Oh Baby – Follow up!

We are so overwhelmed with the outpouring of love and happiness from all of our family and friends! Thank you all so much for your love and support, it truly means the world to us!

So, I have a lot of people ask me if I’ve ever been pregnant…that answer is NO…Never! All of those years of treatments, drugs, procedures and prayers, and never a resulting pregnancy. So, yes, this truly is a miracle for us! I am able to experience something that I never thought possible. Another question I’ve been getting is, “were you {trying} again” and “did you do IVF”? Both of these answers are also NO! Like I said in my original post, we gave up trying to expand our family about a year after we brought Carson home. We did that last round of treatments and then shut the door for good. After the 6th IUI failed, I was finally at peace with the knowledge that we had done everything that was possible and that it was “ok” that I would never experience certain aspects of motherhood (ie…puking, getting fat, labor…). Even after adopting my two beautiful children, there was a time when I still felt like I had missed out on the actual “pregnancy part” of motherhood. Finally, after our last round of treatments, I was at peace and for the first time ever, totally at peace with not being able to experience it. Sure, there were times when I would think, hhmmm maybe, and would buy a home pregnancy test, but those times got further and further apart and finally dwindled down to hardly ever happening.

So, was I shocked? Oh my gosh, you don’t even know!!!! In all our years of trying, I had taken literally hundreds of home pregnancy tests…and NEVER saw two pink lines…so that morning on December 7, when I did, I almost fell over! I kept looking at it, then I’d look at the box again and then back at the test, then I’d change the way I was standing so that I could see it in a different light…lol! I called Trent, who was driving to work and he almost drove off the road! At 8 am, I called my doctor and went in for another test. When it showed positive, I pulled up my sleeve and told her to take blood and run a blood test (no lie!) By this point, there was no doubt that something miraculous had taken place and would continue to take place in my body!

So, 4 weeks after finding out, I’m more tired than I’ve ever been in my life, I run from foods that I use to love, I crave things I’ve never craved, and I seem to spend a lot more time expelling my food than actually eating it! As happy and grateful as I am for this miracle, I look forward to the day when I can actually enjoy this pregnancy! I hear 12 weeks is the milestone for most for the sickness…so I’m counting down…3 more weeks to go. Until then, I don’t stray far from home for meals as I’ve found restaurants are no fun when everything seems to sending me running for the nearest restroom! Trent is trying his darndest to put up with my moodiness. The doctor told me that because I’m not in my 20’s anymore (don’t I wish), that I’m going to be even more tired than most first time moms…because they’re usually in their 20’s…go figure! My kids are being so great. Carson gets so concerned when I’m sick! He keeps saying, “mom, why is that baby making you puke”?

So, I think that’s it for now…I’m hoping to get Christmas pictures up in the next few days. We did have a wonderful Christmas. We told our families the news and it was quite a shock to all of them. But, they’re already planning and deciding what this baby’s going to need! I certainly don’t think the baby will want for anything