What a day!

The sprout is fine and I've actually been feeling better, except that I seemed to have pulled some kind of muscle in my rump.  It really hurts, especially when I stand up after sitting down.  I'm up and down a lot as a teacher, so it's been interesting.

Speaking of teaching, I had several notes from angry parents about their kids grades today, even though I've informed them multiple times of the problems.  They don't seem to want to do anything until it's the end of the grading period.  Grades are due tomorrow, people!  It's too late! Better luck next nine weeks.  Grrrr...

Oh, and three of the kids we sent to alternative school earlier in the year are coming back on Monday.  My year was horrible at the beginning, but got so much better after these students left.  June definitely got further away.  I will be starting the end-of-year count down early this year, I think.  

So this turned out to be one big vent, I guess.  On a brighter note, word is getting around and it's kind of fun for folks to know what is happening.  I'm not ready for my students to know yet (or ever, maybe), but I know that it is bound to happen eventually.  

Starting to cave...

My husband and I are starting to cave in and tell people. We are just so excited that we can't keep it in anymore! After I told my coworker that saw me throw up, he told a few of his coworkers. So then, I had to answer that by telling a couple more of mine. I think we've told enough people now, that word will spread quickly. We did say to them all that we were keeping things quiet for now, but I'm not expecting too much secrecy at this point, and that's okay.

I only feel bad because we haven't told some of our family and closest friends because we have special things planned for the week of Easter. There's almost no chance of them finding out before hand because they are all out of state, but I feel a little bad that coworkers know before my father-in-law.

I have been feeling pretty bad, but better than last week. I made it through the whole week of work and got my kids caught up so that they will be ready for testing next week at the end of the grading period - well, at least as ready as they'll ever be. I've had a lot of trouble sleeping and getting comfortable. I thought that wasn't supposed to be a problem until I had a big bump, but apparently not. My husband got me a new body pillow, which has been somewhat helpful. It's hard teaching, but every time I think about the baby, I just get so excited that none of the discomfort matters.

3 more weeks until spring break. I hope I can make it until then!

So this is morning sickness...

I've had waves of nausea since about 6 weeks and some days have definitely been worse than others, but today, I actually threw up. I haven't done that since I was in the Peace Corps. It is not fun.

This morning, after I brushed my teeth, I started heaving, but nothing came up. I ate a little cereal and went on to school. By the time I got there, I knew I wouldn't make it through the day, so I went to our bookkeeper, who also finds substitutes for us and asked if he could find someone. I went to my room to get some plans ready. The bell rings for the kids to come in. I immediately got sweaty and knew I'd better get out of there. I ran to the bathroom where the fun began. Luckily they found me a sub quickly and I've been home.

The funny part is that one of my good friends, my teammate for 2 years was in the lounge where I ran. She stopped to check on me and make sure that I had a substitute coming. She then started telling me how sorry she was while I was washing my hands and rinsing my mouth. I told her "don't be sorry." She kept talking. I said, "no, really, don't be sorry," and flashed her a grin. She got it right away, because she knew we'd been trying for awhile. She was so excited and promised to keep the secret, though I think it might not be much of a secret much longer!

My Beautiful Blob

My first appointment was fantastic. I didn't know they were going to do an ultrasound, but that was the first thing they did. I teared up when I saw the little bean sprout and heard the heartbeat. There's really something in there! It may just be a fuzzy looking blob, but it's in there. And now my husband will have to stop teasing me about twins, because there is only one baby in there - phew!

Everything went very well and I love my OBGYN. I already knew this, since I've been seeing him for GYN stuff for a few years, but I love him even more today. He's just so calming and helpful without being the least bit condescending. I hope he is at my delivery. I'll be meeting other doctors in the practice at other appointments. I hope I like them, too.

First Appointment Tomorrow!

I thought it would never get here, but I actually go to the doctor tomorrow afternoon. I took the whole day off of school, but then I found out that I have a brand new substitute, so I'm a little nervous. However, I also made a dentist appointment for the morning and I'm going to try to take my cat to get her claws clipped, so I think I'll have a full day! At least it will keep my mind off of the appointment and all of my unfounded worries and fears of something being wrong.

My grandmother is great. We asked her what she wanted her first great grandchild to call her and she said, "Oh, is there one in the cooker?" Since then, she's been coming up with all sorts of crazy baby names and giving advice (but nice, friendly advice, not annoying judgemental advice). She's great. And I think she's settled on being called "G.G." for great-grandma. My brother and I called my great grandmother (on the other side of the family) G.G. and everyone thought it was cute.

I'm doing well. Some days are better than others. I am tired all of the time and my GI tract is completely wonky, but I figure that's all par for the course and just a reminder that I really am pregnant. I'm starting to fill out a bit in the middle parts, which is a little crazy. So things are moving along. My husband bought some daddy books yesterday. It's slowly becoming more and more real for both of us!