After 6 years, finally pregnant! (Long post, thank you if you make it to the end!)

Ginger

So I swore I'd post my story if I got pregnant, sites like these got me through so many hard days throughout this journey. My husband and I started trying for a baby when i was 24, after 2 years of trying but not obsessing because we were young, we got pregnant. Unfortunately i miscarried at about 6 weeks. I was crushed and wanted to get pregnant again immediately after. My sister had become pregnant at the same time and fortunately had a healthy baby girl, but everytime I see my niece it just makes my heart ache a little imagining what could have been. Fast forward 4 years and I can't tell you how much I had spent on ovulation tests, pregnancy tests, supplements, pre seed, literally sooo much anything and everything I read about I bought. I started to feel insane. I had suspected PCOS for a while but did not want that to be the case so badly I avoided <a href="https://glowing.com/glow-fertility-program">fertility treatment</a>. But I finally cracked and went to my obgyn, was diagnosed with PCOS via sonogram and was prescribed clomid. I did ovulate on the lowest dose which was good because those pills made me feel insane. I did 6 rounds and nothing. Just more heart break. So I took a break for a while. I finally got the nerve to try a few more times, I got 2 more rounds from the doctor and the first round didnt work for us. Second round would have been in December but I decided to wait since we were moving and I knew I would be stressed. And I'm glad I did, because I took it at the end of December and found out I am pregnant after I missed my period by 3 days. I have longer cycles 32-36 days so I was terrified to test. It felt exactly like i was getting my period. I even had a tiny bit of implantation spotting I think. It was seriously tiny though. My first blood draw for HCG came back only 48, my second two days later had tripled to 146 so that gives me hope. My Ob was excited for me and didnt even mention my numbers being low, only that they had risen really well and scheduled my 8 week appointment in February. But I can't relax so I've been taking tests every other day like a psycho and they are getting darker so I'm feeling optimistic at this point. I prayed hard this time too, I always pray, but this time was different. The stars aligned and I am praying now for a healthy pregnancy and my rainbow baby in September. Thank you if you got to the end, I know that was a lot. But I love reading success stories it always gives me hope and I can't be the only one.