I've been married to my husband for 7 yrs. I have an 18 yr old from a previous relationship. My husband always wanted to wait til after he turned 30 to have kids, he's 3 yrs younger than I am, we've been together 9 yrs. We had a pregnancy a few yrs ago that ended in miscarriage. It was such a difficult time for us both but I think especially him as he doesn't have any bio children. I have medical conditions, and I blamed myself for such a long time because I should've known better than to get pregnant. It wasn't planned, but it also wasn't prevented. Learning to cope with our grief and trying to be strong for each other brought us closer together as a couple. About 2 yrs ago I said enough was enough, I had to take control of my body and ready it for a baby, things had to change or I had to stop wishing that magically I would just be ok to have another child. My blood pressure and A1C weren't horrible but weren't good either. I lost 36 lbs, brought my A1C down to 5.6 and controlled my BP that my MD cut my meds in half. We were given the ok to start trying for a baby last yr. And we tried, and tried, and tried... And we became discouraged because finally my body was ready but nothing was happening. Life continued, and we decided to stop <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.glow.android">tracking ovulation</a>, stop scheduling intimacy. Our son was graduating high school, we were buying a house life was busy. We moved into our new home 06/13 😊 and AF shows a day before our move, bummer. This month I was ready for AF, and I was late...it's not uncommon for me to be a few days late or early. But when AF didn't show up 7 days after she was supposed to come I got excited! I took 4 tests 3 were positive 1 was negative. I was devastated seeing that last negative result. But I felt different. My body was telling me something had changed. 2 days later I took 3 more tests, they all came back positive. 😍. My husband was extatic, we cried and laughed and cried some more when I told him. I called my MD who scheduled me to come in the next day. Urine test in MD office positive, and blood work showed 6 wks gestation. I'll be seeing a high risk OB soon as I'm also 37 as well as diabetic and hypertensive. Ladies pls keep my baby in your prayers. I'm 7 weeks today. I'm scared to cough or push, I wanna wrap myself in buble wrap to protect this baby with all that I have. I'm scared to celebrate. My husband and I haven't told anyone yet, we're waiting out the 1st trimester. Morning sickness has been horrible attacking at all hours of the day, keeping healthy sugar levels is a challenge right now, but I will gladly go through it if my baby is healthy. God is good.