Waiting By the Phone

Since going into the doctor on Friday, I have been waiting by the phone for a call from the nurse.  Along with the qualitative test to tell whether I was pregnant, my doctor ordered a quantitative test to see what all of my levels were like.

I FINALLY heard back from the nurse and she told me that my progesteron levels were 28.9, which were good for 4 weeks (when I was tested)…and that my HcG levels were 54, which is also in the normal range. It made me feel sooo much better to know that, because last pregnancy, my HcG levels were 5 at 6 weeks!!

I go back to the doctor on Friday to have another quant. blood test done to check that all of my levels are continuing to increase. I’ll be happy to see that everything is doing well!

PS – I am 5 weeks tomorrow! :o)

Spreading the News!

I was so excited about finding out that I was pregnant, that it took less than 5 minutes before I was texting a picture of the pregnancy test to my mom!! Since the last pregnancy and miscarriage, I’ve kept my mom pretty up to date on my ‘status’….so I wanted to let her in on the good news. I also caught my dad on the phone before he went into a meeting. He’s now deciding on whether he wants to go by “Gramps”, or some other name…. (My mom has already chosen “Nana”… haha)

Since Travis was working all weekend, I decided to take the puppies and go to Rolesville to spend some time with my parents. I had a great time getting to relax and celebrate the news with them!!

Travis and I are planning on having dinner with his parents tomorrow and telling them the news. We are still in the process of a creative way to surprise them with it news! (*I will keep you updated on what we decide to do!)

I’m feeling great, except for being tired (and taking daily naps) and a little bit of nasuea.  I’m not quite 5 weeks, so I should be starting to feel more obvious symptoms in the next week or two. Here’s hoping they’re not too bad!

Doctor’s Visit

I called and scheduled a doctor’s visit as soon as I found out I was pregnant.  They did a blood test and confirmed that I wasn’t just seeing plus signs!!  I got a starter kit of prenatals (even though I’ve been taking them already) and they gave me the blood test box that said positive… “For your baby book” the nurse said.  That was the first time (besides Travis and my family) that someone had acknowledged that I REALLY AM pregnant!! Such a wonderful feeling!

I don’t think I’ll forget this day. I also have to mention that its our puppy, Chloe’s, 1 year birthday today.  I guess I can’t forget about her in all this excitement! 😉

Surprise Daddy!

Telling Travis that I was pregnant was a typical moment for us!  I took a pregnancy test the day before and I saw just the faintest of a + sign.  It was almost like I was convincing myself it was there. So, I dragged Travis of bed at 6am, and made him look too.  Since he could barely see the line, I knew I wasn’t crazy!

The next morning, I woke up to take my temperature and went to the bathroom to take another test. I was a little discouraged because when I took my temperature it had dropped 1/10 of a degree. Not much, but I was hoping it would go up or stay up (which is a sign of pregnancy).  So I peed on the stick, and walked away. I was not expecting to see anything because I thought it might be too soon or that my temperature went down for a reason.  I was so happy to see that + sign!! :o)

So, I crawled back into bed and woke Travis up. I told him that I wasn’t sure if I could see a line, so I asked if he would check it. Half asleep, he replied, “I’ll do it when I wake up!”  After some begging from me, he threw the covers off and stormed into the bathroom. When I peeked in the door, he was standing there staring at the test… He turned around and smiled and said “Looks like a plus to me!!”

I was just the greatest moment! 🙂

Whoa Mama!

It’s been a loooong 3 months to get to this day!  Travis and I decided long before we were married that we wanted kids as soon as we were hitched!  Apparently so did my mom, because at our wedding while dancing with Travis she whispered something about a ‘honeymoon baby’.  ;o)  Well unfortunately, that didn’t […]