This is the begining of a beautiful adventure...

I realize this is a bit late in being added to the blog, but I wanted to be sure we told as many people as we could before I posted this...

In January, I was still feeling under the weather and could not figure out why. I am not used to being sick and not getting over it, so it was driving me crazy. On top of that, I was just exhausted. Given that I worked a million hours last year, that was nothing suprising to me. I just figured it was all catching up with me. Until I started calculating and talking to my girlfriends and realized, there may be more to it than this.

After I bought a test, Alex and I learned we "might be" starting a rather exciting and suprising new chapter in our lives - "Parenthood"! To say that we were stunned is an understatment, but that was quickly flooded over with emotions and excitement with the idea that our love had created a new person! Our love was too much for our own bodies, that we had to create a new body to fill with our love.

So to take this from a "might be pregnant" to a "definitely are pregnant" we had to find a doctor. I had NO idea how to begin a search like this in Germany. Fortunately, Alex had seen an office in downtown Lüneburg next to another doctor he goes to and he called and arranged our first appointment. My first impression was that I loved this doctor. She is so friendly and kind and really made me feel comfortable. (Her name is Cornelia). The second impression quickly made the first one fade, as I found that things in Germany aren't quite as "conservative" as they are in the States. No blankets, no leaving the room while you change, and no robes... (I will just leave it at that - girls, you all know what I mean)

Still, the end result was that it confirmed our home test. We are definitely expecting a little "Peanut" at the end of August. Alex being there with me the entire appointment was so great. He was holding my hand, and getting a bit emotional, through the meeting. We got a picture from this visit, though it was impossible to make out anything. But the doctor did point out where the heart is, and that was all I needed to see. The little heart that Alex and I created!