Gracelyn,
We are two weeks out from our scheduled Cesarean date to have you, although I keep hoping you will come just a little sooner! 10/22/17 is the tentative date to meet you!
I am writing this blog to talk about the pregnancy and what it took to get you here on earth!
Valentine's Day, 2017 was very bittersweet (read previous blog). We would have met your brother/sister but God had other plans. Although He decided they were not for us here on Earth, He blessed us with some pretty amazing news. I was days away from starting Clomid to kick start my fertility again and BOOM! Two pink lines!
A couple hours later, more pink lines! We were stoked! As soon as I got my first appointment scheduled, it was still hard to believe and come to terms!
The doctor confirmed with urine test that I was pregnant and ordered an ultrasound to see how far along I was. When I had gone in for the ultrasound, I was very early! Still around 6 weeks or so and they gave me an October 27 due date! I thought for sure that couldn't be right as I was tracking my info on a fertility app and I swore we conceived prior to that but doctor knows best! They say sperm can live inside a woman for up to 5 days....maybe that was the case! ?
Anywho, it was still too early to see a heartbeat but my HCG levels were on track! That was the issue last time when my levels didn't double every couple days like they should have. Talk about scary!
So, now I am super anxious to find out WHAT you are! I found a test online through a pregnancy group on facebook that tells you the sex of the baby at 9 weeks! WHAT?!? Sneakpeektest.com was the website!
Apparently, they check mom's blood for any male DNA and if you have any, you're having a boy and if not, then it's a girl! I thought, 'what the heck' and decided to order it! I didn't tell your daddy at first, he probably would have tried to talk me out of doing it but I was still anxious to see the results.
The instructions said to not have any males present while drawing the blood (it was like a diabetes tester where you poke your finger and let the blood fill a vile). It could become inconclusive if they trace any other person's DNA. So I waited until Daddy and Gavin went to bed since I was still working 2nd shift at the school and sent the test out the next day, knowing results would be e-mailed within a few days!
On March 31st, we found out you were a baby girl! EEEK!
It was still hard to commit to buying pink until we confirmed later at your 12 week that the nub theory also revealed a girl and then 100% confirmed at the 20 week anatomy scan!
Those are the only ultrasounds I got with you! :( We did end up getting the 3D/4D scans at Baby&Co when we were 27 weeks like we did with your brother! That was when we decided your name!! :)
I passed my gestational diabetes test so I didn't have it with you like I did your brother. You kept me on my toes still though!
I was constantly tired, un-motivated, cranky! No cravings really....nothing ever sounded good or bad! I guess that was good as it meant I didn't lack anything nutrition wise! With your brother, I craved milk and reese cups! (I do still like Reese Cups with you in my belly too)!
You sat on my sciatica nerve for probably the whole 2nd trimester and into the 3rd! One point, made it hard for me to breath with my asthma and nothing was working!!! Inhaler, Nebulizer...none of it helped so I went into the ER to try to get some relief and come to find out, I had a kidney stone! It was a little one but I still could feel the pain from it!
Needless to say, this pregnancy hasn't all been cupcakes and rainbows but it has totally been worth it because I cannot wait to meet you and bring you into the world with the best big brother and amazing daddy that you will have! You are already so blessed beyond belief and will make a great little sister! (Mommy always wanted a little sister when she was little!)
Till I update again, please bare with me and daddy as we learn to adapt to two children instead of just ONE!
Love you to infinity and beyond,
Mommy
