Let's rewind.......
July 2012- Michael and I officially agreed we were ready to add baby 2 to our family. We knew that I would be completing my Specialist degree and graduating May 2013. This would mean we would be in the "all clear" once we got pregnant. We were expecting it to take 2-3 months. With Dylan it took 3 months!
August 2012- School started, stress piled on, discovered that my thyroid disease was due to pregnancy (from Dylan). Thyroid meds were decreased due to previous finding and an unexplained 25 lb weight loss.
September 2012- Two months of trying....not pregnant.
October- November 2012- Michael and I opted to stop trying for a few months to get thyroid meds under control and to avoid a beginning of the school year baby.
December 2012- We started trying again to only be disappointed.
January/February- the trying continued. Friends and coworkers were announcing they were expecting. Michael and I were so excited for all of them...this meant our future baby would have so many friends!
February-March- we tried using an ovulation kit. Still not pregnant....
April-May- We gave up on the ovulation kit, stopped counting ovulation days, and just put it in God's hands.
June 2013- I had a follow up appointment with my endocrinologist. It was at this appointment that I learned my thyroid was completely normal and that I no longer had to take any thyroid meds! The doctor went through his question check-list and when he asked if I was pregnant I answered no. He laughed and then said, if you were to get pregnant you need to have your thyroid monitored throughout! I got in the car and wondered why he laughed at me. Paranoid I guess. So.....I went by Target, purchased a few things..including a pregnancy test. And.........
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