I am excited to announce that after my first pregnancy that ended in a miscarriage on December 1st (my mother’s birthday) of last year I just found out I’m pregnant!

We had been TTC and fell pregnant last year and it took a while for both my husband and I to continue on TTC after our miscarriage. I went through a grieving period and then my husband went through his own afterwards. We decided to start trying again and got our BFP on our second month TTC. We are both nervous but we are trying to remain hopeful and excited. We hope for a healthy pregnancy this time around. I told my husband that I’ve decided to treat this experience like I know we will have a baby at the end of this and try not to be fearful or worried.

The funny thing is that last cycle I had so many “signals” of pregnancy and I was not pregnant. My first pregnancy I had tons of symptoms early on; I had nausea, tender breasts, heightened sense of smell, severe fatigue etc. This time I tried to hold out until my day of missed period to test as last cycle I thought I was pregnant and it was a letdown. I wanted to remain strong and not test or symptom spot as I know I was obsessing. I was proud to make it to 10dpo without symptom spotting or testing, but I did not feel pregnant. My only “symptoms” some cramping and feeling a little more tired than usual are two things that happen sometimes before my period so I thought nothing of it.

My first pregnancy I got my husband a special box and card and filled the box with special baby items. This time thinking I was not pregnant I did nothing! I had a card saved from the last time that didn’t come in time to give it to him and I didn’t even manage to surprise him with it beforehand. I took two different brand cheapies and set a timer and went back in and was shocked to see two faint lines, but they were so much darker than my faint lines my first pregnancy on the cheapies at 12dpo. I was so excited I ran into the kitchen while my husband was cooking breakfast and just exclaimed “I’m pregnant!” He was so shocked and happy he just started to cry and we decided to take a first response. The pink line is even darker in person!

We truly hope that this is our chance to have a full term healthy pregnancy. We’ve been together for 12 years and are looking forward to becoming parents. Thanks for reading and sharing in our happiness! ❤️🌈