I’m feeling pretty good this morning, except for being extremely tired from yesterday. Yesterday, I got my blood drawn, went antiquing with my mother, did some grocery shopping, and went to a craft store. By 1 that afternoon, I was done, and I’m paying for it today. I should know sometime today what my levels are. I’ll keep you posted.
A couple of weeks ago, Friday 18th, Truck Driver Burt and I were going to the big big city for the weekend. We were going to hang out with old friends and celebrate the wife’s graduation from college. Before we left, I though “What the hell,” and I took another pregnancy test. It was positive. A very faint positive but positive none the less. I was super excited, but Truck Driver Burt didn’t want to get his hopes up and wanted me to take another test the following day. I complied, and that test was a little bit darker. This time there was no denying that it was positive. This is the weekend that I also started to get really nauseated. Like, so sick to my stomach that it ruined our trip. I was whiny, pissy, sick, and just an all-around miserable person. Everywhere we went, made me sick. We went out to some honky tonks, and some asshole blew smoke in my face. Of course, Truck Driver Burt was nowhere to be seen when it happened. After that I was done. Truck Driver Burt and I went back to our friend’s house. On the way there, we had to get gas, and Truck Driver Burt made me go inside to see if I could find something that I wanted to eat. I did. A giant can of Spaghetti-o’s. They were DELICIOUS, and the best meal that I had all weekend. No joke. Some pictures from our trip…
Once we got back to our home, it took about a week for my nausea to subside. It has now been replaced with exhaustion. Half of my day is now being spent in bed. Mushy Tushy likes to keep me company.
This past weekend was supposed to be spent with Banana Face and her husband, but things just didn’t work out for any of us and the trip was canceled. I did go ahead and tell her that I was pregnant though. I had such anxiety and guilt about it. It also deserves its own post later on.
Truck Driver Burt and I did go ahead and tell all of our family and friends. I’m a month pregnant, but I’m already showing… Showing enough that I am now wearing maternity tops and maternity jeans. That part REALLY scares the hell outta me. There is now no denying that I’m pregnant so it’s kinda hard to keep the cat in the bag.
Last night, before I started watching the Hatfields and McCoys… BTW that show is a whole bunch of AWESOMENESS!! Anyways… before my show started I started to kinda freak out. I was thinking maybe this whole pregnancy is all in my head. Maybe I’m not really pregnant… Let me just say that Truck Driver Burt was not at home, and as a result, my mind had free range to go nutso. So, in my infinite wisdom, I decided to take another test.
Ya know, there was a time when I thought this whole pregnancy test thing was just a giant conspiracy. I thought that they never turned positive on purpose just to get your money…
Definitely no denying it now! I promise, no more tests! Not because it has finally sunk in that I’m pregnant, but because I have run out. I don’t have anymore…
Lastly, I have some serious thinking to do about the future of this blog. It is an infertility blog, and I’m pretty fertile right now… Obviously. I don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings or make them feel isolated and excluded, and I don’t want it to seem like I’m bragging about my pregnancy. However, it is MY blog, and it is about MY life. I also feel like I can write whatever I damn well please. So, I have a dilemma. Maybe, if my pregnancy goes well, I’ll start another blog. A blog about motherhood. Maybe I’ll still keep this blog just in case I ever experience infertility again and I can come back to it. Maybe I’ll just say the hell with it and keep this blog just the way it is. I also realize that I might lose some followers because of my pregnancy, and I don’t begrudge them a bit. I hope everyone stays, but I’m pretty realistic. I know when I was searching for infertility blogs, if I found one that now has a baby, I wouldn’t even look at it. I would just go on to another blog… But, things change, people’s lives change, and I imagine, so will this blog. – The Infertile Housewife
I hear ya on the exhaustion. I hear it gets better which I can only wish and hope for! I have found that sour candy has helped with my nausea which comes and goes all day. How are your beta #’s? We still haven’t told all of our friends nor all of our family. My first u/s is the 4th and I figure once I get through that I can relax some. I am DVRing the Hatfields and the McCoys and another person has said how awesome it is which makes me super pumped to watch it. I too have thought about what to do about my blog since I am now preggars but like you, it is MY blog and I don’t force anyone to read it so I can still talk about whatever I want too. Congrats again!!!
Congratulations on your pregnancy! I personally believe you are fine keeping the blog name the way it is, it still shows what you’ve been through to get to where you are. Everyone loves an inspirational story.
Congrats on becoming pregnant after such a struggle to get there! Here is to 9 months of happiness and healthiness!
Keep your blog just the way it is.. and blog about the pregnancy you worked so hard to get!
I have been TTC #2 for 14 months now with a miscarriage 7 months ago.. I came acrossed your blog in a search on Google, and also just recently started “blogging” about my infertile thoughts. Your story gives me hope that someday I will get my take home baby.
The days are so long sometimes when TTC.
Again, congrats!!!
I’ve had the same thoughts about starting a new blog if/when it happens for me. Whatever you decide to do, I will keep reading
So very happy for you!!
Soooo excited for you!! I know the exhaustion, morning sickness, food aversions and bloating are the worst! I hit 9w3d today, and it is a little better, but not much. I’m just holding out for 12 weeks! I’ll be watching to see your levels. Ps, it is YOUR blog, and as a fellow infertile, it is always inspirational to read about the success of other infertiles, so I wouldn’t change a thing!
Congrats!!! What wonderful news! I see your pics from the stockyards. I’m in dallas so I guess that makes us close neighbors in the cyber world!
congrats missy! rest up and take it easy x
Thank ya’ll so much for the well wishes and the advice for the blog! It is SO appreciated!! I heart ya’ll.
Congrats, lady! It’s probably not right, but I find it so easy to be genuinely happy for fellow infertiles who get pregnant vs. the ladies who got pregnant without any effort! I, for one, will not stop reading your blog if you continue to write. And I agree with the ladies above, don’t change the name or anything about it. It gives hope to those of us still trying and shows what you had to go through before you got your BFP.
Thanks so much, Swanky.