Official Introductions Thread!! - Page 7

[Jenifer76]

Cautiously joining you all here with a due date of 3/28/10.

I took my first HPT last night and got a faint line. The one this morning was pretty dark and obvious. This will be my third child. I had a m/c before my DD and she was 32-weeker so I am nervous (but excited). I feel very bloated and mildly crampy. I keep asking my DH if I was crampy with the other two pgs -- and I remember asking him the last time around too. :P

[slowtime]

Oh, it makes me nervous to do this, but here goes:

Count me in!

I'm 28 (29 next month), and DH and I aren't telling ANYONE yet. He's 32, we're both vegan, and we have two cats. We started TTC in May 2007, and went to a fertility doctor in July 2008. The doctor ran an HSG and some bloodwork on me, said that I was completely healthy, and ran one semen analysis test on DH. He said DH's motility and morphology were fine, but that his count was about half what it should be. The doctor recommended IVF. He wanted to start right away. I felt that he was jumping the gun, so we never went back to him. We conceived spontaneously in September 2008, but lost the pregnancy in early November. Probable blighted ovum. We were devastated.

This cycle felt good to me. I'd just emerged from a months-long state of depression, and life felt liveable. I tested at 11 dpo, saw a line so faint that I probably really did imagine it, and then I got a real line the next morning. I showed DH, who worried about how light the line looked, and told me, "I know it's hard, but try not to get too excited." The digital said "Pregnant" at 13 dpo, and I got another strong line this morning, at 14dpo.

My breasts hurt, I have to pee all the time, and I'm exhausted. The internet says I'm 3w6d. Crazy. I'm really, really hoping for morning sickness this time. I never got it last time, and that's how I knew something was wrong. I don't care how uncomfortable it makes me. I want it!

I hope this baby sticks. DH is too worried to enjoy this at all, and I'm worried, too, but I also feel obligated to try to enjoy it. I don't know what the future holds, but for now...I'm pregnant! :

[Right of Passage]

Wow that's quite a history, amazing! I'm : for a sticky baby and a h&h 9 months! Congrats :

[huskermommy]

Wow, slowtime! I am praying for a sticky baby for you mama! Welcome! :

[StacieM]

Hi ladies,

I really never planned to have another, especially not at this time for several reasons. Apparently someone else had a different plan. I'm excited, but cautious at the same time. There are many logistical things that need to be worked out to add a 6th child to our family and having a loss in my past causes me to take nothing for granted. Right now I'm just happy about this possibility. The kids will be so excited, but I'm not planning on telling them for a while. DH is very happy, but worried about me because he knew I hadn't planned on this.

Anyway - it all started out when I realized that I had miscalculated where I was in my cycle (obviously, it was a very busy time in our lives). I started noticing fertile CM on a Sunday (DH and I had BD both Sat and Sun morning). That's when I started re-thinking where in my cycle I was. For some wonky reason I thought I was in my first week. I know - total brain fart on my part.

Anyway - when I realized that, DH and I avoided for the next 4 days because I knew I was in my "green week." However, I also knew that if I did O on Mon or Tues like I thought, Sat and Sun were close enough to catch that egg. I couldn't believe it, but I also started getting excited about the possibility. I told DH but because it was way too soon to tell, tried to put it out of my mind for a while.

Because I've always been able to get pretty reliable results with FRER, I tried taking 2 early test. Both were negative - it kind of surprised me because I really thought that, with the timing, the chances of me being pg were pretty high considering my past fertility.

However, because of the negatives I got...I started getting used to the idea that we wouldn't be having another and told myself that it was fine because that way I could just move forward with things as planned - not have to work out the many logistical issues having another at this time presents.

My sister had asked me if those tests really work early. I told her yes, any time that I had used them early before when I was pg, they worked fine - 10 dpo last time. She had asked me why I don't just wait until I'm late, but I'm impatient.

I guess I should have listened to her. The following week (I tested on Sat and was due for af on Tues), I found myself late. I figured af was just toying with me because I've always been a little "off" as far as af is concerned. It's not all that unusual for me to be a day or two late.

I ended up buying a 2-pack of digitals - I took the first one fully prepared to see it say "Not Pregnant" - when it said "Pregnant" after about a minute I was completely shocked but also excited. I took the 2nd digi I had 2 days later and same result...so, I'm here!

[LoveBaby]

Originally Posted by StacieM

Hi ladies,

I really never planned to have another, especially not at this time for several reasons. Apparently someone else had a different plan. I'm excited, but cautious at the same time.

That's me totally!!

I've actually wanted another for quite awhile, but my DH was totally done, done, done. Up until last month I was really upset that we weren't on the same page, but had made peace with the situation. I was really o.k. with not having any more children and now, here we are! Gotta love the timing! LOL

[StacieM]

LoveBaby: yep - gotta love it!

slowtime: I so so hope this is a sticky baby for you and I'm with you on enjoying every moment that you have!