What could it be???

Mike had decided for the both of us that we were not going to find out the gender of the baby. He wanted to delivery to be even more emotional not just having a baby born, but knowing we have brought into this world a little girl or boy. I get that and all......but I need to plan!!

It is very difficult finding gender neutral anything these days because everyone finds out the gender of the baby prior to it being born. So everything is pink and blue. And if it is green or yellow it has animals and looks like a little boy's outfit. It is so different from when Mike and I were born. You never could find out what you were having so everything was gender neutral up to a certain age.

It is really going to be a tough tough 8 months not knowing. While we are waiting for the arrival of our little one.

So at work yesterday they girls (Jeana & Courtney) the "needle and thread" gender test. What you do it you hold out your palm of your hand. Someone with a steady hand hold a string with needle tied to the end of it. Once it is still it will begin moving again over your palm. If it moves in a pendulm motion it is a boy. If it is moves in a circular motion then it is a girl. For me it was first boy, but continue straight into a girl. Typically the needle stops before it goes to the next gender. So the girls suspect that we are having twins! One of each!

Our chances did increase of having multiples because taking the Clomid. I don't think I am based on my HCG levels from last week.

I started to think of the possibility of twins and that would be NUTS!! But at the same time soo much fun. Well I guess we will see next week at our ultrasound! I just pray for a healthy baby or babies!

Annoucement plans begin...

I had emailed Mike's family the week we found out we were preggo that I wanted to have a dinner with them and my parents on Saturday at Pappasitos. I had told them since at the wedding we didn't have time to chat because sooo much was going on this would be the perfect time to get to know each other again. Well since then we told Mike's family the great news because we wanted them to see my Mom's reaction when we tell her.

So I plan on giving both set of parents a gift bag. I will have a mini scrap book of the pregnancy so far. I also made onesies that say I love....

I am saying I am giving them a belated parent's gift and will hand them the bags. I can't wait to see my mom's reaction she is going to be ecstatic!

Here are the onesies!

The Furbabies also wanted to be part of the action. So I made them so bandanas!!

For the 2 handsome boys

For my precious Lucy!

Aren't they just adorable in them!!

Week 6: How I feel

Multi-personalities now???
Week 6 and Week 5 feel no different to me. Except my mood swings have been really bad. Poor Mike is such a trooper for dealing with my Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde personalities with this pregnancy. Also, my chest is getting a little bigger. Mainly my left boob, which is bigger than my right already! I hope those things balance out. I don't want them all lobsided. Not very pretty to look at when trying on a pretty bra.

I have noticed that I get HUGE headaches when I am around people who are smoking. It is just nauseating. BLAH! People don't you know that stuff kills you!!??!!

No to stretchmarks!! They are EVIL!
Now every morning and evening I am slathering my belly, chest and butt with Palmer's Cocoa Butter (Preggo version) and some cocoa butter from Bath and Body Works. I REFUSE to get stretch marks! I don't mind the butt and chest, but the belly NO WAY!! My mom has them really bad and I know how much she hated them. So I am working very hard to prevent them from happening.

Starting this week I will be taking a week by week of my belly.

Here is WEEK 6

(taken exactly on 6 weeks)!!

 

Nothing just yet, but Mike thinks there is. 

Hope next week I will see a definite bump!

Woo Hoo for awesome lab results!!!

So excited I called the doctor's office today after my bloodwork on Wednesday to see what my results are and to schedule my first appointment!

They said everything looked great! My HCG levels were 4870 and my progesterone levels went from 17 to 31.5 since taking the supplements!!! I am sooooo thrilled with these results!!!

Our first ultrasound is scheduled for July 15th at 8 am. We will finally get to see our little bean!!

Week 5: How I feel....

I am about a little bit over 5 weeks right now. The symptoms of this little baby Martin has kicked in to full gear. My chest feels like it is being pushed to the ground. Not alot of fun. I feel like my chest weighs about a 100 lbs! I have constant mild cramping. I can deal with that because it isn't so bad.

Some of the worst things is the fatigue. Around 1 or 2 in the afternoon I am so tired I need to take a nap. This is the hardest during the week at work because I can not concentrate because I am so tired. I want to wrap myself in a blankie and curl up into a little ball underneath my desk, but unfortunately it would be frowned upon by management. ha!

Another symptom that kicked into gear this week is my heightened senses. Not my hearing (I wish), but my taste and smells. The smell of smoke, beer, spices, and perfume drive me crazy. Mike and I went to Smashburger ordered some of their fries. I had to push the fries over to Mike because the smell was making me sick. BLAH!!! They were good it was just the smell. Then the taste of bacon is not the same. I love bacon! I had it added to my burger and I had to stop eating my burger  because it was too salty. Ugh!!! Not fun!!!

I  started to take the progesterone a couple night ago. I think so far so good. Hopefully my levels are going up and everything is well with the baby. I am praying everyday and going to church every Sunday. This bean will turn into a beautiful human being that will do great things in our world! Thinking about that makes these symptoms very manageable.

Martin Baby Annoucement to the Martin's

June 24th we were on our way to Becca  & Rick's house to celebrate Jada's 12th birthday. Just about everyone from Mike's family was going to be there. On our way to their house Mike goes..."wouldn't it be funny if we told my family tonight then when your mom comes they are in on the secret and just wait to see your mom's reaction? Plus it would be better for you to talk to someone about your concerns. I know it is driving you nuts."  At first I didn't want too, but he was right. I really didn't want to wait another 2 weeks. Another thought was would my mom be mad if I told everyone before her, but then I started to think about it. The reason why I wanted to tell her when she came to Houston mainly was because I wanted to tell her in person. Telling on the phone about your first grand child is just not the best thing. I want to see the reaction and be able to hug my mom and share this great joy.

So Jeanette and Bud were sitting next to each other while Becca and Kim were in the kitchen cooking dinner. Mike asks me if I was ready to break the news. I said well what about Becca and Kim I want them to be in here. He tells me they will come in once they hear mom's reaction. So I walk over while Mike records on his cell phone what Jeanette's reaction would be. I walked over to her with my camera. I ask Jeanette, "Could you look at this and see what this says?" She looks at the picture of the positive pregnancy test saying positive and looks at me with big eyes and asks  Is this yours? I nodded my head yes. The next thing I know I hear the loudest scream and cry. She couldn't believe it! It was unreal the reaction she had. She was completely shocked!

Progesterone Scare

I did some bloodwork yesterday to compare my progesterone levels from last week. I got a call today from my doctor's office that my levels have dropped a little from 21 to 17. So the doctor wanted to put me on progesterone to prevent miscarriage. I will have to take it everynight until the doctor thinks I am good to go. They think I will need to take it for 12 weeks. I pray to the Lord that everything will work out. I already love the little bean in me. I know it will work because it is in God's plan.

It is official!

Mike wanted the official word from the doctor that we were pregnant. He couldn't convince himself that a pee stick is pretty accurate. I took another test on Saturday after we found on Thursday that we were preggo. I showed him Saturday's test saying preggo, but he said he is waiting to hear from the doctor. He needs to hear from the well studied medical team. ha!

So we got the official news today, June 21st, from the blood work from the doctor's office! That we are expecting! I will go in tomorrow morning for more blood work to see where my current levels are. So exciting!!!! Words can not express how I am feeling. Finally we will be parents!! Bentley, Maverick & Lucy are excited to meet their new sibling!

Since we got the official news I decided to tell my sister Kathy. She had told me a few weeks prior when we were in San Antonio for Kasey's graduation. That she wanted to know as soon as I peed on the stick. I figured the blood test would be just as good.

I texted Kathy at work after I got the official phone call from the doctor. Here is the series of the text conversation.

Me: Can I call you after work today? I want to know how your trip went
Kathy: We r still gone till Sunday then to TAMU Monday
Me: Oh fun!
Me: Do you get photos through text?
Kathy: Yes, when I have service. We r in town right now.
Me: K I will send it now
Kathy: ?
Kathy: Colorado is awesome. I don't want to come home.
Me: Hope you can see it. It's kind of blurry
Kathy: Sent?
Me: Yes, I just sent it
Me: Did you get it?
Kathy: No
Me: I emailed to you too. Grr don't know why it is taking so long.
Me: Still nothing?
Kathy: ING
Kathy: Yeahhhhhh
Kathy: OMG
Me: Did you see the pic is that why are saying OMG?
Kathy: Yessssssss

She then called me screaming with joy and the kids were all excited that they will have a new baby cousin!! I had to tell them though it was a secret and not put anything on facebook. It was awesome! I wish we could have told them in person, but this was still great!

This was the day! June 17, 2010

That has changed our life forever. This was the morning that we found out that we were pregnant!!

Let me start with our story..... After we got married we decided we wanted to start our family quickly. We tried for 6 months with no luck. I figured something was wrong with my body just didn't feel right. I was young and healthy and nothing was happening. In March which would have been 6 months of trying we found out that I had PCOS (poly-cystic ovary syndrome). This basically means that I do not ovulate. With out ovulating this whole baby making thing just doesn't happen. The doctor had a solution for us. I would take Clomid (inexpensive fertility drug) from days 1-5 and then try on a specific day and come in for blood work at the end of the cycle. I was bummed because when we visited with the doctor he said take the med day 1 and I JUST started and I was on day 2 or 3. Ugh! So I would have to wait till April for us to try the Clomid.

During this waiting period for my cycle to start, my emotional state was getting worse. I was becoming more sad and depressed. I felt like a broken woman. Not able to get pregnant. Kept questioning...Why can't I get pregnant? Why????Most of my life I was trying to prevent myself to get pregnant, but when I did want to get pregnant it was just not in the cards. I would constantly think about all the unwanted pregnancies out there and the people who were unfit and irresponsible to be future parents and it made me so upset. Why would they get pregnant and not us?? We were good people. Emotionally this was taking a toll on my heart. My heart just sank. It seemed like everyone around us was getting pregnant so easily and for us it was literally taking a village to make it happen. I cried every time I saw someone post on Facebook announcing their pregnancy.

Back to the story....around the day I thought I was start again I filled the Clomid prescription and the label stated I needed to take the Clomid from days 5-9 and NOT 1-5. So I called the doctor's office to clarify and they said that was correct days 5-9. I was FURIOUS! We could have tried a month earlier, but didn't because of a miss-communication! Any ways so I waited and waited and waited some more to start my cycle so I can take the Clomid on days 5-9. On day 45 still nothing was appearing! I was so mad at my body for not letting this happen. After reading someone post again an announcement on facebook that they were expecting I bawled for a good hour. I then decided not to wait anymore and to take charge of my life. I called that Monday morning the doctor to give me something to induce my cycle, Prometrium. He filled me a prescription I popped those pills and 9 days later I had finally started after 2 months of waiting! FINALLY!! DANG!

I was more than prepared than I have ever been the past 8 months. I did my research online and found out my days that I was fertile. However, the week I was ovulating had to be the most challenging week for me. At work I had just launched our new upgraded site and was extremely stressed. I kept telling myself and to breathe. We can not risk not having a baby because of a stupid job. Not worth it. Don't know if those little pep talks to myself helped or not. I just kept trying to myself we both wanted to extend our family and will do whatever it takes!

The days I was ovulating (June 1 & 2) I had some extreme cramping in my pelvis area. I knew this has to be the O days. I guess I never did ovulate because I have never experienced cramps like this after having a period. Talk about uncomfortable! After I ovulated that next weekend I had felt pains in my pelvis, but I thought it was because my ovaries were swollen from the Clomid, but I believe now it was implantation. I didn't spot at all during the implantation just cramped really really bad. The cramping got better and became mild and more bearable.

Saturday had rolled around about 2 weeks later after ovulation. I decided to take a pregnancy test the earliest day I thought I could get a positive. 1st test... BIG FAT negative. Then on Sunday negative again. Monday negative. I felt so rejected. I was soo down seeing these negative tests. I had wasted more $$ on these expensive pee sticks.  I thought I was definetly out this month getting a positive pregnancy test. I wasn't even getting a faint line!

That Sunday we had went to church at Cyfair Christian Church. I have been wanting to go to church for a long time, but something always held me back. I was always scared to go. It was years that I had willing went to church on my own. However, for some reason something told me we should go. Maybe the reason why we were not getting pregnant was because I had lost my faith in God. I needed to go back and ask forgiveness and trust he will do what he thinks is best for us.

Tuesday I went into the doctor's office for blood work to check if the Clomid dosage was correct. I thought I would get results right then, so I asked when I would get the results because I wanted to know soon because I didn't think I was pregnant and wanted to start the next round of Clomid. They told me Thursday would be the day I would get the results. As I was waiting for Thursday to come around I felt like I was really about to start my new cycle. So I had completely given up the thought we were pregnant and I needed to prepare mentally for the disappointment. And then motivate myself to get started on a new round of meds, charting, temping etc (not exciting)


I then started to analyze my symptoms and talked to some girls online and they gave me a glimmer of hope that there was a chance that we could be. I thought it would be very slim, but maybe. So on Thursday morning I woke up and decided to take one last test. I was thinking, "how fun would it be for me to call my doctor not inquiring about the results, but letting them know that it worked!" How fun? So I gave it a shot. I was putting my hair in a pony tail as I was waiting for the results. I was prepared to see "Not Pregnant" then a second I looked back down and saw PREGNANT! I couldn't believe my eyes!! I stared at it for a few minutes and started to get a huge grin on my face. I then took the test and ran into the bedroom. Mike was still sleeping. I jumped onto the bed and yelled, "Baby wake up! What does this say??" He says, "Everything is blurry I can't see anything. Is it negative? All I see is a line" I screamed, "No, WE ARE PREGNANT." I totally didn't expect this answer from him. He goes "Congratulations." I said "What? Are you serious??? Congratulations? WE are pregnant!" I was then was running and hopping around the house with such great joy. I then got the dogs their bandannas I had made months ago for this day (they are really really bad looking-I am making new ones). They said "Big Brother in Training" & "Big Sister in Training." I then took them into the bedroom and showed Mike. He laughed. "See the dogs are excited too!!!"

~this was really really blurry, I was sooo excited I couldn't figure out how to take the picture. ~

~I took this one on Saturday because Mike didn't really believed the first one. Plus I needed a better picture!~

Mike and I got ready and had breakfast at chic-fil-a and I just couldn't stop smiling during breakfast. We decided to wait to tell family until we were further along, but I wanted to tell my friends at work Courtney and Misti. They had always been there for me during the past 9 months. Even if something happened (god forbid) they would be my support system. I couldn't have been blessed with better friends at work.

I got to work and went to Courtney's desk and said, "Hey you want to go get a taco? I want to show you & Misti something real quick too." She said, "Yeah, I will go with!" I then went up to Misti and asked if she wanted to get a taco. She gave me the look that she didn't want to. I then say, "Are you sure? I really want to show you something." Then her eyes get real big and says, "What? Show me now!" So I took Courtney and Misti into a conference room and asked them to help me read something off this blurry picture. They both saw it and could not believe it either. Courtney goes, "Does this mean you are?" I nodded my head yes. They both started to jump up and down. Gave me a hug. Misti started to cry. Such a great experience. So emotional. It was awesome!! I have such great friends!

I still can not believe this day has happened. I am completely in shock and happy beyond belief that this has finally happened! I can't not wait to meet our new baby Martin! God has blessed us with such an awesome gift. God is certainly good. I had forgotten that since I was a child. I will now never forget that.

Tomorrow I go to the doctor to check my progesterone levels.