My 1st Pregnancy Post - written one week ago!

Tuesday, August 16, 2011  - Well, it finally happened! We are expecting our new addition in April of next year, and we are so very excited! I’m writing this as I am 6 weeks and 4 days along in this pregnancy. By the time it’s posted, I’ll be farther along, but these words have been fighting to get out since the moment I saw that second line appear on the test!

 Neither Gene, nor I, thought we had made a baby this month – our third round of clomid. I thought I was pregnant the first round, Gene thought it was the second, but of course, I wasn’t.  I guess I just didn’t want to think about it anymore. Each month was harder and harder. We had hit the “2 year mark” of trying for a second child, and I was all but ready to give up completely. Had we been forced to finish out all six rounds of clomid without success, I was giving up hope on ever having another child. Fortunately, God answered our prayers when we least expected!

Kaylee was the most excited about the news! We had waited the entire day of us knowing to tell her. I just told her that we had a big surprise for her, and we’d tell her when daddy got home from work. If I could have frozen time at that moment, just to have a second longer to see that look on her face, it would have been priceless! She has been, nonstop, praying to God for her baby and for it to be safe and healthy! She was so scared, when I went to my first OB appointment that the doctor would take the baby away. That – almost made me cry. Of course, that’s what she remembers about the last time around. She watched them draw my blood over and over during my miscarriage, and she thought that me going back to that doctor and that office and having them take my blood, would take this baby away as well. We are doing our best to reassure her that everything is going to be fine, and we tell her to keep praying for this baby and its safe arrival!

 My first OB appointment was at 5 weeks and 4 days. That is early, but due to my prior miscarriage and being on clomid, Dr. Cornett wanted to make sure everything was on track. We did the usual weight, height, blood pressure check, and discussed diet and exercise. (Mostly that I was to stop dieting all together and that she wanted me to stay OFF of the scale!) I told her how I’d lost six pounds the week I tested positive, and I had gained five back. Since then I’ve lost another four. (I just can’t seem to stay off that scale!) I have added significant calories to my daily intake, especially considering that I was on around a 700-800 calorie diet! This little one just seems to be very hungry! Dr. Cornett remains cautiously concerned about my eating habits and pries information from my family members about whether I am eating enough! I am….I promise! The lab did a full blood workup on me, and I received a call from the nurse yesterday that my progesterone levels were very high! That means nothing to worry about! I have an ultrasound scheduled for August 23^rd, and I have decided that if we get good news from that, we’ll be ready to announce our great news to the world!

We had debated waiting out the first trimester, but there are a number of reasons I want to make this announcement. For one, EVERYONE knows we have been trying, and so many people have been praying for this to work for us. I cannot thank all of you enough for the prayers, support, and the kindness of lending an ear to just listen! There’s also the fact that so many people have already found out. They either right out asked me, or was told by one of my family members that couldn’t hold onto the secret. This news has been so exciting, and it’s difficult not to show that excitement – not to mention it’s difficult not to SHOW! For some reason, this little one wants to pop out faster than Kaylee did! While most of it is bloating, there has definitely been a change in shape recently. Being that I have been on the weight-loss track for so long now, people close to me notice the physical changes in my body more readily. The last thing I want is for someone to think I have given up on getting healthy, so if that means telling people that a “bump” is imminent, then so be it!  Finally, we have been through one loss, and having the support of everyone around during that time was key to me getting through it. God forbid something go wrong with this pregnancy, I’d rather have the support of all my loved ones to get through it. For now, everything seems to be great! I feel great – well, if tired, nauseated, dizzy and bloated can be categorized as great! I feel PREGNANT! That is a great feeling!

Thank you all, again, for helping me get through the last two years, and thanks in advance, for helping me get through the next….well….eight months!

(1st Ultrasound - 7 weeks 4 days....heart pumping away at 150 bpm!)