Sounds like a good day right? That's our due date! Yup, we are pregnant!
Sorry for the little blog hiatus but we had been keeping this a secret until I was out of my first trimester. We are very very excited and feeling very blessed.
A little update on what the past few months have been like. I took a home pregnancy test in early January when my period was late. You may remember that I had been told that our chances of getting pregnant on a non-medicated cycle were very low. We had yet to start any medication besides metformin but planned to begin clomid the next cycle. So, I was very doubtful when taking that test, so doubtful that I took 7 tests (4 different brands including a digital) before I really believed it! It was a very happy day, filled with happy tears. We were in shock.
We called my RE and I went in for a blood test to confirm. It confirmed but was very low (117). The hcg number normally doubles in 48 hours so I went in again. It was 171. This was not a good sign. I had to leave for the weekend and so I had my blood rechecked on Monday, since this was about 96 hours later, there needed to be a BIG jump. It was 558. At this point I was told it was probably not a viable pregnancy. They were concerned it was ectopic or that perhaps I was miscarrying. They scheduled an ultrasound for 48 hours later. We went in and were relieved it was not ectopic but I wasn't in the clear. My numbers were checked again and we finally had a good jump, 1498! This was cause for joy, but we were still told to be cautious. I was put on progesterone to help support the pregnancy and an ultrasound was scheduled for a week and half later with the hope that we would see a heartbeat at that point. The next week and a half crawled by, I was excited but scared and felt every little twinge and over analyzed everything. It was very scary. The ultrasound day finally arrived and we saw the heartbeat! There were tears of relief and joy. We could finally relax a bit. You are never "safe" until the baby is born (and then there are still thousands of worries) but we were counting down the days until we were out of the first trimester as that is when the chance of miscarriage goes down significantly. Now we have seen the baby a few times and heard the heartbeat several times. It is such a beautiful sound.
So, I've been feeling ok, no morning sickness. I know I've been a bit moody and cranky but I don't think it's been too bad (you'd have to ask Mike). As far as cravings, celery at the beginning but it had to be dipped in hot sauce or peanut butter. Then it was carbs like mac and cheese and spaghetti. Lately it's been pickles and sour patch kids and water with lots of lemon.
That's a long update but I am so excited that it's not a secret anymore! I will post updates and maybe at some point I'll post belly pics and ultrasounds...
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