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I met my husband about 6 years ago and we got pregnant about a year into our relationship. He is 4 now and such an amazing kid! We have been struggling to have a successful pregnancy for 2 years now, with 4 miscarriages all in the first tri-mester

What does it all mean??

TTC= trying to conceive

BBT= basal body temperature

HPT= home pregnancy test

OPK= ovulation predictor kit

BFP= big fat positive (what we want!)

BFN= big fat negative (what we loathe...)




What's been going on?

Dec 2004: Met Derek at a friends birthday dinner (and didn't like him lol!)

Feb 2006: Conceived Owen by surprise

Sept 22, 2006: Derek and I got married

Nov 6, 2006: Owen was born!

Nov 2008: Decide to TTC for #2

Jan 2009: Longest cycle ever, take HPT and got a BFP. Go to dr and find out we're mid miscarriage

May 2009: BFP!

June 2009: Go to DR for first OB appointment to find no heartbeat, off to hospital for D&C. Told to wait 3 months before TTC again

Dec 2009: BFP and one week later start bleeding, miscarriage #3

Jan 2010: Go in to see DR, check blood and all organs working well, and ovulating well.

April 2010: Another BFP. About a week later start bleeding again, miscarriage #4.

May 2010: Talk to my DR, has me wait 6 months before TTC again.

Sept 2010: Go to follow up with DR, has me start taking prenatal vitamins, baby asprin and progesterone 48 hours after ovulation (to take until my cycle starts, or reach 13 weeks in a pregnancy)

March 7th 2011: BFP!!!!! (over the next few days I ended up taking 4 tests to be for sure positive)

April 4th 2011: First OB appointment... saw lil baby on ultrasound and STRONG heartbeat of 175 bpm.

June 27th 2011: Second ultrasound, we're having a lil boy!

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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

a different journey

On this blog I've documented our journey to get pregnant and have a healthy baby. I feel so amazingly blessed to have my little man now. For everything that we went through to get him, I'm a better person. Now, though that I have this little miracle... I have some weight to lose. Wait... a lot of weight to lose!

A few of my friends have dropped a significant amount of weight and have inspired me to get my flabby buns in gear. I'm joining a gym, cutting the carbs and really going to bust my rear to be a better me.

In July 2009, I got to a good goal weight with Weight Watchers. It took me 8 months to lose 30 pounds. I'm hoping to not take that long again, considering I have 40+ pounds to lose to get where I want. Nothing against WW, but I'm doing a low carbohydrate diet this time. I've done it before and I lost about 45 pounds in about 4ish months and I kept if off until I got pregnant with my oldest. Seems like the best idea to me. So, I'm on here hoping for some accountability, tips and encouragement.

Starting weight: 193.4
Goal: 145 (what my drivers license says!)

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