Jason and I decided to try to start a family a long time ago. We ran into one big hurdle (with me of course). With much help from doctors and medicine we have gotten over that hurdle and are pleased to announce we are finally pregnant! Estimated arrival time: early December.
The news came as quite a surprise to us. We didn't want to believe the urine tests because all we had been hearing lately was bad news. I thought that maybe the blood test would help us believe the results. Once the blood test came back, the doctor wanted to do another blood test to check that the levels were increasing. Luckily they did. Jason and I were excited, but we kept our guard up. We had an ultrasound scheduled with the fertility specialist and it was exactly what we needed to believe all the test results.
The ultrasound showed two babies! The one had a heartbeat that was visible to the doctor and the student observing him. The second one had a heartbeat, but the doctor didn't see it at first. The student did. When the machine was switched to detect sound, both heartbeats showed up and they were strong. Such a relief. Once you see a heartbeat the chance of miscarriage goes down to 5%. We were beyond happy. Our fertility specialist recommended going to the regular doc in a week or two and having another ultrasound. He said there is a 10-15% chance that only one baby will be there in the second ultrasound. We are staying positive, but have accepted that this might be a possiblity. Some people would have kept this to themselves until they are in the "safe zone" of the second trimester. Jason and I have learned that we really need the support of our friends and family. During our struggle to get here, the support that we have had was incredible. We are sharing our news with all of you, because we know that through thick and thin you will be there for us and we need all the support we can get.
We did it!
