As many of you know, Jason and I have been trying to start a family for awhile now. Early last year we got pregnant and miscarried at 12 weeks. I remember so many people telling me that it was okay, I'd get pregnant again right away. I believed them...
But it didn't happen. We tried for over a year to conceive again and it just wasn't happening. I kept trying not to get my hopes up but every single month that went by that I wasn't pregnant was absolute torture. Finally around the one year mark I decided to make us doctor appointments to see if there was anything physically preventing us from making a baby.
In May I started feeling like I might be pregnant. I tried desperately not to get my hopes up, but I couldn't ignore certain symptoms. I took a few pregnancy tests, days apart, and they were all negative. However, I couldn't shake the feeling that I was really pregnant.
Shortly after my negative pregnancy tests, and less than a week before our appointments, I went to the ER for a kidney infection. They also did a pregnancy test and told me it was positive. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. At that time I was about 3 weeks along, which is why my at-home pregnancy tests came back negative. About a week later I took another at-home test, just so I could see it for myself.
I've already had several doctors appointments and an ultrasound, so now it feels real! There is a baby growing inside me. With my last pregnancy, I had no morning sickness and was not showing at all by 12 weeks. This time, around 7 weeks, I was hit with "morning" sickness that really lasted all day long. It just stopped over the weekend while I was on vacation in Idaho, right around the time I hit 12 weeks. I already have a tiny little bump, which popped out around 10 weeks. Baby is growing and healthy and finally done making me sick (hopefully)!
We cannot even begin to describe the joy we are feeling right now. We have always wanted to be parents and have struggled so much the last year with the possibility of it not happening. It was very difficult to watch many close friends and family members become parents while we were having such a hard time making a baby. Everyone said "your time will come, it will happen" and it finally has.
Thank you all so much for your love and support! Baby Katwijk appreciates it :)
