So sorry it's taken me so long to update!! I am 19 weeks now.....moving right along! I feel great! We had an ultrasound on Tuesday, Sept 1st, and things are looking great and they found out that they're having a boy!!! It was so sweet; P, the mother, was in tears. She brought her mother with her, which was a neat time. Unfortunately K was not able to make it, but he was overjoyed by the news.
Also, a few weeks ago we finally shared the news of this baby with our own children. They are such wonderful and sweet children! Roman, especially, is so sweet and tender with me and my belly. He comes up and gives my belly kisses and such and understands the concept that we aren't keeping the baby.
Well, it's late, but I knew I needed to update! Love to all!

I am now 11 weeks and 5 days pregnant now. It's so hard to believe I'm almost past the first trimester! I can feel it too b/c my energy has been returning and I just feel better overall. Not that I ever felt bad, but the fatigue really got me there for a little while.
This morning we had an ultrasound appointment with a maternal fetal specialist. I did not share this minor detail b/c I did not want to bring any kind of negativity into this whole thing. The first two ultrasounds we had the the fertility office showed the baby looking great, but the amniotic sac growing a little behind the baby. With each u/s, the baby and sac grew, but the sac continued to just measure about a week roughly behind the baby's size. The Dr, although not extremely concerned, still wanted to practice some precaution and wanted us to have a high resolution ultrasound with a maternal-fetal specialist. It, of course, concerned us all a little, but as I've said from the beginning, God has been in control and it's in His hands and I just knew all would be fine. We were fine with getting this better look and a 2nd opinion. So, today was the day. K, the intended father, was able to make it here to Asheville for it and my husband was also able to join us. We got great news that the baby was continuing to look great and measuring right on target and the sac looked good. The sac was still a "little" small, but not below normal, just below average. However, they said there was no cause for any concern and that it all looked good to them. The sac was plenty big enough for the baby and gave him/her room to move and grow and the baby looked great, which was the main thing! They will follow up with us a few more times through the pregnancy, but we are all very relieved and thankful to our Lord & Savior for His continued faithfulness! We are going to have quite a story to tell when this is all over! God is definitely keeping it interesting, but it's all for His glory and that's what's most important!
So, today has been a GREAT day. To top it off, the boys and I stopped to see my dad (they wanted to give their Baba hugs and kisses) and he treated us to Subway, which is exactly what my pregnant body was wanting at the time. Praise the Lord! lol God is good....right down to my cravings. hehe I love it!

First Trimester Fun

So, I am now 9 weeks pregnant. More symptoms are arising as I move along this wonderful journey. So, to add to the frequent bathroom visits, sore breasts and frequent hunger, I can now add a little sickness and food "cravings" and / or dislikes. Along with my hunger, I will get sick if I don't eat fairly quickly or keep food on my stomach. I don't feel as though I have got to puke, but I get a little nauseous, weak and even a little faint sometimes. The key really is just not letting myself get hungry at all if I can help it. I don't mean eat constantly, but I can tell when my body is nearing the hunger stage and if I catch it in time, I won't get hungry to get nauseous, etc. I'm not always successful, though. :( This is so far the easiest I've had it, though, although it wasn't too bad even with my own boys. I won't complain by any means! I am not craving anything in particular persay, but I desire "cold" items. I don't get this horrible craving like I have to have something or die! haha It's just that when I get hungry, cold items are more appealing and desirable and won't make me nauseous to think about. Cold items, meaning fruit, veggies, pb&j, etc. For some reason, not many "hot" items are on my list. We went to see Transformers 2 over the weekend (great movie by the way) and I was with 3 big guys and my 2 little guys. We decided on Firehouse Subs, which wasn't too appealing to me but I was NOT going to be the annoying and picky one out of all of us. If you've never been there, and I had not before this, their sandwiches are warm. They're like a Subway, sort of, with warm meat and cheese and all that. I did all I could to eat the first half of my sandwich without puking and I had to give the other half away. It wasn't bad tasting, just not what my pregnant body wanted. Anyone who's been pregnant knows that if you try to eat something your body does not really want when pregnant, it does not work. I gave the other half away and ate my son's pb&j. He didn't want it. :) I had to eat something! Of course, my hubby got irritated with me over it saying I was being silly, but what does he know. hehe He's never been preggo!
Anyway, long story, but I found it funny and cute and wanted to share. So, all in all I feel great! Sadly, I am already in some maternity clothes b/c this body did not waste ANY time beginning to get bigger! Of course, it didn't help that I had a little extra weight on my in the beginning. Ugh! Oh well. Not much I can do now besides exercise and stay healthy during the pregnancy then work my butt off afterwards to lose it all and some!

So, we had our first ultrasound last Thursday, June 11th. What a cool and exciting day! I can only imagine what my IPs were feeling! We got to see the little peanut....yes, just one! Everyone was sort of hoping twins, but one is good too! It'll be easier on me and I won't have to worry much about a cesarean, minus an emergency. Those of you who know me know how much into my vaginal, natural childbirth I am and the thought of twins kinda scared me just a little when it came to the delivery part. But, I also knew that God was in control and if it was twins, all that would be fine and taken care of. No matter what, His will would be done. My IPs were very excited. They even gave me a picture of the ultrasound, which I was not expecting nor would have asked for! That was cool! Our next ultrasound comes up next Monday, June 22nd.

I am definitely feeling pregnant. Along with peeing more, breast soreness and fatigue, I have now begun to eat like my last meal was yesterday! Ha! I have been getting hungry so much more throughout the day and when I get hungry, I MUST eat! It's serious! I get a little shaky and almost nauseous until I eat. The bad thing, is when I get to that point and I finally eat, I almost eat too much and I make myself nearly sick from pigging out! lol So far, though, I've not had any morning sickness hit me yet. I'm 7 weeks and so that means I have 5 more weeks roughly to either get sick or say I didn't have it. I had it with my boys, but not bad and it only lasted a month with each of them. So, we'll see!

On a different note, my youngest son turned 4 yesterday!!! Come fall, I'll have one starting kindergarten and one starting preschool! Yay for some cool milestones!!!

Beta results #2!

So, I'm little behind in updating my blog, but here I am! :) Last Tuesday, May 26th, I had my 2nd blood test drawn. I am so excited to say it came back with number of 171, meaning I'm still pregnant and the numbers are great! Of course, my body didn't take long to start telling me it was pregnant. lol When bathroom visits become more frequent and some, errr, soreness (if you know what I mean) begins, it's pretty obvious! So far, no morning sickness, but I didn't escape it with either of my boys so I am sure it will peak around the corner soon. However, how awesome would that be if God blessed me with NO morning sickness!!! I'll take whatever, I'm just excited to be pregnant and to start this part of the journey with my awesome IP's!! I love them so much and just to hear the excitement from them reminds me constantly why I'm doing this and makes it all worthwhile! Not that I need reminding, but it's just constant reminders I guess. We go next Thursday, June 11th, for our ultrasound!!! 11:30pm! I can't wait.....could be two! :) We'll see. That would be so cool, and certainly a new experience for me!

First Results

I had my first blood test drawn on Friday and the numbers were 49.0! That means I'm pregnant!! I get another one drawn on Tuesday morning to ensure that it's progressing properly. I will keep you updated on this as I find out!!! Thanks for all your prayers!

Update After Transfer

Well, here I am, nearly a week late on updating you all on the transfer. :( So sorry. So, last Wednesday we went down to Atlanta for our transfer. What a day! I was so excited! I was a little nervous, but more excited than anything. We got to the dr's office at noon, one hour before the transfer. P met us there and we actually ran into her in the elevator as we were heading up. That was cool! They took us back pretty quick and had us sit in the transfer waiting room. Well, it had a "name" for the room, but I can't remember. It's not important. The embryologist brought in the picture of the two embryos she picked out and explained what was what and why she picked them. Then, we waited...... I had to have a full bladder at the transfer so I was sipping on water for that hour, but had to be careful, because I didn't want to get my bladder so full that I was about to explode on the table! lol I did very well and didn't get to that point, but definitely had to pee! P & I chatted a good bit during our waiting time. Shane read some of his book and fell asleep. hehe Unfortunately, K couldn't come, because he had a cold and they didn't want him around me. :( Transfer time was here and we went into the room. As we waited for them to come in and get started, we said a prayer. There was a tv monitor in the room that had a pic of the two embryos. It was so neat as I lied there looking at them. They're just two circles of cells right now that you can't see with the naked eye, but they are life that God takes and molds into a little person! As they did the transfer, it was very quick. Didn't take but just a few minutes. It felt less uncomfortable than a pap smear, so that was nice. They inserted the embryos in via a tube & syringe (no needle-just attached to the tube to push them in) and voula! They're in and it's up to them ( and God most of all) to attach. I am now in a waiting game as we won't know anything til the first blood test. I go this coming Friday morning at 8am to take that and we should know that afternoon of the results. That will tell us if the transfer took and the embryos attached. I will then take another one the next week to ensure that it's progressing properly. I will update you all after I get those results!!!