Sparking Litherland Life

Gestational what?

April 4, 2019 by DanaeL 2 Comments

So the last few weeks have been interesting to say the least. I went in for my one hour blood glucose level test and failed.. miserably. Oops! 😬 So they had me come back for a 3 hour test where they took my blood every hour to see how I reacted to the gross sugar drink they gave me. I just barely failed that one but it was still failing so I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes. Great..

After getting the phone call that I had been officially diagnosed, I immediately called Cliff and had good cry. I felt like I had done something wrong and I was hurting our baby. 😔 After everything we have been through that was the LAST thing I wanted to do. He assured me everything was going to be okay and we would figure it out. What I didn’t know at the time was what it was going to take to “figure it out”.

Perspective

February 11, 2019 by DanaeL 1 Comment

I am officially 6 months pregnant and its a crazy and exciting feeling! 😄 I will have another update post up soon about how we are doing at preparing, recent doctors appointments, and due dates but that’s not the focus for this post. I learned an important and interesting fact recently that literally stopped me in my tracks and I feel like I need to talk about it.

Even at 6 months along, I am still having to do my daily shot. 💉 Today will be shot #390 actually. If you know anything about me, you know how much I absolutely hate shots and that I have complained about them numerous times over the years. Every night I cringe when the alarm on my phone goes off at 8:30 to remind me its time to stab myself once again. I started counting them in the beginning with a “look what this ridiculous infertility nonsense is making me do” attitude and never dreamed I would be about to cross my count into the 400’s.

Halfway and Happy!

January 24, 2019 by DanaeL 2 Comments

Well despite all my anxiety, the anatomy scan appointment went fantastic! I got tons of time to see our little baby boy and he even yawned while we were watching him! It was the craziest and most incredible thing ever. I didn’t really think about him doing normal human stuff in there so seeing him yawn and grab his toes was an eye opener!

Speaking of doing normal human/baby things, I am finally feeling him kick! Hooray!!! 😄 I was worried at first but come to find out, the placenta is on top so it was hindering my ability to feel anything early but now that he’s bigger, I can feel him SO much! The best part was one night right after Cliff got home. I was sitting on the couch next to him and baby must have sensed how happy I was that Cliff was home because he started kicking like crazy. So I put Cliffs hand where I was feeling it the most and he actually got to feel him kick! The look on his face when he felt him for the first time made my heart so happy. It was like our baby used that moment to say “Hi daddy!” and I don’t think either of us will ever forget it. 🥰

2019 Has Arrived!

January 3, 2019 by DanaeL 1 Comment

We successfully made it through another holiday season! This year I was with Cliffs family for Christmas and it was weird not being able to participate in the delicious holiday adult beverages or hot tub time that is forever known as “the trust tree”. 🌳 If you have seen the movie Old School, you will get that reference.. if you haven’t seen it, go watch it immediately! Its hilarious. Anyways.. As much as I enjoy those holiday festivities, I am totally fine with missing out because of this important thing I am doing called growing a human! 🤰🏼

I’m Still Here!

November 19, 2018 by DanaeL Leave a Comment

I feel like I need to start this post off with an apology. I took an unintentional hiatus from posting and not only was it not good for me but it has left a lot of you in the dark. Our infertility journey has not ended and I am truly sorry to all of you that I haven’t updated in quite a while.

I have been having a hard time putting a lot of what’s been going on into words. Have you ever had a time in your life where you feel something is too good to be true? Almost like you are so sure that something bad is going to happen and feel like it could pop its ugly head out at any moment? I am now 17 weeks pregnant and that is mostly how I felt up until about week 15. 😕

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