shock without the dismay

WE ARE PREGNANT!!!

me and my beautiful wife, Dawn, kind of in shock but soooo happy!!

THESE PICS WERE TAKEN AFTER WE FOUND OUT ON FRIDAY WHEN THEY CALLED WITH OUR FIRST BETA WHICH WAS 74 - OUR SECOND BETA WAS SUNDAY (41.5 HRS LATER) AND THAT WAS 127. MY ESTROGEN AND PROGESTERONE ARE BOTH GOOD AS WELL. I AM STILL ON THE PROMETRIUM AND ESTRACE FOR SEVERAL MORE WEEKS. I GO IN FOR BLOOD ONLY UNTIL 7 WEEKS AND THEN THE SONOS START. 

I AM FEELING A LITTLE NUMB BUT SO VERY HAPPY. IT TOOK AWHILE AND I KNOW IT IS STILL EARLY BUT WE ARE SO THRILLED THAT WE ARE FINALLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A BABY TOGETHER. I MEAN WE HAVE BEEN RAISING OUR BOYS TOGETHER FOR ALMOST 14 YRS AND THEY ARE BOTH OURS REGARDLESS OF WHEN THEY CAME INTO ONE ANOTHER S LIVES...BUT I HAVE WANTED THIS SINCE WE WERE TOGETHER ONLY A FEW MONTHS. WE HAVEN'T TOLD ANYONE YET, INCLUDING THE KIDS, WHO OF COURSE WILL BE THE FIRST TO KNOW. WE ARE IN A LITTLE BIT OF DISAGREEMENT ABOUT WHEN TO TELL PEOPLE. IDEALLY I WOULD LIKE TO WAIT UNTIL WE ARE OUT OF THE FIRST TRIMESTER, SHE WOULD LIKE TO TELL PEOPLE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. LOL.  I WOULD LIKE TO COMPROMISE TO WAIT TILL I AM OUT OF THE RE AND INTO A REGULAR OB AND GET THE ALL CLEAR. OUR PLACE GRADUATES YOU AT 9 WEEKS. WE ARE OFFICIALLY CONSIDERED 4 WEEKS. WE WILL SEE HOW IT GOES.

AS FAR AS SYMPTOMS,  I AM STILL HAVING SOME CRAMPING ON AND OFF AND YESTERDAY AND THIS MORNING A LITTLE LIGHT PINK/BROWN SPOTTING ON AND OFF. THE NURSE SAID THAT IS PERFECTLY NORMAL SO I AM GOING TO TONE DOWN THE WORRY AND JUST GO WITH IT. MY BBS STILL HURT AND ARE GETTING A LITTLE BIT FULLER, I AM STILL NAUSEOUS WHEN I AM HUNGRY AND KIND OF TIRED BUT NOT TOO BAD. 


I AM SO GRATEFUL AND HAPPY. I ALSO AM NOT TAKING A MOMENT OF THIS FOR GRANTED. I AM STILL HOPING THAT EVERYONE WHO IS STRUGGLING GETS THEIR BFP TOO.  I AM JUST SO THANKFUL FOR THIS CHANCE!

*** UPDATE - DUE TO THE CRAMPING AND SPOTTING CONTINUING I HAD TO GO IN TODAY FOR MORE BLOOD WORK  WHILE I WAS THERE I EXPRESSED MY GROWING CONCERN (DAMN NEAR PANIC ATTACK) TO MY FAVORITE NURSE, NONA, AND SHE PUSHED ME IN FOR A SONO. THE DOCTOR WHO I AM NOT IN THE LEAST BIT FOND OF CAME IN AND INFORMED ME THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SEE "THE PREGNANCY" THIS SOON BUT THEY WERE GOING TO CHECK MY CERVIX AND LINING AND TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY BLEEDS. ALL LOOKED GOOD. CERVIX CLOSED. LINING THICK. NO PUDDLES OF FLUID. I WENT IN TO WORK HOLDING MY BREATHE FOR THE CALL. WHEN I GOT IT I WAS SO RELIEVED THAT OUR NUMBERS HAVE CONTINUED DOUBLING. RESULTS FOR BETA #3 HCG 296, ESTROIDOL 375 AND PROGESTERONE 38. ALL IN ALL IT SEEMS LIKE OUR LIL BUG IS NICE AND SNUG AND JUST CAUSING A RUCKUS. I HAVE TO TAKE IT EASY FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND GO BACK ON MONDAY, BUT OTHER THAN THAT EVERYTHING LOOKS AS IF ITS COMING ALONG JUST FINE.