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positive after a year and a half

Shelby • Mon, May 01

This is going to be a long post because if I can help someone out I would be so happy. My husband and I got married February 2016. He is in the marine corps and we just have wanted a family for a long time. We decided right away that we wanted to have a baby and we started trying. A year went past and nothing had stuck. We miscarried one along the way. My friends all around me had babies and were announcing they were pregnant. I started to get worried so I made an appointment February 2017 to see if everything was in working order. All test came back normal and I was ready to try again, even though I was angry my doctor wouldn't prescribe anything to help me conceive, I went along with the plan. All of this time I had been using Preseed lube, Premama drink mix, conceive plus lube, prenatal vitamins, a bbt thermometer, we used a diva cup to keep the sperm in when we were done, tracking vervain mucus, and I was tracking when I ovulated. Each month we came up negative.

My husband was so positive through the whole thing. He told me it just wasn't our time and that eventually we would get it right. He's my backbone and I don't know what I would do without him.

I had been doubting myself a lot lately and this month was no different. I was worried it would never happen for us. I had just been crying the night before thinking it would never happen for us because we do everything and nothing works. I had taken the depo shot when I was younger and I was worried that messed up any chances we had because we didn't know the side effects when I was younger.

For the last couple of nights I had been spotting. Enough to make me angry. Enough that I thought my period was right around the corner. I test the first day it happened at 7 dpo and a bfn and then again at 9 dpo and still nothing. I was more then a week early for my period and that was unusual. But then this morning it went away at 10dpo. Thinking nothing of it I laid back in bed and thought well one day can't make a difference. Well it did. I decided since the bleeding was very light and only 4 days that I should test just to make sure everything was all good. I test on a cheap test first and it popped up right away. In pure disbelief I tried the first response and it came up positive too! I thought this can't be real. I must have gotten two broken tests or something. Haha Then I thought well the clearblue just can't be wrong. I took that flipped it over so I couldn't see it and when I flipped it over it said pregnant. I was elated!!!

So the moral of the story is whether you are 3 months in or 7 years in. Never give up and keep trying. My time may seem short to some but my husband and I are healthy 24 (me) and 21 (him) year olds. It's scary no matter how much time you've been trying especially when others can do it without even trying. Keep your heads up. It can happen. I will not be afraid to be happy because this is a blessing and I will celebrate. Fingers crossed that this one sticks.

Edit; I forgot to mention this month we added the diva cup to the mix. We were almost out of ovulation tests and premama but all those things together I think really helped us to conceive. I think the diva cup is what pushed us over the edge though :)