Well... I am pregnant...again!
Yes, that's right. The 3rd time better be a big charm.
Yes, that's right. The 3rd time better be a big charm.
After the second miscarriage, we were told by my OB to wait 2 cycles before trying again. S0 after the second month, we were back in the baby-making routine. This time however, it was not as easy. Two long months passed by with no success. Of course with each of those two months, the infamous phantom symptoms came too. I was hungry, dizzy, tired. Each month I thought I was pregnant. But of course, my period eventually came. During most of those 2 months, I think I went a little bizurk. I did a lot crying. I mean A LOT. It felt like my life could not progress unless I got pregnant. As much as I tried to focus on other things, I could not. I even had several friends even tell me that I needed to relax. Easy for them to say right?
So somewhere amongst traveling to Indiana for work, and a surprise visit to Sonora as my mom was in the hospital (again), we made it work. It was the first month that I knew I was NOT pregnant. Go figure. I had finally decided it was OK. That one month was not a huge length od time and that life had to go on. It must have been that small bit of stress relief that I allowed my body to feel that did the trick. Robbie and I looked back at my charts for the two months I got pregnant and noticed some similarities. We also saw that it was day 14 past ovulatino that I got positive test those months so we I decided that on Tuesday, August 18, I could test in the morning. After a night that mimicked the night before a trip to Disneyland as a kid (the kind where you are too excited to sleep) I tested. And like magic - there were my two pink lines! Robbie and were obviously excited but this time around, a little less vocal about it. We both a re just nervous and do not want to get too attached until we know more. I tested again using a digital the next morning to "make sure." But of course it is just super fun to see the word, "pregnant."
So that day, I went and had blood work to confirm my positive test at home. I wanted to have both my HCG and my progesterone levels checked. The next day, around noon, the Dr.'s Office called me. I of course was pregant and my HCG level was 68.8 and progesterone was normal (13). So I quietly celebrated the rest of the day while I was at work. Thursday, I went back in to have my HCG levels tested again as they are supposed to double every 48 hours during the start of the 1st trimester. Today (48 hrs later) the Dr.'s Office called again with good news. HCG was 159.7. They more than doubled.
This has all happened at just the right time, as today is my BIRTHDAY! I needed a birthday present like this. I am trying to stay so positive and just live life as stress free as possible. According to all the websites, I am 4 weeks and 1 day pregant today and my estimated delivery date (EDD) is April 30, 2010.
I am thrilled to have a reason to blog again. Tomorrow Robbie is taking my to San Francisco for brunch and to see Wicked. I plan to have him take a few photos of me then, to capture the 4 week "bloat."
So somewhere amongst traveling to Indiana for work, and a surprise visit to Sonora as my mom was in the hospital (again), we made it work. It was the first month that I knew I was NOT pregnant. Go figure. I had finally decided it was OK. That one month was not a huge length od time and that life had to go on. It must have been that small bit of stress relief that I allowed my body to feel that did the trick. Robbie and I looked back at my charts for the two months I got pregnant and noticed some similarities. We also saw that it was day 14 past ovulatino that I got positive test those months so we I decided that on Tuesday, August 18, I could test in the morning. After a night that mimicked the night before a trip to Disneyland as a kid (the kind where you are too excited to sleep) I tested. And like magic - there were my two pink lines! Robbie and were obviously excited but this time around, a little less vocal about it. We both a re just nervous and do not want to get too attached until we know more. I tested again using a digital the next morning to "make sure." But of course it is just super fun to see the word, "pregnant."
So that day, I went and had blood work to confirm my positive test at home. I wanted to have both my HCG and my progesterone levels checked. The next day, around noon, the Dr.'s Office called me. I of course was pregant and my HCG level was 68.8 and progesterone was normal (13). So I quietly celebrated the rest of the day while I was at work. Thursday, I went back in to have my HCG levels tested again as they are supposed to double every 48 hours during the start of the 1st trimester. Today (48 hrs later) the Dr.'s Office called again with good news. HCG was 159.7. They more than doubled.
This has all happened at just the right time, as today is my BIRTHDAY! I needed a birthday present like this. I am trying to stay so positive and just live life as stress free as possible. According to all the websites, I am 4 weeks and 1 day pregant today and my estimated delivery date (EDD) is April 30, 2010.
I am thrilled to have a reason to blog again. Tomorrow Robbie is taking my to San Francisco for brunch and to see Wicked. I plan to have him take a few photos of me then, to capture the 4 week "bloat."
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