Enjoying the Pregnancy Test Line Progression

 

Not sure if anyone else religiously follows the Reddit sub called /TFABLinePorn, but I happened to stumble upon it one day and I've been addicted to looking through all of the pregnancy tests that are posted by anonymous women. I love trying to decipher those squinters, and I enjoy looking at the pregnancy test line progressions. I finally had my own posts to share over there with my very own squinter and then more recently (today) I posted this picture of my own line progression. I think it's come a long way in only 6 days. My test from this morning can be considered a dye stealer now, and this I am very proud of!

I am now 14DPO, so about 4 weeks + 4 days pregnant according to LMP. So far I am feeling super tired! I am visiting the bathroom more frequently, including in the middle of the night, which is obviously disrupting my sleep and probably contributing to me feeling more tired. If this is only the beginning, I can only imagine how the rest of the pregnancy is going to be (lol). 

So far I am not feeling stomach sick, although today at the grocery store I had to tell Hubby that we needed to go home quick because something about walking through the fish and meat section made me suddenly feel unwell. Random thought, but for those individuals who believe that wearing masks "stops them from smelling", well, get pregnant and then tell me how "blocked" your sense of smell is (I only mention this because this was a legit argument presented by some idiot woman in Palm Beach County at a Town Hall meeting regarding the mandate of facial coverings in public spaces). Anyway, that woman's argument came to my mind the second I started feeling sick when I was in the grocery store, and I realized that it was because the smell of meat and fish was waaaayyyy too intense for me, even with a mask on. Myth completely debunked, if anyone was curious.

Anyway. Aside from the one instance of morning sickness (so far), and the excessive exhaustion, and the toilet being my second home, I think I'm doing pretty well. We have finally gotten the news out to our family and a handful of close friends and everyone is so excited for the good news, and everyone is also apparently hoping for a girl for us. We want a girl, too, but I we would be genuinely happy if we have a boy as well. I haven't told my son yet because I am still waiting for his special t-shirt to arrive in the mail. It should be here next week. I can't wait to see his reaction!

My first prenatal appointment is on September 2, which feels like forever away. Until then, though, I am going to enjoy every second of my 3 weeks off from school. It feels so great to have nothing to do and nothing to worry about. This break has been well deserved by the both of us, and this exciting news came at the perfect time as well!