Merry Christmas!

Let me say that hosting Christmas at our house was a struggle this year due to my struggle with morning sickness. What absolutely needed to get done got done...but the extra...just didn't happen. And I was more than ok with it.

Thanks to my wonderful husband and parents we had a wonderful meal as I lounged on the couch. I'm not a fan of cooking but when I am pregnant I can hardly stand the smell, especially chicken for some reason.

We told our family yesterday about our news. The only person that knew besides us was my mom. But it was rather fun. The past two years, I've made shutterfly calendars for my parents, my father-in-law and my grandparents. It was fun watching them flip through each month (my father-in-law even made the comment to my son that he better get busy that April has no birthdays) and getting to August where I made a sign "Coming August 2012....Baby #2". Every ones reaction was priceless. Hopefully I can add some pictures in the next few days. The best reaction was my Gram & Pap's. Gram is flipping through the calendar and you can see she is reading, next pic her jaw drops, next picture my grandfather is reading and her jaw is down to the floor yet, and the last picture my grandfather's jaw is on the floor. Its fabulous.

So my August babe, hang in there, for you are already loved so much! PS If you can hurry up on this all day sickness crap & be done with it, Mommy would really, really appreciate it.

Another thing happening this week....breaking out the maternity pants. Last week I was using the belly band but this week I said screw it. My pants are tight to begin with. I've been too lazy and postponing shopping for new pants because I was hoping I would need maternity pants this winter. So its early but I rather be comfortable!

Merry Christmas to all!!!

Baby and yolk sac

Welcome all day sickness and Hello Zofran!

UGH! As much as this is a good sign and I haven't had this bad of m/s or all day sickness since Landon, I despise it.

I broke down and broke out the left over Zofran I had from Landon. Boy, did that help.

Mike was making breakfast, sausage biscuits which normally they smell heavenly but today I thought I would toss my cookies in the sink. I was only able to eat one, but 30 minutes later the Zofran was working its magic.

Oh how I pray it will continue to do so, that way I can make it through the day.

I do have to say I ordered some preggy pops and a lip gloss that got high reviews to help take the edge off. I never tried these before so if they work, I'll let ya know. Otherwise my only advice to any of those suffering eat, eat, eat. Always, always, always have something in your belly. Oh! And make sure to eat before your feet hit the floor in the morning.

Things are progressing....

Monday my hcg was 13,064 and progesterone was 59.7. Crazy, huh? I was speechless. Well, not really. In fact I think I said, "Holy shit," to the nurse on the phone. LOL.

So I scheduled and already had my first u/s this past Wednesday. So far things seem to be progressing nicely, IMO. We saw more than I was expecting to see at this point. At 5w3d we saw ONE sac with a yolk sac. Yes, I know most of you suspected twins with my high numbers but...I'm glad this is not the case. My husband and I would never survive. LOL. We barely survived Landon. ;-) However, if this was the case I would feel truly blessed (as well as scared).

I was alarmed that the u/s tech said I was measuring more like 6w2d. There is no way this is correct because my LMP was 11/8 and I know for a fact I ovulated 11/21. Measuring ahead is new territory for me...she said that once we see a fetal pole and do measurements, this would be considered my true measurements and then they would give me my EDD. If I'm still measuring that far ahead my EDD would be 8/6/11.

DH and I really haven't talked about it but in my mind we are telling everybody at Christmas, after my 2nd u/s this Thursday. I'm thinking that we will slide a piece of paper in everyone's calendar (a Shutterfly calendar of Landon) announcing Baby #2 arrival in August.

Please continue to send any good thoughts of a healthy baby and fluttering hb on Thursday!

Welcome to Pregnant After RPL

Hello and welcome to Pregnant After RPL. If you've found me, I'm sure you have a journey of your own that you are traveling and probably one that hasn't been pleasant.

I'll keep my journey short and sweet.

I've been pregnant, now 6 times. The first 3 all ended in miscarriages, a CP, BO and another CP. My 4th pregnancy I brought home my take home baby. He is now 2 1/2 years old and is the love of my life. He keeps life in perspective and keeps me smiling. My 5th pregnancy ended up in a missed m/c at approximately 10 weeks this past March. My 6th pregnancy is well 5 weeks along today. One that we were not expecting, trying for yes, but not expecting this cycle.

If for any reason you would like to read more about my RPL journey feel free to check out Life During and After RPL.

After my 4 loss, I had many doubts that I would have another successful pregnancy. However, after 4 years I finally found the doctors who gave me the answers I needed. I was diagnosed with MTHFR homozygous A1298C and Type III LPD. I also discovered NaProTechnology which I contribute this pregnancy success to.

Tomorrow I am getting more blood work to confirm that my betas are rising. There was concern that this was left over hcg from my hcg injections I was giving myself on 5, 7 & 9 dpo to "treat" my LPD. However, I know this is not left over hcg, my lines continue to stay as dark and are not fading. My first beta was 1032 and my progesterone levels were 40. This was great to hear but I could hardly believe my ears.

I'm a bit anxious for tomorrow. I'm not feeling overwhelmingly pregnant. I have some minor symptoms. I know DH would tell you that he can't stand my mood swings right now. My breasts are tender, I'm tired and I have some achiness low in my stomach and on both sides, normally where I would have corpus lutem pain. All good signs. As for now, no morning sickness but I hope I can stay on top of it and keep it to a minimal.