Almost through the 1st trimester and still can't believe it.

I suppose I could do with introductions by saying it helps to know that there are others that have gone through what I have and are still doing fine and gone on to have beautiful children. My hubby and I had been trying for the last 3yrs to have a baby and found out about a year or so ago he had IF issues. Unfortunately, the blow got even worse at the beginning of this year when my OB diagnosed me with PCOS as well. Talk about heartbreaking, wanting children so badly and fearing it would never happen!

 Fortunately, after a few months of taking Femara, my body started to act like it really cared about my dreams and we had our first IUI in July. I didn't have a whole lot of hope that anything would come of it, as I've done a lot of research and found that the percentage of successes on the first IUI is very low. However, after a week and a half of symptoms that I kept denying until they got so bad I thought I was dying, I finally broke down and took the chance of more disappointment and took another pregnancy test. Even now, I still can't believe that the second line showed up! I sat there for probably about 5 minutes staring at the stick thinking I was hallucinating before believing my eyes enough to tell my hubby who was in the next room. Then, all I could do was cry like an idiot (a very happy one, of course). Well, needless to say the evil pregnancy skeptic in me kept me disbelieving enough that I took another two tests that day then had my hubby go buy another brand because I was still convinced maybe that brand would lie to me (my Mum got one heck of a kick out of that!). However, everything gave me the same answer.

 Now, here I am today, just passing the 12wk marker by 2 days and I'm not quite sure my brain has really wrapped around the fact that it's actually happening. My U/Ss that I've had so far (2 due to spotting-induced paranoia OB visits, 3 in total) have all turned out beautifully and as far as things seem, the LO is coming along nicely in there. My last OB visit which was at 1 day before my 11wk marker, we were able to hear a very strong heartbeat and I think it surprised me more than anything.

 So far, there's no bump yet; but I think it will take either the bump showing up or  the "big U/S" (yay for checking organs for correctness and possibly finding out the sex!) for me to really mentally accept that it's all real. On the bright side, the morning sickness seems to be tapering off as of the last week. So, I think I'm gonna knock on wood until my knuckles get sore that it'll stay that way.

 Anyone else had issues this far along with fully believing that you were pregnant?