Blessings...

Please don't feel like you need to read this all. I just needed to get it on here mostly for my record keeping. If you haven't heard already we are pregnant! The due date is July 14th. We are so excited and can't wait to meet this little one.

November 8th, 2009...

Was a Sunday morning. I woke up, took a pregnancy test and watched it with hopeful eyes.... Positive!!! It was a very light line, but it was there. I have seen way to many negative tests and this one was the most positive than I have ever seen :) I couldn't stand to wait to tell Chris so I ran into our room practically throwing my pee stick at him. He looked at it for quite a while.... The line was so light that he kept asking me if I was sure. We had been trying for what seemed like forever. Turns out that all we needed was to throw a little Clomid into the mix :) Our excitement was so hard to hide. I couldn't believe that I was pregnant, there was some sweet little spirit growing inside of me right then! That day at church all we could do is smile every time we caught eyes... We are going to be parents, what an amazing blessing.

Our excitement quickly turned into fear. I had been having a pain in my lower abdomen since that past week. And it seemed to be getting worse. It was hurting so bad that I couldn't sleep, if I did get to sleep I would wake up every couple of hours from pain. I had to sleep on the couch and spend half my day in a warm tub to help it stop aching. After getting a positive pregnancy test it made me even more nervous about the pain. Was everything going to be OK with the baby? So after a blessing from my Dad and Chris we headed to the ER at 1 am.

Our First Ultrasound: Little Dot:baby(5 1/2wks), Large black spot: Cyst

At our visit to the ER they took us back right away. Took my blood, and then decided to do a couple of ultrasounds. For one of the ultrasounds they had to have my bladder completely full. Long story short the ultrasound tech was there right then, so they needed me ready right then. So instead of just an IV they needed to give me a catheter. Sick... All I have to say is that it burned. Bad... After a very uncomfortable ultrasound we went back to our room. The nurse came in pump me even more full of fluids. But she said that they were good for me and my baby... Just hearing her say that made me a little teary. I had a little baby in me. Still hard to believe. The doctor also came in to tell us what the ultrasound had shown. - NOTHING- I was fine, (not really) and it was to early so they couldn't find the pregnancy. So he sent me on my way with lortab and told me to go see my OB to make sure it isn't an ectopic pregnancy.

A couple of days later we went to my OB (which I love). The second he put the ultrasound on he saw it. A big old cyst. His comment was that he wasn't sure how they missed it, unless they thought it was my uterus instead. Dang ER people! It was still to early to see where the baby was at. So I made an appointment for the next week. He sent me home with percacet(spelling?) and to go get my blood drawn to make sure my HCG levels are doubling. My numbers doubled- huge relief. That was a very good sign. The next week we got to see the first glimpse of our baby: a little dot. It was in the right spot- not ectopic, and the cyst didn't seem to be interfering. We were so in love. It made all of the pain I had so worth it :)
5 1/2 weeks:

I wish I could say that the 3 weeks in between these appointments went fast. But they didn't. I can't believe how long they seemed. I was stressed the whole time that something would go wrong. I pretty much am a worrier... And my cyst was still hurting a lot. I didn't work for about a month. It was so nice that we were still living with my parents. My sweet mom took such good care of me, and always had meals for me to eat. I started to get pretty nauseous around 8 weeks. Such a gross feeling.... It is crazy how much i love sleep at this point. I am learning that growing a baby is hard work! It was nice to see something growing in the little hole that we saw at our last appointment.

8 1/2 weeks:

11 1/2 weeks:

We saw our sweet little bean moving around for the first time! He was sleeping at first, then the Dr. shook my tummy and he started squirming all over. It was the cutest thing I have ever seen. It was so exciting to be able to tell where the head was and little arms and legs. I think it is such a weird feeling to see the little baby moving around on the ultrasound and not feel anything moving around inside my tummy! Pregnancy is amazing... At this point I was sooo looking forward to the 2nd trimester. I am so tired of being nauseous all the time. But at least the cyst is not causing me as much pain. More like a dull ache most of the time. At this appointment Dr. Housel said that it had gone down by a alot though. So that is great! Also we all had a good laugh cause in our picture he printed out it looks like our baby is flipping us off... I guess that is what we get for waking him up :)

I remember when I took this picture I felt so large. I think I am like 13 weeks here. But I have been this big pretty much since I found out I was pregnant because of the cyst. And now the cyst is going down the same time as the baby is getting bigger so I guess I won't get a skinny "before" picture at all...

15 1/2 weeks:

Hello 2nd trimester... As soon as I hit 14 weeks I was hoping all those crappy symptoms would have disappeared. It didn't quite work that way. But right around 15 weeks the sickness seemed to be fading away. And the pain from my cyst seemed to be gone so I was hoping that was a good sign. Because my cyst had gone down some we actually went the full regular 4 weeks in between our appointments. It seemed like forever! Part of the reason could have been that Dr. Housel had told us that he could probably tell us if it was a boy or a girl at this appointment. Neither of us really had any idea what the baby was. I have been having weird dreams, and in one of them my baby was a puppy. So I am not going by any of those. When we went in the first thing that we saw was something that looked like some little BOY parts. I was surprised, Chris was glowing. We are both SOOO excited! Our Dr's quote was " I will be very surprised if that turns out to be a girl, but we are still in the receipt phase. If you buy something make sure it is returnable."

There was so many cute profile shots on the dvd but he didn't print any. So sorry, you just have to look at his manhood instead.

The Dr. didn't say anything about the cyst and we were to excited to even think about it. But I am taking that as a good sign. Everything looked very normal(which = a little less worrying)

Here is Chris: So proud to be having a little boy!

My little tummy at 16 weeks... I swear that in real life I look bigger than this.. I feel so huge already, this may be tmi but my belly button is already poking out! sheesh...


Here are a few outfits we went and bought that same day we found out it is a boy. We couldn't resist getting at least something(we kept the receipts-just in case).

We feel so so blessed. To be pregnant in the first place. Then for everything to be going well with the cyst going away, and for our little boy to look healthy and strong. What more could we ask for. We can't wait till July 14th. But will enjoy the journey along the way. Each appointment has been so exciting and amazing. I am already so in love with this little guy, and even more in love with Chris.