Last week was Thanksgiving. It's tradition with Shelly's family, who we spend Thanksgiving with, to get together the day after Thanksgiving for left overs. Shelly's sister and niece had been shopping that day and picked up a little surprise for the Little One. They gave us two adorable onesies. Our very first baby gift! I was so excited and touched that I cried! I hope I don't cry every time we get a baby gift. We were holding those tiny newborn onesies and couldn't hardly believe that in six months a tiny little baby will be wearing them. Did I mention that they were so tiny!!
We're officially in our SECOND TRIMESTER! Yeah!!! Shelly's feeling much better. She still has her moments but the constant nausea is gone. She's gone from not being able to eat to feeling hungry every 30 minutes. It's no wonder as much as the baby is growing right now. In the books I'm reading it says that Little One will go through it's biggest growth spurt during the next four weeks, and will actually double in size. No wonder Shelly's belly is starting to show signs of a bulge.
Good news! I have officially overcome my "Shoppers Block"! I spent 8 hours shopping with friends on Black Friday. I was able to almost finish our Christmas Shopping and even picked up a couple of presents for Shelly and the Little One. I love shopping the day after Thanksgiving! There's nothing like watching crazy people push each other around at 5:00 am in the morning!
I'm off to St. Louis tomorrow on business. This is the first time I've left Shelly since we became pregnant. I don't like that I'll be away from her and not here to help take care of her. At least it's just a few days and Steve is here to watch over her.
Little One's Gender ID test is just 19 days away!
Monday, November 27, 2006
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Our Conception Story
After eight years together we were pretty sure we'd spend our life with our four legged kids, doing lots of camping, and traveling the world. On August 12, 2004 that all changed with the birth of our God Daughter Tate. We immediately fell completely in love with her and soon began to re-think our decision of not having kids.
In October 2005 we began the process of trying to conceive. As soon as we started trying Shelly began having very erratic cycles which made the process that more complicated. After four tries over six months we decided to schedule a consultation with the a Reproductive Specialist. We were desperate to conceive and on a limited time frame since Shelly had just turned 41. Dee was 35 at the time but not able to conceive due to a medical procedure.
Our first appointment with the Repro Man was May 2006. He suggested we try IVF using Dee's eggs and Shelly as the gestational mother. He felt this scenario would give us the highest chance for success of a healthy pregnancy. We spent a short amount of time weighing our options and decided this was the best choice. We began our first IVF cycle in August. They did the Egg Retrieval and Fertilization on 8/31. Three days later, 9/3, they transferred three embryos into Shelly. Then the wait began.
Shelly promised not to begin the home pregnancy test too soon. Dee had to travel out of state for business a week after the transfer and asked Shelly to please wait to test. BUT, the wait was too much for her and she started testing after a week. At first there was no line. But after a couple of days testing a faint line started to appear. When Dee came home from her trip Shelly told her, "I know I'm pregnant." Dee didn't believe her and insisted the line wasn't dark enough so she tested herself to compare. There was absolutely no line. She began to believe Shelly was pregnant but still had doubt. Dee went to the store and bought another brand of testing strips. After five home tests, we were convinced we we're pregnant due to all positive results. A blood test at two weeks confirmed it; we were going to have a baby!
In October 2005 we began the process of trying to conceive. As soon as we started trying Shelly began having very erratic cycles which made the process that more complicated. After four tries over six months we decided to schedule a consultation with the a Reproductive Specialist. We were desperate to conceive and on a limited time frame since Shelly had just turned 41. Dee was 35 at the time but not able to conceive due to a medical procedure.
Our first appointment with the Repro Man was May 2006. He suggested we try IVF using Dee's eggs and Shelly as the gestational mother. He felt this scenario would give us the highest chance for success of a healthy pregnancy. We spent a short amount of time weighing our options and decided this was the best choice. We began our first IVF cycle in August. They did the Egg Retrieval and Fertilization on 8/31. Three days later, 9/3, they transferred three embryos into Shelly. Then the wait began.
Shelly promised not to begin the home pregnancy test too soon. Dee had to travel out of state for business a week after the transfer and asked Shelly to please wait to test. BUT, the wait was too much for her and she started testing after a week. At first there was no line. But after a couple of days testing a faint line started to appear. When Dee came home from her trip Shelly told her, "I know I'm pregnant." Dee didn't believe her and insisted the line wasn't dark enough so she tested herself to compare. There was absolutely no line. She began to believe Shelly was pregnant but still had doubt. Dee went to the store and bought another brand of testing strips. After five home tests, we were convinced we we're pregnant due to all positive results. A blood test at two weeks confirmed it; we were going to have a baby!
3 comments:
Congratulations on entering the 2nd trimester! It really is a nice trimester so enjoy it because the hormones and fatigue start to kick back in when you reach the 3rd. :-P
So nice to get baby gifts and shop for baby things. Hurray! :)
Congrats on the 2nd trimester. Hopefully the nausea is gone for good.
Yes, you will probably get teary-eyed every time you get a baby gift. I usually do, Lois thinks I'm nuts.
As for Lois, I think the shirt said South Lake. She've never lived more than 2 miles away from the same spot out here, but everyone thinks she looks familiar.
I, however, love Utah and will be missing the annual trip to the Canyons/Snowbird this year due to the expected arrival of the baby. I guess I'll get over it ;-)
CONGRATS!!!! The honeymoon phase is a great especially for the Other Mom... things get a little bit back to normal. Well until the 3rd trimester but I'll let you enjoy the 2nd trimester ride.
HUGS
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