Round two...

It is now 2 months since my last entry and things have been quite up and down since then. I had to have a curette on 22 June to completely clear myself of my miscarriage and immediately started feeling better physically and psychologically afterwards. I was ready to move on. My ob/gyn said I could expect to have a period in 4-6 weeks and then after that we could go back to trying for a baby again.

So my first period actually came 3 weeks later and then I went overseas to Israel for 2 weeks. Then, by the time I got back, I was ovulating. Before this experience, I don't think I ever could have told you when I was or was not ovulating - it never really entered my mind. I never noticed any changes in my body, I never felt any different or felt any cramps etc. But this time, around the last week of July I felt cramps on my lower right side, I felt bloated, my body temperature felt different, and I just knew I was ovulating. It's odd that I don't think I've ever really noticed that before!!

So, it's now 26 August and my period was due two weeks ago and still hasn't come LOL. Last Friday,  when I was a little past a week overdue I did a home pregnancy test and it showed positive! So apparently I'm pregnant again with attempt #2.Wow - that was quick!! I never, ever thought it would happen again so quickly. I mean, it's not like we were actively timing things and saying "right, now's the time". Nothing like that - we were just going along for the ride and seeing what happened. Turns out, we're a fertile couple - who'd have guessed!

So far nothing feels much different to last time, although I do think I'm experiencing more cramping and 'funniness' in my abdomen. K says "this one feels better" and the fact my new due date is on or around Dad's birthday is being taken as a good omen! I'm not telling as many people this time - mainly because I'm trying to keep this very low key and not rushing out and over-reacting as much as last time. Only our parents know and K, no-one else. So I'm probably writing for a small audience at the moment, but that will change in time.

I haven't been to the doctor yet, and I haven't made another appointment with my ob/gyn. Part of my whole "let's just take this one day at a time" mentality. I know what to expect now, at least for the first 8 weeks! For example, I know my GP will get me to pee in a cup and re-do the pregnancy test. Then she's going to order some detailed blood tests to ensure all is OK, the results of which will be given with a referral to my ob/gyn. The my GP will want me to have a dating scan, even though my ob/gyn has all that equipment in his office and can find out exactly what the scan place can find out. Then I sit back and wait for the appointment with my ob/gyn and hope all goes well in the mean time. So because I know all this now, I've decided to wait and not go to my GP until I'm a few more weeks along; I'm going to say no to having a dating scan and tell her I'd rather wait and just let my ob/gyn do the scan in his office when I go see him. I'm already taking my pregnancy vitamins, so really there's not much else my GP can do or say that hasn't already been said or done! Quite a different approach from last time when I raced out and did everything straight away. I guess I've learned the hard way not to let yourself get too carried away.

K's right - this one does feel better ;-)