Finding out you're pregnant

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Finding out you're pregnant

_{Started by Holly , author of Caring for Carleigh} _{8/10/2009 5:54:19 AM}

One year ago today I found out I was pregnant with Carleigh. I remember taking the test and seeing that faint line and being so excited! In that moment everything changes. You start planning for the future. What was it like for you when you first found out you were expecting?

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Reply by Franchesca

_{author of Handprints from Heaven} _{8/10/2009 10:16:55 AM}

Jenna Belle Cox

The day I found out it, I thought I would pass out. The thought of being a mother was so amazing and... overwhelming. We wanted children (still do) but I was beyond words. I WISH I could remember the date I found out, I think it was early October. I kept feeling nausea but the tests kept coming back negative. Then one day, there she was. (sigh)

I'm glad you posted this thought. This is a big day for you. How quickly life can change! I will be praying for you today.

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Reply by Kelly

_{author of The Beauty of Sufficient Grace} _{8/10/2009 11:05:28 AM}

i Holly...I just joined the Blog Frog Community or started one or something! I really have no idea what I'm doing! But I wanted to join in your discussion.

Faith and Grace

I think it was late spring/early summer when we found out I was pregnant for Faith and Grace. I went to the doctor to confirm my test. My mom was with me. She was so overjoyed at the thought of another grandbaby. I was very surprised! We went to Wendy's to celebrate!

The day we found out there were 2 babies and not just one, Tim and I both left the doctor's office wide-eyed with shock! My tiny 100 pound mom squealed and picked me up and twirled me around in her driveway.

Thomas

We had been trying to conceive after the loss of our Faith and Grace. I took several tests to be sure. Tim and I were both relieved (we weren't sure if I would be able to have another baby after some of the complications.) and anxious...and excited...and a million other emotions. I remember feeling like and saying...I just wanted this next pregnancy (after Faith and Grace) behind me instead of in front of me. Meaning...I just want to fast forward to my child being with me and O.K. It didn't turn out that way...and, instead, I learned about cherishing each moment we're given and relying on God's sufficient grace in a way I never imagined. But, you already know about that.

It is hard to think back on those days of joy and innocence before we knew what was to come. Kind of like watching a movie that you've already seen before. The scenes when the people are so full of joy and know nothing of the difficulty about to befall them. I know that you are not in the place you expected to be, on this broken road. Sending love and prayers your way...as always...

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Reply by Mellissa

_{author of And then there was 4} _{8/10/2009 12:27:29 PM}

Keegan

When I found with out Keegan I was in shock. Chad was on vacation back in WI and I was by myself I couldn't believe it! We had been trying for a year and I didn't think it would ever happen!!

My Angel Baby

The second time I found out I was pregnant I was in disbelief. We had been again for about a year and I didn't think it would happen. I was happy at first and then got sad knowing that I wouldn't be able to give all my attention to Keegan anymore. I lost my angel at 7 weeks.

Sophia

With Sophia I kind of figured I would get pregnant soon. I was borrowing my friends ovulation kit. I didn't think it would happen on only the first try at using it! I kind of thought I was pregnant because the night before we were at a sea food restuarant and the smell was making me so sick to my stomach! I took a test the next day and it was positive! I showed it to Keegan who was 3 at the time and he called it the baby stick! I was hesitant to get excited about this pregnancy at the beginning because of the miscarriage I had almost a year before. After figuring out my due date I learned that I was due just 21 days after my miscarriage due date it was bitter sweet. I think God had something in the works with this pregnancy though because little Sophia came 21 days early on the due date of her little angel sister (I just have this feeling inside of me that my angel is a little girl).

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Reply by MaryEllen

_{author of Our Country Mile.....} _{8/10/2009 2:24:38 PM}

Our HoneyMoon Angel Baby Boy- Josh and I had just gotten married and gotten back from Jamacia. I knew that I was right in the middle of my cycle when we went but I had been told that I couldnt have children just a month before so we really were thinking about getting pregnant. After a few weeks home from Jamacia I had a doctors appointment and I was sitting on that yucky white paper stuff they have you sit on when the doctor comes in with a Guess What?! I was shocked to say the least but so very excited!! Josh and I told everyone right away and started planning. When I was 12 weeks I started bleeding and went to the doctor and found that there was no heartbeat and I had lost the baby. During the D&C and follow appts we discovered that I had stage 1 cervical cancer. I truly feel that God brought this little angel into our lives to SAVE my life.

Angel Baby Boy- After the m/c we started trying as soon as we could. We started seeing a fertility specialist. I got pregnant within the first few months of Clomid. I came home from the appt with the paperwork that said Pregnant across the top. I just laid it ont he kitchen counter in front of my husband saying that they found something in the bloodwork. He and I were so excited. At 14 weeks we lost the baby and found that he was a little boy

Baby Grace- I found out I was pregnant with Grace after my husband had a dream that we were pregnant. He woke up and said was insistant that I take a pregnacy test. I tried to explain that it wasnt time to take the test because we were just 6 day past the IUI but he was obbessed about this dream and it was funny to me so I did. And it came up as possitive as could be!! We just sat int he bathroon floor and laughed and cried together. We were blessed to carry Grace for 22 weeks until she was born into heaven on a rainy Sunday afternoon.

James Patrick- My fighter! Josh and I had just had a failed IVF cycle and had decided to take a break from the fertility specialist. So we started hiking and just enjoying each other and trying to heal. We went on a hiking/ camping trip a few week earlier and I had a test left over. AF was late so I thought why not. And at 5am I saw a faint line come up. I sat still and just prayed for a little while. I was so scared. I didnt think that I had the strength to go through it again. I told Josh and we went straight to the RE office. First bloodwork came back that I was pregnant. The RE told us that they numbers were low and that with our history to not expect this to be a viable pregnancy. So I went home and waited but prayed that God would give me a baby to bring home and to finally hold. And we were! I carried James to 30 weeks and he is still with us today :-)

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Reply by MommyIvy

_{author of Sunshine Through The Rain} _{8/10/2009 2:52:23 PM}

I was excited and scared. Charlie and I had only been married for a lil over 3 months. We didnt know how we were going to tell our parents or anything. We verily
got telling them out before we lost he/she.

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Reply by croleyc69

_{author of The Croley Gang} _{8/10/2009 3:42:31 PM}

I found out I was pregnant w/ Carly on Sept 7th. I was pretty sure I was but I was so scared. My birthday is Sept 6th & my hubby wanted me to do it that day. I told him no I can't. The next morning I took the test & handed it to him. I didn't wanta look not because I didn't wanta be but 2 babies lost before, I wasn't sure I could handle it. Things this time turned out ok but it was a very nervous pregnancy. Reading Holly's Blog helped me find a kind of peace and I want to thank-you for that.

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Reply by Holly

_{author of Caring for Carleigh} _{8/10/2009 3:46:50 PM}

With Kyndra we found out on May 7, 2007. Anthony had already left for work and I was noticing that my boobs were really sore so I thought I'd take a test for the heck of it and it was positive! I called Anthony and work and we were both so happy because we had been trying since January. We told my sister and my best friend and then waited to tell everyone else on Mother's Day. We put 'and baby' on the Mother's Day cards and that's how they found out.

With Carleigh we found out on August 10, 2008. I tested on Aug 8 and it was negative so I was excited I ended up getting a positive. We had only been trying 1 month. We didn't do any special ways of announcing the news. I just couldn't keep it to myself!

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Reply by Rustin

_{author of Rustin Banks – Unplugged — Social Media Marketing and Entrepreneurship} _{8/11/2009 11:08:34 PM}

Our story is kind of like MommyIvy and on the opposite end of infertility. We were married 3 months, I was barely 23, and weren't exactly planning on starting a family (I wish someone would have explained how that all works - jk).

When she told me I thought she was kidding. Then when I started thinking she was serious all the color drained out of my face and I nearly blacked out. I had to go lie down.

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Reply by Tim

_{author of Fort Thompson} _{8/26/2009 4:07:17 PM}

It was mixed emotions because Carey had told me that she would wait till I was around to do a test so that we could share that moment together. She promised me she would, but didnt. I was still very excited about it though and will never forget that day.

As you know that baby of ours was never born. She is in Heaven now with Carleigh and Im sure they are having a great time. 13 months later and we had Taylor, and as you already know we now also have Will. God is good.

Love and Prayers,

Tim

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