Pregnancy #2...So Far
I still have a hard time remembering that I am pregnant this time around because: a. I have basically no symptoms and b. I had convinced myself at the very beginning that I wasn't pregnant. Here's how we found out Nolan was going to be a big brother....
Why did I convince myself that I should just give in and realize I wasn't pregnant? Because I had taken 5 pregnancy tests, all negative, and I was almost two weeks late. With Nolan, the second I peed on a stick it showed two pink lines. Not this time. This kid made me agonize over what was happening to my body for a couple of weeks. I am like clockwork so when I was still getting negatives I just resigned myself to the idea that maybe my cycle had become irregular after all of these years. But you know how you just know your body?! Something was still nagging me in the back of my head that I just had to be pregnant.
Eric was disappointed that I hadn't warned him that I was taking a pregnancy test when we found out with Nolan. So this time I was taking the tests with Eric waiting in the other room for the results.....all negative! I actually called my doctor at this point and asked them if, and when, they would want to do some blood work. Their response: if the tests are negative, you are not pregnant. Ugh!! On August 8th, when we had finally "given up," and I was going on two weeks late, I took out the second to last test (Eric wasn't home) and thought to myself, "It is probably going to be negative anyways, I'll just take it." You can imagine the absolute SHOCK when a very faint plus sign appeared. Poor Eric missed it again! So I called him right away and told him the news but told him that it was so faint I wasn't sure if that was a good sign. After hanging up with Eric, I called the doctor right away, told them what had been going on for the last couple of weeks, told them about the faint positive result, and they had me come in for some blood work to see where my hormone levels were.
I had blood drawn on August 8th (the day we found out) and they called me back to say, "yes," I was pregnant but my hormone levels were really low and I needed to come back two days later to see if they increased. The next two days dragged by!!! So I went back on the 10th and the results showed that my hormone levels had gone up to 95. It still seemed low so I went back three days later, on the 13th for more blood work. This time my numbers shot up to 325 and my doctor said that was more than sufficient to deem this a true pregnancy!!
How's that for a story?! Not so simple as last time and definitely nerve racking and stressful, that's for sure :)
We had our first doctor's appointment and ultrasound on September 6th and found out that I was eight week pregnant at the time. There was a tiny heartbeat in the middle of the "baby blob" on the screen and everything checked out normal but the baby was still too little to get exact measurements for the due date so we headed back to the doctor two weeks later for another ultrasound. This time I was 10 weeks along and the baby looked more like a tiny human and we were able to pinpoint our due date. April 18, 2013. Exactly one month after Nolan turns two!! I just had a 14 week appointment to listen to the baby's heartbeat for the first time. The heart is beating strongly at a pace of 144 :) Next appointment is scheduled for 18 weeks and then two weeks later we will find out whether it is a boy or girl!!
It was a crazy start and it still really hasn't completely sunk in that we are going to have two kids under two by the summer. We haven't started to do anything to prepare as far as the nursery goes or anything else. We just don't feel as rushed or unprepared this time around and it is kinda nice to relax, enjoy it and cherish the last few months as a family of three.
I had blood drawn on August 8th (the day we found out) and they called me back to say, "yes," I was pregnant but my hormone levels were really low and I needed to come back two days later to see if they increased. The next two days dragged by!!! So I went back on the 10th and the results showed that my hormone levels had gone up to 95. It still seemed low so I went back three days later, on the 13th for more blood work. This time my numbers shot up to 325 and my doctor said that was more than sufficient to deem this a true pregnancy!!
How's that for a story?! Not so simple as last time and definitely nerve racking and stressful, that's for sure :)
We had our first doctor's appointment and ultrasound on September 6th and found out that I was eight week pregnant at the time. There was a tiny heartbeat in the middle of the "baby blob" on the screen and everything checked out normal but the baby was still too little to get exact measurements for the due date so we headed back to the doctor two weeks later for another ultrasound. This time I was 10 weeks along and the baby looked more like a tiny human and we were able to pinpoint our due date. April 18, 2013. Exactly one month after Nolan turns two!! I just had a 14 week appointment to listen to the baby's heartbeat for the first time. The heart is beating strongly at a pace of 144 :) Next appointment is scheduled for 18 weeks and then two weeks later we will find out whether it is a boy or girl!!
It was a crazy start and it still really hasn't completely sunk in that we are going to have two kids under two by the summer. We haven't started to do anything to prepare as far as the nursery goes or anything else. We just don't feel as rushed or unprepared this time around and it is kinda nice to relax, enjoy it and cherish the last few months as a family of three.
Here is a video of the sonogram from our 10 week appointment....
I had hoped to have Nolan hold up this little chalkboard monthly to include him in the "bump shots" but he was completely non-cooperative. I ended up just picking him up and that was still a struggle....this is the best we could manage. Nolan may be fired from this job from here on out.
I had hoped to have Nolan hold up this little chalkboard monthly to include him in the "bump shots" but he was completely non-cooperative. I ended up just picking him up and that was still a struggle....this is the best we could manage. Nolan may be fired from this job from here on out.
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