Happy Birthday to Me!!! Wow what a weekend! Friday was our 10 year anniversary... dang can you believe it 10 years. We have been together for 15!! If that wasn't enough to celebrate we also found out that we were pregnant! It was definitely unexpected since we really were not trying but it was great news.
I had gone to the OBGYN on Thur for my yearly and when they asked my last MS I told them it started on Sept. 18Th. They were like oh did you know you are a week late... are you pregnant. I told them probably not and instead of testing me they just took my word for it. CRAZY!!! I woke up on Friday and decided to go ahead and take a test. I had been feeling kind of yuck and was super tired. Also it was our anniversary and I thought if I was pregnant that would maybe change our plans for the evening... (not as much celebrating). I went to Walgreen's to get a test drinking as much water on the way as I could and then came home and took it. Before I could even get my pants pulled up the double lines were there. I was pregnant.
Mixed emotions immediately filled my mind. I was so excited but yet I was so scared. Since the past three pregnancies have all ended before 8 weeks I of course was already nervous. I got on the phone and called my Dr's. The first to call me back (thank goodness) was the Fertility Clinic that Chris and I had gone to in the past. They had me come right in and took about a gallon of blood. After they picked me up off the floor (kind of kidding) they went over how to do the shots again and sent me on my way.
After I had my second miscarriage they ran a bunch of test and realized I had phospholipid antibody syndrome. This is a condition that causes my blood to clot and can kill the baby. I have to take a baby aspirin and two heparin shots a day so that hopefully my blood will not clot.
A few hours later they called and said that the hcg level was at 978 and that my progesterone was also at a good level and to come back on Sunday for more blood. I started my shots on Friday evening and it hurt like crap. For someone who doesn't like needles AT ALL it sucks giving yourself a shot....but it will be totally worth it if it all works out.
I had my blood done again on Sunday and it my hcg level was a 1785... almost doubled and it is supposed to double every 72 hours... so far so good.
