36 weeks

Well I am now 36 weeks along and sooo excited! I cannot wait to meet this little one. It is still so surreal to me where all of this started. I haven't just waited 9 months for this baby I have waited 3 years and 9 months. God has taken me on quite the journey, from thinking that it may never be possible for me to concieve to having possibility after possibility taken from me until I gave up. Then when I had completly given up all hope that I would ever be a mother my doctor presented Bryan and I with a drug combonation we had not tried. I didn't think it would work. I was angry and I had given up but I had promised that I would try anything we could so I did.

When Bryan called me and told me he had spoken with the doctor and I had ovulated, he may as well have told me I was pregnant already. I was so extatic. It was as if every dream I had had taken away from me was restored. It was all possible again. My family I had dreampt about over and over would become real. I couldn't believe it. We got into the doctor the next month every other day and watched for my eggs and as soon as my body was ready we opted to do an insemenation. We were completly prepared to do it as many times as necessary but then a couple of weeks later Bryan picked me up from work, took me to do a blood test and then that evening he picked me up from work with a onesie we had made. How many men get to tell their wives they are pregnant. It was quite the expirence! I love that he was able to do that. I love that it worked and I love that here we are 9 months later ready to have a baby! I am sooo blessed~

I am excited to become a mother and hold my precious little baby for the first time. Thank you to all who have prayed for me and supported me through this increadible journey. I hope that you all will continue to pray and support me through my next journey of motherhood!

Just keep swimming my friends!

34 weeks

Well I am now 34 1/2 weeks along and getting sooo ready to see this baby! I wonder so much if it's a boy or a girl. If he/she will look more like me or Bryan. I am just so curious to meet this baby inside of me!

So far everything has been going pretty well with the pregnancy. However at my last appoitment the doctor mentioned that he had noticed a pattern of me measuring bigger than I am supposed to be. It started off pretty minor but last time it was up to 3 cm bigger. So basically I am measuring full term even though I am still only 34 weeks. So they decided that at my next appoitment they would measure me again and if it still looks like I am measuring big they will do another ultra sound to see for sure what is going on. If this baby is as big as they think then they will want to talk to me about inducing a little early to prevent a difficult delivery. I suppose that would be the lesser of two evils. I have never known anyone who was induced who didn't have a difficult delivery but I also don't want to risk having to have a c-section because I can't deliver a large baby. So I go in on the 16th for my next appoitment and we will know a lot more then.
It should be interesting either way!

Otherwise I am sore and tired and ready for this baby! I am doing my best to just keep swimming!

12 1/2 weeks~

So I am 27 weeks pregnant now and I am getting so excited~ We are working hard getting the nursery ready and slowing gathering a few things we may need.. ;) I am really hoping these next 12 and a half weeks go fast. We still have lots to do to be totally ready for our little one but I can't wait to meet him or her. I am very excited to say that we have finally decided on names! After much debate ( mostly on my part) we ( I) settled on a boy and a girls name! However...we are keeping these names secret. You will all find out what we are having and what their name is after the big arrival in October! Yeah! I love surprises, I hope you all do too! :)

Overall I don't know if I can say I have loved pregnancy, I have never been so tired in all my life and I could have seriously done without the sickness but right now I love feeling the movement. It is so crazy to look down and see my stomach move! It is so crazy!! In fact the computer is bumping as we speak LOL! I am happy to be on this journey and I can't wait until I get to enter the world of motherhood full throttle~!

Just keep swimming my friends!

22 weeks!

So wow, it has been like forever since my last post! I am now 22 weeks pregnant and getting bigger everyday. I have batttled morning sickness, virtigo, the headaches, swollen feet and hands and now the backaches but it is all so worth it everytime I feel that little wiggle in my tummy. It is so exciting to now feel the baby move!

Unfortunalty there is not much to update right now, I had my middle ultrasound when I was 19 weeks and we managed to not find out what it is we are having. So we will all have to hold on and wait around 18 more weeks till the big debut~ There is a lot of talk, so far thoughts of boys have won out amongst friends and family but there are a few girl wishers left in there too. I like hearing from people what they think I am having. Bryan says boy for sure and I have gone back and forth. I do think I picture the baby as a boy more than a do a girl but I like to try and think about the possibility of both :)

So I will try and keep everyone posted on my progress for the duration of my pregnancy and we will see if I can keep up on this blog after the arrival! So excited it's coming closer!

Just keep swimming my friends!

10 +

So I am 10 and a half weeks and every check up has gone absolutly perfect. My little girl/ guy is growing like a weed and that is actually becoming the scource of my pain. Aparently the baby is at the point where he/she doesn't really fit in my pelvis anymore but hasn't quite moved up to my abdomen, which is why I have been having so much cramping. At my ultrasound today they said that it really looked great, he/she is moving around like crazy doing kicks and rubbing his/her eyes. It was amazing to see, and it was a huge relief. Unfortuanlty it wasn't all good news, the baby itself is fine and that is good but the placenta is in a really bad position. It's called Praevia. It takes place when the placenta is directly over the birth canal, right now this really doesn't mean anything but later on in the pregnancy if it doesn't move it means that It could cause a lot of bleeding and a lot of problems if I tried to deliver vaginally. So we are going to keep a close eye on it throughout the pregnancy and if necessary we will schedule a c-section ahead of time as to not risk any un needed complications at delivery time.

I am relieved to know that my precious little baby is growing and developing so perfectly! He/she is only about two inches long but has the most precious little arms and legs and you could see ears and hips and....oh it was amazing! God is protecting us! I am so happy about it!

2 months

Well here I am 8 weeks along and things are going great. My doctor has me coming in every two weeks for an ultrasound to continue to watch my progress. He is continually using the word " perfect". I couldn't ask for a better word to hear! At my last US I was 7 weeks and we got the wonderful chance to see the perfect little flutter of a heart beat. At first I felt like Rachael on Friends not having any clue what I was looking at but then I saw it. It was so great. It was just a little flutter but it was perfect! It is my baby! I go in again on the 11th which will put me just shy of 9 weeks. I am so excited to see the heartbeat again. It should be even clearer this time too!

I am trying to read about my baby as much as I can. Last week I refered to my baby as our little blueberry and now we have a cute little rasberry! He/She is so tiny and so fragile. I am so in love!

I am so tired all the time and Bryan has been nothing short of amazing! I am anxious to get some of my energy back and getting a little more productive. We are keeping ourselves busy deciding what to do with the nursery and thinking about the ever so important job of naming this little one! What pressure! LOL

I am already anxious to meet our precious bundle of joy, I just know it's going to be a very long 7 months! But I want to enjoy every minute!

Almost 6 weeks

So it has been brought to my attention that I haven't posted since I have f0und out that we were expecting. So here it goes....

I am almost 6 weeks along and things are going great! I was expirencing some pains so I went into the doctor and he wanted to do an ultrasound. At just over 4 weeks I had my first ultrasound.They were slightly concerned of an eptopic pregnancy but so far everything was pointing to a no. They had me come back in 4 days later because they were unable to see everything they wanted. So that monday I went back and they did another ultrasound. This time they were able to see the gestational sac in my uterus. This was terrific news! They were also able to see what they called the fetal pole, which is basically the begining signs of our baby! So far he/she is about a milimeter long. So tiny and so perfect! We couldn't be happier! The Doctor also mentioned that he was pretty sure he saw a flicker of a heartbeat but not enough to prove it to us. So we get to go back on the 26th to try and see the heartbeat for ourselves! We are so blessed to have this chance! It has been such a long road and I just couldn't be any happier! Thank you for your prayers, keep it up we have a long 7 1/2 months to go!