7 weeks, 6 days

Well, where do I begin? Hi my name is Ashley and I'm pregnant. Woo Hoo!!!
It's about 11:00pm and I can't sleep. Why? Because nowadays I sleep on and off ALL day. It's almost as though the baby drains every ounce of energy from my body and then leaves me with nothing. The good thing is that I'm a teacher and I am currently on summer vacation. I couldn't even imagine going to work feeling so fatigued all day while wrangling 20 eight years olds:) However, I am in the last semester of my graduate program and I have a ton of writing to catch up on. Someone described first trimester fatigue as "running a marathon without any previous training." So true! But hey, if this is what it takes for my baby to grow and develop healthily then so be it.
So far I've had four ultrasounds. We found out by way of home pregnancy test on June 24th. We went to the abortion clinic on June 27th. I know it sounds bad. But we were both moving up in our careers and my fiance' was moving to DC in a few weeks. I didn't want to spend my entire pregnancy alone and I definitely didn't want to give up my career after I was finally in the position that I'd worked so hard for. Needless to say, we did not get an abortion. We are both close to 30, have great careers, several degrees and certifications, and we've been together(on and off) for five years. It didn't take us long to realize that we considered abortion simply because we were selfish. So anyway, no abortion but we did get an ultrasound. On this ultrasound, nothing showed up. After a taking another preggo test with a positive result, the doctor discussed the possibility of an ectopic pregnancy (tubal pregnancy). I freaked out. We left the abortion clinic which by the way was super packed and went to The Breakfast Klub to discuss our situation.
The next day we went to an OBGYN to discuss the possibility of an ectopic pregnancy. We had another ultrasound with no baby in sight:( He checked my ovaries and fallopian tubes via ultrasound and said that he did not notice anything abnormal that would suggest an ectopic pregnancy. Whew!The doctor rescheduled us for the following Monday. My HCG level was 489 and he calculated that the numbers should have multiplied enough by Monday for us to see a baby in either my uterus or fallopian tube.

Finally, we saw the baby on the ultrasound which meant that the pregnancy was NOT ectopic...YES!!!!! So far, so good. Thank you Jesus.