SuRpRiSe!

We’re in the 5 percent!!!

If your confused…go here.

That’s right. SuRpRiSe!

Sammy’s little sister will be arriving mid May. He’s going to make the best big brother.

For those who need the details…

We have been blessed and literally guided to the right doctors. That’s right. DOCTORS. (after years of “testing” with various doctors without sufficient results either way, and hearing “just try Clomid” about seventeen times…this time I didn’t have to groan or shudder). Thanks to this friend, we finally found one that didn’t beat around the infertility bush. He recommended surgery to remove the cysts on my ovaries and “re-boot” my cycle. Two weeks after surgery, the doctor recommended Clomid (shudder, shudder, shudder). I reluctantly agreed because he promised to monitor its effects to see if it was working. (Brilliant! Why didn’t the other doctors try that?) Well it turns out, it DID work.

SuRpRiSe!

An egg had developed, but hadn’t released yet (common with PCOS – usually they turn into cysts), so the doctor ordered a progesterone shot which would, hopefully, release the egg.

SuRpRiSe!

Four and a half weeks later, I was so afraid to take a pregnancy test after having taken so many with a negative result…I just didn’t want to get my hopes up. Well, on day 40 I finally couldn’t take it anymore and decided to secretly take the test. I was too impatient and wanted to watch the little pink line appear. At first I thought the test had turned out just like all the others, but then, slowly the 2nd pink line appeared. I was in shock…and then I started to shake.

SuRpRiSe!

I honestly didn’t believe it until I went to the doctor a week later and he did an ultrasound where we saw our little bean’s heart beating. That was the sweetest sight in the world!

It’s taken me 18 weeks to finally believe it enough to share it with the world (thanks to the few of you who kept our secret for so long!!!)

We know the Lord has truly blessed and guided our family. I am so grateful to Him for this answer to prayer and for this new little spirit we get to bring into the world. What a beautiful SuRpRiSe!


FYI: So far…pregnancy has been great. I haven’t felt super sick – although I have had to make several dashes to the bathroom to pay homage to the porcelain throne. I haven’t had much of an appetite either, which has meant I’ve been losing weight instead of gaining it (I don’t see what’s so wrong with that, but my doctor isn’t too thrilled about it). For the last 4 weeks I’ve felt “normal,” although I can no longer hide “the bump.”

I was interested to know how Dave would announce our news. You can read his perspective below. DISCLAIMER: I was surprised at how accurate Dave’s account is…not to mention…informative.