Pregnancy: Week 4

Happy Monday, Everyone!

Wouldn't this penguin wallpaper (above) be adorable in a little kid's room? Love, love, love.

Anyway, wanted to start documenting what's been going on with my pregnancy, week by week. Just finished Week 4 yesterday, and here's what's been happening:

• I am so excited to be pregnant! And it feels unreal, too. It's a little hard to switch my thinking from: "How are we going to make our lives work without a baby?" to: "Holy crap, there's a good chance we're going to end up with a baby! That's going to be a lifestyle change!"
• Dealing with insomnia, but that's kind of par for the course with me
• A little tired, but it seems like last time I was pregnant I was sleeping during the day all the time, and that's not really happening. I did nap more towards the end of the week than in the beginning, so maybe the tiredness is coming 
• I had a couple days of very light spotting early in the week, which in the past would have scared me, but now I know is normal
• Generally feeling great physically. Having more the beginnings of things than anything full-fledged. Twinges of nausea. Definitely a stronger sense of smell. Twinges of my breasts being full and achy. Twinges of food aversions. Etc. I was really, really sick last time I was pregnant...not sure if this pregnancy is going to be different, or if the sickness just hasn't kicked in yet
• Waiting for my first ultrasound (scheduled for 8/17) hasn't been too bad. There's kind of this small underlying current of fear knowing that something could go wrong at any time (and, based on my experience last time, I wouldn't even know it), but generally I'm doing OK. I think when it's going to be really hard is Weeks 9, 10, and 11, which is when last time I lost my baby (I lost my baby week 9-ish, but didn't find out until the end of week 11...thought everything was fine up until that point) 

Can't wait to see what Week 5 brings!

XO

Penguin Wallpaper: Isak via Paul & Paula.