Getting the news

Well, as of tomorrow, Halloween, I will be 12 weeks along. I'm getting real excited about actually seeing my belly grow! I'm also excited about the prospect of not feeling like I'm going to throw up all of the time. But, this post is about the beginning.
As I wrote before, I had trouble becoming pregnant. We started trying in April/May of 2006. We figured something was up in November when we'd had quite a few negative pregnancy tests and nothing else to show for it. I went to visit a doctor here in Jerome and left the appointment frustrated. I switched doctors and come January of 2007, I was on a regimen of pills to try to get certain systems working how they were suppose to. Josh liked to call it 'jump starting my ovaries'. I was also losing weight for my own reasons when the Physician's Assistant I was seeing, Mindy, encouraged me to continue. I had no idea that being overweight caused problems when trying to conceive.
As I'm sure many people know, when you are on medicine for fertility, it's ten days of this, followed by some of this, and take this other thing twice a day. It can get frustrating for someone who usually resists taking medicine of any sort! And those Basal Body Temperature charts are something else! There were tests upon tests that continued to show no results. The only great thing was that I did drop fifty pounds (Josh lost a lot too) and besides not getting pregnant, I felt fantastic.
Well, back on September 11, (wow, what a date) I went to a doctors appt. It was time to do an ultrasound to check for cysts in my ovaries and begin a new round of a different medication. I did the ultrasound first and the technician noted that I had a sac of fluid, most likely from a ruptured cyst, and it was still draining. A doctor came in to discuss the results and said that it was nothing to worry about, it happens all the time without woman knowing, and that I would come back in 6 weeks to have another ultrasound to be sure that everything was still okay. On top of that there was no sign of PCOS, which they were concerned about.
I went over to meet with Mindy for my actual appointment. I told her everything okay. One of the medicines made me tired but I could deal with it. We discussed the fact that the next round of treatment increased your chances of multiples, but Josh and I really didn't mind...at least I didn't. ;) As I was getting ready to leave, I had to do a standard pregnancy test before I could start one of the medications. I waited for another girl to finish using the restroom and then went in to take care of business.
Mindy's nurse went in and I stood in the hallway while we made sure we weren't forgetting anything. The nurse called from the bathroom for Mindy to join her in the bathroom. Then I heard them both laughing! My first thought was I must have peed on something! She came out, pointed at me and said get back in that room. We walked back in and I asked was wrong and she told me there was a complete change of plans...I was pregnant! I teared up, as did she, and bent over and said something like I'm going to be sick. She said that she had goosebumps.
There had been signs but nothing I though of as significant. I had mentioned to Josh that I needed a new bra throughout the week because it hurt to walk down the stairs and to work out. LOL, I guess I know better now!
Well, everything is on track now. I have been on Progesterone to help raise my levels in order to maintain the pregnancy, but that is done with next Monday. I'm so excited and keep getting more so everyday! I'm forever thankful to my Doc, Mindy Nelsen and Linda and Holly Giltner and Sandy and Tanni. They were huge supporters. Linda even called it that day before my appointment, saying that I would be pregnant! I was such a doubter!
Hopefully Josh will get on here and tell you how I let him know!