Welcome!

Hello family and friends! As most of you already know, Todd and I are expecting our first child! To keep everyone up-to-date on the pregnancy, I thought it would be a great idea to start a blog with weekly updates. That way, everyone can follow along this wonderful journey with us. It has already been a crazy ride, with all the changes the pregnancy has brought to my body (and lifestyle!), and we are only in the beginning.

Today we have completed 10 weeks of pregnancy! We have had two ultrasounds already (due to early spotting - but everything is going along just fine), so we have seen Baby Depczynski two times already! The first time was at 6 weeks.

Baby was the size of a pea at 6 weeks. We were reassured that the pregnancy was healthy and the spotting could have just been trapped implantation blood. Spotting is very common and I shouldn't worry about it unless it turns to bleeding and is accompanied by cramps, which thankfully, it never did and ended up stopping. At this visit, the heartbeat was going at a good rate, 118 bpm!

The second time we got to see Baby was at 8 weeks, just to make sure everything was progressing the way it should be. 

Sure enough, Baby is doing just fine! Now at 157 bpm (and the size of a kidney bean), everything is perfect and healthy. Speaking of beats per minute, an Old Wives Tale says if the bpm is above 140, its a girl, if its below 140, its a boy. Hmmm, is there a little girl inside me? We will have to wait and see!

Stay tuned for my 10 week pregnancy blog to see pictures and how my week went. I am going to try to make a post every Sunday to capture the last week. But I may make posts in between as well. So keep coming back!