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16 dp 5 dt

I work on a “team”

On my team there are 5 ladies:

Me, J (From earlier posts who has gone through IVF twice and now has two babies.) Mama B, (My closest family is an 8 hour drive away and so she “adopted me”) P and K. We have worked together for many years and have grown close.

When I first started this endeavor I confided in J first. I needed to know how does this work, does the feeling of _____ normal, so on and so forth. I then confided in Mama B about my situation, well to be honest, the motherly instinct told her something was up in my world and when I finally told her, she gave me that all-knowing smile and told me, well about time you finally told me! HaH Mother knows best right? Well P had the same thoughts and we were able to have a lovely conversation about IVF and the adoption of her beautiful children. (My work place seems to have fertility issues.) and last but not least I told K about the process I was going through. (Not as close, but she deals with me regularly enough)

Well, all these lovely ladies knew yesterday was the big TWW day. And you know what? NONE of them called, texted, or anything. Which I was glad for because when I told Mama B first; Oh, What a feeling. I about started to cry. We did a dance, hugged and in general only made sounds that we knew what meant. It was pure and true. Obviously I still reminded her that it is very early on and that we must be cautiously optimistic, but for the time being, excitement is to be had.

When informing J of the news, “GOOD! Now you can eat the cookies in the back!” as well as an apprehensive smile. Unfortunately all IVFers know how well it can go, and then go so wrong, oh so fast.

K – “Wait, Now you have to wait 3 months before you can tell anyone?! I’m sorry, but that sucks.”

P – When asking me how it went, and her knowing that it was positive. She stood up raced around and gave me huge bear hug. She about cried and could not stop repeating, “You’re Pregnant, oh my goodness!”

Now that the only people who know I’m pregnant are: My Husband, the team of ladies, you and my doctors. I’m hoping for the best.

Tomorrow is my 2nd Beta day to make sure everything is going according to plan.