Let's Recap the first Trimester

First, I am totally confused about the start of the second trimester...some places say Week 13, some week 14, some even week 12...well, I am going with 13.3 weeks.  Mathematically, I find this the most accurate.  Forty weeks divided by three is thirteen weeks, three days.  That, my friends, is TOMORROW!

July 13 positive beta test
July 14-15 - paint the new house
July 15 beta increased!!
July 23 - repeat beta since I lost all symptoms
July 26-29 - Family reunion to Rock Island, IL
July 31 - CLOSE on NEW HOUSE!!
August 3 first see our little Bean with a heartbeat
August 3-4 - MOVE!
August 11 spotting - RE put me on bedrest
August 13 first ER visit - bean's heartbeat is nice and strong - given rhogam shot
August 15 - Second ER visit - passed a clot the size of my fist.  Kitchen floor looked like a crime scene.  Bean still growing and heart is still strong.  (Praise God!) Diagnosed with subchlorionic hemorrhage  - Modified Bedrest.
August 23 - first visit to new OB.  Bean looks great.  No sign of SCH.  See in one month.  Made appt for NTscreening
September 13 - NT screening - Bean is perfect.  Risk of abnormalities is that of a twenty-two year old.
September 18 - called dr at 2am for spotting.  No more signs of spotting, but told I could spot throughout the pregnancy. 
September 19 - feel pretty good today.

It has been a whirlwind first trimester.  I am thankful that it will be over quick.  I am patiently waiting for the days of glowing skin (ha) and waiting for Bean to kick.  Why is there no pregnancy book that gives you the 'real' pregnancy facts?  I feel like suck an anomaly,  the only thing that I have not done is throw up consistently - I have had nausea. 

Here is to the Second Trimester being fabulous - Visitors - Halloween - Thanksgiving.  I hope it goes quickly (I didn't add Christmas to this list as my Third Tri begins on Christmas Eve!)