What We've All Been Waiting For

Hello my friends,

As many of you know, Micah and I have wanted to start a family for a very long time (especially me, lol). We have had our fair share of struggles and heartbreak, but we are finally proud to announce WE ARE PREGNANT! As of today I am now 12 weeks into the pregnancy, and everything looks promising and is going very smoothly! My due date is November 29, and we are soooo excited! We wanted to make sure we waited until we were out of the red zone before we did the official announcement, but now that we are past that, I can fill you guys in on everything you've been left out on.

On Wed, March 21 we found out we were pregnant. I had been feeling nauseous on and off for about a week, but I didn't want to get my hopes up only to have them shot down again. So I waited until the 21st to take any test because that would be the day of my expected period. I didn't even warn Micah that I was planning this, so what a shock when I got a positive result! I remember walking downstairs with my test and Micah was on the couch relaxing. I asked him, "hey, you wanna see something cool?", he in turn responded, "sure", so I handed the test over, and after the initial shock he said, "wow, I was not expecting that!" HAHA! What a good sport! :)

On Mon, April 2 I was at 5 1/2 weeks, I was still nauseous, but everything seemed to be going well. Until I noticed that I had started to bleed. Because of our past history in this department, I of course freaked out. I immediately called the doctor and told her what was going on. She scheduled an ultrasound for the next morning to see what was going on. I called Micah and all the strength I had held on to in order to talk to the doctor completely left. I started to let my insecurities and worries pour out to him, and just like the amazing man he is he quickly returned home to take care of me. There is something about having him next to me that always makes my fears and troubles melt away. He stayed positive and helped remind me about the beautiful blessing our Branch President had just given me that everything would be fine. The next morning he went with me to the doctor for my first ultrasound. And sure enough, everything was fine! The bleeding was not fresh, it was left over blood from when the baby implanted into the wall and burrowed in deep. I cannot explain the relief we felt.

The ultrasound tech got looking at the little blob of a baby and asked me to hold my breath. After a few small tests she pointed out a flickering on the screen. She saw a heartbeat! At 5.5 weeks! When a heartbeat is seen, the percentage of chances for a miscarriage drops dramatically. She said it was so small she couldn't say for a 100% so we scheduled another ultrasound for the following week.

That next week we went in and sure enough, there was a huge heartbeat! And the baby had doubled in size already! And on top of that we got to hear the heartbeat. That freakishly strong baby is determined to survive, which explains my massive amounts of nausea. I became so sick I couldn't even sit up straight in bed without losing all food in my stomach. Thankfully my doctor gave me some medication to help out, and after doing my blood tests and finding out that I'm low in the hormone Progesterone, they gave me a prescription for that as well.The anti-nausea meds helps me stop throwing up, but I still feel the need to do it all the time.

On Easter Sunday we announced to our families. I had already told my mom, so she helped me tell my brother in a clever way of showing him the ultrasound picture while I talked to him on the phone. For Micah's family we went up for lunch and took a present to give his parents. We waited until everyone was done eating and then brought it over. It consisted of  baby clothes and they all got the message immediately. After a lot of crying we were surrounded with so much love from everyone.

I have not been able to stay very quiet about this pregnancy, I've just been so excited! And today we got to have our 12 week ultrasound. The baby was so big! Just over 2 inches long! And sooo cute! We were given pictures of the foot prints and profile. Its so amazing seeing that, I couldn't help but get emotional, and so did Micah. We are two very lucky and blessed people. We don't know the gender yet, but we have another ultrasound in July to find out the gender! So I will make sure to keep everyone updated. Sorry, I know this has been super long, but I have been counting down the days until I could finally tell everyone everything! Love you all!

Have a great day! ~Meghan