4 weeks, 5 days: The nurse says everything seems normal.

It is so hard not to tell everybody that I know!  We've decided to wait until the first ultrasound (which we were assuming would be at the end of the first trimester) but when I talked to the nurse today, she scheduled an ultrasound for my 7 week appointment on October 15th.  I want to make sure that everything is normal.  I'm just wondering, if it's all normal at 7 weeks, should I start telling people?  It'll be my first prenatal appointment and I'm super nervous and I don't really know what to expect.  I've read a lot of things that say that I'll have options of what testing to do and there are so many tests!  I've got a lot of research to do before then!

It seems like there is something every day.  This is my first pregnancy so things are pretty confusing and I don't really know what to expect.  Sometimes, I have a lot of symptoms.  other times, I don't even feel pregnant.  When am I supposed to feel pregnant?  It may sound like a strange question but I'm not asking for morning sickness or anything.  I'm assuming it may feel more real after the first ultrasound.  

We are leaving in a week to go on a week long vacation so I'm a little nervous.  We're going to California and going to hit up Disneyland.  We bought the tickets before we knew we were pregnant but I still think it will be just as fun (minus some rides).  The nurse at my OB's office assured me that I could call in any time I have questions and they would return my calls and answer my questions right away.  It feels good to finally have a good Doctor.  My old OB/GYN wouldn't have even done any of the blood tests that this doctor has done for me.

I'll tell you one thing though, I have been researching birthing options and I have decided that an episiotomy is the most horrifying thing I have ever seen.  I am intending on doing a lot of perineum stretches way later on so I can drop the chances of having to get one.  I've also been thinking about a midwife or Doula.  I am pretty positive that I would like to do everything naturally and I've been reading some statistics about the low instances of episiotomies, c-sections and all kinds of other things.  This is one of those times when it would be great if everybody knew so I could just facebook the question or something.