Baby Again?

Well I guess it is official. We will be adding another baby to our family late Dec! I held off posting about it only because of our miscarriage just a few short months ago. However, I feel good and I am far enough along to share the good news. I have been slowly telling people the news in an attempt to get it out there before it hits Facebook. And I feel fairly confident it will hit Facebook. Everyone is so excited and since I am pretty much connected to everyone I know through the wonderful world of social media I would be willing to bet some well meaning person eventually comes to congratulate me on my wall with out checking to see if I have broke the news my self.

I do want to share how I found out as I am sure it will be something I want to remember in the future and since this blog is mainly for me to look back on my life I am going to add it.

I had my miscarriage in March. It hurts and I was devastated by it when it happened but surprisingly I did not take as long as I thought to recover. Maybe it was because of how early on I was. Maybe because I felt something was off from the beginning so I braced myself for it. I am not sure, but I do know I was fortunately enough to be able to move past it.

After the miscarriage, I decided if I wasn't going to be pregnant I was going to get in shape and rock a bikini this summer. Something I haven't done since before Sophie was born. I joined a gym and started hitting it hard. 4 times a week of 40 minute cardio, strict 1500 calorie diet (more like 1200-1300 most days), and the ab ripper or Jillian Michaels 30 day shred at home when I could (about twice a week). It was working too. I lost 5 pounds the first month.

About 5 weeks after the miscarriage, I realized I should be due for a period soon. I didn't worry too much about it because I didn't know how long it would take my body to get back in the groove of things plus I had added in a reduced diet and a lot of exercise my body wasn't used to so I figured I had just thrown things off.

6 weeks after the miscarriage and STILL no period. Finally, I decide I probably should take a test. I bought 2 from the dollar store. The first one was faulty (great!) and the second one showed positive right away. Holy Shit Balls. I call Jeff and tell him. At this point, we are both say we are worried that maybe I didn't miscarry all the way and maybe something is wrong (we both admit to each other later we BOTH had a feeling this was a new viable pregnancy, weird how that happens).

I call my dr and they want to see me right away. My miscarriage was very recent and they had found a cyst on my ovary. I get scheduled to have blood work done on that Wednesday with a repeat blood work on Friday followed by a dr appt with my Dr. I do the blood work on Wednesday and the nurse calls and said based on my blood work they think this is a new pregnancy and that I am 5 weeks along! They still want me to get repeat blood work on Friday but the dr didn't need to see me until the next week when I would be 6 weeks along. Wow, that was a lot to absorb while at work.

I go in the next week, still holding my breath for bad news. I see the dr and get an ultrasound to confirm how far along I am (since I had no period they couldn't go that). I get the word everything looks great! And thus begins my journey into this pregnancy.

I am now 11 weeks along and some odd days and I am feeling good!. So far I have actually lost 2 more pounds (thanks Morning Sickness) and I have been able to keep going to the gym, though not as much as I would like.

Here's hoping for a happy and healthy 9 months!