4 weeks, 5 days
Numero Quatro,
We found out about you (or the potential you) on Thursday, October 8th at 3:15am. I woke up and was so excited to take a test that day, that I couldn't wait.
For the first time ever, I had a temperature spike on my chart, and it happened on my friend's birthday, the same friend who had a dream that I was pregnant. One great sign to start off the day!
Not even a squinter! I braced myself and told myself it would be negative but then I saw it and said, "Oh My!" out loud. I immediately called your dad and he was shocked.
A few hours later after dropping your sister off at school, I went to my midwife's office to get my first lab draw done. We reviewed my vitamins and progesterone usage, and set it up that I would get my labs drawn again on Saturday.
The difficult part is I already had a trip planned to Austin to meet Aunt Jess' baby Emilia and I was riding with a friend and her 1-year old, so I didn't want to throw them off schedule. There are only 3 labs open on Saturdays along our route, and the two closest to me were open at 8am. We planned to be on the road by 8:30 at the latest so that would have put us behind. The one in Austin was only open from 8-11am and I wasn't sure we would make it into town early enough to get that done before they closed.
I needed to finish up some work so I sat down to get started before figuring out the lab draw scheduling when Abby's school called. Someone had bumped her wrist, which she hurt on Tuesday by falling off a chair while trying to reach her Halloween costume in the entry closet. She was holding it close to her and wouldn't talk to anyone.
I dropped everything, picked her up, and went straight to Care Now. We were there a total of 3 hours with no food or naps for either of us. She did great, sat still for her x-rays and was patient. That's the next good sign about you: if I had taken her in on Tuesday, I would have been assisting with her x-rays and been exposed to radiation. The timing worked out perfectly and I was able to let the doctor know about my pregnancy, stand far away and have a nurse assisting Abby. They found a small wrist fracture and referred us to an orthopedist.
She loved her splint!
We spent the afternoon up in the game room with Whataburger and Frozen while on the phone making the orthopedist appointment.
My cousin called and we were chatting, and she brought up if we were going to have any more kids. I started rambling about adoption and she said, "I bet you are pregnant and not telling anyone," and then continued talking about how she really felt that something amazing was in store for us but we just didn't know what yet. That was another good sign.
That night, I had an intense dream about Bud. It was us hanging out, talking about our lives as stay at home moms. I haven't had a dream about her in a long time, as much as I want it to happen every night, and when I woke up and realized it, I cried. A wonderful sign that she knows about you.
Friday morning, we got up and I got an early call from my midwife, just reviewing my numbers and then she let me know that I could wait and come into the office on Monday for my lab draw instead since I was going out of town. I was so grateful to have that stressor removed!
We went to ballet class, had lunch, and then spent two hours at the Orthopedist, mainly waiting around, and got a cast on Abby.
She picked blue.
So finding out about you happened at the very beginning of a whirlwind weekend! It was easy to avoid being anxious because I was so busy. I've been keeping up with my vitamins, thyroid, and progesterone, and I have a good feeling. Last time I think I had some dread and uneasiness, but I've had so much time to prepare this time that I know I can handle whatever happens.
I'm looking forward to Thanksgiving because I will be 11 weeks then and we can tell our families on our favorite holiday! Then we will probably announce to everyone else through our holiday cards. We also get to avoid the first trimester yuckiness combined with family drama this time. I'm enjoying cruising along with an uneventful month in our lives to go along with this early pregnancy.
So far, I've shared the news with my girlfriends. I need their support. It was really hard just telling them I had been pregnant and was having a miscarriage last time. They are all excited for me, and I love knowing I'm not alone in this! We are waiting to tell our parents because we know it's so painful for them when we've lost the last two pregnancies, so we want to just be happy and wait to share our happiness when we feel like it's going where we want it to go.
The next step is I have a lab draw in 2 weeks to follow up on my thyroid, and then a week after that is our first 'official appointment' at 8 weeks where we will most likely set up an ultrasound. Looking forward to that!!
In the meantime, I'm staying busy with new shades and curtains for the living room, Halloween, getting Abby's cast off, and trying to score tickets to a Macklemore concert in Houston in January. Fingers crossed!
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