I know it’s been a long while since I’ve posted, but I’ve missed blogging and I finally have some interesting stuff (I believe anyway!) to add to the interwebz again.
The past two and a half years have been a long hard road for Wade and I as we’ve struggled with infertility issues. We didn’t publicize that we were trying to start a family, but it was something we both really desperately wanted and didn’t seem to be able to achieve. After a really disheartening last six months to 2013, we decided to quit the road we were currently on and save up the money to start IVF in March 2014.
You can imagine our surprise (and elation!) when at the beginning of February, I (being the obsessive can’t help it person I am) decided to pee on yet another pregnancy test (I should have bought stock in First Response 2.5 years ago) and it came back POSITIVE! I wanted to scream our joy from the rooftops, but being surrounded by fertility issues (and hundreds of other women surrounded with the same issues) for years had made me super paranoid.
We’ve announced it on Facebook quite a few weeks ago and are now 24 weeks along as of today. It’s actually been a fairly easy pregnancy so far, with the exception of severe bronchitis at around week 7 where I thought I might just die, and I’ve actually been one of those pregnant women that other pregnant women love to hate. Not a ton of nausea, no real morning sickness, fairly decent energy, not many side-effects, etc. Now that I’ve gone public with all that, I’m sure my pregnancy will turn around and bite me in the tooshie, but so far, I feel great!!!
We were so excited at the beginning we decided to go to one of those boutiquey places popping up for their “Early Gender Determination Ultrasound” and they told us our baby was a boy. Imagine our surprise when 3 weeks later we had our anatomy scan at our doctor’s office and HE turned out to be a SHE! I couldn’t stop laughing, and Wade was just stunned speechless (He was SURE he’d seen the bits). She has since been confirmed a girl twice, so we’re fairly confident this time.
Looks like we’ll be welcoming Tatum Lynn to the family sometime around October 23 of this year. Around three and a half months left to go!!!
I can’t wait to continue to keep up with our journey over the next several months here. I think it’s going to be both exciting and terrifying for me as we get closer to “time” – anyone who has known me long knows me and medical stuff don’t mix very well! I’m keeping my fingers crossed for an uneventful birth 😉
Of course, I’ve been obsessively working on the nursery since Day One, and we went with a carousel horse theme which I adore. I think she’s going to love her room. (I hope so anyway!)
In other news (which seems kind of paltry to that news) life has been moving along very smoothly lately! Our gardens are blooming, in fact, we’re being featured on a local blog tomorrow for that and I’m looking forward to seeing if the author likes our little backyard paradise as much as we do! All of my plumeria cuttings made it through the brutal winter we had and it looks like a couple more of my mature plants will be blooming soon, so I can’t wait to see what color they turn out (though I think all my mature plants are the same if I remember right. Oh well, no surprises this year!)
All of our pets are also doing (knock on wood) surprisingly great! After two really close calls with Aspen since Christmas, she’s almost completely recovered and though VERY old and starting to go a little senile, she’s in great shape and still trucking along. Such a tough old lady. Checkers (our cat) is in robust health as always, and Derby (the sheltie) has been doing great as well! He turned 8 this year, and I just can’t believe how time has flown!!!
I think I’ve rambled on long enough, so until the next post!! It feels good to be back and writing!!! ❤
Island Cowgirl 