Ok, so I should have written this post 3 months ago when I learned the news but I guess I have been too happy and excited to write and too busy living! (well, that is my excuse anyway)So let me update you on the great news...
In December 2011 I had noticed a few changes in my body, like a small lump in my stomach and also my chest seemed bigger.(which is always a good thing to have happen:) So on December 6th, I decided to take a pregnancy test because I was beginning to wonder if maybe, possibly I was pregnant. I have had so many false pregnancy symptoms before and false tests that I was still kind of expecting yet another negative test. I had told myself I wasn't going to take another pregnancy test until I was getting several days of morning sickness that seemed more sure that I might be pregnant. I had one more unused test in my drawer, so I decided to just take the test so I wouldn't have to wonder any more. I took the test and within a matter of seconds two dark red lines appeared! I have never seen two lines appear! I was so excited and shocked and couldn't believe my eyes! No way could this be happening. Me being pregnant was like winning the lottery, it has been such a long and hard journey that it just didn't ever seem like it would happen for me. But low and behold, after almost 8 years of marriage and 6.5 of those trying hard to have a baby, I am finally pregnant! I couldn't wait to tell Stu, so I ran into the living room and grabbed a box and wrapping paper under the Christmas tree and did a horrible wrapping job and told Stu he had to open the present right now. He opened the present and saw the positive pregnancy test and his eyes got real big, his jaw dropped and he looked at me with disbelief and down at the test and back at me. He said are you serious? and then gave me a big hug. We went straight to the OBGYN and got tested there to make sure it wasn't a false test. They said I was for sure pregnant! They scheduled us a visit to come back on Dec. 13th for an ultrasound to see how far along we were. We went to Village Inn for brunch to celebrate and you couldn't wipe the grins off our faces!
December 13th 2011
We went to the OBGYN to get an ultrasound and were expecting to see a little bean on the screen. To our amazement, the baby was very defined and you could see it's little legs, arms, pop belly, and the cutest little face! You could see it's forehead, nose and little lips. It was the cutest thing ever! Stu says there was dust in the room which is why he teared up, and as for my reaction, I just couldn't stop smiling, I was so excited to see that! We were both very shocked at how defined and clear the image of the baby was and were wondering how far along we actually were. The ultrasound tech said we were 12.5 weeks along! I had been three months pregnant and had no idea! She told us we are due on June 24th, 2012. Everyone asks me how I could be that far along and have no idea I was pregnant. A big reason is that I have never had a regular period and always go 50 days, 80 days, 60 days or whatever without having a cycle, so that wasn't anything new for me. I also had been so healthy and hadn't had any morning sickness, so how would I have known? It's pretty cool to find out you are already three months pregnant and that there is less than 1% chance of miscarriage. Can't complain about that one! We decided since Christmas was in less than two weeks, that we would tell both of our families our exciting news at our family get together on Christmas Eve. It was funny because almost right after I found out I was pregnant I got morning sickness each morning when I woke up for about one week and that was it. I haven't had any weird cravings or sickness or anything. It's been a really smooth pregnancy so far!
December 24th 2011; Christmas Eve
We got together with my family at my sister April's house in Saratoga Springs. It was the perfect time to tell the family because all of the family was together and no one was expecting anything. We always get together for a family picture at Christmas time while we are all together and we set up the camera on a tripod to get us all in the picture. I set the camera on video record instead of camera mode and Stu gave my mom the ultrasound picture and said, "while she is getting that set up, check out this picture" My mom looked at it a few times and then screamed at the top of her lungs several times. The rest of the family didn't know what was going on or why she was screaming. They thought she got bit by a spider or something. I told her to show them the picture and so they knew what she was looking at. It was so priceless to see each family member's initially reaction to the news on the video camera. Jamie started crying immediately and gave me a big hug. Jamie's 9 month old Curtis started crying because my mom's loud scream scared him. My dad started raising his arms in the air up and down like he was cheering for a football or basketball game. It was so cute! I took off the Christmas shirt I was wearing and had a white shirt on underneath that had printed on the belly, "Miracle in Progress"
