I have been a member of this site since 2007 when I was pregnant with my first child. My son, Owen, was born on November 24, 2007 weighing 6 lbs. 3 oz and was 19 inches long. Owen is an intelligent and vibrant two year old who has conversations with us and can read and spell his name. He loves race cars, motorcycles, construction vehicles, all sports, plays his guitar and drums and dances to Michael Jackson songs from the Thriller album. He is my heart and joy.

Since Owen was born in November, I knew that I wanted my next baby to be a spring/summer birth. We were going to wait to try until next year, but decided to try this month (Dec. 2009) to see what would happen and if we didn't get pregnant, we would go back to the original plan. Well, needless to say that it worked on the first try and we got a bfp on December 15th. Unfortunately the pregancy was a chemical pregnancy and ended two days after we got our bfp. Instead of waiting until summer 2010 (as planned), we decided to try again now.

So, here I am enduring the 2WW. I tested really early last time and got a bfp at 11 dpo only to find that it turned negative at 14 dpo and my cycle came right on time. I have decided that I am not going to test early this time and will just wait it out.

I look foward to meeting new friends and sharing this journey with all of you. Congratulations to the mommies-to-be and sticky baby dust to those who are TTC.

Jan. 11, 2010: Took an HPT this morning and got a BFP!!! I know it may be a little early to be so excited based on what happened last month, but I just cannot help it! I am so hopeful that this will be a sticky bfp.

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Jan. 15, 2010: Got a call from my doctor with my lab results--HCG level at 4 weeks 0 days was 103 and at 4 weeks 2 days was 298 (almost tripled!); progesterone level was 25.5 at 4 weeks 2 days. They told me everything looked really good and to schedule my first prenatal appointment and ultrasound to take place in two weeks. After this news, we told all our family members about the baby!!!

Feb. 1, 2010: Had my first ultrasound today and got to see my little peanut! Baby was hiding and it took the tech a little while to get a good picture of it. LOL! Baby is measuring 6 weeks and 4 days (pretty much right on target). I had estimated my due date as Sept. 22nd, but now it is Sept. 23rd. We got to see and hear baby's heart beat! Yea! Heartrate was 113 bpm. I feel so blessed!!!