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Post by nicole2779 on Sept 17, 2006 0:55:01 GMT -5
The first time I think I was PG, I never took a test but I was 4 days late and I am never late, so that one I am not sure about. The first time I knew for sure was December 8, 2005 after 13 months TTC and having a HSG and several infertility tests done. I was not on any meds, so I was happy we got PG even though it took so long. I remember my BB's started to hurt on CD11, which I thought was really weird and also my bellybutton ring got infected and really really sore, so I knew something was going on as early as CD 11. But,of course I had to wait and the day my AF was due, she did not show and I am like clockwork down to the very hour, so I knew she wouldn't be coming. At this point I had taken so many PG tests that had turned up BFN, that I was scared to take one because even though I felt like I was PG, I was so scared that it would be BFN. Finally after being 4 days late, I took a test and saw a faint line. I was so happy I cried and I was shaking and my heart was beating so very fast. I told DH and he was so relieved that we were finally going to be parents! It was perfect timing, right before X-mas! I remember not being able to sleep after that, I was the happiest women alive! It had taken us so long to get to this point, I thought it was finally our turn to be happy. Of course, my happiness only lasted 2 days, but it was the happiest 2 days of my life. I never got to hear a heartbeat, but I am glad that I had my baby even if it was for a very short time here on earth. I guess my angel was meant for better things in heaven
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Post by babydreams on Nov 7, 2006 19:48:14 GMT -5
Gosh, this thread has given me so many happy tears!!!
We had decided to get off bcp to see what happens. I had heard it may take a while so I thought maybe 6 months or something. 2 weeks after AF I had another AF which I thought was strange. 4 weeks after that I was at the store and something made me buy a test. I don't know why but I just walked down the aisle and put one in the cart for no reason. I didnt' feel pg and my cycle was so screwed up so I just thought it would be a while before a BFP and I was totally fine with that. That night I went to church and when I got home I saw the tests sitting on the counter. I had forgotten to take the test all day so I thought, what the heck, I'll just take it now before bed. Well, I really didn't have to pee so I just tried to squeeze out a few drops. Unfortunately it wasn't enough for the test to work right. I got a faint positive but no control line. I froze when I saw the faint positive and I couldn't believe my eyes. I couldn't really count that test though since the control line didn't show so I didn't know what to think. I didn't tell dh until the next morning and he was really anxious for me to take another test. I didn't even sleep that night at all really. I took another test the next morning and it was a BFP before I had time to set it on the counter. My heart just about stopped. It was our first pregnancy and I'm only 24 and I didn't even know what to do!!! I walked out of the bathroom just as dh was walking down the hall. He saw me with my hand over my mouth in complete shock and he said "whatever, you're just messing around." It took a couple minutes for me to finally get him to look at the test. He thought I was just joking. As soon as he compared the test to the instructions and believed it for himself then we both were in shock. I was happy but at the same time sooooo fearful. It took a couple days before I actually got excited. We waited a week to tell anyone. I bought my mom a "I love grandma" bib and gave her the shock of her life. She never thought we'd never have kids because we were never really interested in it. We then announced it to our whole church and everyone was so excited. I had my first u/s done to determine the due date. I wasn't sure what the conception date was because I wasn't sure if I should count my second AF I had so close to the first one. I thought I was maybe 8 weeks at the time of u/s. They couldn't find a heartbeat or a baby at all and I started crying. Then I told the tech that maybe I was not that far along since I had that second af and then they changed me to 5.2 weeks which is what I measured at. I was still scared that they didn't find a heartbeat but she said that was normal considering how far along I was. Anyway, I made it to 8 weeks 6 days before losing my precious little one. Being pregnant gave me the opportunity to really appreciate children and pregnancy. We've been ttc for about 5-6 months now and I just can't wait to get that bfp again. This time I will be REALLY EXCITED about it right from the get go.
It feels really good to share these happy memories with all of you!
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Post by catt on Nov 26, 2006 22:37:57 GMT -5
We tried for 6 months...then I started feeling sick and very run down...I took a pg test and i was so excited....i ran into the living room and Dh said what? i said i'm pregnant and he was very happy...he said he already knew. Well it was not a happy ending, but I will always treasure that feeling. Then we tried for 3 more months...i started bleeding so i thought what the heck? Let's stop TTC and just relax. I started the b/c pill...then i stopped bleeding 2 days later so i took a test after puking...i was preggos again!!!! Dh was so excited!!! This time we did not tell anyone...of course my beta level was low and that was that....but i loved knowing i had a baby. There is nothing like knowing you have a baby in your womb. Nothing like it.
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Post by trish2pds on Dec 16, 2006 23:48:42 GMT -5
My husband and I had been trying for a couple of months to get pregnant with our 2nd baby. One day I just KNEW I was pregnant. I took a test...it was positve...so, of course, I had to go buy a different test just to be sure...it was positive too! I was soooooo excited. I couldn't wait to tell my husband. I left him a few notes around the house while I was waiting for him to get home. Each note led him to a new location, and the final location held a card telling him we were pregnant. He was as happy as I was. We immediately told our parents and brothers. I waited until I went to the doctor and had a due date before I told the folks at work. Everyone was excited for us. I had my first ultrasound Dec. 5th. It was amazing to see that tiny little heart just flickering away. Although I had no reason to worry, it was such a relief to see that everything was okay. I showed my little peanut's pictures off to everyone! Our three year old daughter was happy to be a big sister. She wanted to name the baby George - even though she thought it was going to be a girl! When I would put her to bed, she would ask if she could lay her head on my belly to be close to the baby. She still asks to do so. I just hope that one day soon we'll have another baby there for her to lay on!
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Post by chauna on Jan 24, 2007 15:03:29 GMT -5
Oh Thank you for this... Your right some of us move onto TTC and drive ourselves crazy. Thats me.. Anyway, I have always had irregular periods. If mine was 6 weeks inbetween thats normal. I was 32 and had taken probly a dozen preg tests in the 90's alwasys negative. I thought I was infertile. Well 2002 I had gone probly near 2 months without af till one day in early may I began to bleed on a hike we were on. No pain at all just alot of bleeding 5 pads in one day. Then very light brown spotting for a week. I thought I saw one little polip come out but no clue what it was..I remember telling my dh that maybe but not likely I was pregnant and just had a miscarriage other wize I considered it a period. Well end of may I was feeling bloated and some weird twinges down there. I kinda got worried and thought maybe I had cancer. Thats how seriously I had no thought that I was pregnant. Well finally got my annual on June 14th. The doc poked around and said when was your last period.. I said 1st of May.. Well she said I'm gonna do a pregnancy test cause you do feel bloated. And I was like " what ever flips your lid lady" I wasn't gonna get my hopes up for the 12-14 time in my life the doc has asked to do one. So I pee'd and the lab was closed for lunch.. This was at a communitee clinic and when I asked if I could come back in an hour they almost didnt' want me to go, thinking I wouldn't come back. But I went and bought Ani DiFranco tickets and came back. She took me into the room and sat me down and said...Well you are pregnant!!!! Oh I have goosebumps now. I started shaking and tearing up... And she said is this ok for you...And I said ""OH YES ITS WONDERFUL..but I am just scared it's not real and could I loose it. Well she assured me tha everything was gonna be ok....I got up on the table and we heard the heart beat!!!Loud and clear.. She marked me down at 10 weeks pregnant cause of what I thougt was my last period. They got stuck on that...Man I walked out of there on Air!!! there were 30 people in the waiting room and I felt like I was floating over them..It was truely the happiest day of my life!!! I couldn't even leave the place, I had to call dh right then...He was jumping up and down too. He brought home flowers and balloons. I was changed from that moment on I was a mommy!!!! I got scheduled for the earliest ultrasound possible on July 5th.. and they measured me at 19 WEEKS. I went from 10 to 19 weeks in less than 3 weeks. I was half way done!!! The rest of my pregnancy went perfectly I ate breathed and drank extra water and had "do kegel" stickers stuck up in my car and clock radio...I had 9 glorious months with Daniel..Have 2 ultrasound videos and lots of big belly pictures.. I love him so much and never had a passing moment when I thought I wished he never existed cause he was worth it all. I also feel so lucky I got to hold him for 12 hours even though he was still I got to bond with him and give birth to an Angel Boy. Thanks for letting me share and remember my first special gift. Chauna
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Post by Trevon&Nevaeh'smommy on Jan 24, 2007 20:44:58 GMT -5
my happiest memories with my son ( he is the only one where i could build up memories cause i have lost the others early on) were when i saw an old pg test in my room and took it just to be taking it. i never thought i was pg. i went downstairs and tested and saw 2 lines! i ran upstairs to my 3 year old neice and asked her how many lines she saw. when she confirmed it was 2 i ran to the doctor.
more happy memories of him was when i first felt him kick in my bathroom at 12 weeks. he rolled across my belly and i just placed my hand on my tummy to be apart of the action. i remeber him kicking me alot. especially when he was hungry. the best memory was delivering him. even though he was stillborn, i have made it further than ever and there is hope that i will make it further than that. to hold an angel is truly priceless
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Post by prsmama on Jan 30, 2007 11:01:26 GMT -5
I'll never forget when he kicked...I was sitting down at my desk, bent over looking for something in a drawer, and then I felt it--a nice little poke down quite low. I just sat and smiled--I knew what that was. I've read how good it is to create good memories, since we don't have them naturally. Although they're half sad, I see some of the memories we made on purpose as partly happy. I have his handprints--such tiny little guys, I'm so proud of them. And the song I played at his memorial--I just love it....from a group called Mercy Me-- Surrounded by Your Glory What will his heart feel? Will he dance for you, Jesus Or in awe of you be still? Will he stand in your presence Or to his knees will he fall? Will he sing, Hallelujah Will he be able to speak at all? I can only Imagine, I can only Imagine It makes me happy to think of him there. How awesome!!
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Post by AllisonInTN on Feb 12, 2007 15:53:01 GMT -5
This is a wonderful thread! I'm still newly hurting from my loss, so it will be nice to focus on the positives!
We conceived at Christmas. It was the first time we paid any attention to my ovulation schedule. I knew we were pregnant within days. I felt tugging, pulling, sore breasts - everything but nausea. I took 3 of the "early response" pg tests, but each came up BFN. I still knew in my heart I should keep testing. Finally, on the day AF was scheduled to arrive, I saw a faint positive line! My husband was so excited and I was shaking and crying with excitement. He immediately grabbed my hand and pulled me into the room that would be the nursery. He was planning where to put the crib, the armoire, the rocker, etc. I've rarely seem him so excited.
After we had the pregnancy confirmed by the doctor, I bought "grandparent memory books" to give our parents. We had planned to FedEx them, but got too excited and told them over the phone. News spread quickly. It was the first grandchild on either side. We immediately had congratulation phone calls from Puerto Rico, Alabama, and Georgia. We were as happy as humanly possible.
We loved going and looking at baby furniture, bedding, toys, and blankets. We already had a list of possible names. Richard talked to my belly. I'm embarrased to admit that I told the baby all about our family, what to expect: the crazy aunts, summers helping his grandad on the farm, vacations in Puerto Rico. We had truly great chats.
I monitored the baby's progress every day online. Today it's eyelids were forming, tomorrow it's tail would start disappearing. I loved knowing what was happening to him. It felt right being a mommy. I hope I can have that feeling again very soon!
Thanks so much for the opportunity to post happy memories. We packed many good times into the month we were pregnant!
love to you all, Allison
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Post by krishna on Feb 28, 2007 21:52:08 GMT -5
We got pregnant the first month we tried (which was so great since it took 18 mos to conceive our son)! I expected my period on THanksgiving Day 2006 and was so excited to see this faint little line. I imagined telling my child how much I loved them when they were just the faintest hint of a line. I still can't let go of that test, it feels like the only evidence of my second baby. What an exciting and happy Thanksgiving. I felt so blessed. I loved feeling like my husband and I had our own little secret love! It's so great to walk around knowing you have this little life stirring inside of you while everyone else is none the wiser!
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Post by gb2006 on Mar 23, 2007 18:33:20 GMT -5
This is a GREAT ideal! I love it We had been trying for one year I told my husband that we would give it one more month and then he was going to go get checked out, well my mom and I went to join weight watchers one night. So after the weight watchers meeting my husband and I went to Cracker Barelle ( wanted to get that last good dinnner in!) When we got home my best freind called me, she said well I'm pregnant, iw as very happy for her we got off the phone with each other and then it donnd on me that we were on the same cycle! I made my husband go buy a test at good ole wally world:) I took and there was the plus sign! I ran out of the bath room triping over my pants I'M PREGNANT!!!!!!!! i loved the look on his face it was priceless:) I got all my books and started reading, and it was so exciting that my best friend and I were pregnant at the same time we even had the same due date!!!!!!!! I knew that God had blessed me with the greatest gift of all when I saw that flickering heart beat, I felt like melting butter when I herd it and tears of joy came flowing out!!! It was the greatest moment of my life! I can't wait to have that joy aigan!
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Post by gimena on Mar 29, 2007 17:22:57 GMT -5
The first time I found out I was pregnant I made a sign and put in on my dog that said "Im going to be a big sister". By the time my husband came home the dog had eaten half the paper so I had to put it back together for my husband :-)
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Post by Joe's ma on Apr 1, 2007 21:32:00 GMT -5
Wow, this is such a wonderful topic. The past couple of days I have been thinking about my loss a lot.
Dh and I were trying off and on for about 4 months with no luck. We had gone on vacation August of that year and I was due for af and hadn't gotten it. That wasn't unusual though because I think I had myself so stressed out af was coming at all kinds of weird times.
Once we got home from our vac I realized how many days it was since my last af and decided just for the heck of it to do a hpt. I remember being so anxious that morning that I couldn't sleep real well. Dh had to work so I did the test before he went. He waited outside the bathroom door until I was ready. Two lines appeared almost instantly, when I opened the door to tell him. We just kind of stood there looking at this test not really knowing to believe it or not. We were so excited to say the least. Later that morning I called the dr to schedule my first appt. My aunt (we are more like sisters, 4 yrs apart) was the first person I told. She called me right as she got into work for nothing really but I took it as a "sign" and spilled the beans. It's amazing how many people you can actually find to tell but once you have a loss you are soo tight lipped.
I had my first appt at 7.5 wks and although my dh went with me I had the exam myself. I felt so bad because I didn't realize I would get the opportunity to see the heart beat (my due date was April 16th 2004). It was the only time I was able to see the heartbeat and dh missed it. My next appointment was at 10wks and dh most definitely went back with me and thank God he did. I don't know what I would have done receiving the bad news myself. Here our baby had died at 8 weeks. I was totally in shock. I figured if I sat in the exam room and prayed in my head it was going to turn out to be a dream. No such luck. I'll never forget that day.
That's the shortened version of my story. I could go on forever with little details but I also will never forget all the times during those short 10 weeks that I would be doing the laundry and think, "Wow, I'm pregnant." "There's gonna be a time I may not be able to reach into the washer". Or waking up in the middle of the night excited thinking "I'm pregnant" and having my heart flutter. Or walking around doing normal everyday things wondering "does that person know I'm pregnant?" So funny how a little person to be changes your life in a blink of an eye.
Great post! Thanks, I needed this therapy!
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Post by mommyheneverknew on Apr 17, 2007 13:21:28 GMT -5
It was Feb 14th, valentines day, My Fiance' playfully grabbed my breast and I slapped his hand and said ouch that really hurt! Looking back I had a couple of other symptoms too but being pregnant was not even a though in my head, Then soon to be DH was like "what if your preg?" which hes done before and then I would go and buy a test just to know that I wasn't, so the next morning I woke up really early (weird for me) and ran to albertsons and bought a 3 pack of tests, I ran home and took the first one and just like before it was neg. ( you know how sometimes you see that faint 2nd line but its still neg, so I decided to take one more just in case... when I finished the 2nd test I looked at the 1st and there was no denying there were 2 pink lines and I started crying I WAS SOOO EXCITED! my whole life all i wanted was to be a good wife and a good mom. My soon to be DH was still asleep so I had to wake him up and I told him and then we sat in bed holding each other, Looking back those 9 weeks were the most amazing nine weeks ever! I cant wait to be pregnant again someday but soon to be DH want to wait now after the m/c so Wait I must, maybe someday soon. ill feel that amazing love again ~ Megan
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Post by daisy on Apr 26, 2007 8:45:29 GMT -5
Two years ago this week I found out that my little baby had died about a week after I saw the little heartbeat on ultrasound. Remembering the happy times of the few short weeks that I was pg feels good.
I took the test early in the morning and as soon as I saw the positive test the phone rang. It was my best friend. I was so excited and happy that I was pg that I was crying. I told her I was pregnant and she was so excited to be the first person to know. I called my DH in the next few minutes. He was thrilled.
My neighbor had just told me a couple weeks before that she was pregnant. I ran into her just a few days after I got my BFP and told her the good news even though we had agreed to wait to tell non-family members. She was so happy she jumped up and down. We were so happy to be pregnant together.
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Post by jenjen on Jun 7, 2007 17:49:19 GMT -5
Hi all
I read the 1st two happy memories and they made me want to ball my eyes out. You told MY story!!!!! I am at work so I can't cry. Will have to read some more later. I'm not ready to share my "happy" story yet. Maybe some day. For now, I'll just read everyone else's.
Jenjen
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