Welcome Friends!

Yes - I'm pregnant!

Hi everyone - welcome to the McCool Baby Pregnancy Blog! Come back whenever you want to view updates, but here is a little bit of information to catch you up to date!

I am about 12+ weeks pregnant now, and as I would say, "I'm in my 13th week" since even though I am only XX weeks, technically I am getting closer to the next mark, so I just count up a bit. Just my thing. Anyway, I am due September 3, maybe as early as September 1......hard to know for sure even with the ultrasound, though we know it will be early September.

Anyway, I started the blog (AKA, online journal), in Dec 2006, just after I found out I was pregnant. And yes, I "knew" right away. More on that later. But, if you want, you can use the tools on the left to go back and read older entries and see pictures! Monthly I'll be posting pictures of my growing belly, in case you are interested.

Here's the short story though:
Back in December, I started getting headaches whenever I drank, and I used to enjoy my nightly glass of wine, so this annoyed me slightly. But, I stopped drinking for the most part. Then come Christmas I really started feeling bad. I took a nap on Christmas day, while all the McCool's were around (not typical for me at all!), I thought maybe I was getting a cold (which also happened to be true). But then I did not get IT. So........on our way back to Indy, I told PJ that I thought I might be pregnant (I was maybe a day late, maybe 12 hours?). Took the test (twice and then a third time at the doctor's office), and low and behold I was definitely pregnant. Didn't have to wait the however many minutes either - the results were INSTANT! I was overwhelmed - very excited, but overwhelmed - I would not say this was totally expected (or unexpected either - just a pleasant surprise!).

In addition to having the normal first trimester yuckiness, I also was sick. Got some bad cold that turned into a bacterial infection - fun. 100+ fever, so my doctor reluctantly put me on an antibiotic, since I couldn't really take anything else that early in the pregnancy.

Finally got over that and still feel bad from time to time - but things are getting better. Still have headaches just about every day, though incorporating caffiene back in my life has helped a bit (I gave it up for about 10 weeks!). Queasiness is subsiding, though for a while there it was HORRIBLE! Had an aversion to white rice for a while, and have craved everything from mac n cheese to chicken salad to chocolate milk! Crazy!

I am starting to show, though feel like I am just in the chunky stage right now - where people wouldn't guess I was pregnant and might just think I had stopped working out (which I kinda have - get really overheated and faint!) and started eating a lot (oh yea, have been doing that too!). So needless to say, I cannot wear my pants, but cannot fit into most maternity pants, so.......it has been a struggle, but I have a few pair of pants and maternity pants that work.

We are going to find out the gender, but will not be sharing the name (which we might already have picked out!).........that should happen in about 6-8 weeks. Oh, and after the baby is born, I will be going back to work full time as well - just in case you were wondering. A decision I think I feel very good about - but that is really not an option, so I have to feel good about it!

Other than baby - we are house searching and my criteria have significantly changed from when we were searching last year - amazing what a baby does to your mind!

That's all for now (I think - though I have been forgetting a lot lately!) - check back often! Oh, and for those of you who have had babies, start thinking of the top 5 things you could not live without - and tell me what they were! I'm starting a list - A boppy and the Medela Pump in Style have already been enthusiastically recommended by a few of you!!!!!!

Love you all!

PS - no, I have not quite told work yet......just fyi, in case you might know anyone I work with! In the next few weeks though....