When I started blogging last year we were a calm, quiet family of 3. Just Miss. me, and our son Kaden. We had a routine, we had structure, we had family time and personal time and couple time. We had days where we all snuggled in bed and watched movies and snoozed all day long. Then lightning struck..... or should I say baby fever.
Ever had baby fever before??? Ever been in a house where 2 women were experiencing baby fever together??? Lets just say some of the greatest ideas are created (or at least they sounded like a good idea at the time lol)
About this time last year my wife and I decided our family wasn't complete. She had given us our son in May 2005 and we thought we were finally ready to add to our family. As with any 2 uteri household the negotiations began as to who would carry. I say negotiations even though we knew that it was my turn to try.
My reproductive past was not pretty. There were 8 miscarriages, not ovulating more than 2 times per year, antiphospholipid antibodies that don't agree with pregnancy all that well. I was an Ob's worst nightmare. Now add that we certainly didn't have the money or assets to allocate to IUI, IVF, fertility drugs and all of the other things our families go through to get the end result of a baby. None of this deterred us from trying to add to our family.
We ran out and bought a clear blue easy fertility monitor and commenced peeing on a stick to see if my body would lay an egg. My mornings were ruled by talking to a little computer. OK so I am an exageranger.... I peed on a stick for 10 days... CD 5-15. On day 14 my little friend told me "good morning... you are on a *high* fertility day. We called the donor and he brought us a cup of his lil swimmers through a blizzard. On day 15 we got the little egg and after I did my "I laid an egg" dance we called the donor again and this time he borrowed our bathroom so we could get the goods as fresh as we were comfortable with. Lets just say the Instead cups are multipurpose. Thank you Dr Google!
We didn't expect to conceive our first month that's for sure. As given the past we were fearful of getting our hopes up. But in just 2 short weeks I was feeling VERY pregnant. The pregnancy was close to the hardest thing I have ever done in my life and I am sure my wife agrees. There was preterm labor, leaking fluids, bed rest, heparin shots in my ever budging belly, mild pre-eclampsia, gestational diabetes.... all of this with our crazy 2 year old to stir the pot some more. My ob swore I wouldn't make it past 36 weeks because by 34 weeks I was dilated to 4 and bag budging. Well wouldn't you know... At 37w4 days I was dilated to 6 and had my membranes stripped... STILL NO LABOR!! WTH.... they stopped my labor for 13 weeks... only to make it to term and not go into labor on my own but be so darn dilated that I needed to be induced so we didn't risk having him on the bathroom floor. HA! That's a whole different story. Lets just say.... when an epidural doesn't work and a baby gets stuck its no walk in the park....
But on November 9th 2007 our 2 mom zoo officially closed its cages to accepting any more animals of the human variety. That day we learned why our parents are they way they are.... and it was us that brought them to that point. So hang on to your hats, fasten your seat belts and enjoy the ride with us as we relocate our zoo, try to raise our lil animals the best we can, and try not to get eaten by them in the process.
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