Pregnancy

Cameron and I planned on having our next baby when Peyton was three years old. If you do the math, that means getting pregnant now. YAY!! What a fun time in our lives!

We decided that two cycles ago, we'd stop preventing pregnancy. Then after two days, I freaked out, and said "nevermind, I'm not ready!!". Luckily that was before I ovulated, so we were good.

Then last month, I got over that freakout and said "OK, now I'm ready!" If you've been in the same room as me lately, I've probably gone TMI on you and shared the recipe for a girl. We really wanted a boy with Peyton and did our homework as to how to increase our chances. It worked!! Now we really want a girl, so we did our research again and with the help of a friend who used the recipe sucessfully, we were armed and ready with all the steps. If you want to know, ask me and I'll send you a message, but it's really rather discusting :)

We tried, but my temperature was all over the place, so we did the best we could. I'm never late, and my cycles are 22 days long. If they are longer, it's because I ovulated later. My luteal phase is 10 days so if I see my temp go up, then I know how long until I should start my next cycle. When I was 1 day past that mark, I took a negative pregnancy. I proceeded to take 2 more negatives and then finally last weekend, I took two tests that had a very faint line. It was so exciting!!! Then on Monday, something strange started happening.

I called my Dr., explained the symptoms, and they told me I needed to have labs done to check my levels and see what was going on. Tuesday afternoon, I spoke with my wonderful OB and he told me that they call it a "chemical pregnancy". What he thinks is happening is that because my luteal phase is so short, my pregesterone levels drop too soon and my body doesn't have a chance to recognize that it's pregnant until it's too late and then the levels are so low that my body rejects the fertilized egg. It's not really my body's fault, because it doesn't realize what is going on.

So, we're going to try again this month, and as soon as I see that I've ovulated, he wants me to call in, and within 7 days, we'll get some labs done, check the levels, and see where they are at. If the same thing happens again and we see that the levels are really low, then we'll know that is the problem. I'm assuming that I can just get some progesterone cream and raise my levels that way until my body get's it, and then we'll be fine, but I'm not sure.

We'll take some time to check it out and maybe next cycle everything will be fine, maybe not. Either way, we're going to be watching. Due date should be very close to Peyton's birthday if this next time is successful, if not, then hopefully we don't end up too much farther than his 3rd birthday, because I really want them to be as close as they can now.

Ahhhh...changes and worries. Not for me! I'm surprisingly calm about all of it though. God is in control of everything and I'll just use the knowledge he has given us humans and do with it what I can.

Thanks for caring, if you're reading.