On March 8th, Eric and I actually got in a pretty nasty argument. He had left and taken Jackson out to do something while I tried to cool off. It was the middle of the afternoon and I decided I wanted a small glass of wine to relax myself a little. I took a couple sips and suddenly felt this INTENSE feeling that I needed to make sure I wasn't pregnant. It's really funny when I look back on it now, because we were NOT trying to get pregnant, so I don't know why I had that feeling.... instinct, I guess! I had some leftover pregnancy tests under the bathroom sink, so I grabbed one and was BLOWN away to see the faintest of faint lines. I truly was in shock. COMPLETE shock. I called Eric immediately and asked him to come right home. At that moment, my mom called (she was on vacation on the east coast).... I swear, it was the connection we have that told her to call at that second! I told her that I was pretty sure I just got a positive result on a test. She was thrilled! It was a very special moment. :)
Eric got home and I just looked at him and told him, "I think I'm pregnant!" He stood there in shock for a couple seconds and then came to sit on the bed with me. He really didn't know what to say! He put his arms around me and told me that he just knew this time was going to be different. This is a moment I will always cherish with him.
So here's a couple pictures of my pregnancy tests! One picture of a beautiful, solid positive line and another picture with a progression (these were my internet cheapie tests!):
The first few weeks absolutely DRAGGED by. I took each week as a milestone, and thankfully I feel like time is starting to move at a more normal pace. We had an ultrasound at 5w6d where we saw the heartbeat for the first time! That was such a wonderful moment! We also discovered that I had a subchorionic hematoma in my uterus, which is basically a blood clot from where the placenta was attaching. Needless to say, it concerned me, but I tried not to let it consume me. I read that most of these bleeds either bled out or reabsorbed into the body, so I tried to look at the positives.
A few weeks went by and I was getting more and more nervous. We lost our first angel at 9 weeks, so I was VERY nervous about approaching that point. When I was 8w3d, I had some spotting and completely freaked out. We ended up going to the ER to make sure our little baby was okay. Long story short, everything was FINE.... I saw our little one and I couldn't believe how much it had grown! I could see its head, body, arm and leg buds.... it was awesome! The heart was beating at 178bpm, which was perfect. We're pretty sure the spotting was from the subchorionic bleed, because that was NO WHERE to be found on the ultrasound! Awesome! Here's a couple pictures of our little Turkey at 8w4d:
We've had one more ultrasound since then at 9w3d and everything looked perfect! I also purchased a fetal doppler of eBay and listen to the baby's heartbeat every night. It's a HUGE relief being able to know that everything is going okay in there. We have another appointment tomorrow where we'll get another ultrasound.... we'll be videotaping it, so I'll be sure to post it!
