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12 Weeks...

 

Have you started to show yet? Nope
 

Total weight gain/loss: I'll find out at my next appointment
 

Food Cravings: Nothing really, but I am hungry all the time

 

Anything making you queasy or sick? No, thank goodness

 

Miss anything? Not really

 

Mood: Happy!

 

Sleep: Sleeping great

 

Best moment this week: Progress in the bathroom. It's almost done! (I'll be sure to show off the finished product)

 

Maternity clothes? Nope

 

Movement: Not yet

 

Gender predictions: Shane swears it's a boy but says he'll be happy with either

 

Looking foward to: My next appointment on the 6th

 

Baby buys: Nothing yet, but I can't wait to start picking out items for the nursery

11 Weeks...

Have you started to show yet? Not yet! It just looks like I'm eating all day, which I am.

 

Total weight gain/loss: At my last appointment I hadn't gained any weight. I want to buy a scale to keep track of this at home.

 

Food Cravings: I really want sushi :(

 

Anything making you queasy or sick? Certain smells make feel nauseas, but so far I've been really lucky about not having any morning sickness.

 

Miss anything? I miss being able to have a drink when out with friends. Ahhh an ice cold Blue Moon.

 

Mood: Happy ;)

 

Sleep: I've been sleeping well, especially with our new mattress!

 

Best moment this week: My mother in-law and gma in-law came by to check out the new furniture and took me out to lunch. It was really nice.

 

Maternity clothes? Just a bra, since I was pretty much falling out of my other bras.

 

Movement: No, but I can't wait to start feelling little kicks! I read around 18 weeks or so.

 

Gender predictions: Shane says definatley a boy, and my mom says boy because of my symptoms. But we'll just have to wait and see!

 

Looking foward to: Finally getting my bathroom done. I told Shane that it has to be done before baby gets here. Then starting the nursery!

 

Baby buys: Nothing yet. But as soon as we find out the gender it's on!

The Anticipation...

After many, many ovulation tests and complete uncertainty of weather or not said ovulation tests were in fact working, my follow up appointment was finally here. The first thing the Dr. had me do was give a urine sample and then anxiously wait in the exam room for what felt like an eternity. She returned to the room with my sample and a pregnancy test in hand. As I sat there she opened the test and used a dropper to take urine from the sample and drop it onto the test. She said "Okay lets wait a couple minuets and see what it says." After waiting for two years for this I guess I could wait another two minuets. Easier said than done. My palms were clammy and my heart was racing in anticipation. She looked over my records on her computer for a couple of minuets then finally looked back at the test. She gave it a good look and said "Well it looks like a positive to me." I wasn't going to be convinced until I saw the test myself. There was a nurse in the room and the Dr. asked her what she thought about the results. The nurse said "Yes it looks positive." I stood up to have a look for myself there was in fact a faint line forming under the "control" line. Immediately I was relived, excited, amazed, thrilled, so many emotions all at once! The Dr. was so nonchalant about the whole thing and I could barely contain my excitement. I couldn't wait to get out of the office and call Shane. August 30, 2012 I found out I was pregnant!!!

 

The Dr. let me take home the test to "show off."

 

 

 Ultrasound @7 wks 6 days

 

 

Ultrasound @9 wks 6 days

 

 

 

As of today I am 11 weeks, and our due date is May 10, 2013.

 

Trying...

Shane (the husband) and I had been trying to conceive for about two years. After we were married we decided that I would go off birth control and if we got pregnant that we were in the right time in our lives to care for a child. And honestly I really wanted a baby. We found out I was pregnant March of last year and at my first appointment found out that I was going to have a miscarriage. Dealing with that was extremely difficult and heartbreaking. We waited some time to try again and were having some difficulty. I spoke with my Dr. about this and she told me to continue trying for at least another six months and if I hadn't conceived we'd take action from there. Six months had come and gone and still nothing. The Dr. came to the conclusion that since my cycle was somewhat irregular that I was also ovulating irregularly therefore making the timing very difficult. I was prescribed Progesterone for one week then Clomid for another week. The Clomid was supposed to make me ovulate. We could use this for up to six rounds and if that didn't work then we'd have to move on to the next step. Needless to say I was very anxious to see if the Clomid had in fact worked.

 

 

 

 

To be continued...