My DH and i married last October (we eloped  ) and we had a "wedding reception" in July 08 so we could share our lives with our families and friends. I am in my last year of school for Registered Massage therapy, expect to be graduating May 09. We found out we were expecting our first child Aug. 2nd 2008, the night before we left for our summer holidays. We were so excited and it was amazing to have the week together to adjust to the news. We came home and within an hour had told EVERYONE!!! They were, for the most part, extremely excited for us. At exactly 5 weeks preggo, the morning sickness hit.. with a vengeance!! I spent 24 hours a day on the verge of throwing up, but rarely actually followed through with it!

On Sat. Aug. 23rd, while I was at work I started spotting. We went to the hospital and by Sunday morning we were able to see our baby on the ultrasound!!! It was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen! We saw his little head and heart, just a-pounding away, right on que. We were told everything was perfect, the baby was measuring the right age, heart was great, baby was in a great spot, go home and stay on bedrest until the spotting stops. 14 hours later, I woke up covered in blood! We rushed back to the hospital where I was examined and we were then told that as of that moment, I was still pregnant, but at this point it was a waiting game. There was nothing we could do to stop it, if it was going to happen..... we felt utterly helpless... On August 25th 2008, around 2 months pregnant with our first child, we suffered a miscarriage at home. We both took time to hold our very tiny child in our hands and cry... it was surreal... in many ways it still is... that is a pain I would wish on no one. We decided to name the baby Quinn, and laid him or her to rest under a beautiful tree behind our home. We still miss our little one soooo much, Quinn was with us for such a short while... but that baby will be loved forever.



We got a green light on TTC from the doctor as soon as we were ready.. now more than ever we are determined to conceive again.... hopefully soon.. i can change my status to "pregnant"..... we pray.
-amanda ~~{@

Updates:
Sept. 28/08 - My first normal period since the m/c... anything but normal! AF is kickin my butt this month.. we will use CM checking and OPK's this month to narrow down my most fertile days

Oct. 14th - First "close to positive" OPK... now the waiting game begins

Oct 25/08 - Tested today, CD28, it was negative, I think we missed it this month  

Oct 28/08 - Tested again, CD31... BFP!!! will call the Doctor to get blood work done for thursday!!!! YAY!!!!!

Oct 30/08 - Saw Dr.Tenki today, went to the lab to get blood taken, we'll have the results on Monday hopefully

Nov. 3/08 - Lab results back, hCG levels were low, possibly not as far along as we thought, have to get more blood taken on thursday... will know in 1 week if everything is ok

Nov. 10/08 - Second labs came back GREAT! hCG levels are way up! Set the date for our first appointment! yay!

Nov. 20/08 - First appointment today!

read your announcement!! CONGRATS, me and Sean are hoping you have a safe 237 more days