My blood test results were great! The nurse was super encouraging and very excited about all my numbers. She told me my Beta was 169. Now, I have no idea what that means. All of this was so unexpected, but we have figured out that I am pregnant from ovulating very early after the IVF. Our guess is that I miscarried the two embryos that were transferred during the IVF. This caused everything in my body to be super off schedule and I got pregnant right away. I am barely 4 weeks pregnant at this point. That means I will do one more blood test on Tuesday and then wait until around the 18th of January to do an ultrasound. I wish they would do the ultrasound before that, because I'm so ready to actually see/hear the baby. Wow! I cannot believe that after over 5 years of trying, we found out that I conceived "naturally!" I know without going through the IVF and all that we went through, we would not be pregnant now, so saying this was a "natural" pregnancy is not really true. This is a miracle for sure, all orchestrated by God. I'm so thankful! Dallas finally smiled and was relieved when he heard how excited the nurse was about everything. He is finally celebrating with me. It was nice to see him feel joy. It has been so long that we have felt only grieving. The Lord has turned our mourning into dancing! We are celebrating and rejoicing in God's goodness! As it stands now, we will have the baby near our 11th anniversary. We will celebrate 11 years of God's faithfulness in our marriage and His faithfulness in giving us a child. Praise God from whom all blessings flow! I have several friends that are still on their journey to having a child and I am certain if God can do this for me, he can do this for them! All the time seems like nothing in the midst of all this joy. And everyday I remember my child in prayer, I will remember them as they continue to suffer and long for their own child. I hope one day I am able to rejoice with them, like they are rejoicing with me today.
Please Lord, give my infertile friends babies, and protect this little child you have given us!
2 comments:
I have been praising the Lord with you over these last few days! It is truly a miracle from the hand of God! You are the last of my friends that we have been praying for to have a baby and God has answered all my prayers. While I still wait for a miracle of my own my heart is filled with faith and joy. God does anwser prayers. Praying for a healthy baby!! ~Dannette
Wow Leigh!! I am just now reading this. I only check on blogs every few days. I am so thankful to the Lord for this amazing news!!! I was tearing up reading your last post and thinking about how God works in His time and in His way. He is so good and I know that He has wanted to bless you over and over during this entire process. I will pray fervently that He will protect this precious baby and that everything will go smoothly throughout the pregnancy. I love you, dear cousin!! Keep me posted!! What a blessed Christmas present!!
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