Ovia Update - Tuesday, February 24, 2015

First trimester- 5 weeks 5 days.

Your baby forms eye buds and arm buds; meanwhile, you may get more familiar with morning sickness and exhaustion.

News - Monday, February 23, 2015

So we have spread the news to some of our close family and friends so far. Both of our parents know. Some of our close friends know. And some siblings, but not all. We want to tell everyone in person if we can, so it's been kind of tough. The first person I told was my sister, Rachel. I wanted her help in finding a good way to share the news with people. We came up with the idea to have my dog, Tobey, wear a shirt with the annoucement. At first we were going to do the "reports for guard dog duty" and then the D.O.B. (which we are unsure of) so I decided to have it say something different. I actually tried to go out and see if I could find a pre-made shirt that would have something like that on it, but I didn't have any luck. So, I stenciled out "Big Bro Est. 2015" and put it on a toddler tank top from Walmart. It was definitely WAY cheaper than buying a dog shirt. The shirt itself was around $2.. and I already had the paint on hand.  So it worked out. So we shared the news with Adams family on Saturday, 2/21. His brother, Matt was in town from California so it was good timing for him to be there for it. We told my parents yesterday, 2/22. I was pleasantly surprised by peoples reactions. It's a good feeling to have family there to share the exitement and they also provide support for you in these big changes in life. So grateful. I have cried when sharing the news basically like 70% of the times we have done it. Haha these pregnancy hormones are a real thing. I have only seen my dad cry a handful of times in my life. My wedding day, family things, and last night. He has had a calling in the church with the singles ward for the past few years and I feel like I have noticed such a great spirit about him that has expanded since then. I feel so lucky to have such wonderful supportive parents on both sides. I hope that one day I can provide the same love, help, and support for our little ones.

Say what? - Friday, February 13, 2015

So after waiting (im)patiently for the day that I was expected to start my period, Ovia told me that I could take a pregnancy test. Thanks for the permission Ovia! Ha.. Well, it came out POSITIVE. This was yesterday morning. I don't know exactly how far along I am. I am guessing its within the last month.. so whatever the technical date would be of conception.. there ya go! So weird. I don't feel like it's real. I'm pretty sure Adam doesn't even believe the test. We have been discussing when we would like to spread the word to our family and friends and so forth. It's not set in stone yet, but coming. We will most likely tell our family and close friends within the next couple weeks. And then wait till the second trimester to spread the word to facebook, neighbors, coworkers, etc. I have almost spilled the beans like at least 10 times already. It's been bad. Haha we've also been trying to think of cleaver ways to announce it, but nothing set in stone yet. We were thinking of doing it on Valentines day with some cards or something.. but I don't know how excited I am about that idea. I think I'm more excited to spread the word rather than that idea of how it would happen. Haha I just wanna shout it to the world. But I wont. It still blows my mind that there is a baby growing inside me. Like, what a miracle! It's crazy how our bodies work. On the app (Ovia) I selected that I took a test that came out positive. Well, as a result to that, it got rid of the calendar I had recorded all the days where we had sex. I wanted to go back and look to see if I could see if we conceived more likely in the beginning or end of ovulation so that I could make an educated guess about what gender the baby will be, but I haven't found a way to pull that up yet. It basically changed the layout of the entire app when I reported the pregnancy. So now I'm using Ovia Pregnancy.. Rather than just regular Ovia. The app tells me that the baby is about the size of a poppyseed right now. So weird, we're going to be parents! Life is about to get a lot more exciting. More updates coming.

Pain - Tuesday, February 10, 2015

This past month I have tried to not even think about conceiving. I have just tried to ignore it and not stress out in hopes that maybe that was taking a toll on me before. I also have been exersizing more this month. Not a ton more, but just enough so that IF we did conceive this month, my body wouldn't freak out on me if I needed to exersize during those 9 months. This was the second month that me and Adam tried to make it so I didn't get up after the deed was done also. How have I been feeling? Physically- I have felt normal the whole month up until the last week. I have been feeling a cramping sort of feeling with some bloating. This could very well be symptoms of my period coming (which is expected in the next few days) OR this could be a sign of early pregnancy. I also have noticed that sometimes when I have felt those feelings, I have felt slightly nauseated. I don't know if I'm just psyching myself out again, but I guess we'll see in a few days! Another thing I have noticed that Ovia is telling me that could be a sign of pregnancy if it persists, is the cervical mucus consistancy has been more thin and creamy. (Sounds yummy right? ;) haha sorry, TMI!) I have been having some super realistic dreams lately too! Emotionally- I have been feeling super excited, but I have REALLY tried not to think about it because I don't wanna get my hopes up. Anxious much? YES. The next few days need to fast forward! Supposedly I can take a prego test on... Friday!(According to the Ovia app) So that's in 3 days. Stay tuned.

Striking Out - Thursday, January 15, 2015

Welp, another month down.. another one bites the dust. Not this month! I was really starting to think we did it this time. (No pun intended) It was kind of interesting though.. a couple days ago as I was getting closer to my expected period.. as I would think about actually being pregnant, it scared the crap out of me. Not necessarily the thought of physically having a baby of my own in my presence, but again, just the process. The thought of my body changing on me without my control and not knowing if everything is going right or whatever. Just the unknown KILLS me. Haha but it's ok. I'll get there. I think once we actually conceive I will be less scared because it is happening and I will have doctor follow ups to make sure everything is going right. But anyway, at least for another month... no worries. I have heard things that you're not suppose to do while pregnant. I haven't been the most physically active person the past couple years so I was hoping to stay in shape while pregnant, but obviously you don't start something new like that while you're prego.. so I am actually kind of relieved that I have another month. So ya, we'll see how I stick to working out though! I am SO bad at it. Anyways, more updates later!

Waiting Game - Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Another month has past and we have tried new things to try to conceive. According to my phone, I am scheduled to start my period on 1/15. So we'll see if that happens. (Hopefully it doesn't) This may be TMI, so those reading this have been warned and if you're worried, now is the time to stop reading if you don't wanna know! Normally after intercourse, we both get up right away and shower. Well, that being said, a lot of the sperm falls out. The reason we were in such a hurry to get up and clean up is because of my history with UTIs. So this month we decided to stay there longer and I actually tried not to get up at all. I would just get dressed laying down and go to bed after just cleaning up with wipes. So far, no UTI has come of that.. but that COULD change. (Hopefully not cuz they SUCK!) We're hoping that will be the trick and we will conceive this month, but we'll see! I have a new app on my phone that I have been using the past month to track ovulation, intercourse, mood, mucus, etc. (all that fun stuff!) The app is called Ovia. I actually really like it. It is so much more detailed and customizable than any other that I've tried so far. You can enter things like obviously your period... intercourse, mucus consistancy, hours of sleep, physical activity, food/drink intake, moods, symptoms, ovulation test-pregnancy test- taken/not taken, and it seems like even more! So as a result of entering all the period info alone, they will tell you when you're ovulating. Not only that, but rate the days of ovulation showing what day(s) you are most fertile. It's been interesting.

I just want to know if this is the month and if it's not, how much longer are we going to be waiting? Obviously, it will happen when God is ready for us to have a child, but I wish I knew so I could mentally prepare myself. I'm not impatient at all as you can tell.

Negative- Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Me and Adam plan to go out of town in 2 days for our anniversary. Like I mentioned before, I don't really know for sure when I'm suppose to start my period. I just know it's soon. I tried taking the test this morning assuming that my memory was right that it was suppose to be on the 18th. So I figured that I could take a test today in preparation for our trip in hopes that I would get accurate results. So, I took the test and it came out negative. Now here I am and I can't help but wonder if the test was innaccurate and that it was too early to tell. The only way to tell is literally to just sit and wait and see if it comes in the next week or so. It's more likely that it was accurate and that I'm not actually pregnant this month, but I just really felt like this was the month for some reason. I guess with all the symptoms and details I've noticed, I got my hopes up real high. It's so hard to not think about it and not wonder.

Sicky- Monday, December 15, 2014

So, throughout this whole process I've tried to pay attention to how my body feels and (tmi..) vaginal mucus. I finally was able to tell the difference between the consistancy, so hopefully that helped. I have been noticing the past 3 days that I have felt super weird in the stomach area. I did eat a lot this weekend though- it was our anniversary weekend, give us a break! So it's either my body freaking out that I ate a more than normal amounts of different foods that I don't normally eat... OR, we're pregnant! We all know what I'm hoping for, but yesterday Adam had similar stomach issues. Neither of us threw up or anything. I did feel nauseous though. Morning sickness maybe? Adam did not feel nasceous. Everybodies bodies react differently though, so it very well could have been the food. Something I did notice that I've never noticed before (get ready for some extra tmi..) some of the vaginal mucus was colored. Not like blood or anything, but moreso like yellowish. Of course I webMD'd that and it freaked me out and made it sound like it's not a good thing, but I'm just going to wait it out and see what happens. This coming weekend, we are planning to go out of town for our anniversary (which was actually 12/12) and we were thinking of going to Six Flags, but if I'm prego, that's a no-go. I use to track my ovulation and period schedules on a few apps on my phone, but I've had 2 new phones in the past month or so and so I lost all that background information. But if I remember right, I'm suppose to start my period this weekend.. while we're gone. So it kind of sucks, but I'm thinking I'll take a pregnancy test on like Wednesday if I haven't started my period by then. That way we can plan what we're doing on the trip.. and hopefully it's not too soon to tell. I know you aren't suppose to ride roller coasters while pregnant and I absolutely don't plan to. I know people who have (they didn't know they were prego) and 1 out of 2 of them miscarried. So, that's a little bit too scary for me. We'll see. I'll be sure to let you all know!

Closer- Tuesday, November 25, 2014

This past month trying to conceive really had me going. I really thought for a long time that we did it, we were pregnant. I felt weird cramp kind of feelings in the general area prettymuch all month, which is not normal for me. But it seems like ever since I've been off birth control, nothing is normal anymore. I've officially been off birth control since August. So hopefully my body is getting the hang of things now and will cooperate because it didn't happen this month. I guess that's what happens when you're on birth control for 4 years. That was a mistake. Anyway.. here goes another month.

Fear- Wednesday, November 12, 2014

I am the youngest of 6 kids. The only exposure with babies I've had is with my neices & nephews. Which, I'll admit is more exposure than most people have. But even at that, I've never had the responsibility all on me. When I think of being pregnant, the actual pregnancy doesn't really scare me. The process of actually pushing a baby out of my body freaks me out. I don't like needles. The fact that for an epidural they shoot a giant needle into your spine, scares me to death. That's fear talking.

I know that Heavenly Father wants us to build a family. When I look at my life now and my life in a couple years, there is always going to be something that we could use as an excuse to keep waiting to have children. Meanwhile, we're getting older and older. When I think of my children at graduation, I don't want to be one of those parents that people look at thinking "Grand parents.. Parents..?" I want it to be clear that we are the PARENTS.

Satans wants us to be scared, wants us to keep waiting- until it's too late. He doesn't want us to follow Heavenly Fathers plan. All more of a reason for people to not wait. So, we're not.

Trying- Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Ok so I'm starting these posts to fill people in on our journey in deciding to start a family. We have been married for almost two years. We officially started "trying" in August. It has now been over 2 months. They say that it takes 3-8months to conceive. So I guess we're still in good shape. We havent really been taking it too seriously in tracking with ovulation tests or anything, but I just figure it will happen when it's suppose to happen. So there, first entry complete.