We're Having a Baby... I Mean 2 Babies!!!
What a journey this has been! Joe and I are feeling so incredibly blessed to announce that we are expecting twins. As I type these words it still doesn’t seem real. Our path towards this announcement was not an easy one and was full of bumps. These bumps included months of trying with no success, fertility medication, and an early miscarriage.
Our story:
In April of 2011 Joe and I began discussing the topic of family. He and I had always known we wanted children and after much discussion we decided that we would begin “not preventing”. I say “not preventing” because we had decided to go off of birth control, and we were completely fine with not getting pregnant right away. We were still fairly young and knew we still had time. After several months of being off of birth control I had a feeling something was wrong. My monthly periods had not returned to normal and I knew this was a potential problem. I had never in my life had irregular periods and was not sure way now! In November of 2011 I went and saw my doctor. This was a disappointing visit and nothing was solved! The doctor thought that the irregular periods might be due to the absence of birth control and they wanted me to try some natural vitamins and give it a little more time. This was about the time that we decided we really needed to start “trying”. I began to read online about all the things that can be done to get pregnant and we tried out a few. I began to try and track ovulation and eat foods that are supposed to help with fertility. This was quite difficult since my periods were still all out of whack!
In February of 2012 I went back to see my doctor again since nothing had really changed. This appointment changed everything! The doctor performed a variety of test on me and soon discovered that I had small cysts on both of my ovaries. This was causing the irregular periods because the cysts were not allowing me to ovulate regularly. I was so relieved to find out that this was VERY common and that they had various ways of treating it. As a group we decided to start me on a medication that would first regulate my periods and solve the issues with my ovaries. Upon leaving that appointment I was so excited. I immediately began taking the medication and my periods returned to normal. They were like clockwork! I thought we had solved all our problems, but we weren’t quite there just yet!
In May of 2012 I took another trip to the doctor. We had solved the irregular periods, but it had been over a year and we were still not pregnant. This was when the doctor asked Joe to get checked out. I have always loved Joe, but my love grew for him even more when he was willing to see a specialist to ensure the issue did not also involve him. Luckily, he was just perfect! The issue was solely with me and we were determined to fix it! My wonderful doctor decided I should begin taking Clomid. This is a fertility medication that forces ovulation. It took a few months to get Joe’s results and so I began Clomid in August 2012. Clomid was my magic drug!
In December 2012 we discovered we were pregnant! Joe and I were so excited… we had finally done it. We went to the doctor immediately and they did blood work. We were told to come back at 6 weeks because that is when the baby is visible through a vaginal ultrasound. At 6 weeks we returned to the doctor and had our ultrasound. The tech detected a sac but no baby was visible. They told us that I was probably earlier along than we had previously thought and asked me to return in 2 weeks. I just knew that something was not right as I left that appointment. I had been tracking ovulation and I was pretty certain of when I had ovulated. I also had not had ANY pregnancy symptoms which is unusual. My mom came with me to that 8 week appointment. I felt sick as we went in for the ultrasound and even sicker when we once again only saw an empty sac. I met with my doctor and he explained that the sperm and egg had met and implanted, but that a baby had never formed. He listed many reasons for this and just kept saying, “We now know you can get pregnant… We will do it again!” It didn’t bring me much reassurance as I left the doctor’s office with medication that would help my body dispel the empty sac. (I’ll spare you the icky story on the weekend I took the pills and got rid of that empty sac)
After that ordeal, Joe and I just began to enjoy life and stop “trying” to have a baby! This was one of the best times in our marriage. We had a large group of friends and spent every weekend trying new restaurants and bars. Life was really good and we were really happy! In May 2013 it happened again! ON Mother’s Day I realized I was 3 days late and decided to take a pregnancy test. It was positive!! And so our journey began. In following posts I will tell you all about our first doctor visits and how the last 16 weeks have been.
The Suarez Twins are on their way!!
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