Doctor is excited!

So Friday I went to give blood on my way to work. I was to meet with her at 3:30 that day and thought it would be good to get my blood done early so she would have the results when I went in.
I got to the doctors a few minutes early and had to pee so bad but there was a line and the nurse called me in before I could go. She weighed me (ugh.....) and took me to the room. I could here the doctor in the next room talking with another patient and heard that ladies babies heartbeat. I want to hear mine I was thinking. When the doctor was finished with that lady, she came right into my room. We looked at my results from my blood draw. My hCG went up to 2,450!! She was very happy with that and even more happy that my progesterone had gone up to 34.5!! She said to keep taking the pills even though my body isn't liking them so much. I was really swollen on Tuesday and Wednesday. She just thinks I will be swollen the whole time. And that the summer will be awful but as long as my blood pressure stays down, she is fine with that. We scheduled an ultrasound for Wednesday morning at 9:30 am. She said she wasn't sure if we would be able to see a heartbeat yet but I think we will. She will probably move my due date back but we will have a definite one on Wednesday as long as a date for surgery. Fun fun! I am feeling so much better about this pregnancy but until I see the baby and get out of this first trimester, I am still cautious.
I want to tell all the moms out there, HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!! Jackson and I are hanging out at the house today. Doing laundry and some housework. We have to go to the grocery store also. No fun. Brads at the track today and we were going to go but I just got to feeling like I didn't want to. So I am watching qualifying on tv. They should be up shortly. Good luck Ed!!
ok-I'm gonna go enjoy my pizza rolls now!!!

Heading down the right path

Got the call from my doctors office this morning about my blood draw on Friday. My levels went from 196 to 371. So they almost doubled. She said they are rising slowly. My progesterone level has come down again so I am starting on Prometrium tonight. And those little pills are EXPENSIVE!! I have to take it for the next 6 weeks. Hopefully that will jump start my little one and my levels rise more. I got back Friday for more bloodwork from the vampires (as my aunt slushy calls them). I am gaining more hope as each day goes on. As of tomorrow, I will be 6 weeks! 34 weeks to go.

My poor little arm....

I have gone for blood draws 3 times this week. I went Monday morning and got the call that my levels were at 154 and to come back Wednesday morning to do another round and see if they doubled. They did not. She said they went up to 196 from 134. I am not sure if Monday she meant 134 instead of 154 or if Wednesday she meant 154 instead of 134. I was too upset to call back and ask. But they told me to come back today to do another blood draw. It was scheduled for this morning but yesterday I called them and changed it to this afternoon while I was at lunch because I didn't want them to call me today. It has been a long week and I just didn't want to get anymore news. So I went today at about 1:00. I should hear something Monday. But as of right now, I am still pregnant. 5 weeks and 3 days. I am still really tired and sometimes feel sick. So I guess thats still a good thing. I don't know what I will do if they give me bad news Monday. I cried all evening and some of yesterday because of it. Jackson broke his arm Wednesday and I took him to the doctor yesterday and when we went to get the xray, I told the lady that I couldn't be in there with him. She asked if I was pregnant and I replied , "yes." But thought to myself that I didn't know how much longer and teared up. I will just lose it. We have wanted this baby for a very long time and it's not fair to take it away.

oh and if you read the part about Jackson breaking his arm. It's true. He was playing teacups like at Disney on a computer chair at his sitters. Well he fell off of the chair and must have fell on it the wrong way. He was fine Wednesday night. Not really any pain. Brad thought it was probably just sprained. Well the swelling never went down and so I called the doctors office and they got him in. We did the xray and while waiting for the doc to come back, I was just thinking that she would say it was sprained pretty bad and to wrap it. Well she came back in the room and said it was broke and would have to be casted. So off we went to the orthopedic hospital to get it casted. He picked out bright orange. Then Brad wanted him to come up to the shop. So I took him up there and all the guys signed his cast and Ed, the driver, even signed it too. He thought that was pretty cool. Oh and he told Amanda (his sitter) today that when he gets his cast off that he is going to break his arm again because his cast is cool. Sounds like I have a wild child on my hands. He has the cast for 4 weeks. But the doc said he can still play tball. So we'll see how that works out!

Still cant believe it!

Yes! You read that right. PREGNANT!! We are so excited to finally see those little words after so long. I haven't kept this updated but now that I have something to look forward to like this and so many people to let know how things are going, I'll get it going again.

A lot has happened since that last post in February. My first round of Clomid didn't work so they upped my dose to 100mg the next month. Well it worked!! I have been so sick the last few days and thought I just had the flu like Jackson had earlier in the week. Well I called the doctor Friday morning because I still hadn't started and I had got negative pregnancy tests and she told me to come in Monday for a blood test and progesterone check. Well I had a few extra tests left so Friday night I decided to take one. I thought it was negative so I put it on the sink and I looked down at it a few seconds later and thought I saw a shadow or something. So I picked it up and there were 2 lines!! I was about hyperventilating. I had Jackson tell Brad last night on the phone that he was going to be a big brother because Brads in Kansas City and I couldn't hold it in any longer. I wanted to tell him. So we are pretty excited. December 29th is my due date. At least I'll get to eat a lot at Thanksgiving. Maybe Christmas too if the little one wants to stay in that long!

Morning sickness is already kicking me in the hind end. I have actually already lost 3 pounds because I can't eat anything. I am at this moment trying some Bertolli chicken alfredo. It looked good in the store so we'll see if I can get it down. I am not too tired yet which I am sure will hit me when I am at work this week and can't lay down on the couch. It will be some early night for the next few weeks.

Well I look forward to updating everyone on our new little one to be. Brad thinks it's going to be a boy. We'll see!

Love you all!

Hopeful

Tuesday I went to the doctor to meet with her and figure out why we haven't been able to conceive a new little one. I have been charting since September and figured that she would like to see my charts. So she asked me a few questions and I showed her my charts. She saw the one on top and was like, "Thats a pretty one." Then she flipped through the rest, all while saying that she didn't like what she saw. Then she got to the last one and said, "thats an anovulatory cycle." Which I had figured. So she told me that sometimes I ovulate and sometimes I don't. And sometimes when I do ovulate, I have good progesterone but the other times, not good. She said we could be conceiving but I don't have high enough progesterone levels to sustain the pregnancy. So next month, (since I am too late for this month) I will be starting on Clomid. I am so anxious to get started next month. I'm glad I went to the doctor but wish I would have gone a long time ago. She told me to look from Tuesday on. We're starting over and she's going to take control. Not to stress. So after I take the meds on days 5-9 of my cycle, I go on cycle say 21 to get my blood drawn and check the progesterone levels and see if I ovulated. Oh yea....she said that worst case is we will have twins. Which I am fine with. 1 better be a girl though!! haha

Other than that news... Not much else going on. I turned the big ol' 27 2 weeks ago. Brads been working a lot and some things changed with his job. He won't be traveling as much and won't be getting to go to Japan. Which I am sad about.
Jackson is doign really good. I'm going to start looking for him a pre-k to go to next fall. I think he will love it and I am so excited for school shopping! I can't wait!
Oh and if you see Mario Kart for Wii anywhere.....PLEASE for the love....BUY IT AND I WILL PAY YOU BACK!! Jackson tells me I don't know how many times a day that he wants it and I can't find it anywhere!!!

Obsessed?

Well I wouldn't say obsessed I guess. Maybe bored. Or just like to hear peoples stories. THATS IT!
The second half of my day is filled with reading blogs. Not from people I know, but I go to one that I follow and look at the comments and pick someone from there and read theirs and then pick someone from their comments, and so on. Most, well pretty much all, are about infertility. I feel awful and sad for these couples to have to go through this. And a little selfish also. I already have Jackson and we've been trying for another baby without success, but most of these couples have not 1 child. Some even with multiple losses. I guess I feel like I don't have the right to get upset every month. But then again this is something that I want so bad. We'll see how these next few months go....
What is everyones plans this weekend? I don't think we have much going on. Just hanging around the house. Maybe go to our friends, Jim and Katies, house and see the new puppies if Sace has had them yet. I hope she has. I kinda sound like everyone I knew when Jackson was about to come because I text every day asking if she's had the puppies yet.
****Just got a text back- She's NOT had them yet. Bummer!****
Well I hope everyone enjoys their weekend! I'd like to say I'd get on and post some pictures but I don't know if that will happen.
xoxo

Tony Hortons kicking my butt...

and taking names. If you don't know who Tony Horton is, he's a fine and dandy man on our P90X videos. Brad ordered this workout program and it's brutal. I am going to be doing my 4th workout today. I am not really sore after yesterdays workout but still sore from Sundays. We are doing this together and I think it's easier. You kind of hold each other accountable. Although he probably hates me while I am in the middle of the workout because he comes in and looks at me all sweaty and out of breath and I give him the death stare. Today is yoga and I think we are going to be doing this one together so he'll get the death stare for the full hour and a half.
So along with the workout comes diet food...... Aren't you just so jealous? So far we've eaten steamed veggies, brown rice, and grilled turkey breast. But it keeps the calories down. And it doesn't taste bad. But with the diet food means NO CUPCAKES! Not. Happy.

So other than the "make me want to cry" workouts, nothing else really going on in the Wright household.