Nick and I are overwhelmed with happiness as we received the surprise of a lifetime.
I’ve been very open about my fertility struggles. Tristan was conceived after fertility treatments in my early twenties. I underwent four rounds of IVF to get Matheson in my thirties. We tried a final transfer that failed when he was 8 months old. At that point, I was done. I could no longer endure the physical and emotional stress of treatments. While my family did not feel complete, it was time to move on.
Two days before NYE, my period was very late, not uncommon for me; however, I was feeling waves of nausea and crippling exhaustion... which I’ve only ever experienced during pregnancy. I took a home pregnancy test just to be sure before overindulging at a party we were planning on attending.
In a shocking twist of fate, a positive “pregnant” immediately popped up. My hands started shaking so badly that I instantly dropped the test after viewing the result. This wasn’t supposed to happen without medical intervention. It still doesn’t feel real to conceive the natural way. I float between optimism and realism, this baby was meant to be and that I could start bleeding any minute and it could all be over.
I have always experienced low progesterone in my pregnancies, so I quickly called and got in to my OB's office for an ultrasound and blood work. At 5 weeks, we were able to see the sac on the ultrasound. My progesterone levels were very low at 7.5. For reference, doctors want to see a number of at least 20 at this point in pregnancy. I was put on oral progesterone, but it didn't feel like enough. I contacted Dr Yeh and he agreed to monitor me weekly during my first trimester. It was nice to know everything was ok with weekly ultrasounds. He switched me to vaginal suppositories 3x per day. These weren't covered by insurance and set me back $600 for a one month supply. That didn't matter, Nick was like this is a FREE baby! haha
In a shocking twist of fate, a positive “pregnant” immediately popped up. My hands started shaking so badly that I instantly dropped the test after viewing the result. This wasn’t supposed to happen without medical intervention. It still doesn’t feel real to conceive the natural way. I float between optimism and realism, this baby was meant to be and that I could start bleeding any minute and it could all be over.
I have always experienced low progesterone in my pregnancies, so I quickly called and got in to my OB's office for an ultrasound and blood work. At 5 weeks, we were able to see the sac on the ultrasound. My progesterone levels were very low at 7.5. For reference, doctors want to see a number of at least 20 at this point in pregnancy. I was put on oral progesterone, but it didn't feel like enough. I contacted Dr Yeh and he agreed to monitor me weekly during my first trimester. It was nice to know everything was ok with weekly ultrasounds. He switched me to vaginal suppositories 3x per day. These weren't covered by insurance and set me back $600 for a one month supply. That didn't matter, Nick was like this is a FREE baby! haha
For right now, we are excited to share our secret surprise and look forward to being outnumbered in August 2020
#partyoffive #surprise #naturalpregnancyafterinfertility
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