The Eckalbar Experience: Not just the two of us anymore...

.......Yep, it's true!!

Wally and I are happy to announce that we are expecting our first child on March 12, 2010!!!

We are excited beyond belief!! A little bit terrified too, our lives are going to completly change!!! But for the better of course :)

Above are the pics from we got from our first ultrasound today. We got to hear the heartbeat which was probably the best sound I've ever heard, so cool!! 180 beats per minute, which the tech said was very strong and healthy. It was so surreal to actually SEE the baby, I can't believe I have a tiny human growing inside me!

As far as pregnancy symptoms go, I feel pretty good! I had on and off nausea starting around week 5 but that's seemed to have gone away the last few days. It was never that bad anyway (never threw up) so I consider myself pretty lucky. I had a pretty painful 4 days or so two weeks ago when my sciatica flared up which made it difficult to walk and kept me up at night. But that has also gone away on its own. I guess it was just the hormones that made my hips shift around and somehow pinched my sciatic nerve. Hopefully it doesn't come back, I think I'm going to start doing yoga or something to try and keep that at bay. Other than that, I feel more tired and sleepy than normal, and I can't seem to get enough to eat! Pastrami sandwiches, potato chips and chocolate chip cookies are my idea of heaven right now. I've also been craving a lot of fruit, so it's not all bad ;)

I know I haven't been very good at maintaining this blog in the past; but now that we have lots of news to share, I'm going to try to post weekly updates on how my pregnancy is progressing. And of course belly pics! I thought I had taken one of myself right when I found out I was pregnant, but must have deleted it from my camera :( So I guess I'll just have to start with today's. Not showing too much anyways, just looks like I've had a big meal...