Infertility robs so much from you. There are many days when I wish I could go back to the innocence of just ditching the pill to try to get pregnant. We have had positive betas that lead to miscarriage. We've had positive betas that lead to 8 wk sonograms that lead to a d&c. We've had plenty of negative tests too. It has all taught us one thing...to be extra cautious and pray like crazy.
Another thing we were robbed of was "surprising" the grandparents and family with the news of a pregnancy. Infertility forced us to be honest and let people know what was going on because we needed the support.
In all honesty we would have been lost with it. With Lillian we were unable to keep our pregnancy a "secret" so our big surprise for the family was her gender. It was fun for us to know a few weeks before them.
It was never my intention to not share everything immediately regarding our latest cycle. I hope after reading what's above you will have some insight into our reasons.
We are pregnant! We have survived 2 betas, a sonogram, our first OB apt and even got to surprises my family at Thanksgiving.
We are still not ready to go "public" with our news as there are still people we want to tell in person. We will be telling Joel's family at Christmas when they are here (so don't spill the beans Ohio folks). After we tell everyone we can in person we will make it public knowledge. However, I felt as though you all deserved to know what's going on since you've had a vested interest in our journey.
Thank you all for the support, continued prayers and love. We can't wait to share baby Cramer #2 with you all in July.
