Dreams do come true!
It has been a long time since I have posted and there is definitely a reason for it which I'll get to momentarily.
After my chemical pregnancy, I had people reach out to me and tell me thank you for raising awareness. It is often overlooked even in the medical industry. I now know there is a reason God put me through that. I was able to help people and talk to people about it. I was a source of hope for people and that's a pretty cool thing. I even had a close friend who just experienced one herself. So, it's much more common than people think. After I found out about my chemical pregnancy, it made me wonder how many I might have had myself before the one I caught. I know my chemical was caused by low progesterone. So, how many cycles did I actually unknowingly experience a chemical pregnancy? I'll never know and that's probably better.
Immediately after the grief of my chemical pregnancy started to wear off, I knew this month we would be successful. I, again, just had that feeling! Something was right! Three weeks after my chemical pregnancy I woke up with a heavy weight paralyzing me in my bed. It was just this overwhelming happy sensation... It almost spoke to me. I know that sounds super cheesy, but it's true. The words "You're pregnant with a girl" just sat there pinning me to the bed, though it felt as light as a feather. It was the strangest thing! I was 10dpo at that point so of course it would be too eary to test. The next morning (11dpo), I had a dream that a certain Seeing TV character told me I was pregnant with a girl. Really? Two days in a row? It was 4:30 AM and I already had to pee. I just lay there. Finally, I couldn't stand it any longer and around 5 AM I went to take a pregnancy test. I couldn't believe it when I saw it! It was so faint but it was DEFINITELY there. I ended up taking another one just to make sure the test wasn't faulty. It had a line too! I couldn't believe it!
The next day, I decided to take a digital pregnancy test. There's something special about the words popping up on the test.
After my chemical pregnancy, I had people reach out to me and tell me thank you for raising awareness. It is often overlooked even in the medical industry. I now know there is a reason God put me through that. I was able to help people and talk to people about it. I was a source of hope for people and that's a pretty cool thing. I even had a close friend who just experienced one herself. So, it's much more common than people think. After I found out about my chemical pregnancy, it made me wonder how many I might have had myself before the one I caught. I know my chemical was caused by low progesterone. So, how many cycles did I actually unknowingly experience a chemical pregnancy? I'll never know and that's probably better.
Immediately after the grief of my chemical pregnancy started to wear off, I knew this month we would be successful. I, again, just had that feeling! Something was right! Three weeks after my chemical pregnancy I woke up with a heavy weight paralyzing me in my bed. It was just this overwhelming happy sensation... It almost spoke to me. I know that sounds super cheesy, but it's true. The words "You're pregnant with a girl" just sat there pinning me to the bed, though it felt as light as a feather. It was the strangest thing! I was 10dpo at that point so of course it would be too eary to test. The next morning (11dpo), I had a dream that a certain Seeing TV character told me I was pregnant with a girl. Really? Two days in a row? It was 4:30 AM and I already had to pee. I just lay there. Finally, I couldn't stand it any longer and around 5 AM I went to take a pregnancy test. I couldn't believe it when I saw it! It was so faint but it was DEFINITELY there. I ended up taking another one just to make sure the test wasn't faulty. It had a line too! I couldn't believe it!
I couldn't be pregnant two months in a row! So, of course, I couldn't go back to sleep and just sat there with a smile from ear to ear.
I immediately scheduled a blood test to get my HCG and Progesterone tested!
The next day, I took another of the same type of test. The line was darker!
My HCG results came back and it confirmed... I WAS PREGNANT!!!!! I bawled in my office at work to the point where my coworkers thought I was hurt! I figured I should try a FRER (first response early response) as I've never had a positive on it. I was so nervous. Low and behold... there was a line! I couldn't believe it!
I immediately scheduled a blood test to get my HCG and Progesterone tested!
The next day, I took another of the same type of test. The line was darker!
My HCG results came back and it confirmed... I WAS PREGNANT!!!!! I bawled in my office at work to the point where my coworkers thought I was hurt! I figured I should try a FRER (first response early response) as I've never had a positive on it. I was so nervous. Low and behold... there was a line! I couldn't believe it!
The next day, I decided to take a digital pregnancy test. There's something special about the words popping up on the test.
I think it finally hit me that this was real. We were going to have a baby. Dreams do come true! If you've done the math, we found out at 3 weeks and 1 day. I am now 10 weeks and we heard the heartbeat at 6 weeks and 5 days. It was a beautiful and strong 143bpm and everything looked great! My next prenantal appointment is Friday. Our next ultrasound is Thursday, October 16th to do a Nuchal Translucency scan. We will be 12w1d at that point.
Devan and I will be leaving for Disney World in a little over a week! We booked this vacation back in June. We had been putting off going to the Food & Wine Festival for too long because we had expected to be pregnant sooner than it happened. So, now we will be going to the Food & Wine Festival and just forgoing the wine. We honeymooned in Disney so it's only fitting that we will be doing our pregnancy announcement there!
This post has become quite long so I'll stop blabbering on and on. The husband and I are just so excited and we couldn't feel more blessed that we were given the opportunity to bring this miracle to life. Life really is a miracle. We should think of it that way more often.
Devan and I will be leaving for Disney World in a little over a week! We booked this vacation back in June. We had been putting off going to the Food & Wine Festival for too long because we had expected to be pregnant sooner than it happened. So, now we will be going to the Food & Wine Festival and just forgoing the wine. We honeymooned in Disney so it's only fitting that we will be doing our pregnancy announcement there!
This post has become quite long so I'll stop blabbering on and on. The husband and I are just so excited and we couldn't feel more blessed that we were given the opportunity to bring this miracle to life. Life really is a miracle. We should think of it that way more often.
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