Pregnant again!

Yes, you read that right. 

I am finally pregnant again. 

It only took 10 months post miscarriage,

1 chemical pregnancy,

and 7 (!) fertility treatment cycles.

It was a struggle and an emotional rollercoaster to say the least. 

We had the successful fertility treatment performed on December 31st, 2011, which unbenounced to us, meant we were starting 2012 in the best way possible: pregnant!

On January 15th, I finally decided to test; scared of the umpteeth negative, but lo and behold:

That was a very exciting and happy night!

My bloodwork was drawn the following day.

Over 5 is considered pregnant; over 50 is considered "a healthy pregnancy"

I was 463!!

Needless to say, twins were certainly a potential.

48 hours later, another draw (hoping to have my original number double)

And....1227!

2 weeks later (at 6 weeks 4 days), we saw this:

And better yet, there was a heartbeat already. 

1 week later, we got a better view and confirmed just 1 baby (7 weeks 4 days):

(Upside down, doing a headstand!)

Again, one marvelous little heartbeat fluttering away!

That was all very reassuring, but I was still anxious and scared given that I had seen a heartbeat before, when I lost the last pregnancy.  Boo!

Luckily, I have now officially passed the gestational milestone of the miscarriage and have decided to embrace this pregnancy full hearted. 

Miscarriage has a way of ruining those special early moments, but I refuse to allow it to hold any more power of this little angel growing inside of me.

Will I still worry?  Of course.

Will I still take all my meds just as directed? Of course.

But I refuse to believe this might not happen anymore. 

This will happen. 

I will take this little one home in my arms.

I will.

I am so thrilled to share this news.

I am ~10 weeks pregnant right now.

I am due September 23rd.

I feel great (enough symptoms to reassure me, but not intolerable)

Leighton is super excited to be a big sister!

And yes, we will be finding out the gender and sharing with you all!

I am so grateful to be in this position again.

So very, very grateful.