December Baby

I debated not trying to conceive this month because I've never wanted a December baby.  It just seems like so much is going on at the end of the year and a December child would add a birthday to the mix.  Up until today I was thinking I would just skip this month but when I saw signs today that ovulation is approaching I knew I couldn't not try this month.  We shall see if a December baby it will be.  :-)

Hormones in Disarray?

I think my hormones are going berserk!  At this point, I'm not even sure when I am ovulating.  I had signs of ovulation three different times last month and already having a weird cycle this month.  I guess it makes sense they would be out of whack after 17 months of no cycle.  No clue when things will straighten out but I have decided to focus on getting back into better health rather than conceiving.  Maybe it will happen soon but I'm not going to get my hopes up.  I'm actually a little thankful that this cycle wasn't successful for us.  One of my very dear friends who found out she was pregnant after seven years of trying lost her baby.  I would feel so guilty if I had become pregnant so soon after starting to try given her situation.  :-(

Countdown Continues...

March 9, 2012

I still have four more days before I can really test.  I feel pregnant sometimes but I think it is wishful thinking combined with symptoms of my UTI.  I tested with a $1 test last night.  I know, I should have waited until morning and it is too early.  I was going to go at lunch to pick up a First Response at lunch yesterday but never made it.  I sure hope the $1 test is just not sensitive enough for early testing.

Keeping a Secret

March 5, 2012
Scott and I have decided that if we are pregnant we will try to keep a secret until Micah's birthday party.  I have plans for him to announce it for us by opening a last gift that reveals the news.  I am thinking a shirt that says Big Brother Est. 2012.  So for now, I will blog about my thoughts on this cycle privately and publish in order once the news is revealed.

I still feel very strongly that I am pregnant. If I am correct, I am three weeks today.  I bought a cheap dollar store test Sunday and took it.  I knew it was too early to tell but thought I'd give it a try anyway.  The First Response tests are sensitive enough that I can test tomorrow to see if there is any HCG in my system.  I'm debating on whether to go ahead and test or wait it out a while.  I do have a $2 off coupon for the tests.  On one hand I would like to test so I could start my OB visits up, but on the other hand I don't want to waste money on a test.  And what is one more week of waiting?  Decisions, decisions!  On another note, I have started searching baby names to get a head start.  :-)

March 19, 2012

Even after I started my period I felt like I was having symptoms of pregnancy.  Had a weird one so still not sure what went on there! Going ahead and posting this since our plans are blown since we aren't pregnant.

Medication While Trying

Finally went to the doctor with the UTI yesterday.  It obviously was not going to go away with OTC meds, water and cranberry juice.  As suspected, the doctor said it looked really bad.  Since we are actively trying to conceive he couldn't give me the medicine he would normally give me.  For women who might be pregnant or are pregnant they usually prescribe Sulfa, which I am allergic to.  So...I am on amoxicillin, which should clear it up if it isn't one of the more resistant strains.  They are running a culture to see which strand it is and will have to revisit the treatment if it is a more resistant strand.  Figures the first month we are officially trying I will have a UTI, which can't be treated with the usual medication in case we are.

Is it in My Head?

I promise I am having more pregnancy symptoms than not.  Of course it could be all in my head.  Yesterday morning while I was feeding Micah before church I was feeling really rough.  Right after I finished feeding him I had to rush to the bathroom because I thought I was going to be sick.  I wasn't but it was close.  Of course, I could be coming down with something (I was freezing the night before when we got in bed) or could have gotten sick off of the medicine I am taking for my UTI (I wasn't able to take it with a full class of water or anything on my stomach).  If I were pregnant, I would only be 2 weeks and 5 days yesterday so it isn't likely I'm noticing things this early on.  Only a week more to go before we'll know if this cycle was successful.

Trying for Baby #2

I have decided to create yet another blog.  This blog will be dedicated to the road to conceiving baby #2, aspects of pregnancy (hopefully), and milestones once he arrives (God willing).  I thought I could remember everything involved with creating Micah.  Little did I know that long and winding road would last for 10 years.  Even with details of my pregnancy with Micah and since he has been here (10 months) I have to think hard about some of the details.  Mommy brain, maybe?  Anyway, I want to have something where each child can come back to see what lead to them being in our lives.

Micah is 10 months old.  I breastfeed, which resulted in a delay of my cycle returning.  My first cycle after deliver was in December.  My wonderful OBGYN recommended we wait two cycles before trying to conceive so chance of miscarriage would not needlessly be higher.  So, here we are in the middle of the two week wait.  We are hoping and praying that this will be the only two week wait for baby #2.  If not, we'll be going down a road we know all too well.  It won't be any easier than the first time around but we know the reward is very sweet.