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I am pregnant...and we can finally tell everyone! We found out the day we moved, December 21st, that I am pregnant. I had to blink my eyes several times to be sure of what I was seeing on the pregnancy test. Yes, two lines. Two lines! All of a sudden I forgot everything I had learned while working at OBGYN, South during the last two years. Did two lines mean positive or negative? I called Clay at work and told him I thought I was pregnant. I was shaking I was so excited; I was pacing the floor. We celebrated together for a few minutes.
I called my friend and confidant at OBGYN, South, and she confirmed that two lines was indeed positive! Dr. Ross, my OBGYN, wanted me to sneak in the office later that afternoon for a quick peek on the ultrasound. During the ultrasound we saw a tiny black circle in my uterus... it was my growing womb. I was only approximately four weeks along, but I was pregnant!
We packed our entire townhouse (except for our mattress) into the moving van that night. The next morning we began cleaning and unpacking into our new house. We could not have accomplished everything we did without the help of our family and friends. We spent one night in our new house and left the next morning for Christmas with my family in Columbus. We were not planning on telling anyone about the pregnancy for several weeks, but Julie, my sister, came across a picture of my positive pregnancy test on our digital camera. Oops. We decided to tell my family that night; we wrapped the ultrasound picture like a present for my mom to open. Everyone was so excited!
The next afternoon we left Columbus and headed to Clanton to share the news with Clay's family. We visited and ate with them as if nothing was going to happen. Near the end of the night, we gave his mom a "thank you present for helping us move". When she opened the box, she could not speak because she was so excited she was crying. Once again, everyone was so excited!
Other than telling our families and a few close friends, we have kept this incredible news to ourselves for 6 weeks! We heard the baby's heartbeat on Monday, a healthy 174 beats/minute, and decided it was time to share the news with everyone! We are so excited and already feel that this child is a gift from the Lord. I cannot wait to meet him or her! I read every week about the progress and development of the baby. It is hard to believe that there is a tiny human growing inside of me; the baby has hands and fingers, can move his/her elbows and knees... It is such a miracle. Psalm 139 has never rang more true:
"For you formed my inward parts;
you knitted me together in my mother's womb.
I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Wonderful are your works;
my soul knows it very well.
My frame was not hidden from you,
when I was being made in secret,
intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
Your eyes saw my unformed substance;
in your book were written, every one of them,
the days that were formed for me
when as yet there were none of them."
(v.13-16)

I am thankful that He is Sovereign and I am not.
I have been very nauseated since 5 1/2 weeks; that part is very hard. I HATE food, but it is the only thing that makes me feel better. I pretty much don't like any food unless it hits me right at the moment. There isn't one particular thing I have craved, but I like salty rather than sweet, which is very unusual for me. I feel worse at night than any other time of day; I can hardly sleep I am so nauseated. I CAN'T WAIT for the nausea to subside. The only thing that gets me through the nausea is knowing I'm enduring it for our baby. I would rather be sick and have a healthy baby than not.
Well, I've written enough for tonight... there are so many thoughts and feelings...