Ok ok ok…I know…I’m the worst blogger on the face of blog world. I’m such a slacker! ;)
As I’m sure you’ve already guessed by now….I’M PREGNANT!! Ahhhhhhh!!!! The news has been around Twitter, Facebook, & email. Plus considering I’m five months along now I figured most of you know by now.
It’s been so incredible!! I can’t even begin to explain the elation I feel; that Jordan & I both feel!
When we got back from our cruise the 3rd week of May I slowly started to notice changes in my body & I just knew I was pregnant. I waited to take a pregnancy test until it was 5 days before my period & sure enough on Monday, May 24th that little digital reader read “PREGNANT”. I was soooo excited!!
I ended up waiting to let Jordan find out until he woke up. I wrote him a sweet little note & left the test on the note for him to see. I wanted him to be able to react to the news w/o feeling like he had to act a certain way in front of me. Even though we both were excited we still had awhile to wait until we knew for sure this was it.
I called the dr. that morning & they scheduled an appt for me that afternoon to come in & learn how to start my Lovenox shots & to have a blood draw. It was really happening again & everything was going so quickly. Which was a great thing!
I started the shots that day & continue to give myself a shot each morning. It was a challenge the first couple days, but now I’ve got the hang of it & don’t mind the few moments of pain it causes. I’ll take any pain as long as I know I get to carry this precious baby full term.
My levels came back that Tuesday the 25th and they were in the 300s. That’s the highest they had ever been that early so I was hopeful. We repeated the test again that Friday and my levels came back in the 1600s!!! I was so excited. We ended up repeating the test one more time the following Tuesday, June 1st & my levels shot up to the 6,000s! The nurse said my levels looked great & they were really excited for me. They went ahead & scheduled an ultrasound for me to make sure everything looked good & that the baby was in my uterus this time instead of my tube. So much good news, so many great feelings of emotion, so much changing….this was real & it has been what I’ve prayed for & He was truly blessing us.
I ended up having another ultrasound around week 8 to continue to make sure that everything was looking great and the baby was doing great.
At this point there are so many great things to share so I’ll try to keep it short & sweet.
I’m almost 22 weeks as of today and we are having a healthy baby boy. I had an amniocentesis done to make sure the baby didn’t have Spina Bifida or any other genetic disorders and the results came back showing that our baby boy is completely healthy! He’s growing beautifully and everything is so great!
I had a horrible time with the morning sickness all day and all night up until about week 16. It was not fun and I lost a lot of weight, but praise God it has passed and I’m feeling great now. I’ve really been able to enjoy my pregnancy lately. I’m finally getting used to my growing belly and enjoying the non stop kicking and moving my little man creates inside my tummy.
I will do a better job of blogging this incredible journey! Thank you all so much for following, but more importantly thank you so much for all your prayers!
Week 8
Week 21
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