Thread: Shocked

I took a clearblue test this morning after being about 2 weeks late, and it came out positive. Needless to say, I am both surprised, and not surprised at the same time. I've been feeling horrible for the past week and a half, like I had the flu plus period together, but no fever or menstruation. My boyfriend, my close friends, and I all guessed that I was, but we weren't going to get excited until I took a test. I am taking another tomorrow just to be sure, so my boyfriend and I can figure out what to do next. I assume that I am about 2-3 weeks along if I am pregnant. I haven't been throwing up, but I'm having horrible stomaches as if I am, cramps, headaches, mood swings, and my boobs are killing me. What else should I expect to experience the farther along I am?

I think that with every pregnancy what to expect is different. I also feel that with every woman things are different. I am 14 weeks and I have an a** that won't stop hurting, boobs that have lost the soreness but remain sensitive, a stomach that becomes unpredictable at the slightest change of smell, and tears that fall whenever they want no matter if I am watching something happy or sad. With my first baby I threw up twice, had no boob pain, and only till the last of the pregnancy did I have hip pain associated with my sciatica. I normally love crust on bread but now can't handle it. I normally love chicken but now have to force it down. I can't get enough carrots and hated veggies last pregnancy. So as what to expect, expect nothing because then you won't be sad when the opposite happens. Expect to love the one who kicks you, cry when you hear the heart beat for the first, second, and millionth time. Expect to feel overwhelmed, but love the chaos. Expect the Father to freak out no matter how on board he says he is. My husband just said that when he sees the baby kick he will be freak out. Expect to hear a ton of advice from family and strangers. Expect to have those same strangers come up and touch your belly. Expect to be pampered till the little one joins the outside then expect to rest without sleep. Expect to be happy no matter what happens in your life from this moment on.