We are 5 weeks pregnant as of today.  I have noticed so many changes in my body this past week!  I constantly feel like I am having to struggle to keep my energy and emotions in check and still be the bubbly "me" that cracks my coworkers up and still gets her work done!  It is like I don't have control of my own body (which is probably because....I don't-LOL)!  The first thing I have noticed is my energy or should I say lack thereof!  I am proud of myself though-I still made it to the gym 4 times last week!  In all honesty the fatigue has not been that bad though, I have pushed through it so far.  The next thing I have noticed is that no matter how balanced my meals are I am hungry from 9-5 each day so I have had to take fruit, almonds and protein bars to work to kepp full and I have pretty much always drank a ton of water so I still may as well forward my calls to the bathroom!  In other words, if I was experiencing frequent urination-I'd have no clue!  I have still found myself wearing my heart on my sleeve, which annoys the heck out of me, I know my coworkers have to be over it too!  LOL!  My breasts also hurt SOOO BAD!!  Cycling class is FUN let me tell ya!  LOL!!  I am also getting these blue veins on my chest and my lower tummy too which I have read is normal.....looks kinda gross but it comes with the territory I suppose.  I did have a bit of a scare over the weekend that turned out to be normal, a tiny, tiny bit of red blood on Saturday night nearly send me into hysterics!!  I felt sooo helpless!!  I think Brad and I may have gotten a little too rough earlier that day......The nurse said if it happened again, we may have to wait 7 days between "encounters"....TMI I know!!  The other thing I noticed is that church + pregnancy= TEARS!!  This past Sunday, oh my goodnes!!  We had a speaker who was with Clemson University's FCA program come in to speak and our Praise and Worship choir was singing this song called "Jesus" and it talks about how there is power in His name and keep in mind that I was still very concerned about the tiny bit of blood from the night before and I was praying so hard to myself for the baby to be okay if it was His will-tears running down my cheeks-yeah not a pretty sight-LOL!  When I tell you I FELT HIS PRESENCE all in that place-we ALL felt it-SOOO powerful and amazing. there is power in HIS name!!  There was not a dry eye in the place so maybe I did not look so out of place after all!!  So needless to say Kleenex will be in my Bible case from now on!!  One thing I am knocking on wood for is that I have not really been nauseated at all!!  I am sooo grateful!!  I pray it stays that way!!  I know this was a LONG update, I just want to remember all the little things I can about how I feel right now!!  Until next week....    

If you have been keeping up with our journey, you know this was the first month we actually started "trying" so we are pretty shocked to have it happen so soon!!  I had a feeling though....I was sooo emotional, I am a naturally pretty sensitive person but I was taking little bity things sooo personally-I know my girls at work were ready to sit my desk outside!  LOL!  I actually took a test Saturday early in the morning and it was negative so I went back to bed and decided not to say anything to Brad.  Well, I woke up a couple hours later and looked at it and there was the ghostliest faint line!!  I brought it to Brad who had been up for awhile and he had already seen it!  We both thought it was a fluke!  Well, I was planning on waiting until I missed my period to test but I HAD to know so I asked Brad if it was okay for me to go to the store and he said yeah and I went to the store.  Five minutes later he calls me and asks if I had taken it yet and I said no, I am still 15 mins from our house!  Well, I ran in and took it, left it and got my gym clothes together.  It was 2:05 pm when I took it and went back in at 2:08 and there were 2 lines! I immediately thanked God out loud and then started shaking so badly,like from the inside-I just couldn't believe it!!  I could barely feel my fingers to call Brad at work! When he answered I said Hey, Daddy!  He said, WHAT?  No Way!  OMG!  We were both so stoked!!  I called his sister Mandy first, she and I are very close and my Mother In Law answered and I thought it was my sis in law so I said Hey, Aunt Mandy!  She said AUNT?  She said this is Tina....so I asked her if she was ready to be a Nanna again and she just screamed to everyone that we were pregnant-they were all soo happy too!!  I called my Mom next and asked if she was ready to be a GG again-that is what she calls herself-stands for Glamorous Grandma.  It was such a special moment!  I called my Nanny and she was so excited to be a great grandma for the second time and then I called my little brother and said Hey, UNCLE Daniel and he said, UNCLE?  OMG!  Gabe is gonna have a cousin less than a year younger than him-they can grow up together!  I am very close with my coworkers so I told them-they all knew we were trying anyway and they put pink and blue balloons on my desk-it was sooo cute!!  After work, one of my coworkers and I went to the gym and did cycling.  I was afraid to go all out though so I didn't do the sprints like I normally do.....but the rest was fine-I got a pain in my right lower ab when I tried to sprint.......Oh, my first prenatal appointment is February 25 at 8:30 am.  I will be like 6- 7 weeks then....I will update with any symptoms, etc....Please keep us in your prayers!!  We feel sooo blessed and are praying for a healthy pregnancy and baby!   So far the only symptoms I am having are the ones mainly associated with PMS-a tad of cramping, sore breasts, a little more tired and way more emotional-my chin is also breaking out (praise the Lord for make up).  Until next time!                                            

OMG!!  I can't believe it!  I am at home on my lunch break and just took the test and called Brad!  I am shaking so badly right now!!  We are over the moon!  I will write more later, I have to schedule my first prenatal appt!!  YAY!!

I think I may be having implantation bleeding....I have been very slightly cramping over the past day or so and today I have noticed a light pinkish discharge (sorry, TMI, I know) when I wipe.  It is not like my normal premenstral spotting which is brownish (again-TMI, I know) and usually takes place 2-3 days before I actually "start" so for me, this light pinkish stuff is not normal....From what I have read, implantation takes place appoximately 8 days after conception and I am on day 5 past ovulation.  I spoke with a nurse friend of our family's and she said it sounded like implantation bleeding to her.  It is still too early to take a HPT though; Sunday, from what I have read, is the earliest we could tell, that will be cycle day 29, 10 dpo.  The waiting is really driving me nuts though and I did not expect that it would at all!!  I am normally so patient!!  LOL!  I have even been writing my cycle day on legal documents at work instead of the actual date!!  OOPS-LOL!! 

Just wondering..............

Has anyone else experienced implantation bleeding??  Was it like what I am describing??