Week 4 Update!

Welcome to week 4! I'm trying to get in the habit of writing these every Wednesday. My weeks change over on Fridays, so I figured Wednesday would be a great day to recap the week and take a belly shot (not that I have much of a belly). On Monday, I officially missed my period! Yay! Overall, it's been a pretty stressful week. We've just been trying to plan out everything. There's so much to think about in the beginning. It's starts out as pure excitement and then jumps to worry and then to "Oh my gosh, what are we going to do?" Again, we did plan this... but once the initial shock sets in, you begin to think, "Can we really do this?" In all reality, we will be just fine. They say you're never ready for a baby.
I've also been obsessing over everything I put in my mouth. Every thing I would normally eat for breakfast, lunch, or dinner I'm googling to make sure it will in no way affect the growing baby. I started eating really healthy about 3 weeks about, just because. So, I'm not eating unhealthy things... but I still worry about everything. My husband read that parsley can induce a miscarriage, so I've been terrified to eat parsley. Honestly, I think it can only be fatal or even affect the baby if you eat it in mass quantities... sprinkled on top of pasta shouldn't do any damage at all. But, still... I'm trying to read through different books and search online to make sure of the things I definitely cannot eat.
Also this week, I made my first prenatal appointment! I originally wanted to go to the OB I've had for a couple years now, even though she is back in Indy. I called yesterday to change my yearly checkup on February 25 to a prenatal but was informed that the earliest they'll see me is once I'm at least 10-12 weeks! I just can't wait that long. So, I called and OB here that I've read good reviews about and they'll see me as early as 6 weeks! I scheduled my first prenatal for February 25! I don't think we'll get an ultrasound that day but we'll get to hear the heartbeat! I'm so excited/nervous! We are praying that everything goes well that day!
So that's all for week 4! See you next week.

SYMPTOMS THIS WEEK:
-Mild Nausea
-Still some PMS-like cramping
-Feeling pretty bloated