Our Miracle

Since December 2008, we have been on 2 different fertility drugs, monitored daily temperatures, had monthly blood draws, tracked Amy's cycle, had sex on the “right” days, got painful progesterone shots in the rear-end, on and on... It wasn’t until this past June that we decided that enough was enough. We completely quit trying.


God has quite the sense of humor. :) We took a test last Friday, November 5th and to our surprise, we are pregnant!!! 

Since this is a high-risk pregnancy, they had Amy come in immediately to have a blood draw to check her hcg levels and progesterone levels. Progesterone is the hormone your body uses to sustain a pregnancy. We just received the results yesterday and while Amy's hcg was consistent w/an early pregnancy, her progesterone was a bit low. Dr Goralski (we'll be following 3 different Dr's) said it could just be because we tested so early, but she wanted to be conservative/safe, so Amy's cousin will be administering 200 cc of progesterone via intramuscular shot. Amy will have another blood draw in 2 weeks to re-evaluate her progesterone levels. Her first ultrasound is scheduled for the week after Thanksgiving.


Join us in praying that Amy's body produces enough progesterone to sustain this pregnancy and that it absorbs and uses the progesterone that is  
being injected. That we see a heartbeat on the ultrasound and that everything looks like it should.


Our due date is estimated at July 22, 2011. For now, the baby will be referred to as "Punkin" until we find out what it is. :) Izzy is convinced she's having a little sister. Everyone else seems to think it's a boy. Right now, little Punkin is the size of a poppyseed and rapidly growing into the embryo and placenta. 

Amy's been feeling well, for the most part. She's been experienced the usual early pregnancy symptoms that she experienced w/Izzy... sore chest, tiredness, headaches... and a few she didn't have with Izzy, too... low backache, frequent urination. She's already had her first food craving... last night I (Amy) made Ben go get me onion rings at 8pm! When he walked through the door I couldn't eat them because the smell made me so nauseous! haha


No matter how unpleasant, we are celebrating each and every symptom that comes, because that means WE ARE PREGNANT!!!