About Me

Having been raised by a single mother, it's been my dream to have a "normal" family with a father, a mother, and children since I was a kid. I got married to a wonderful husband Mike eight years ago. I love my job - I am an oncology nurse taking care of people undergoing bone marrow transplant. Mike got his Master's in Clinical Social Work last year. He recently started his career as Substance Abuse Specialist. We thought it was time to expand our family. One year later, I was diagnosed with diminished ovarian reserve at age of 32 with an elevated FSH level. My doctor thinks I need "aggressive" interventions right away. I am going to have my first IVF in September 2010.

Sunday, October 3, 2010

PUPO (Pregnant until proven otherwise)

I worked a lot last week. I know that I am not supposed to stress my body. But at the same time, I took some time off in Sept when I was on the stimulation meds and I had to start working sometime. Work has been okay. Not much stress luckily. And maybe it is good to be busy because I am currently in the waiting stage. I am continuing with medications such as progestrone, folic acid, and prenatal vitamins, but nothing was really going on last week except for waiting for the big pregnancy test on 10/4 (tomorrow). When I was not busy at work, my mood was swinging all the time. I felt very optimistic in one moment and very pessimistic in the next moment. It is hard not to know. But the truth is that this is closest I have been to being pregnant. I will try my best to enjoy every moment of it. I've already decided that I will not take a home pregnancy test before the blood draw tomorrow. Also, I am not going to find out the blood result tomorrow. I have to work tomorrow night even if I don't get the positive result. I don't know if I am capable of working if I hear a bad news. So I decided not to find out the result until later. I am going to a lab which has a slow processing time. It will take 24-48hr to process a pregnancy test there so I don't get the result until Tuesday the earliest. Until then, I am treating myself as pregnant. PREGNANT UNTIL PROVEN OTHERWISE.

I actually woke up very anxious today. I decided to take a long walk to help my mood. During the walk, I passed a playground. I "saw" our child playing there. I know it was just an imagination, but I saw her face (it was a girl). And I swear I felt a light sensation in my belly. I know it is NOT possible to feel anything at this point even if I am pregnant, but I did. I believed it was a sign that I am in fact pregnant. It took away the anxiety completely. I have to thank my child for this. She wants to me to stay positive, and I will.

1 comment:

  1. The power of positive thinking is here, keep on!! Love Mom

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