It's been a rough week! I was sure that I was not pregnant as of Tuesday morning but Tuesday evening came home to the best surprise! I've also been told by the nurse to stay off of my feet to keep the bleeding I've experienced to a minimum. I've been coming home from practice and heading straight to bed!
On Thursday I decided to take a digital pregnancy test to be certain that they faint pink lines weren't playing any tricks. When "pregnant" popped up on the screen I stared at it for 5 minutes. My eyes filled with tears. While I am very cautious about this pregnancy, I also want to enjoy every minute of it. IVF has sort of robbed us of the excitement most couples receive when finding out they are pregnant and instead replaced it with skepticism. Of course we are VERY excited, we just want to guard ourselves. I keep reminding myself to be happy and excited. At the same time, I cannot believe a living thing is inside of me right now! I keep pinching myself to make sure its true. I take a pregnancy test every few hours just to make sure it is still there. It still amazes me how I went from dark and depressed, worrying about donor sperm and adoption on Tuesday morning to finding out I was pregnant Tuesday evening. Crazy.
On Thursday I decided to take a digital pregnancy test to be certain that they faint pink lines weren't playing any tricks. When "pregnant" popped up on the screen I stared at it for 5 minutes. My eyes filled with tears. While I am very cautious about this pregnancy, I also want to enjoy every minute of it. IVF has sort of robbed us of the excitement most couples receive when finding out they are pregnant and instead replaced it with skepticism. Of course we are VERY excited, we just want to guard ourselves. I keep reminding myself to be happy and excited. At the same time, I cannot believe a living thing is inside of me right now! I keep pinching myself to make sure its true. I take a pregnancy test every few hours just to make sure it is still there. It still amazes me how I went from dark and depressed, worrying about donor sperm and adoption on Tuesday morning to finding out I was pregnant Tuesday evening. Crazy.
Pregnancy Highlights:
Today's Date: Friday, November 11th (11/11/11!)
How Far Along: 4 Weeks
Size of baby: Baby is the size of a poppy seed
Total Weight Gain/Loss: Haven't gained
Maternity Clothes: No but I can't wait!
Gender: No Clue!
Movement: None yet!
Sleep: Lots! I've been going to be around 8:30. Put I've been waking up early to test.
What I miss: Still wine and my family has decided to cancel our camping trip this weekend because of my doctor's "stay off your feet" instructions.
Cravings: none so far
Symptoms: A few cramps here and there. Really sore and swollen breasts. Started to get a little nauseous on Thursday. Some heartburn.
Best Moment this week: At first I was going to say, "seeing those two pink lines show up over and over again and reading "pregnant" pop up on the digital test", but after today's call from the nurse that moved me to tears I would have to say finding out we are "officially" pregnant was definitely the BEST! I would also like to add that learning our high BETA number of 433 was pretty awesome too!
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