My name is Amy. I've been visiting this site (obsessively) since my first pregnancy this past fall. We miscarried on November 4th, 2007 and just found out at the end of April we are expecting again!! (YAHOO!!!!)

We've been married for almost 6 years and my hubby has a son who is 12. He lives with his mom and we see him on weekends ~ he is a great kid who we would love to see so much more of. My husband is an amazing father, and a phenomenal husband ~ truly my soul mate. I'm so blessed to have him.

(I've rearranged again....the first pregnancy and ttc journey is in the blog section and pregnancy journal will be here with the newest dates first!)

May 12, 2008 7 weeks, 4 days: Good news! My levels were checked again today....I've read two ranges. One says the #''s should be between 7,600 and 229,000 ( big range!!) and the other source says they should be between 54,000 and 102,500. Either way we're good b/c my number today was 99,053. A steady move upwards, which is great. I'm feeling nauseated on and off, especially if i wait to long to eat. Otherwise pretty good. Work is exhausting though - i'll tell you that much. i slept all weekend ( i mean like four hour naps every day of the weekend!) and feel ready to crash by 7 pm each night. Whew. Well, this Thursday will be 8 weeks - two months already. At the 10-11 week mark we'll go to see the midwife to hear the heartbeat. The little heart is beating away already but it's too small to hear with doppler. So for now, we wait....and eat! : )

May 2nd, 2008 6weeks, 2 days
Because of my first m/c due to a blighted ovum I'm going to get a blood draw today - my midwife wrote a standing order (to "keep my head in good health" as she put it). If things are developing well then the HCG levels should be between 5,000 and 20,000. i'm curious to see. not feeling stressed or anxious but definitely curious. starting to have little waves of nausea. i'm noticing it the most if i don't eat frequently. also, a super powerful gag reflex when i brush my teeth in the morning. i'll take it all and more if it means i'm going to have a strong, healthy pregnancy!
p.s got my HCG levels today - 25,622 @6w, 2d - lookin' good!!!!!!!

May 1st, 2008 6 weeks

TESTED YESTERDAY ~ BFP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WWWWOOOOOHHHHHHOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

The results window showed a dark blue line before the control window even began to turn! My boobs had been sore for days. I was putting off testing b/c we were sooo tired of being dissapointed but it must have worked to just relax because here we are!

My hubby jumped out of bed and swung me around - what a blessing to have him so fully excited and ready for us to do this together. We are just so, so, so excited and ready for this baby!!!

THANK YOU JESUS FOR THIS GIFT OF LIFE!!!!