16 weeks + 2 days

First trimester has finally ended.  They say the second trimester is when we feel the best and of course it depends on each person.  I guess I am lucky to say that the whole journey has been enjoyable except there are just too many do's and don'ts which I am not very used to when it gets in the way of my diet.  I eat everything and being able to not to eat certain foods agitates me!

Our emotions are all over the place.  We are excited, nervous and been bouncing off way too many names of each other.   A name is everything and it is so hard to settle with just one! But this is the part where I think it should be the easiest, when it comes to becoming a parent.   But when it comes to making decisions, Scott and I both overanalyze too much and that's when we run into a dead end because it is never compromised.  I don't want to find out the gender, but he does.  I have a list of names to choose from and all he says is no.  This just reminds me of when we first start buying things for the house.  Not fun.

Confirmed at KP

8:30AM, I finally made my first Kaiser visit. I had my name called after 10 minutes of checking in and a male nurse handed me a cup for my urine test. Lovely.

I went to the bathroom and came out with my cup wrapped in napkins. I just thought it's a little more presentable concealing the liquid than giving him my fresh and warm urine sample in his hand. Anyways, I was too excited to find out the results because we pretty much knew. This is just the first step to officially get in line to see my OBGYN and get everything registered.

Test came back. It was positive. He congratulated me - I smiled and said thanks. I asked him if people usually know by the time they come or you usually have to break the news to them. He said people come to reconfirm or come when they have doubts. I told him I knew I was pregnant.

I left in 30 minutes with a packet to bring home. I am now one step closer to seeing my OBGYN and hopefully on my next visit, we can see some movements and say our first hello.

Estimated Due Date: October 26, 2012.

Positive on 2/24/2012

It was the night before I had to leave for Germany. We made a special trip to the Dollar Tree store and made our first purchase. A dollar pregnancy test. I was reading PinkPad and all these moms were suggesting to go and buy the test there. So I did. We bought like 4 and checked out.

We got home and we knew what to do. Scott unwrapped the box and read the instructions. I went to look for a disposable cup and went to the bathroom. I came out and handed to him like he was my nurse. 2 lines appeared on the test and we just started to crack up. Both surreal and with uncertainties, we went to my parent's house for dinner pretended nothing happened.

A few hours later, we packed and left for LAX. That night Scott insisted to take another one before we went to bed, and the results were the same. Positive. I didn't know what to think of it because a long week of tradeshow was ahead of me and I didnt want to get sidetracked. The thought of being pregnant would be a total scare if it was 4 years ago, now - it's a total blessing.