We are so excited to announce that we are expecting our first little one on April 14th, 2009!! That makes me about 10 weeks pregnant! Not that everyone wants to know the details but I really want to use this blog as a way of remembering all the little details and memories that we have made so far and will make as we go through the next several months. So if you don't want the details, just know that I am pregnant and stop reading now! :)
Josh and I have always talk about having children and I finally decided it was time. So after taking a little pill every day for 4 1/2 years I decided to stop in June. By early August even though I knew that it may take a while to get pregnant I was a little sad that it had not happen yet (at least so I thought). Finally, one night my brain started processing a few signs that I had been having (all you Moms or Moms to be probably know what I am taking about) that made me think I may be pregnant, but I was also having several symptoms that you don't want to have if you are pregnant, but I decided to take a pregnancy test any way on August 24th, a Sunday night about 9:30. Shockingly it was positive....I didn't know what to think, could this really be true. Well, not sure how I did it but I didn't tell Josh that night. I had planned in my head how I wanted to tell him and I didn't want to ruin it (that's the planner in me)! I decided to call the doctor in the morning and ask them a few questions about the not so good signs of a possible miscarriage I had been having. My doctor's nurse told me to assume I was pregnant and come in for blood work the next day.
So Monday night after work Josh and I had to take dinner to a couple that had just had their baby the week before. It was getting harder and harder to keep my mouth such, but we finally made it home about 8:30. Josh was hard at work on his fantasy football draft, so I snuck the dogs into the other room and put t-shirts on them that said "I am going to be a big brother" and "I am going to be a big sister!" I had had these shirts for about 4 months and had not shown a sole, so I was so excited to be able to actually put them on the dogs and the statements be true! :) I had also gone on my lunch break that day and bought and took a digital pregnancy test. I wanted to make it very clear to Josh what I was trying to tell him. So the dogs go running back into the living room and Josh immediately looks up and says, "What are you doing!" Then I hand him the pregnancy test and he realizes what the shirts say and he screams with joy, "Your PREGNANT!" He was so excited! And you have to remember I had been putting him through a lot the last few months thinking we were never going to get pregnant! So I am sure a lot of pressure was lifted from him in that moment! Anyway, so then I had to tell him that I was going for blood work the next day and that I was unsure how the pregnancy was progressing or how far along I was!
So Tuesday, I get to the doctor as soon as they open. I have the blood work done and go back to work. They had planned to do blood work 48 hours apart to see what my hgc levels were doing, if they went down over a 2 day period I was to assume I was having a miscarriage. So finally Wednesday morning the nurse calls me with the results. She says quote, "Girl your levels are so high you have to be pretty far along, there is no reason to do more blood work, we just need to do an ultrasound!" Apparently, my hgc levels were at 72,000 and someone between 3 and 4 weeks would have levels around 30,000-40,000. So I immediately knew we had most likely gotten pregnant the first time (sorry Josh) and I just didn't know it!
So then I call Josh and tell him he has to take off work on Wednesday to go see his baby! His response of course was, "What?" This was all moving so fast! Wednesday we go to the doctor at 1:10 (so I had to wait all day) and we get to see our little baby at 7 weeks and 1 day and we also got to hear the heartbeat at 135! We were both so shocked, scared and excited! The ultrasound looked great, so that was it! My first OB appointment was set for September 8th, 13 days away! Those 13 days were probably the hardest days of my life. Seeing all the signs of miscarriage, but knowing I had seen a healthy baby inside of me was so hard. I have never screamed out to God before, but I did during those days! I wanted this baby so bad!!
Thankfully, September 8th came and we yet again had another great ultrasound. The baby measured 9 weeks and 1 day (2 days ahead) and the heartbeat was 176! I got to see the doctor this time and she told me that I have a fragile cervix and that the blood was caused by extra blood vessels that had attached to my cervix. She let us know that everything looked great, answered our questions and we were on our way!
We are so excited about the upcoming arrival of this baby! I want to say a special thanks to the few friends that did know about my pregnancy during this very hard time! Thank you so much for getting me through it and for all your prayers! My next appointment is October 6th (the last day of my first trimester). I think once this appointment is over I will be able to take another deep breath knowing that we have made it through the most critical time.
Josh and I have always talk about having children and I finally decided it was time. So after taking a little pill every day for 4 1/2 years I decided to stop in June. By early August even though I knew that it may take a while to get pregnant I was a little sad that it had not happen yet (at least so I thought). Finally, one night my brain started processing a few signs that I had been having (all you Moms or Moms to be probably know what I am taking about) that made me think I may be pregnant, but I was also having several symptoms that you don't want to have if you are pregnant, but I decided to take a pregnancy test any way on August 24th, a Sunday night about 9:30. Shockingly it was positive....I didn't know what to think, could this really be true. Well, not sure how I did it but I didn't tell Josh that night. I had planned in my head how I wanted to tell him and I didn't want to ruin it (that's the planner in me)! I decided to call the doctor in the morning and ask them a few questions about the not so good signs of a possible miscarriage I had been having. My doctor's nurse told me to assume I was pregnant and come in for blood work the next day.
So Monday night after work Josh and I had to take dinner to a couple that had just had their baby the week before. It was getting harder and harder to keep my mouth such, but we finally made it home about 8:30. Josh was hard at work on his fantasy football draft, so I snuck the dogs into the other room and put t-shirts on them that said "I am going to be a big brother" and "I am going to be a big sister!" I had had these shirts for about 4 months and had not shown a sole, so I was so excited to be able to actually put them on the dogs and the statements be true! :) I had also gone on my lunch break that day and bought and took a digital pregnancy test. I wanted to make it very clear to Josh what I was trying to tell him. So the dogs go running back into the living room and Josh immediately looks up and says, "What are you doing!" Then I hand him the pregnancy test and he realizes what the shirts say and he screams with joy, "Your PREGNANT!" He was so excited! And you have to remember I had been putting him through a lot the last few months thinking we were never going to get pregnant! So I am sure a lot of pressure was lifted from him in that moment! Anyway, so then I had to tell him that I was going for blood work the next day and that I was unsure how the pregnancy was progressing or how far along I was!
So Tuesday, I get to the doctor as soon as they open. I have the blood work done and go back to work. They had planned to do blood work 48 hours apart to see what my hgc levels were doing, if they went down over a 2 day period I was to assume I was having a miscarriage. So finally Wednesday morning the nurse calls me with the results. She says quote, "Girl your levels are so high you have to be pretty far along, there is no reason to do more blood work, we just need to do an ultrasound!" Apparently, my hgc levels were at 72,000 and someone between 3 and 4 weeks would have levels around 30,000-40,000. So I immediately knew we had most likely gotten pregnant the first time (sorry Josh) and I just didn't know it!
So then I call Josh and tell him he has to take off work on Wednesday to go see his baby! His response of course was, "What?" This was all moving so fast! Wednesday we go to the doctor at 1:10 (so I had to wait all day) and we get to see our little baby at 7 weeks and 1 day and we also got to hear the heartbeat at 135! We were both so shocked, scared and excited! The ultrasound looked great, so that was it! My first OB appointment was set for September 8th, 13 days away! Those 13 days were probably the hardest days of my life. Seeing all the signs of miscarriage, but knowing I had seen a healthy baby inside of me was so hard. I have never screamed out to God before, but I did during those days! I wanted this baby so bad!!
Thankfully, September 8th came and we yet again had another great ultrasound. The baby measured 9 weeks and 1 day (2 days ahead) and the heartbeat was 176! I got to see the doctor this time and she told me that I have a fragile cervix and that the blood was caused by extra blood vessels that had attached to my cervix. She let us know that everything looked great, answered our questions and we were on our way!
We are so excited about the upcoming arrival of this baby! I want to say a special thanks to the few friends that did know about my pregnancy during this very hard time! Thank you so much for getting me through it and for all your prayers! My next appointment is October 6th (the last day of my first trimester). I think once this appointment is over I will be able to take another deep breath knowing that we have made it through the most critical time.
Baby Baker at 7 weeks and 1 day!
Baby Baker at 8 weeks and 6 days, measuring 9 weeks, 1 day!
What a difference 2 weeks makes!
2 comments:
Wow - I can't believe you didn't tell Josh immediately. It would have been so obvious that I was up to something. I would have ruined the whole surprise. The dog shirts are too funny!
YAY! Thanks for sharing your story. I love those shirts, that idea is too cute! I can't believe that you didn't tell him either...I know you were so excited, you could hardley hold it in!
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