the beginning of the embryonic period. From now until 10 weeks, all of your baby's organs will begin to develop and some will even begin to function. As a result, this is the time when she'll be most vulnerable to anything that might interfere with her development.Right now your baby is an embryo the size of a poppy seed, consisting of two layers: the epiblast and the hypoblast, from which all of her organs and body parts will develop.The primitive placenta is also made up of two layers at this point. Its cells are tunneling into the lining of your uterus, creating spaces for your blood to flow so that the developed placenta will be able to provide nutrients and oxygen to your growing baby when it starts to function at the end of this week.Also present now are the amniotic sac, which will house your baby; the amniotic fluid, which will cushion her as she grows; and the yolk sac, which produces your baby's red blood cells and helps deliver nutrients to her until the placenta has developed and is ready to take over this duty.