A few brief, disconnected thoughts:
8 weeks pregnant feels a lot more pregnant than anything before. I'm not sure why that is exactly. I do feel more pregnant, physically. No morning sickness (& I'm pleased about that!), but tired - just generally pregnant.
Last week I visited family in Arizona and Drew headed to South Carolina for a wedding. I miss him. There's something special about pregnancy that can only be shared between the two most intimately involved.
We found out on Friday that my sister (Melissa, & her husband Adam) are having a baby boy! His name is Adam Elijah Grace. We're thrilled for them & are continually delighted that he'll have a playmate.
Now's the time when I'm not sure what to do with myself. Look at babystuff? Think of names? Take a nap? In some ways it feels like seven months is a long way away, so I don't know how to prepare... All in good time, I suppose.
Live well,
Jenny
PS Drew created an blogger account for me so that my posts can really come from me from now on. He's the tech person in this house, for sure!
Sunday, May 28, 2006
Monday, May 15, 2006
6 weeks and counting
In some ways it feels like it was months ago when we saw those pink lines, but it's only been 2 weeks!
Well six weeks (at least that's our best guess) into this thing we call pregnancy & I'm feeling really good. No nausea. Only indigestion, fatigue, and the weirdest belly button sensation you can imagine! It's not bad at all & I'm glad for the symptoms I do have to remind me that I am pregnant. Sometimes it just doesn't seem real.
Our first doctor's appointment isn't until June 15. Poor Dr. Blasingame, I'll have two hundred questions for her by then!
Blessings to all!
Well six weeks (at least that's our best guess) into this thing we call pregnancy & I'm feeling really good. No nausea. Only indigestion, fatigue, and the weirdest belly button sensation you can imagine! It's not bad at all & I'm glad for the symptoms I do have to remind me that I am pregnant. Sometimes it just doesn't seem real.
Our first doctor's appointment isn't until June 15. Poor Dr. Blasingame, I'll have two hundred questions for her by then!
Blessings to all!
Sunday, May 14, 2006
A little history - Jen's view
- Whenever I (Jen) post on the blog, it will be in green. -
Drew and I started trying to have children a year and a half ago, in October 2004. When you're trying to have a baby, a year and a half feels like a long time. In January 2005, we found out that I have Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS). We went through several fertility treatments, nothing happened. We decided to take a break & wait. We were waiting for God to provide somehow: $ for another treatment cycle, $ for adoption, or even conception. During the treatment we had in January (IUI, if you're curious) I really felt like I heard God ask me to "Believe" Him for a baby. I didn't know if that meant adoption or conception, but I heard, nonetheless. After that treatment didn't work (which was terribly difficult), I realized that what I hoped for more than anything, was for God to do this baby thing in a way that would give most honor to Him. In the course of the first months of this year about ten (yeah 10!) of my close friends found out they were pregnant! Whew. A lot to take when you hope to join them so badly.
In late April, I began having a really hard time being around mothers and children. I actually began to feel angry toward them and super-distant. Especially at church - I just wanted to bolt as soon as the service was over!
Then (not a week later) I saw that my chart (I had been keeping track of my basal body temperature) was looking really promising. But, I was feeling sick - a cough, not nausea - so I thought maybe I had a fever. And I'd pulled some really late nights, given that it was the end of the semester, so mabye that's why my temps were high. For everything that looked good, I had a reason that it might be wrong.
Well, you've read Drew's post about how we came to take the test; but what do you know? We're pregnant! We're thrilled. And we feel like that God really did do this in a way that honors Him. We're so thankful.
Drew and I started trying to have children a year and a half ago, in October 2004. When you're trying to have a baby, a year and a half feels like a long time. In January 2005, we found out that I have Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS). We went through several fertility treatments, nothing happened. We decided to take a break & wait. We were waiting for God to provide somehow: $ for another treatment cycle, $ for adoption, or even conception. During the treatment we had in January (IUI, if you're curious) I really felt like I heard God ask me to "Believe" Him for a baby. I didn't know if that meant adoption or conception, but I heard, nonetheless. After that treatment didn't work (which was terribly difficult), I realized that what I hoped for more than anything, was for God to do this baby thing in a way that would give most honor to Him. In the course of the first months of this year about ten (yeah 10!) of my close friends found out they were pregnant! Whew. A lot to take when you hope to join them so badly.
In late April, I began having a really hard time being around mothers and children. I actually began to feel angry toward them and super-distant. Especially at church - I just wanted to bolt as soon as the service was over!
Then (not a week later) I saw that my chart (I had been keeping track of my basal body temperature) was looking really promising. But, I was feeling sick - a cough, not nausea - so I thought maybe I had a fever. And I'd pulled some really late nights, given that it was the end of the semester, so mabye that's why my temps were high. For everything that looked good, I had a reason that it might be wrong.
Well, you've read Drew's post about how we came to take the test; but what do you know? We're pregnant! We're thrilled. And we feel like that God really did do this in a way that honors Him. We're so thankful.
Thursday, May 04, 2006
Pregnancy test
We woke up tuesday, may 2nd and jen really wanted to take a pregnancy test. She had been tracking her temperatures and thought there might be a chance. I told her it was too hard to be let down with a test, because neither of us really thought we could be. So we went back to sleep for a while and I had a dream about having a baby boy and when we woke back up I felt better about jen taking the test. What do you know! Positive! We were totally shocked. After 2 years of trying and a few rounds of fertility treatment we get pregnant on our own! What a blessing.
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