Many of you know, Michael and I had trouble getting pregnant the first time around. When Taylor approached one year old we started thinking about her being a big sister. Soon after I finished breastfeeding we went back to see our fertility doc to find out what we were up against. Our first roadblock was that I had a cyst on my right ovary the size of a golf ball. This had to shrink or be removed in order to try to get pregnant. Right away it looked like this was going to be another journey. With a little birth control and two cycles the cyst was gone and we were cleared to try to get pregnant. After two unsuccessful cycles and a lot of arthritis pain for me, we went back to our fertility doc ready to get the ball rolling. We were going to try exactly what we did before getting pregnant with Taylor on my next cycle. Soon the familiar process began...taking pills and injections for the first ten days, followed by blood draw to check hormone levels, and lastly an ultrasound to see how many mature follicles were present. I had two mature follicles so we got the green light from the doc. After everything was is in place the waiting game began. We waited 16 days before our first blood draw. The first blood draw came back positive but the Hcg level seemed to be really high, 1150. When I asked the nurse about it all she said was that the numbers have to double in two days and then we would follow up with a 6-week ultrasound. My thought was, " Well yeah, but that still seems really high." Back to the waiting game. So Wednesday morning rolls around and I go back for my blood draw. We were actually in Taylor's 16-month well visit later that afternoon when the nurse called and left me a message that the Hcg levels had doubled so now we have to wait for our 6-week ultrasound. Again, the Hcg levels were very, very high, 3551. At this point knowing the Hcg levels were really high, we tried to mentally start preparing ourselves that we could be having twins. Twins don't sound so bad do they!?!? :) So we wait for our 6-week ultrasound, which is on Halloween (Happy Birthday Annie). We have two heartbeats confirmed!! And there is a third sack, but the doc can't find a heartbeat in the third sack. WOW, so it looks like we are staring twins straight in the eye and maybe triplets. The Kamp family is sure about to change!! So we wait one more week and go back Nov. 7 (Happy Birthday Jill). Three sacks and three heartbeats are confirmed. Michael and I are now expecting parents of TRIPLETS! Three beating hearts...All fraternal...Simply amazing and mind-boggling all at the same time. As you can imagine, we have been on an emotional roller coaster since Nov. 7. So many things go through our heads on a daily basis, but I will tell you I get a little bit more excited/ accepting of the situation every day!
Michael and I just returned from a six-day vacation to the Monterey/ Carmel, CA. It was much needed and could not have come at a better time to say the very least. We had a lot of time with just the two of us to reconnect and talk about our future. A lot of times we laugh (Michael is pretty good at getting me to do that), sometimes I cry and sometimes both. We know that we have our challenges ahead of us, but we cannot discount the fact that we have also been truly blessed. After all, we had trouble having one baby and now we're going to have four children and be a family of six! Never in a million years did I think I would be saying that. So that is where we currently are in our journey and I plan to keep you all updated along the way through this blog.
We could not have made it through the past 3-4 weeks without the love and support our family has provided us through their positive encouragement and unconditional love. THANK YOU!
Thank you Nicole for suggesting I start this blog. A two-year old, newborn triplets, a blog... sounded like I needed something else to do. LOL!
If you need cheap entertainment or some diaper-changing practice next summer, feel free to stop by the Kamp Ground!
In all seriousness, we do appreciate all of the the thoughts and prayers.
Until next time, take care.
XOXO
No comments:
Post a Comment