19 1/2 Weeks

Here's an updated belly picture from this week, I'm 19 1/2 weeks. I've definitely started to feel Baby Girl moving now, not constantly, but she is in there.

It feels amazing to have made it this far especially since I miscarried at the beginning of this year...

I got pregnant in December and found out our exciting news at the beginning of January, but all our joy was crushed at my first ultrasound at 10 weeks when we found out the baby didn't make it and had only survived to about 7 weeks. This was at the beginning of March. Due to the fact that I didn't miscarry on my own, my OB said a D & C would be the best way to which I ended up having down the next week. When I saw my OB again she let us know that they tested the placenta and determined it was a I had a partial molar miscarriage which is when 2 sperm attach 1 egg. This type of miscarriage if very rare and is a guarantee that the baby will not survive. My OB's next concern was making sure all of the placenta was removed because if anything is left over it can attach itself to the inside of your uterus and continue to grow, which then can cause cancer.

After my OB gave me my test results she let me know that I would have to get weekly blood work to make sure my pregnancy hormones were coming down after the D & C...well after several weeks they weren't which meant there was still something in there. My OB then gave me a prescription to cause me to miscarry and that didn't work so...I had to have another D & C because a piece of the placenta had attached and was growing.

After the 2ND round I still had to get weekly blood work and FINALLY towards the end of April my pregnancy hormones were coming down, but I had to keep going every 2 weeks until they were at zero.

I finally made it to zero around end of May...then we had to wait for a couple of months to start trying again. We finally got the OKAY from my OB in July...let's just say we didn't waste anytime cause I got pregnant in July.

This year has defiantly been a roller coaster...it was our first year of marriage, lost a baby, and now we are pregnant again. It has been very difficult on our marriage, but I don't think we ever have anything that works out for us without some sort of hurdles so we just say it makes us stronger as a couple.

Jason and I couldn't be more thrilled for our bundle of joy who is on HER way! We are so excited and can't wait until April when we get to meet her.