Beta day!

Friday was beta day. The day I'd FINALLY get validation that this was all really happening. I was no longer convinced this could be the trigger shot because not only was the line still showing up, it was getting darker. AND there's no way the trigger was still in my system. I went in to my RE's office and the tech drew my blood. She wished me look and I just smiled and quietly said "it's good news!" She told me I cheated and I explained that I don't know how they expect neurotic women who have been trying for just shy of 2 years to wait until 13DP5DT! She laughed and congratulated me.

I worked from home that day and kept my phone attached to my hip. I wanted to actually talk to the nurse in case they didn't actually leave the beta number on a message. She finally called around 1:30p and said I was definitely pregnant! Beta came back at 448!!! Fantastic starting number but the important thing is that it's doubling so I go back in on Monday (Feb 28th) to get the 2nd beta done. I'm anxious to get that number back and anxious to find out when I get to have my first u/s! It's starting to get more real but I'm still in disbelief and still so scared that my world is going to drop from under me and I'll have a miscarriage.

I've been eating better and of course take all my medicine (did that before too). I rest a lot and just try to take it easy:)

On Tuesday J did the sweetest thing! We had a meeting with our financial planner but we went to have dinner first, which happened to be right next to the Babies R Us near us. I had thought about asking to see if we could go there but decided not to since I didn't want to overwhelm him baby stuff when it wasn't even for sure I was pregnant. Well while we were sitting at dinner he asked if I wanted stop by BRU before going to our meeting. I may have teared up and of course said yes. It was such a different experience to go there knowing that in 9 months our house would be filled with all that stuff and that I could look for myself, not just for friends. We looked around and I was excited to find the city mini stroller out on display. I had seen it online and loved it and loved that it had good reviews. I told J about it a few weeks ago and he was just like we'll see when the time comes. Well that night we took it off the display shelf and played around with it. I LOVED it and J did too. He said " found our stroller!". I'm sure we'll do some more researching when we get to that point but for now we know what we're getting. Then we went over to the bedding section and to my surprise the bedding I fell in love with (and posted about earlier) was on display! I loved it in person just as much. J really liked it to but decided it was too boyish so if we have a girl, we'll have to find something else (oh darn, more nursery searching;)) We left shortly after that but I just couldn't help but be the happiest girl in the world:)

On Saturday I went and bought 2 belly bands. This bloat is RIDICULOUS and barely any of my work pants fit. Hopefully these pants will help do the trick until I actually need maternity pants. Looking forward to being comfortable at work again:P