What an overwhelming weekend...

So, many of you probably know Craig and I have been having some fertility struggles for quite a while now. I finally got pregnant and we found out on July 4th! What an awesome Fourth of July huh? Except for the fact that Craig worked and didn't get home until 8:30 or 9. I was supposed to test on the 5th, but I wanted to surprise him, so I tested early (and I don't know too many people going through infertility who do that)! It was positive so I got him a cute expecting card. I didn't want to just put the card in the envelope because I knew he would immediately know what it was before he even opened it. So, I taped it to the shelf inside the refrigerator because I knew he would see it immediately when he got home. Most of you probably know how many insane hours he has been working with all this rain we have had lately. Well, that being said, he is a complete zombie! He came home, put his stuff down, opened the refrigerator to put his left over lunch inside and didn't even see the card. (I think part of the problem was because I put it on the shelf at my 5'4" height, not his 6'1" height.) Then, he says he is too tired to eat dinner... I was like geez... I have been waiting all day for you to get home, you don't see my card...ugh! So frustrated. Then he says he is going to take a shower. I thought, he is never going to see my card. I couldn't hold it in any more, so I went into the bathroom before he got in the shower and told him "I am pregnant and I got you a card and you didn't even see it" (whining). Craig was very happy - made his day and mine.

The past 2 1/2 weeks, I have been very tired and very hungry except for Wednesday and Thursday of last week. Because of past experiences, I feared something was wrong with the baby. I called my doctor to talk to him about my fears and he told me to go ahead and come in early for my first sonogram. I was supposed to come in today the 23rd but I went in on Friday the 20th instead. I had a very strong feeling all along that I might be having more than one. Not only because I have been doing fertility treatments, but also because I have PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome) which puts me at an even higher risk of multiples. Well.... I was right, my gut feeling was correct. I am having TRIPLETS!

When we first started the sonogram, I immediately saw two sacs and said "twins". I wanted the nurse to do a quick scan to find out for sure how many there were before measuring their sizes and checking for heart beats. She wanted to do one sac at a time, so the entire time I am thinking twins...which we really wanted. So, she checks baby #1...good size and a strong heart beat, she then moves on to baby #2...good size and a strong heart beat... I was thinking "Thank you God!" She then does a scan around my uterus and yes there is another baby! Okay, so we are freaking out by this point. She checks baby #3... good size and strong heart beat. By this time Craig is tightly squeezing my hand and checking my pulse! I think I held my mouth wide open for about 15 minutes straight.

So that was our Friday... nothing big... J/K We have been in complete and total shock ever since. Our lives are about to change drastically - we need to get a new car, eventually a bigger kitchen table and even a new house! There is just so much to think about. Also, we have a two year old boxer and she is soooo hyper. I don't know how we are going to work this out. She is an inside dog, so it should be interesting. She is our baby and we can't and will not get rid of her. She is part of our family and we love her, but it is going to be an added challenge, I am sure we will come up with something.

Many of you have already asked to see updated pictures of my belly as it expands, so I thought I would show the initial belly. Well... not really, it is a little poochier than normal (even from before I found out I was pregnant) because my ovaries are about the size of cantaloupes. Well, not really but they are huge! I am not sure how big they are, but considering I had about 15 mature eggs in my ovaries, they got pretty big.

Friday, 7/20 - 6 weeks 1 day




















I'll try to scan my sono picture of the three munchkins , but we are having problems with the scanner. For some reason our computer isn't finding the scanner....GREAT... :) I will probably just wait to get a better picture in a few days because my RE was having problems with the sono machine and the picture is extremely dark.

Please pray for us to have peace of mind and not to stress and feel so overwhelmed. Also, we would appreciate your prayers for my health and the babies health.