I had told everyone that the pregnancy test would be on Wednesday, 6/17 but it was really on Tuesday 6/16. We decided to do it this way because wanted the 16th all to ourselves! Austin and I got up Tuesday morning and went to the doctor. He thought it was so weird that they were going to take my blood. I cried almost the entire way to the doctor's office and just prayed to God and sang songs of praise! I knew that no matter what I would still love God and praise his Name. I know he loves us and I know that his plan is perfect and so is his timing.
Before getting my labs done I snapped this picture in the waiting room and sent this message to Ryan:
"No matter what, I get to be this little guy's mommy!"
I got my labs drawn and then ran a few errands and went home. Ryan took off work this afternoon and got home just in time for lunch! As we were finishing up lunch the phone rang. We really wanted this moment all to ourselves and just let it go to voicemail. We cleaned up everything from lunch and got Austin settled in with playing bowling on the Wii. About 30 min later we sat down to listen to the voicemail.
Our eyes filled with tears of joy as the nurse said, "Congratulations! You are definitely pregnant!" She went on to tell us more information about my lab numbers but Ryan and I just hugged and cried and thanked the Lord for this blessing!!!
Then we went to tell Austin. We told him that we had something very exciting to tell him! We told him that he was going to be a Big Brother and that we were going to have a baby! He said, "and they are growing in Jinae's tummy!" LOL! I told him the baby was growing in my tummy and he smiled, gave me a hug, and wanted to get back to his game. haha.
We got our special shirts on and took some pictures! I have had these shirts in our closet for over 2 years now! I designed them and had them printed for what seems like ages ago!
I am so excited that I am healthier now for this pregnancy!! I am 9lbs lighter than what I was when I got pregnant with Austin! This picture isn't as great as other ones but... I had just finished working out! This was the morning of my transfer. I had gotten up at 4:15am to go to the gym for a 5:00 class! I had over 10K steps by 6:30am! I did more running that morning that I had ever done! It felt great!
Sooooo back to my labs....
I won't know if we are having 1 baby or twins until a couple of months into the pregnancy. My hCG number was great! My progesterone number was a little low. It needs to be a minimum of 10 and mine was an 8. So my doctor prescribed some more medicine to help with that. I am going to continue the 3 patches, changing them every other day, as well as the estrace and endometrine suppositories, and now I will be adding in a progesterone shot. I have to do 1 shot every night. We called the pharmacy to find out when it would be ready. We had a little time so I quickly did my nails for the occasion!
I have also had these custom Jams for quite some time and it was the first time for me to try the white tips! I LOVE how it turned out!
I have also had these custom Jams for quite some time and it was the first time for me to try the white tips! I LOVE how it turned out!
We drove up to the pharmacy at Overland Park Regional Hospital to get the medicine. The pharmacist had to counsel me with the injections. My eyes about popped out when she showed me the needle. This was not the same needle I used before. Was she joking? Did she grab the wrong ones??? I politely said, "do you have a smaller needle?" She looked at me and said that this was what it was. I told her I had used a smaller needle before. She looked at me and I looked at her for a couple seconds... I told her that it was for a different medication and she then explained that this medicine had to use this needle. This is a 22 gauge that is 1.5 inches long. This is extremely bigger than my other needles I had used during IVF. I think my IVF needles would fit inside of this one! Ha! The awesome thing about these were that insurance covered a portion of the cost and 1 month supply was only $45 plus the cost of the syringes/needles. Compared to all of the other kind of medicine I have had to take this is a DEAL! The shot has to go in the upper buttocks so I am a little worried about being able to do it myself. Ryan doesn't think he can help me... For the first one today, since it was a much bigger needle than what I am used to I didn't want to do it myself. Jinae helped and administered the injection! I first used ice for about 5 min to numb the area and then Jinae was able to do the injection and I barely felt anything. They will be fine.... I will need to ice before each one and I may be able to do it myself. I'm not sure - otherwise Ryan will have to figure out how to get over his fear!
Thank you so much for praying for us! We are so very excited and feeling very blessed! We will continue to pray and we will also pray for other couples who are dealing with infertility. It is a very emotional time and infertility is very personal and difficult to cope with. I am so glad that God has carried us through this journey and that I didn't have to do it alone! I have discovered that many couples go through this kind of thing and no one around them has any idea! For us, it has been good to talk about it and find others who have experienced what we are going through.
