It’s A _____!

Thank you so much for your great advice and warm thoughts about my last post. My husband is fully recovered and I’m glad to report that I did not catch the swine flu from him. I listened to most of you, followed my gut, and ended up not filling to prescription for Tamiflu. Luckily, I ended up not needing it!

My pregnancy is just flying by. I cannot believe that tomorrow I will be 20 weeks (5 months) pregnant! I’m halfway there! Since I really haven’t posted much about my pregnancy at all, I wanted to fill you in on what’s been going on with me for the past several months, pregnancy wise.

Many of my faithful readers will remember that my Uncle Mark passed away in April. Almost immediately after we returned home from the funeral, Jason (the husband) began to talk of wanting to have a baby. Several weeks later, I asked for advice on my blog about how to know when the right time was to have a baby. I got some excellent feedback, and with much discussion we decided to forge ahead with the baby making.

We started actively “trying” at the beginning of May. I expected it to take several months (or longer) because of my age, and because my doctor thought there was a possibility I could have PCOS. The husband and I thought that May would be an exploratory month, one where I’d get used to my body and my cycle. I was charting my temps, tracking my CM, and in general just trying to gather information to know when or if I ovulated.

Even though I expected my chances of getting pregnant were slim to none, I nonetheless ran out and brought several digital pregnancy tests and $10 worth of tests from the Dollar Tree. I was due to get my period on May 28th. On May 22nd, we went home to visit my parents. During the drive home, I was absolutely exhausted and fell asleep while Jason was driving – something I never do. Later that night we went to a movie, and I fell asleep during the movie. The next day I was ravenous and couldn’t stuff my face with enough food to fill me up. While driving home on Sunday, we decided to test on Monday.

I couldn’t wait, and as soon as we got home that night I tested. To my eyes, there was the faintest double line. Jason didn’t see it, and he strongly discouraged me, not wanting me to be disappointed. I got up at 6:00 a.m. the next morning and tested again, and again, it was a microscopic line. I went back to bed, convinced I was seeing things. The husband still did not see a second line.

Later that day, I decided to test using a digital test. And it was:

I was incredibly shocked, as was the husband. We were both very excited but decided to save the news until the following weekend, when my family was gathering at the beach for a mini-vacation.

I loaded a bunch of pictures, including the one above, on my camera. When we arrived, I gave my camera to my mom so she could “see the new stuff I’d done to my yard.” She stopped on the picture and squinted at it for awhile, but finally realized what she was seeing. My dad looked at the picture and handed it back to me without saying anything – he had no idea what it was! They didn’t have pregnancy tests back in the day. Both my parents were very excited, and I got to share the news with my family in person.

5 weeks pregnant 

12 weeks pregnant

  15 weeks pregnant

17 weeks pregnant

18 weeks pregnant

When I went in for my 17 week appointment, the doctor had trouble finding the baby’s heartbeat. We did an ultrasound and everything was fine, but needless to say the experience freaked me out. My anatomy ultrasound was scheduled for 22 weeks, so I decided to go ahead and schedule a 3D ultrasound to ease my mind and worries. I did the ultrasound when I was 18 weeks pregnant, and it included gender determination, 2D pictures, 3D images, and video. The session was 30 minutes long and was absolutely incredible. I am so thankful that I had it done, and I highly recommend it to any other mommies.

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Baby’s arms are raised above the head. That’s a leg/foot you see up around the eyes.

AND WITHOUT FURTHER ADIEU….

It’s a boy! Cooper Brayden  House is due February 4th, 2009.