The journey begins with my first positive pregnancy test! Becoming a mother has been an ongoing two and a half year process for me. As a single mother by choice, my journey has taken a few twists and turns I never anticipated. I began the journey on the road to adoption by way of foster care. My first placement was the most amazing 2 day old baby boy we called Christian. I was so blessed to parent him and have him in my life. He grew into quite an amazing little guy! Sadly, due to things beyond our control, his destiny was not to be adopted into our family and instead a bio father came forward and obtained custody when he was almost 18 months old. When he was 8 months old, however, his older brother, JJ, came to live with us. He is now almost 3 1/2 and is quite the rolling ball of energy. Our path to adoption is far from complete with numerous obstacles yet to come.
My goal of being a mommy continued in September when I met with a Reproductive Endocrinologist. Luckily, I had an amazing doctor. She helped me rule out any problems with becoming pregnant and we made a plan to do Intra Uterine Inseminations at her clinic. My first IUI was at 9:45am on Valentine's Day! I had my mother with me for support and could not believe my dreams of being a mom were about to potentially be realized. Now I entered what many TTCers (Trying to Conceive) call the dreaded Two Week Wait (the time between insemination and when you can test to see if you are pregnant). On Thursday, February 24 at 8:00pm I took my first home pregnancy test. Within 4 minutes the words PREGNANT were staring me in the face. I was stunned, overjoyed, thrilled! Perhaps jumping the gun, I made the announcement to my closest friends and family.
To date, it still doesn't feel real! I go in for blood work for a beta level tomorrow morning. I am so excited to begin this journey! I will be counting down the days to my first ultrasound (once I get the date!).
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