For those of you wondering if my third baby (7th pregnancy) was a surprise to us as it was to you…..the answer is yes!! So, let me share this very interesting saga of how Baby B 3 came to be.
In August, I was in the hospital for an anemic dehydration episode. I am sure you saw on social media that it recently occurred again this past January, but we are working on trying to figure out why these keep happening. On November 4th, I went to my hematologist to review my numbers since it had been three months since my episode. When I left her office she said it would be okay if I did get pregnant however she would prefer I waited until January after my next round of numbers so my body could be a little healthier. I left that day and canceled my fertility treatment that was suppose to start on November 12th. I finally was at peace with this decision that we would actually wait until May to start our next round of fertility treatment because we are moving sometime between November and December next Fall and I figured it would be better to be ending my first trimester when we move then moving with a newborn. It took a while to be okay with this decision to have a baby in 2026 instead of 2025, but we knew this was the smarter decision with our move.
Well little did I know I was already pregnant! When I canceled my fertility doctor on November 12th she thought it was because I knew I was pregnant, but honestly I had no clue and was just canceling to postpone.
On November 22nd I went to my GP for my regular physical and had mentioned to her my period was a little off, which happens pretty regularly for me since I have so many fertility issues, but I thought it was because I started B12 injections. She told me to call my OBGYN to clarify, so that day I left her office and called my fertility doctor first. They had me schedule a consult to review with the doctor, but I wanted answers sooner so I also called my OBGYN and left a message for them to call me that day. I knew that they would ask if I took a test as a precautionary, so realized I should because then when they call back I could give them an immediate answer. (PS B6 can mess up your period not B12.)
Let me give you the exact scenario that was happening. Liam, my at the time 16 month old was sleeping in the car in my driveway. My groomer just pulled in to groom the dog and I had to be at a chiropractor appointment in 20 minutes. I realized I had to pee anyway so I might as well just go take the test. I clearly was going in with the assumption that it would be negative, otherwise I never would have been in the rushing position that I was in. Well, it was the very last test in my box, I quickly peed and set my two minute timer however in less than 15 seconds somehow this test came back positive! I wasn’t sure if I should laugh or cry, I was in complete shock as I FaceTimed one of my best friends to keep myself from feeling like I was about to fall off a bridge!
Well, I had to get off the phone sprint downstairs to get in the car to get to my chiropractor appointment and somehow keep my head on. I was tearing of excitement that I thought I got pregnant on my own, but was freaking out because we just made the decision to wait and I felt like my head was about to explode. You know the emoji where the face is shocked and the brain is popping up, yeah that was me. After the chiropractor I also had to drop lunch off to my husband, so I didn’t want to drop that bomb while he was at work so I had to keep my cool and definitely sprinted out of there as soon as I handed him his food.
I went home and stared at the test in complete disbelief and realized I am still a fertility patient and need to be medicated and monitored to keep the baby. I immediately called my fertility doctor back, completely embarrassed that I just called for a consult and told them I need to cancel and come in to be monitored because I was pregnant. They had me come in the next morning to get me on progesterone and run tests and everything came back positive and looking good. This was one week before Thanksgiving, four days before my 32nd birthday and two days before we were leaving for Florida to see my parents and family for the holiday. The amount of stress and anxiety I was feeling was insane!
So, after I scheduled my appointment I had to come up with a cute way to tell my husband I was pregnant because I have always had a cute surprise for him, even though all of the others were fertility and planned, I still wanted to surprise him. I quickly cricuted a big brother and big sister shirt. When he got home from work my kids were hiding under their kids kitchen table holding the pregnancy test (mind you they have no idea what this is or what is happening they just thought they were being funny saying surprise to Daddy when he got home.) When he walked in the door I filmed him walking over to find his babies hiding and they popped out yelling surprise handed him the test hugging and kissing him as he asked me if I was joking and how lol! I couldn’t even answer this questions. I kept wondering how to. I have had so many miscarriages and so many rounds of treatment that we never saw this coming.
When I went to the doctor the next day she told me it can happen when coming off a chemical miscarriage. In October I had a chemical miscarriage and of course that 1% chance of tricking my body into ovulating happened and that is how we got Baby B 3! By no means did we see this coming, but this cute little Bien is our little miracle that came without Letrozole. It took me a while to realize how proud I am that I could do it on my own after so many years of being so sick to get pregnant. However hematology was right, my body was not ready and I had another anemic dehydration episode at 11-12 weeks pregnant, but baby was fine even though mom was not! I am finally off progesterone and can keep this sweet Bien going on my own and I am finally starting to feel like myself again and not so drained.
Ryann and Liam are overly excited! Ryann one day says brother and another sister, but Liam keeps saying sister, so we shall see. I will be going surprised again like I did with both of my babies. I did guess correctly based on skull theory, stomach shape and their little sweet faces at the anatomy scan, so I cannot wait to start making predictions again. Currently based on skull theory I am leaning towards a girl, but I still have two more of my tests to pass to make a final decision!
On a positive note I was finally approved at 19 weeks pregnant for a triple iron infusion and now have two more scheduled over the next two months!
I look forward to sharing my journey with you all as I navigate having a 3.5 year old and a 20 month old while pregnant!
