November 14th-positive test
I took a few tests the week prior and they of course all showed negative. I have no idea why I kept them but I did. I was cleaning out that cupboard in the bathroom and grabbed the box with the tests in and quickly looked at them again before throwing them in the trash. For some reason they showed a faint positive. I was sort of freaked out so I called Tyler right a way and he said to not get excited..they were probably bad and I should have threw them away from the beginning. I decided to go ahead and call the Dr and just ask them about it. The nurse told me she has never heard of that and I should throw them away because the tests were probably bad tests. I was already headed down to the dr that day for Kooper's one year checkup so she said they would just run a test while I was down there. But the only problem was my mom was going with me and I didn't want her knowing about any of it. I went ahead and decided to run to Dollar General and grab a test and take one at my moms before heading to the Dr. What took 20 minutes going to my parents seemed to take an hr! I was so nervous and trying to tell myself it was just going to show negative. As soon I got down there I took the test and a few minutes later it showed a very strong positive! I was so excited but still in shock. I had wondered about being pregnant for about a week but with all of the negative tests I just couldn't believe I actually was.
Deciding on having a third baby was a hard decision for us to make. We already have 2 healthy kids...one boy, one girl. Tyler was good with that. But I have always wanted a big family and if it was up to me I would have a house full of kids. But Tyler is the main provider and I didn't want to financially burden him with another baby...as much as I love my kids...they are so stinking expensive!!:) So after a lot of prayer and talking together we decided to go ahead and start trying. If God wanted to bless us with another baby then we would trust him. Because of a few things going on with my body we knew it would probably take a while to get pregnant and our Dr agreed. We kind of set a time frame in our minds and decided if it didn't happen in that time frame then we would be content with our two perfect kiddos. Well obviously God had other plans because it happened really quick.
November 20th first ultrasound
They ordered this because I had no way of knowing how far along I was....I assumed 4 weeks but knew I could be farther along
(This took place while Tyler was out of town and because we wanted to keep the baby a secret I went alone) The tech saw no baby the first try but said I was probably too early so they tried it again. Still no baby. I left feeling pretty discouraged but also was trying to have hope and maybe I was just too early. I went home and pretty much cried the morning. I had an early miscarriage before Tenlee so seeing the empty screen was something I had already seen once and was hoping to never see again. I talked to Tyler several times and he tried calming me down but he was in another state and really didn't know what to say. I got a call from the Dr. office that afternoon confirming what I had feared all morning. The radiologist confirmed it was an early miscarriage after detecting nothing on the test. They still wanted to check my levels...my dr said that even though it is showing a miscarriage they were also concerned it could possible be a tubal pregnancy. I was just devastated that night, but at the same time I was trusting in God's plan. Tyler kept reminding me that we had already been blessed beyond anything with Tenlee and Kooper and God had a plan with this baby. Even if the plan meant our baby meeting Jesus before meeting me. That night I just sat and held my kids and thanked God for giving them to me.
November 21st-First set of blood work- My Dr. personally called me that night at 7 and told me the levels were elevated enough and it put me at 3 weeks. She said that didn't mean the baby was still alive, but it did show a pregnancy.
(2 days later) November 23rd-Second set of blood work-My levels had doubled witch was good news, but they were still concerned about it being a tubal pregnancy since there was no sign of a baby or even a sac on the screen. Scheduled another ultrasound
December 1st-2nd Ultrasound- Praise God for a healthy little growing baby!!! Got to see and hear the heartbeat...6 weeks along (farther along then they had initially thought) and due date is officially July 27, 2015
101# Start out weight
6 Weeks
Starting to slightly show at night
Very painful cramping
Lower back pains
Very nauseous as night
Not feeling the greatest during the day
Very tired in the evening
7 Weeks
Mild cramping
Nauseous in the morning and still not feeling well at night
Craving a chimichanga and a strawberry daiquiri
8 Weeks
Told our parents and siblings
Really bad cramping...went to the dr several times that week
Stomach issues have come back-Was put on a new medication for my stomach (which has helped quite a bit)
Really nauseous pretty much throughout the whole day
9-12 Weeks
Still very nauseous and just not feeling well
Just mild cramping...mostly in the evening
Very tired in the morning and then around supper time
Eating a lot of pepperoni's, rice crispy cereal (every night before bed) and drinking TONS of milk throughout the day
