So... obviously our last IUI that I posted about did NOT take. We were very disappointed and I admit that I was selfish and did not care to update my blog for awhile. Just because I felt like a failure again. I felt like I was doing something wrong again and I just felt like I needed to... just breathe.
Well, after that IUI didn't take, we had to skip a month and then try again. So, three IUIs later and guess what? Still no baby. But we were not going to give up. I just told hubby that we had to at least try a couple more times. I just did not want to give up hope. But in all honesty, I felt like our hope was almost gone. It was definitely dwindling down and faith was all we had left to believe that it could happen again. That we would be able to be pregnant again.
Then comes March. Time to attempt another month of injections and another month of waiting to see if we were pregnant or not. But after a week of injections, I had to call and cancel my IUI cycle. My pain from my previous surgery was becoming unbearable and I just could not fathom having to go through the IUI process while in so much pain. We set out to see my OB and she recommended to continue physical therapy. So, as we cancel the cycle and start physical therapy, we went back to living our normal lives. We didn't think anything about my ovulation date or anything. I just focused on getting better and physical therapy seemed to help here and there.
Well, fast forward five and a half weeks from the first day of my menstrual cycle for that month and yes, this is the month with the cancelled IUI cycle. I have an awesome girl's night out with my girlfriends and I just happened to have a couple of beers. Make that three beers. I was feeling pretty drunk. That is not me at all. I can handle my liquor. But any way, I didn't think anything of it until the next day. I noticed that I was still feeling hungover. Come on, three beers? No way! Still I didn't think anything of it until that night. I started to yell at my husband for some stupid reason and he turned to me and was like, "Are you pregnant or something? Are you on your cycle? Cause the last time you were like this to me was when we found out we were pregnant with K.J." I ignored him and said he was being a jerk. LOL oh my poor husband.
Any way, I woke up the next morning and I figured that we had more than enough HCG tests, why not test? I was a week and a half late (but i'm always late. always) So, I took the test. Put it on the counter and just happened to glance at it after I laid it down and OH MY GOD, I saw two pink lines! I woke up the hubby and told him to go look in the bathroom. I had him freaking out and he ran in and said, "What? What happened?" Well, I showed him the test and said, "What the heck do you see?" and he said, "OMG, you're pregnant?" I said, "OMG, We're PREGNANT!!" It was a Saturday morning, so I decided to just show up at my fertility clinic and ask them if they could do a blood test. They drew my blood and said they would call me back later that day... well, they forgot to. LOL I waited until Monday morning and called them as soon as they opened and they gave me my results and confirmed that YES! I was very much pregnant and the numbers so far looked good, but I would need to go in for another draw because they always look and see if the numbers are increasing or not. Well, those numbers came back great and we couldn't be more thrilled. They set up our first appt for an ultrasound scan and from them on... everything has looked great!!
We have graduated from our Reproductive Endocrinologist and are at a regular OB/GYN and Perinatologist as well. I can happily say that I am 15 weeks and 1 day pregnant right now and so far things are going great! We go in on Thursday for our next appt with the High Risk doctor and next week for our regular OB! Praying that everything goes smoothly and this baby is healthy!! We can't wait to add another baby to our mini family! K.J. will be an awesome big brother!!
Thank you for following me through this process and I hope that in the end, we will be welcoming a baby by the end of the year!!!
Baby Tran Due 12/11/16
these were taken at 12 weeks and 3 days
