We are finally jumping in with both feet!!

After being married for 3 years Mike & I decided it was time to expand our little family. Life was fun and comfortable w/ the two of us and our amazing pups, but we knew we wanted more.

We pondered the idea of starting a family almost a year ago. We did the research, read some books, and I spent the next few months working w/ my neurologist to get off my migraine meds. Finally at the end of December 2008 I was migraine medication free. The next step was to toss the birth control in the trash at the end of my current cycle! We were terrified but extremely excited. All our friends said "oh it takes at LEAST 6 months to get pregnant". So we assumed at the earliest (on average) we would be pregnant by June. Boy O' boy were we wrong!

January was our first official cycle trying. It was terrifying the first morning I didn't take my pill. I knew at this point there was no turning back. Despite some fear and anxiety we would just relax, wait and have some fun. We were not at all surprised when 28 days later (Feb 12,2009) we were not pregnant. Off to start cycle #2!


Cycle #2 was much like cycle #1 nothing eventful. But unbeknownst to us we were very wrong! I woke up the morning of March 11, 2009 and thought "i think i am pregnant". My brain went in circles... "noooo way! you are due for your period any day that's why you feel this way"... "but i never feel this good before my period"... "its only cycle #2 its impossible you are pregnant"... the thoughts just continued to spin. I decided that instead of torturing myself for the rest of the day i would just take a test. And was I sure surprised!!!!!