Eric and I came home from California with an unexpected souvenir.

WE ARE PREGNANT!

Even now, staring at my cursor blink on the screen, I can’t even believe it. This is truly a miracle. We are so excited and grateful.

You’re probably wondering….how?

We were supposed to start our next IVF retrieval cycle when we got back from California. Every IVF egg retrieval cycle usually starts out with a couple weeks of birth control to suppress the ovaries before the major hormone meds. Well, I wanted to start the birth control part of it while we were in Cali so when we got back we could start the stimulation meds.

My new fertility doctor suggested I come in the day before our trip to do an ultrasound and check for ovulation.

I want to make this soooooo clear…. I DO NOT OVULATE ON MY OWN. I have pcos and unexplained infertility, so I was going into this appointment fully knowing I wasn’t going to be near ovulation.

He said if everything looked good at my ultrasound then I could start birth control while on my trip.

So I went in for the bloodwork and ultrasound and it turns out that my body was about to ovulate on it’s own. I wasn’t taking any medications to do this so I was shocked and honestly in a little bit of disbelief when my doctor suggested that I was going to ovulate. He told me to go on my trip without birth control, try naturally and we could check everything when I got back.

I was very skeptical but we decided to try it anyway. We tried not to think about it too much. We left for our trip on Saturday August 28th and I’m pretty sure I ovulated the 28th or the 29th because I was feeling very crampy those days.

Fast forward to September 7th, we had just arrived in Oceanside. I looked at the calendar and realized that it had been about 10 days since ovulation so we picked up some pregnancy tests when we went grocery shopping.

We got back to the camper and I decided to take a test. Eric had gone on a scooter ride with Brynn. I have ALOT of experience with negative pregnancy tests so I didn’t think this one was going to be any different or else I would have had Eric with me.

I took the test and it was POSITIVE. I was in shock. I took a couple more tests and literally started sobbing. They were all positive. I called Eric immediately and all I remember was saying “COME BACK HERE RIGHT NOW”. It was the best moment ever. I can’t believe we got to experience that excitement again. I honestly feel so grateful.

Since we got back from the trip, I have gone back to my fertility doctor a handful of times to check on bloodwork and ultrasounds. They changed up my medications a bit. Different thyroid pill, put me on a folic acid pill, started me on baby aspirin. I’m so thankful for my doctor because he’s really pulling out all the stops to make this a successful pregnancy.

Today was a special day because I went in for another ultrasound and confirmed that baby has a heartbeat!!!!! I’m measuring about 6 weeks 1 day which is right on time. He said everything is looking perfect.

I have been thanking God every single day since we found out. I know we are just at the beginning of all this but I feel calm in knowing that this is a miracle and I have so many people that have my back.

Until next update!

Jess <3