And now that I’ve caught up on the events of October 13, I get to start blogging real time! Hurray!

So, for the first week after finding out we were pregnant, I had some spotting – not serious, but I had no idea what to expect and Googling is the worst. Luckily, after a nasty encounter with one receptionist at my new midwives’ office (“well you’re only four weeks and you’re a likely miscarriage, so they will not see you anyway” – SERIOUSLY?!), a nurse called me back from the office and scheduled me for monitoring my HCG and progesterone levels. I was, very honestly, just barely pregnant that week, but the numbers were rising appropriately, so it was worth the additional hassel to go in for blood draws.

We decided to go ahead and tell my folks about ten days after we found out our news, mostly for additional support for me. Since we won’t see them until December, we sent them a cute couple of pictures online of us and the tests.

I am now 6 weeks along! I have had some nausea, but mostly I am just sore. I’ve lost two pounds and gone up a bra size – so far, pregnancy is amazing ha! I’m sure Little Bean will make his or her debut by Christmastime, but for now no one’s the wiser.

I’ve already experienced some pregnancy brain. Oh my the forgetfulness, already. I forgot my laptop at home one morning and didn’t discover until I got to work. I also forgot and walked through airport security with a full bottle of water. I travel all the time! I am just a wee bit distracted I guess.

I am proud to say I survived a business trip with a partner just this past week. I avoided going through security with him with some lame excuse about wanting to shop before going to the gates, and I also avoided dinner with opposing counsel on our way out there (which would have been nothing but boozing), by taking a later flight down after the partner. I did need the time to do the extra work anyway.

Overall, I feel good. I am still working out with my regular Jillian Michaels’ tapes – just at my own pace since we’re not trying to get results. I feel strong.

I am tired by 10pm consistently and need about 7 1/2 and 9 hours a sleep a night. This is rare, since I was doing the 5-6 hours pattern during the week, with lots of caffeine to keep going as a general rule. I dropped caffeine cold turkey right when I found out, surprisingly with no ill effects.

I’m also HUNGRY.ALL.THE.TIME. I’m eating well though – lots of color and not a lot of junk. I’ve had a craving for steak, which has been very unusual. I also made my own steak one night, regardless of whether DM could join me for dinner, which I never do.

I signed up for those “your baby is…” emails. Baby Center tells me Little Bean is the size of a lentil. Delightful.