After almost 3 years of trying, we found out we were pregnant on July 16th. I had missed my cycle that week, which is pretty common for me. After trying for a year, I went to the doctor and was diagnosed with PCOS. I want to save our season of waiting and PCOS for another post. It was truly a dark and sad time in our lives and I want to keep this post as happy as possible!
One day you will wake up and all of the waiting will have made sense. You will realize that all of the prayers that seemed to be tangled in worries were actually wrapped tightly in God’s grace. You will begin to realize that after all this time, because of His love for you, you have always been right where you needed to be.
How we found out!
It was Monday Morning and I was going to call my doctor to set up an appointment to look for any cysts since I hadn't had my cycle that month and I was having some strange pressure. This wasn't my first rodeo when it came to dealing with cysts, so I knew they were going to test to see if I was pregnant. I have had SO many negative tests that I just hated taking them at this point. But I also wanted to be prepared to tell the doctor what was going on when setting up my appointment. So that morning, I took a test and set it on the counter and started getting ready for the day. I knew it was going to be negative, so I didn't watch it or anything. Honestly... I forgot it was there. HAHAHA I showered, and started getting ready. I was about to leave for the day and was like OH WAIT, let me go check the test. I was so confused when I saw the two lines. I actually thought maybe I grabbed an ovulation test and not a pregnancy test. So I showed my husband and he was like hmm the test must be old or expired - test again. (We were both so used to negative tests!!) So I grabbed 3 more that were different brands. THEY WERE ALL POSITIVE!! We were just so in shock! We both cried and hugged each other. My husband was like "Well now what do we do?!?"
First and Second Trimester
I'm lumping these two trimesters in together because they honestly felt like the same. I never got sick but I just always felt nauseous. Thank god for those ginger candies! They really helped! I was F O R E V E R tried. I couldn't get enough sleep!! We finally got to hear baby's heartbeat around 8 weeks and it was just the best feeling ever! I felt him move for the first time around 16 weeks. We waited to tell everyone until we were about 15 weeks because we had a little scare around 12 weeks. I went to the ER because I was having lots of cramping and bleeding. Turns out I had a SubChronic Hemorrhage. Likely due to lifting my two labs into my car the day before. So I was instructed to take it easy and go to my OB when they opened on Monday. The SCH cleared itself in just a few weeks. But I was very careful the rest of my pregnancy!
Third Trimester
MOTHER OF GOD. Everything hurts. I can't sleep. The heartburn is U N R E A L. I pee every hour. I can't get comfortable. I'm a high risk pregnancy, so I'm at the doctor ALL THE FREAKING TIME. No seriously 2 times a week! We got a lot of pictures of baby, which I now know that a lot of momma's only get to see baby 1 or 2 times during their pregnancy. I feel so blessed to be able to carry our sweet boy. I know so many momma's don't get this opportunity.
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