I am so excited to announce that after two years of trying, four failed IUI's, and one failed FET...we are finally pregnant!! I can't explain how happy we are for this blessing. Seven days after transfer I got the urge to test, so bought a couple different kinds of pregnancy tests after work and rushed home! I made my husband hold the test afterwards because I was too nervous to look at it. Then after a couple minutes we looked and there was the faint blue cross... something I had never seen in real life!! I dreamt of this moment forever and thought I would cry and then be so happy. But in reality I was freaked out and nervous and sweaty!!
I ended up taking a pregnancy test each morning until my beta. First time going in for a beta test and feeling confident! Nurse called me a little after 2:30pm. I have to say that after receiving so many calls from the fertility clinic telling me I'm not pregnant and looking at negative pregnancy test after negative pregnancy test, I wondered if I would ever hear the words "Congratulations, you are pregnant!" To finally hear those beautiful words, was heavenly!! First beta at 9dpt was 316! She said that was a really good number and that it should increase 60% every 48 hours. So at 13dpt I got my second beta and it was 1554!!
Everyone says pregnancy after infertility does not seem real until the baby actually pops out, which I thought was ridiculous... but I am having a hard time grasping that this is real. I have another beta on December 30 & then my first ultrasound on January 8. I'm hoping that when we see the heartbeat, it will hit us that it's real!
For now, I go to acupuncture, still take all the same meds I did during the TWW,
switched to all natural beauty products ( no more glycolic acids for me!), watch what I eat and pray and meditate daily! Plus I bought a pregnancy journal and downloaded a pregnancy app too see how the baby develops week to week.
Honestly, as I write this I feel like someone else is writing it. Thinking back to how many other peoples IVF blogs I've read where they get pregnant and I cry and now I'm writing mine!! Please don't pinch me if I'm dreaming, I want to live in this dream forever.
I am so grateful for the love, positive thoughts and prayers from our friends and family. We could not have gotten through it without them, for this we are so blessed.
I can't wait to watch our babies grow!
We are overwhelmed with joy!
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