Sorry, it's been a while!

It's been a little over 2 months since I've posted anything on here. In late March, things just weren't really looking great on the fertility front but my husband and I decided to just put all our energy on getting pregnant. Because I knew if we conceived this cycle for me, we would conceive on or around our 3rd wedding anniversary. And if you know us, 13 is our lucky number! We met on a Friday the 13th and then got married on the 13th exactly 2 years after we started dating. We both have 13 tattooed on us, his on his ring finger and mine is on my foot. So it's super special to us. So I thought, how cool would it be for us to conceive around our anniversary and be due at the beginning of 2013!?

Around the first of May, I kept telling Justin that I knew, I just KNEW, that we were pregnant. He had heard that many cycles before this so he really didn't know how serious I was. I could feel something was different this time and was so excited but knew I needed to hold off to take a pregnancy test a little later since sometimes I don't always ovulate at a normal time. So I waited and waited and waited. Felt like I was going to go insane waiting!

I decided I would test the Saturday before Mother's Day, May 12th. I told Justin it was going to be either a really bad Mother's Day or a really good Mother's Day. And before I decided to test, I told him I was going to go hardcore at the gym and drop some weight if the test came back negative. So, I woke up at the crack of dawn that Saturday morning to test. I took the test, walked into our bedroom where my husband was still pretty much comatose and looked very sadly at him. "Honey, I guess I'll be hitting the gym pretty hardcore like I said...in 9 months!!!!" And then I threw the test at him...it might have hit him in the face but I was beyond excited!!!

I called my doctor that Monday morning and got in on Tuesday morning to get some blood work. My hcg levels were pretty high already and then I went back in on Thursday to have them checked again and they went up like they should. Last time, when I miscarried, my hormone level never went up like it should so I was ecstatic! They told me to come back on the 24th for my first ultrasound. My husband and I were so nervous and excited but we just had the whole ultrasound experience from the previous pregnancy on our minds so there was no way we could just enjoy being pregnant.

Wednesday, the 24th, rolled around and we had our first ultrasound that afternoon at 1. I almost threw up in the waiting room because my nerves were completely shot. We got in there and as soon as everything came up on the screen, I saw the little grain of rice! And then we saw the amazing heartbeat!  We were about 6 weeks, 3 days pregnant. I wanted to cry but I knew if I cried I would miss time starting at our miracle. They printed out several photos and we have cherished those. They asked me to come back in two weeks to have a second ultrasound and if everything was okay, they would release me back to my regular OB. Wow!

So fast forward with a bit of morning sickness and awful heartburn to yesterday, June 6th. We had our second ultrasound and even though I was 95% sure everything was going to be okay, I had those doubts in the back of my head thinking maybe baby didn't grow like it should. As soon as the screen came up, there was the sweet baby, it had tripled in size from 2 weeks ago and was measuring exactly right! We saw it squiggling around and saw the heartbeat again. The little nubs were forming for its arms and legs. It was the most amazing thing ever!

So I guess this post is to announce that Lexie and Ethan will have a baby brother or baby sister on or around January 14, 2013! We could not be more thrilled! I go to my regular OB on June 26th to get checked out by her and then here we go! After 3 years of trying!

These guys...are EXCITED!!!!