Working Titles for Books I'm Going to Write

Here is a list of working book titles on pregnancy that someday I am going to write:

• You are Far Away from Mom and have a Million Questions
• Everything the Pregnancy Books Say is Just Not Me
• My Doctor Said I was Pregnant and That Was It!: Waiting on the 8th week Ultrasound
• The Not-So-Morning-Sickness-But-ALL-Day-Sickness For the Working Woman
• Animal Smells and Pregnancy
• All the Advice I SHOULD NOT Have Heard!
• How to Explain to Your Husband Your Unexpected Crying Jags
• So You Need a Break from Reading About Pregnancy: Ideas for expectant mommy dates
• I'm the Person Who Started Showing Immediately! HELP!
• My Husband Learned to Cook Fried Chicken because I'm Pregnant: Stories of the amazing men who brave pregnancy with you.
• Funny Expressions Parents Will Make When You Tell Them You Are Pregnant!
• The Most Humbling Experience In Life: How God Broke My Selfishness.
• How Many Tests Should You Take Before You  Believe You Are Pregnant.

Okay, these are just the ones that I have come up with thus far. More to Come! 

6 Weeks/4 Days

Deep breaths...I am six weeks pregnant and 4 days. That means that this week we have a heart that is beating more than 100 times a minute. My body has increased it's blood volume by 25%! And morning sickness has a new name in our home. Its now known as everyday-all-day-noon-and-night sickness. My constant companion! No matter what a book or someone's "experience", the act of going through the first trimester yourself is beyond words. You realize the fullness and magnitude of having a baby when you physically carry it, when your body begins bonding now in growing and supporting the baby. Oh man!

I'm hoping to share here the moments of hilarity in pregnancy....like having a normal conversation with someone and then almost up-chucking in their face! Or sharing the conversations with our parents when we told them we were expecting. Bursting into tears when the doctor confirmed the pregnancy or watching Derek research pregnancy and different birth methods. Trying really hard to work at a dog/cat adoption center while pregnant keeps my face GREEN! But through all of this we are excited and looking forward to meeting this little part of us. Now the size of a sweet pea, baby Fekkes is making his/her presence known!

On a side note, Derek is experiencing "pregnancy pains" alongside me! How sweet of him!!!!

Lastly, we made the decision that we will not post anything about Baby Fekkes on facebook for the time being. So get your updates here!

First sonogram April 30th!

Pray for Baby Fekkes' health!