So I realize that I have not updated this blog since I first started it. What can I say though, I have like a million blogs because... 1. I forget to update and 2. I forget so long that I lose my password and everything. So I'm really trying not to do that here. This blog kind of got screwed up though. It was originally intended to be about our  (my) infertility problems but I actually got pregnant sooner than I had expected. To be perfectly honest, I didn't think this would ever happen. Jay kept telling me that it would happen and I just needed to be patient and not lose hope. I think I should have listened. 
    Even though I was temping and charting everything, in October, I just kind of gave up so to speak about it ever happening. I broke down. Jay and I just kind of had a "moment" I guess you could say. We cleared everything from our minds and just had some fun and enjoyed each other. It payed off though. And here we are, 8 weeks tomorrow. I owe it all to Jay, for calming me down and making me relax. Basically just going with the flow of things. 
     Well since I cheated and copied my posts from my pregnancy blog  <-- That's a link btw!, I guess I could at least put in some of the stuff I left out. Like symptoms for instance. If I happen to repeat myself from another post, I apologize, it's baby brain! 
     So lets see here... I started taking pregnancy tests around 8dpo (Days past ovulation), of course that was way too early but I did it anyways, tested on 8dpo,9dpo,10dpo and all came up negative. Allison (BFF) kept telling me over and over again to stop and that I was testing wayyy too early.  She kept telling me that I was pregnant and that I just needed to way it out a couple of more days. So I finally listened to her and I stopped testing, I only had 2 more hpt's anyway. So I waited, I was supposed to get my period on 13dpo. Like I said in the other post, I woke up, took my temp, and my temp was still high. Now most of you don't know what the temps even mean. I will NOT go into that since I explain charting on a daily basis. It tends to get annoying after a while. I will however, tell you that when your period is expected, your temp will drop, so the fact that it was high is what prompted me to test with FMU (first morning urine). My first positive pregnancy test since I was pregnant with Briahnna. We all know how I reacted after seeing that so I don't need to go into details with that part. 
      So now I will skip to symptoms. The exhaustion and tender/sore breasts started wayyy before I ever got my positive. I thought it was just the progesterone since that gives you the same symptoms as pregnancy symptoms. I started getting nausea around 4 1/2 to 5 weeks, full on morning sickness hit me around 6 weeks. Now the nausea and breast tenderness is on and off and has been the last 3 days. Not really much changing right now, I hope the symptoms start leveling out though. At least I have those to reassure me that everything is going well and the baby is growing properly since I have to wait so long for my ultra-sound. I guess that's really all for now. 
        Oh one more thing... here's a pic of what the baby looks like as of tomorrow since I will be 8 weeks tomorrow!

7W5D Appointment

So I had my 1st appointment yesterday.  I think it went pretty well. The doctor is an old man, probably in his late 50′s, he kind of reminds me of my dad. He has a serious look to him but you can tell he has a sense of humor as well. He was doing my internal exam and asked about the sizes of Matt and Bri at birth. Jay of course mentioned that he was almost a 10lb baby, Dr. Hunt looks at him and says,”There’s room for a 9lb baby to come out of there!”  Did he just say I have a big vagina? Or is it because I’ve had two kids and have stretched out before? I didn’t take it personal though I think that I almost should have.  Jay found it amusing. So Dr. Hunt said my uterus was measuring between 6-8 weeks and that everything looked fine,changed my EDD to July 13th since I knew the day I ovulated, gave me a list of what meds are safe to take and sent me to schedule my next appointment. I think my favorite part about the whole time being there was my time with the nurse. Of course I love anyone that hands me a bag of free goodies! Jay started examining the bag while I was with the doc and I finally got to look in it when we got home. The bag was full of magazines, a pregnancy book, and a box from enfamil. The box was filled with 2 hospital sized bottles of liquid formula, a box of on the go packs of formula, Vitamin D drops for the baby ( very important to have when breastfeeding) two empty hospital sized bottles, and a nipple for the bottles.  Overall I was pretty pleased with the entire experience.

WE DID IT!

November 1,2010 started as a normal day for us. I woke up at 6am, took my temp (bbt). I was expecting my period today but instead, I woke up and peed on a pregnancy test! Finally I got that BIG FAT POSITIVE!  After a couple seconds of holding it in my hand and not seeing anything, I laid the test down on the counter and waited patiently. That second line came up, my knees started trembling, tears were slowly forming in my eyes, my heart pounded faster, and knots formed in my stomach. I literally freaked out. It was so hard to find the words just to get Jay’s attention to come and look. But I did it, he didn’t know what to think. Of course he didn’t believe it at first. After taking Mathew to school, we drove around until we could find a store open, and bought a First Response test. We went to Mcdonald’s for breakfast after picking up the test. After all it was going to be a little while before I could pee again. I tested the second time as soon as we got home and sure enough there was that second line again. Jay called his mom, I called mine. Then the inevitable had to happen. We had to get this verified! Unfortunately in order to see a Dr. I would have had to wait a couple of days so we cheated and went to the Health Department! That line did not want to show up there though. Of course I had already been to the bathroom twice by then and it’s still pretty early on. After waiting and waiting and waiting, the nurse was ready to give up, I looked at the test and seen the line, then she seen the line, then Jay seen the line. Thankfully, we all seen that line starting to get darker and darker! So here we are, after 7 years I’m pregnant with my 3rd baby and Jay’s 1st. We are both filled with so many emotions right now, and it still doesn’t even seem real yet. I’m sure it will hit us soon though!