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We're going to have a baby!

Right now, as of January 3, 2012, I'm 12w0d, so that puts my due date at July 17, 2012.

We actually found out the beginning of November, but I wanted to keep the surprise until Christmas. Sorry. I faked a cycle just for this blog in order to keep people from finding out. But I'm completely sure I'm forgiven. :)

My very first hint was on 6DPO, when my throat started to hurt. I'd always heard that a lot of women get sore throats shortly after implantation, but I put it down as an old wives tale. I thought I was simply sick, because a friends' son had recently been sick, and thought I'd caught it.

Next hint was the next day at 7DPO, when I spotted. Spotting is nothing new to me, so I thought I was just getting started early this cycle, and gave it up as a bad job. But I only spotted one time that day, and nothing else in the days following. Hmmmm...

So me, being in denial, went on as normal for the next few days, and my sore throat turned into a full-blown illness, which I'm still coughing from. My husband really wanted me to see a doctor about it, so on a whim, I POAS. I figured if I really was sick and the doctor was to give me anything, they might wanna know about it.


Imagine my surprise when I saw a faint line at 11DPO (3 days before my missed period). I think I just sat there in disbelief for about 10 minutes, and then got up and took it over to a window just to make sure I wasn't seeing things. Nope. It was still there. I am pregnant! Holy crap! Over the next few days, the line progressively got darker. Yep. Definitely pregnant. *grin* But surprisingly, I was calm about it. I didn't cry, scream, nor jump up & down. It was actually pretty surreal for a long time.

How I told DH was nothing too special. Over the years, I'd thought of various fun ways to tell him that we were going to have a baby. But it took so freaking long that it seemed pretty anti-climatic to go all fancy over it. So I just stuck with the facts.

Over dinner one night -

Me: Hey, I think I know why I've been so sick
Him: Why?
Me: Because I'm pregnant.
Him: Are you sure?
Me: Yes.
Him: Well, that's good news!

See? Simple & to the point. But I still don't think it's really sunk in for him yet. Maybe when I get big and fat (!!!!) and he can feel the kicking, will he realize the awesomeness of it all.

I've kept weekly updates from when I first found out, and I'll publish those every few days, just so you can come along on the ride... though a little late. And yes, I have a lot of HPT's. Infertile women buy HPT's bulk off the internet. They're way cheap, and are usually more sensitive than those you can buy at the store. For a pack of 25, I paid about $5.50. Anyway, that's why you see a lot of tests... that and I will never get tired of seeing 2 lines!

Oh, and this is the reason why I've been kinda lame on the blogging... it's extremely hard to write about infertility when all you're doing inside is jumping up and down over the baby in your tummy. It's not that I've forgotten that I will always have problems, probably even after I have the baby, but it's like I'm taking a 9-month break from infertility. And it's awesome not to have that full weight on my shoulders. I've written lots of pregnancy-related blogs though. Those were really easy. ;)