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May 17, 2015 17:13:49 GMT -5
Post by oreille on May 17, 2015 17:13:49 GMT -5
Hi! I'm oreille. I guess I go here now. I'd like to tell you about my whirlwind adventure so far.
My H and I have been married for 7.5 years. We are in our early 30s. I have a medical condition, diagnosed the month after we got engaged at age 24. Both the medical condition AND the medication used to treat it were contraindications for pregnancy, so we waited. And waited. And waited.
My sister announced her pregnancy in December 2014. I was so excited for her, but heartbroken for me. I was still waiting. We found out she lost her baby in January 2015. Heartbroken again.
In February 2015 I stopped taking all medications for my condition, and my doctor thinks there is no longer any reason to avoid pregnancy. It's been a long journey, but I seem to be managing it with diet and exercise and lifestyle changes. We waited and waited, and then on May 2 it felt like "time". I had just finished my last period.
I have been charting TTA for my entire marriage, so I know my cycles and patterns pretty well. My post-o temps were more stable than they had ever been in all of those years, and then on 7 DPO I had what looks like the start of a triphasic chart. I knew it was super early, but I decided to start testing anyway with cheap wondfos. BFN, of course.
I tested again this morning, because, wondfos. They are calling to me. BFN around 6:00am when I woke up. When my husband woke up a few hours later, I went back upstairs to brush my teeth and noticed that "holy shit there is a line on that one now". It was faint, but I could see it. I used a FRER and there was a faint line with in the three minute time frame. Even my H could see it. I'm 8 DPO.
It's been 7.5 years. At the same time, it's been literally 16 days. FF says I'm 3 weeks 1 day today. Seriously??!! 'Overwhelmed' doesn't begin to describe it.
I'm a little nervous to tell my sister about this pregnancy. I plan to tell her when I see her on Tuesday night. Anybody have any tips on how to be sensitive?
My H and I have been married for 7.5 years. We are in our early 30s. I have a medical condition, diagnosed the month after we got engaged at age 24. Both the medical condition AND the medication used to treat it were contraindications for pregnancy, so we waited. And waited. And waited.
My sister announced her pregnancy in December 2014. I was so excited for her, but heartbroken for me. I was still waiting. We found out she lost her baby in January 2015. Heartbroken again.
In February 2015 I stopped taking all medications for my condition, and my doctor thinks there is no longer any reason to avoid pregnancy. It's been a long journey, but I seem to be managing it with diet and exercise and lifestyle changes. We waited and waited, and then on May 2 it felt like "time". I had just finished my last period.
I have been charting TTA for my entire marriage, so I know my cycles and patterns pretty well. My post-o temps were more stable than they had ever been in all of those years, and then on 7 DPO I had what looks like the start of a triphasic chart. I knew it was super early, but I decided to start testing anyway with cheap wondfos. BFN, of course.
I tested again this morning, because, wondfos. They are calling to me. BFN around 6:00am when I woke up. When my husband woke up a few hours later, I went back upstairs to brush my teeth and noticed that "holy shit there is a line on that one now". It was faint, but I could see it. I used a FRER and there was a faint line with in the three minute time frame. Even my H could see it. I'm 8 DPO.
It's been 7.5 years. At the same time, it's been literally 16 days. FF says I'm 3 weeks 1 day today. Seriously??!! 'Overwhelmed' doesn't begin to describe it.
I'm a little nervous to tell my sister about this pregnancy. I plan to tell her when I see her on Tuesday night. Anybody have any tips on how to be sensitive?