Our Blessing!

It feels so unreal to be writing this post but it also feels AMAZING!  Wesley and I are thrilled to finally be expecting again.  I was feeling totally normal but just had a really good feeling this time and so even though I wasn't going to miss my period until Friday or Saturday I took a test on Wednesday morning because I just couldn't wait!  I was probably driving Wes crazy because it was all that I could think about for the last week and I just needed the days to tick by faster!  I told myself if it was negative that I wouldn't get upset because I knew that it was early.  This is what I saw Wednesday morning.

Do you see the line? It was faint but like I said it was early.  I was cautiously excited!  I called my fertility doctor that morning and told them I had a positive test and they said I needed blood drawn.  I couldn't go until after school Wednesday so they wouldn't be calling me back until Thursday.  I stopped and bought a digital test for Thursday morning because I figured the doctor's office wouldn't call me back until later in the day Thursday and I just had to know! This test Thursday morning made me feel much better:

I called the doctor's office around 2:30 on Thursday because I hadn't heard from them and they confirmed my pregnancy and told me that my HCG was 51, which was on the high side of normal.  They also told me the lab didn't do the progesterone number because the girl who drew my blood didn't put it in the right vile.  So she said it wasn't a huge deal because I had to have a repeat test on Friday and I could just get it then.  They don't repeat the progesterone but normally prefer it to be with the first draw to be sure everything is good.   I went Friday morning before school so it hadn't been 48 hours.  HCG numbers should double every 48-72 hours in early pregnancy.  This is what they want to see to be sure it is a healthy pregnancy.  My HCG was 119 and my progesterone was 18.9.  Don't forget I hadn't even technically missed a period yet.

I searched the internet for an HCG chart like I used with the girls to see if my numbers were normal or if I should be suspecting twins.  I pretty much knew with the girls because they were really high.  This time they are slightly high but not crazy high like with the girls.  When the nurse called me back on Friday afternoon she said "It's been such a long road for you and we are so happy for you!"  It meant a lot.  She said everything looked good and scheduled me for my first ultrasound on January 30th where I will get a more exact due date but tentatively it is September 22nd.  She said at the ultrasound we will be able to "see the heartbeats".  I said "Wait, BEATS.....HEARTBEATS?"  She said "I'm not saying anything.  A single baby has heartbeats right?"  I said "Okayyyyy".  Oh man!!!!

We told the girls on Friday afternoon and put on their big sister shirts I had bought forever ago assuming this would happen at some point.  Thank goodness they still fit but they probably won't when the baby is born.  Stella had already taken her's off at this point.

We Skyped with Grandpa and Aunt Kayla and called YaYa and YoYo.  We sent pictures to our siblings.  The girls were telling them "We're gonna have a big sister!!!!"  The shirt really threw them off, but they are so incredibly excited and they talk about the baby a lot!  They will be such huge helpers.  They both want me to have two babies, but if it's just one they want a sister. I just cannot wait until the 30th to know for sure how many miracles I have growing inside me! I am simply ecstatic!