Then I started a blog for my son's diabetes and realized that all of my posts aren't about his diabetes; they are about being a parent of a toddler, diabetes or not. So scratch that.
Then we started trying for another baby in December 2009. Being hopeful, because we got pregnant easily with our son, I didn't give TTC much thought. I figured if you had one child already, you couldn't have issues TTC. I was wrong!
When I got pregnant with my son, keeping the pregnancy was the hard part, not actually getting pregnant. I had to go on progesterone with my son until 12 weeks because my levels kept dropping. I tried to miscarry at 7 weeks, then at 14 weeks. At 28 weeks, I went into preterm labor and was given medication to stop labor. I wasn't considered a "safe" pregnancy until 32 weeks! Then of course, 3 weeks later I developed Preeclampsia and starting gaining 5 lbs a week. By the time I went into labor I was 11 days or 6 days overdue, depending on which doctor you ask, and had gained 40 lbs! I was a giant water baloon ready to burst at any moment. Long story short, epidural didn't work and after 2.5 hours of pushing, my son made it into the world. He was blue from lack of oxygen, but ready to fight! I had a seizure after, for a few moments and eventually got to hold my son.
We decided once out son was 1 year, we would TTC again. Being a constantly sick child, 2 weeks after our sons first birthday, and 1 week after I stopped birth control, our precious son was diagnosed as a Type-1 diabetic. We adjusted very well to his diabetes, and had it under tight control in just months. In September of 2009, we felt brave enough to TTC again. I went to the dr since I still wasn't having periods and after a renal ultrasound I was diagnosed with PCOS and it was discovered I had a 4 in cyst on my ovary. This explained the no periods since 2006. In November of 2009, I had a laparoscopy and it was also discovered I did have some endometriosis, not enough to cause issues but some, and a twice as long falopian tube then most women. My tube was twisted, so my dr fixed that and removed some ovary with the cyst.
In December of 2009, we were cleared to start trying. For the months of January-March all of my blood tests revealed no ovulation. I O'd in April, and July of 2010. In July, we got 4 positive pregnancy tests! The pregnancy turned out to be a chemical pregnancy and our Dr. said it was time to consider Clomid. The reason he chose to be so proactive was during the chemical pregnancy, we discovered I had more cysts that had grown back, and my 2nd breast tumor. We could no longer treat the PCOS with birth control, as I was allergic to estrogen and it was causing the tumors. We were given 3-4 months max on Clomid and given the best of luck.
In October of 2010, on our anniversary, we got a positive pregnancy test!
At 6 weeks, I began to cramp very badly and we had an ultrasound. The Dr was worried we had an ectopic pregnancy, but that's not the case. We saw a heartbeat, but the baby is measuring much smaller than it should. We get another ultrasound sometime this month to make sure Baby is growing well.
I guess I am starting to blog to just write about my everyday adventure with my pregnancy, and day to day activities with my son and his diabetes journey. I don't know if I will get any followers, but I had a blog with my son, and I want to keep one this time as well.
Praying this baby sticks, even with the daily cramps! I will take the morning sickness over another loss.
