We're on the way to our VBAC!

We're pregnant!!!

It was 9 Days Past Ovulation (DPO) and I had been having symptoms literally since the day I ovulated.  FertilityFriend.com said that 15% of pregnant women get a positive test at 9DPO, so I decided I'd give it a shot.  I saw a faint line!!

I had read that the blue dye tests aren't as accurate as pink dye tests, so I took another one about 10 minutes later, it is very faint, but there is a line there too!

That night I told Daddy B.  I couldn't hold it in!  I had read that if there is ANY trace of a line on a pregnancy test, it is positive.  So I felt safe telling Daddy B.  And with how well he knows me, well he would've known something was up anyway.   Baby C and I went shopping to find the perfect book:

When Daddy B got home and went to relax on the couch while I finished up dinner, I called Baby C in to the kitchen, gave him the book and said "Take your new book to Daddy!"  He was so good and went right over to him!  Daddy B was like "What's this?" and then his eyes got BIG and he looked up at me and said "Really?! Well get over here!!!"  And gave me one of the best hugs!!  He seemed very happy! :)

So I showed Daddy B the test and explained how early it was in my cycle, which is why it was so faint. We decided it would be best to test every other day so we could make sure the line got darker and indicated the HCG in my system was multiplying daily like it was supposed to.

Here's the test at 11 DPO:

Here was 13 DPO, which marked a missed period:

I'd say it's official!!  :)

You're probably interested in seeing my chart too.  It's so cool how my body told me all of the signs and how my temperature confirmed everything.  It's sorta weird to post this, because I tracked every symptom and every time Daddy B and I did the "baby dance" up to ovulation.  I know it's probably TMI, but I'm keeping this blog anonymous anyway!  And for those of you who know me in real life, sorry!  haha  I stopped temping after my third day of a positive test.  I'm glad not to have an alarm going off every morning at 6am to tell me to take my temperature!

Here's the last two cycles overlaid.  You can see how similar my temps are until 9 and 10 DPO, when they stay up, instead of dropping back down to indicate my period coming:

We have our first prenatal appointment with Dr. C at 12:30 on August 12th.  

Can't wait to see our little baby on our first ultrasound!!

P.S.  If you DO know me in real life, please don't post anything about this on facebook!  I'm only 4 weeks and we plan on waiting to spread the news until closer to 12 weeks when it's a little safer.  Thanks!

Charting after an IUD

I didn't ever look much in to BBT charting or natural family planning.  The most I had heard about it up until recently was that it was something done in the Catholic church, and seeing that we're not Catholic, it wasn't ever something we considered.  After having my IUD removed I wanted a way to figure out when I was ovulating.  I have heard horror stories of IUDs causing infertility and women not ovulating for 4-5 months after removal.  Daddy B and I are wanting to wait long enough to give my body a chance to return to normal (and also aim to have a May 2012 baby!), but we don't want to wait 5 months!!  

I had heard of BBT charting so I thought I'd give it a shot to help me figure out when I was ovulating this time around.  When I was tracking my cycle before we conceived Baby C, I had about a 32 day cycle and seemed to ovulate right in the middle, around day 16.  While I was on the IUD, I had regular periods that were very light and they varied in length from 29-32 days long.  

Here's a good link explaining how BBT charting works.  Anyway, I started taking my temperature on the last day of the period I seemed to get 2 days after removal.  I've been charting ever since every day at 6 am.  I was using one site that said I never ovulated, but then ventured over to Fertility Friend and plugged in my data.  It said I ovulated!  It was the same day I was getting crazy symptoms and Daddy B and I actually decided to take a pregnancy test just to make sure I wasn't.  (I wasn't!) I just wasn't used to having ovulation symptoms after NOT having them for over 2 years!  

Here's what my cycle has looked like over the past three weeks:

See that huge dip that just happened today?  I took that this morning and was shocked my temp went from 97.5 to 96.8.  Then I went to the restroom when I woke up and I was starting another cycle!  It is so cool that my body temperature reflects that!  But now I have no idea how long my cycle is going to be.  I guess we'll just wait another month and find out!

Excited

I haven't posted in awhile... but it's mainly because our MacBook is on the fritz and I haven't wanted to sit at our PC to blog since it's right outside of Baby C's bedroom door.

I wanted to take a moment to let all of you know how EXCITED I am to have another baby.  I know it has it's challenges, I think any mother knows that.  But I have such a different outlook this time when it comes to getting pregnant, carrying a life inside of me and bringing it in to this world.  Not to mention the countless hours you get to spend afterwards just staring at this little being in awe that you brought this child in to this world.

Our CNM appointment is quickly approaching and I'm so happy to say that I think Daddy B and I are BOTH looking forward to it.  When you want something like a VBAC so bad, you have insecurities that maybe the Daddy isn't as excited as you, but I can tell you that Daddy B is really looking forward to the idea of number 2! 

Tonight I was looking at Baby C while I was getting him in jammies for bed and couldn't believe how big he is.  He's almost 2 for crying out loud!  He was in his diaper and socks and had his legs just so that I was thrown back to those first few days of him as a newborn and simply couldn't wrap my head around how much of a big boy he is.  I mean we are at the beginning stages of potty training, he's practically running and trying to imitate everything I say.  Not to mention his dance skills!  He loves to dance!

I can't imagine loving another child as much as I love Baby C.  And to add what I hope to be an empowering birth on top of that... well that would just be icing on the cake.  My heart is full!

Plus, we make REALLY cute babies!  What will our next one look like?! :)