March 2010 Andrew and I started trying to have a baby. We
were unsuccessful for a few months when I decided to go ahead and start getting
some testing done to see if there were any issues that were preventing us from
having a baby. My gynecologist was reluctant
because she advised we try for a year and then start the testing process. I was
not in agreement with her advice because I had previous problems with my reproductive
organs since I was 15 and didn’t want to try a year and then find out there was
an issue and we could have fixed it by then or found out a lot sooner if I
wasn’t able to conceive. So the infertility testing began… and for anyone who
has had these tests know that you do one at a time and it takes about a week or
so for the results and then you have another a few weeks later and so on. It’s
a very long drawn out process that took us 5 months to finally find out what
the issue was. I had a hormonal imbalance where my progesterone levels were
that of a pre menopausal woman. At 20 years old and hearing that I was
basically becoming menopausal was very scary. I was thankful that we finally
figured out what was wrong but knowing that conceiving a child may not happen
for us was depressing.
If anyone has ever had a hormonal imbalance especially with
progesterone knows what I went thru. I had spells of depression, I gained 30
pounds in a year and a half, I was lethargic and didn’t have the endurance that
a 20 year old should have. And finally! I found out what the deal was and was
happy! But also sad with the news of maybe never being to conceive a child.
Andrew and I had to have many talks of if we would adopt, or if we would just
be those people that didn’t have children and have to deal with the millions of
questions of why we didn’t have any children. We never really decided on if we
would adopt or not because I had hope that I could fix the imbalance and be
able to one day conceive. I asked my doctor what my options were and she said
if I lost 15-20 pounds, changed my diet and starting using a progesterone cream
that my body could start making more progesterone again but the chances were
slim since mine were so low for so long now. I decided I didn’t want to try the
cream and I would try some natural alternatives. This was in July of 2010 when
I became the heaviest I had ever been and I decided to go on a strict diet of
lean meat, veggies and fruits only. I started a mild exercise plan that I was
dedicated to every single day and I also
started taking a all natural supplement called Zija that we had been introduced
to that had many testimonials of women being cured of hormonal imbalances. Fast
forward to February 2011 it was time for my monthly weigh in and I had lost 20
whole pounds! I was thrilled that I was able to be dedicated with my diet and
exercise to have that kind of achievement. That week we went to church and I
had many people tell me how I was glowing and asked if we were expecting. (Btw
no one really knew how bad my imbalance was, some family members knew but
didn’t know the severity of it) I laughed it off and said no we weren’t
pregnant. It’d been almost a year of us trying and I just figured it wouldn’t
happen. The Tuesday after everyone made those comments I was cleaning out our
linen closet and saw that I had 1 pregnancy test left over from the many I had
taken months before. With those comments still rolling in my head I thought
“hey! Ya never know misewell just try and take the test.” I took the test and
laid it down on my counter and walked away from it for a good 10 minutes having
the thought of its probably negative. I came back and to my surprise I saw a
faint line….. There was a pink thick line and right next to it was a faint pink
line. I studied that bad boy for a good 30 seconds and then started yelling for
Andrew. THERES A SECOND LINE!!!!!!! Thrilled! We decided to go buy a few more tests;
we got one with lines and then one that had the words Pregnant or Not Pregnant.
I don’t know what it is but there is something about the test with words that
makes it so definite! So I took the line test first and there still was just
that faint line. I then took the words test and it came back….. PREGNANT!!!!!!!
Andrew and I looked at each other with so much excitement we didn’t know what
to do with ourselves!
Connors pregnancy went very well, other than one scare at 12
weeks. I started bleeding bright red blood and went to the ER thinking this was
it, I was miscarrying. With several tests and an ultrasound we found out that
my placenta was detached at 70% and I had to go on a strict bed rest for 2
weeks. After that I had another ultrasound showing that the placenta had
attached back at 100% and I would be just fine just have to have routine
ultrasounds to check on it. If anyone doesn’t know the risks of a detached placenta, they
are pretty significant, if it were to
detach fully and come out along with the baby resulting in a miscarriage.
Other than that my pregnancy was smooth sailing with my Connor man. I
had 2 weeks of morning sickness, but that was it. I felt great for the most
part.
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