When we found out
April 24th about 6:00 am Easter morning, I took a home pregnancy test and I got a positive result. I sat there on the toilet in blissful shock, but just for a moment. I cleared my head and convinced myself that I had a faulty test, or perhaps the residual birth control hormones in my system gave me a false result. But wait. Hadn’t I been having cravings and nausea the last 2 weeks or so? My imagination of course.
Matt and I received the final Medical thumbs up for pregnancy March 29 from a cardiologist. We decided to shoot for a May pregnancy. My mom told me though that it could take awhile to get pregnant so not to get to frustrated if it wasn’t immediate.
I had been tracking my ovulations for the last 4 months and thought I had everything figured out. I took my mini pill for 5 days after my ovulation and then we abstained for the following week, that way I could get the hormones out of my body and be happy again, but I would definitely have my April period, right? WRONG… it never came.
It’s like what they say about rhythm birth control:
Q: What do you call a couple using rhythm birth control?
A: Mommy and Daddy
How it affects my CP
No affect yet. I do focus on having daily stretches and workouts for my legs like usual. We are moving in a few weeks Matt wants me to have a personal trainer after our move to maintain my leg strength and flexibility.
8 pm last night I needed meat, a good solid chuck of it. I was so starving! We didn’t have any in the house, and our car was in the shop. I must have needed protein because I drank two glasses of mink, cheese, a yogurt and a granola bar I slathered in peanut butter. Matt was watching me do this and made a decision. He dressed warmly grabbed his bike a road it to the nearest restaurant in the rain. 30 minutes later he was back with a big double pattied cheeseburger for me. He bought me another regular cheeseburger just incase but I let him eat it. I was able to sleep though the night.
Cravings and my wonderful husband
The night after I learned I was pregnant I woke up starving at 3 am—I didn’t know what to do! I went back to sleep and had a dream of going to the store and buying strawberries and a bag of baby carrots. I woke up then fell asleep and dreamt again that I needed those things and an avocado—By 7 am I had dreamt all this 3 times and was unbelievably hungry so Matt went to the store and got me a pound of strawberries, a bag of carrots, and an avocado. It hit the spot.
