The truth....Part II

Ok, so after taking yet another week off, I'm going to finish up my story from last time. On a side note, for those of you that are on Facebook, PLEASE do not post anything on my page about what you read on my blog....I promise to explain at the end of the post.

So, back to Friday from a week and a half ago. Friday night was kind of ho hum and Saturday was ok. I was still in a funk about my progesterone being so low and about possibly bringing up IVF to Eddie. We had a babysitter for E5 and we had reservations at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse for 7:00. I started to perk up towards the end of the afternoon and I promised Eddie that I would be in a good mood for dinner.

At 6:45 on Saturday night, I decided to take a pregnancy test just to make sure I wasn't pregnant so I could have some wine with dinner. I took the test and I *thought* I saw something at around the 5 minute mark. I waited until the 10 minute mark and there was definitely a faint line. I was only 8 DPO, so I knew it was too early to be a BFP, so I chalked it up to it being the trigger shot still in my system (even thought I tested the trigger out by 6 DPO). I immediately started taking my extra progesterone "just in case," but I didn't say anything to Eddie and we had a nice dinner. I got to wear the new Trina Turk dress that Eddie bought me for Christmas and I even had that glass of wine.

I didn't sleep very well on Saturday night, so on Sunday morning I took another test. This time there was definitely a line there and it was darker than last night's test. OMG!!!! I'm pregnant!! I practically threw the test at Eddie and asked if he saw anything and he said, "Yeah, I see 2 lines. One is really faint and the other is really obvious." He asked what it meant (DUH!) and I told him that I was pregnant and started crying. He told me not to get excited because we have been down this road MANY times. So, the waiting began.

Later on Sunday afternoon, I took another test and the line was even darker. I was SO excited to see this that I called my parents and told them. My attitude was, "I'm pregnant today and I'm happy about it. I may not be pregnant tomorrow, but I want my family to be happy with me, too." My parents were THRILLED...My mom cried! Everyone seemed to be happy.

On Monday, 10 DPO, I took yet another test and the line was still getting darker. I immediately called my dr's nurse, Shelly, and asked to come in for a blood test. I went in and had my blood drawn, but I wouldn't get the results back until the next day....grrrrrrrr. Monday went by SO slowly!

On Tuesday, 11 DPO, my test was darker still and my HCG came back at 22. I knew that the number was low, but I also knew that I was really early. My progesterone came back at 51, so I knew that taking the oral progesterone was working. On Tuesday we had a big snow storm come through that dumped 8 inches of sleet and snow on us. I was REALLY glad that I didn't have to get out in the nasty weather for a blood test. I did, however, have to take E5 to the ped. because he got croup....GREAT...NOT!

On Wednesday I had a repeat of my bloodwork and we were looking for my HCG to at least double. I got the results back on Thursday and my numbers had gone up to 82 and my progesterone was 98.6!! I was then told to come back in week for a 3rd and final blood draw. If my numbers continue to look good, then I will go in for an u/s around 5 or 5 1/2 weeks to "count noses." I only think there is one baby, but you never know!

The rest of the week actually went by pretty quickly. E5 and I were cooped up in the house because of him having croup and the weather being lousy. On Saturday, we all went to West County Mall as a family (Gramps joined us) and we let E5 walk around. He walked from one end of the mall to the other all by himself!!!! It was really cute to watch him toddle around, and people that noticed him got a big kick out of it! We stayed home from church on Sunday because E5 was still coughing and wheezing pretty badly, but Monday we were back to our regular routine.

So, now I am 4w4d pregnant and waiting for tomorrow's final blood test. Again, I won't get the results back until Thursday, so it's going to be another long day of waiting. I will definitely keep everyone updated.

As for Facebook, the reason why I ask that no on post anything about this is because Eddie doesn't want his family to know that I am pregnant until we get out of the 1st trimester, which is another 8 weeks away. I knew that I couldn't NOT blog about the pregnancy, but I'm pretty sure that none of my inlaws read this. So, please, please, PLEASE don't mention anything about my blog or pregnancy on Facebook....Thank you!!! :)

As for the depression, I'm still going to go talk with someone, as I definitely feel it's in my best interest. I just haven't called yet because I've been so excited about finding out that I'm pregnant again. I'm hoping and praying that this little one is healthy and in the right spot! I will keep you all updated!