Hello, is anyone out there? I am not sure where to begin. I hope my blog world will take me back. It's been a very emotional, challenging, exciting 2 months. Although my intentions were to start this post with where are today I believe its important to explain how we got here.
The month of November was very similar to September & October. We were still very actively trying for another baby. Alexa continued to thrive and learn new things everyday. In the middle of November Justin called me about an opportunity to for him to take Command of a head quarters detachment as well as becoming the brigade S1. Either opportunity would have been a promotion, the combination of both is an offer he could not refuse. We both agreed he would move forward with the interview process.
About a week later he was offered the job. The only hold up would be his branch manager having to take him off of his orders to Fort Jackson for Captains Career Course. We were unsure of the response he would receive from his branch manager. Fortunately they recognized the tremendous opportunity and pushed his course date back to July 2014. On December 6th, Alexa, my Mom & Mother-In-Law watched Justin take command. I have never been more proud of Justin. He did it with elegance and grace. His professionalism is well beyond his 26 years.
Let me back up once again. I decided in November I was to seek fertility testing. I wanted to make sure there was nothing prohibiting a healthy pregnancy from starting and continuing for 9 months. I went into my regular primary care physician. I was given a referral to an off post specialist. During the same time frame we traveled to Chicago and had a wonderful Thanksgiving with my family. When we got home we were starting our 2 week window on finding out if we were expecting or not. I decided to cancel the fertility appointment until I confirmed we were not expecting. The morning of December 6th (same day as Justin's change of command) we had a faint positive. The next morning we had a slightly darker line & a positive blood test. It felt good & we were elated.
The next 2 weeks I had frequent blood draws & an early ultra sound. Things were looking good. After the loss this summer we were/are extra reserve about our excitement. We also found out my progesterone was a bit low. Because of my history I was immediately put on supplements. The medicine makes me very sick & moody. We spent 10 days traveling between Christmas & New Years. I knew I could not hide my sickness so we decided to tell our families we were expecting.
When we got back in town I had a follow up U/S. Everything looked fantastic. Our peanut measured right on schedule giving us an August 19th due date (my Grandpa's 84th Birthday). I am still nervous about something going wrong again. We have decided to wait until my next appointment at the end of the trimester to public announce the pregnancy. I Have lots I want to get down on in blogs but for now I am going to stay goodnight. :)
