What's YOUR story?

MJandErin · May 2015

My husband and I tried from the moment we got married to get pregnant... That was in April of 2007. About 2 years ago after years of fertility testing and treatments we decided to stop trying for a while... At first it was hard because you still get a little excited each month... But with all of the previous disappointment and the disappointment that was piled on each month when Aunt Flo would come to visit, we began to accept what we believed was our lot in life. And the more that time went on the more we began to enjoy each the way we had when we were first dating. And we enjoyed every moment with our siblings and their children and appreciated everything that we DID have in our lives... I guess that is why I was in such shock when I took that pregnancy test and it came out positive! I swear anyone standing within a hundred feet of our home probably thought I was going crazy with all the screaming, crying and finally laughing... I am now 7 weeks and will have my first appointment in 5 days! I know that we are blessed to have this chance and I would just like to hear everyone else's story.

thepanicos · May 2015

Congratulations! My husband and I went to grade school together, and when I was a senior in highschool, I got pregnant. I kept it a secret for a while, and then I started bleeding so I HAD to tell my mom. We went to the doctor and found out I had a miscarriage. For an unwanted pregnancy, I was devastated. Fast forward to 27 years old, my husband and I share custody of my nephew, had a second miscarriage in March- and am currently 7 weeks pregnant again. I think everyone's story is different and beautiful. This pregnancy was a surprise. We weren't planning. Just had sex once. And I was pissed off he was so aroused and I wasn't in the mood. When i started feeling weird I took a hpt and it was positive. I didn't tell him right away, and went to the doctor by myself to make sure everything's ok. So far so good. He's going to my next appt on Tuesday.

emzy86 · May 2015

My husband and I had been together 9 years before we got married last year. We decided to go off the pill on Feb 1, 2015. And here we are! Possibly 6 weeks pregnant. Not entirely sure due to only 1 cycle off the pill in 10 years, before we got pregnant on this cycle.

In 2005 when we were 18, we had a miscarriage. I didn't even know I was pregnant then because I was naive. It all makes perfect sense looking back. However it was a blessing in disguise. We were far from ready back then.

Buehler99 · May 2015

My husband and I met in 7th grade, but never talked a day afterwards. Fast forward 20+ years, we become friends on FB, text everyday for a year, start dating, and get married. He has three daughters, I've never had one. A week before going in to talk about infertility treatments, I get my first positive. I know when it happened - ovulation test said no on Friday, but we had sex anyway. Saturday said yes. At the appointment w/my OB, she said it's a miracle we're pregnant - hubby "flunked" his sperm count!!

We both are just over the moon about this LO!!

winnie1122 · May 2015

My husband and I have been together since we were 15 and 16 years old. We ended up getting married a year before we graduated college so we weren't planning to even think about kids until we had at least gotten real jobs! I have very weird anti-birth control pill feelings that are hard to explain and not really based on anything but me being weird, so I had done a lot of research about NFP and all that. Obviously didn't do enough research and I ended up getting pregnant a month after we got married. Whoops. Once we got over feeling really stupid and irresponsible, we made a plan and started to get really excited about being parents. Went to our first appt/us at 11 wks. U/S tech was basically silent the whole time and I knew something was wrong even as I was looking at a perfect looking little one on the screen. She told us she couldn't find a heartbeat and left us there to process. The rest was a traumatic saga of rough doctors and nurses and a d&c and it was the worst thing I have ever gone through in my entire life. I guess the silver lining of the story is that that experience made us realize how much we wanted to be parents and what a precious blessing that is. We have been trying since, but have lost two more, earlier and naturally, so it was a little easier to cope with. I look forward to meeting my three angels in heaven. Anyways, this whole thing has brought DH and I closer and we are hoping that this fourth pregnancy is going to make it. I'm only 5w2d so still very early and cautious, but my doctor seems optimistic so I'm just trying to take it a day at a time! That was a long winded story, sorry! Most of mine are. :P Best wishes to all you girls here!

Monilee1017 · May 2015

DH and I are high school sweet hearts. We got married at 20. As soon as DH finished college we had our first DS. Then as soon as I finished college and we bought a house we our second DS. Now I am pregnat for our third and most likely our last.

juneandboo · May 2015

DH and I met almost 10 years ago when we were in college- we met on MySpace of all things! Ha. Dated for nearly 7 years, got married 3 years ago. He has a daughter from his 1st marriage (he was in the military and married at age 19- they were married for just over a year, and divorced within 2 years.). DH and I decided to start trying in Jan 2015. Got pregnant the 1st month but miscarried in Feb. we were going to put off trying til we were home from a 2.5 wk vacation (which we are on now), but found out I was pregnant 3 days before we left. 6w2d now and praying baby sticks!

MJandErin · May 2015

I am saying a prayer for you... Keep us posted.

Carr2016 · May 2015

My husband is actually my brothers best friend.. We grew up knowing each other and when I was a senior in high school we started dating.. We got married in 2013. We got pregnant back in October (on accident) but unfortunately miscarried... We went through a lot of appointments and other things because my levels kept rising and not going back down.. We actually had to wait 6 months before trying again.. And here we are.. I have a good feeling this time around and remain hopeful.. We have our first appointment Monday when I will be 6 weeks!

Kellymarie0214 · May 2015

I met my husband at church when I was 19 and he was 25. We got married at 21 and 27 in June 2012. We decided we were ready November 2014 so I got off the pill. We said if it happens it happens but we still were using a little protection. This month was the first month we actually tried. And it worked! 5 weeks and 1 day now. So blessed!

mtgreen21 · May 2015

My partner was only supposed to be a 1 night stand after my divorce. 15 years later 2 kids and one on the way we are still together.

hplunkett2883 · May 2015

My DH and I were friends only in high school. We reconnected 15 years later after we both had failed marriages. He found me on Facebook and we started talking, he told me how he always had a crush on me but thought I was out of his league and he was too shy. I have 3 kids, his ex wife and him had lost a baby when she was 7 months pregnant (Heart Defect). I never thought I wanted anymore kids. But I love this man and I see the emptiness he has when he talks about losing his daughter and how all he ever wanted was to be a father. He is so great with my kids, he has created this bond with them that their on father(s) have failed at. At first I was skeptical about trying but after the first month when AF came and I was disappointed I realized that I WANT another baby. So we actively tried for 3 months and now I am 9w 1d. We couldn't be happier.

CBWifey · May 2015

I loved your story, many congrats to you! I was blessed to meet the hubby online. He's active military so that was the only way we would have ever met. He deployed, came home, got married. Went through 2 more deployments. When we married 9 years ago I didn't want children. I was focused on becoming a fire chief! Well, an acquired illness that changed my direction completely, changed my life in every way. No more EMS work for me. Upon moving to our latest destination 3 years ago, closer to my family, I realized I wanted children with my husband, thankfully, he was all for it. Thankfully, the Lord agreed too! We had our first 19 months ago. And decided to try again beginning January and found out I was pregnant just a few weeks ago yay! I pray the rest of your pregnancy and birth goes beautifully, congrats to you and your hubby! So happy for you!

adcc43 · May 2015

Your story made me tear up with happiness for you and your H. Congratulations!

My H and I were married May, 2011. We had already been together for 7 years so decided to try right after marriage for baby 1. We were able to get pregnant right away. My due date was exactly 10 months from the day we got married. We had our daughter Feb. 2012. We were going to wait until DD was 1.5-2 before trying again but ended up with a surprise BFP when my daughter was 11 months. My son was born Oct. 2013. Finally, we decided we wanted #3 but wanted to make sure DS was at least 2 when the third came along. We tried for about 3 months and here we are now!

peppercorn16 · May 2015

My husband and I met online and married two years later! We started trying in July 2014 and now here we are 7w3d along

I have uterus and cervical didelphys with a vaginal septum so we were told we might have trouble conceiving and had just made our first visit to the fertility doctor exactly two weeks before we found out

dravensmommy · May 2015

My husband and I met online as well, thank you eHarmony! Lol! I was 6 months pregnant with my second son, his dad left when I was 4 months along. I lived in NC and he lived in GA, he visited me every 2 weeks driving 7-8 hours just to see me. I ended up moving to GA when my youngest was 6 months old hes 21 months now also with my oldest son he's 8 his father passed away when he was 5. We got married last Sept, and decided to start trying for a baby in Feb, he doesnt have any biological children, i finally got pregnant and only knew for a week, then miscarried I was around 6 weeks along

Nurse said I could start trying again 2 or 3 weeks after and one month and one day from my miscarriage I found out I'm pregnant again! Yay!

Got the blood test on Fri waiting for Mon to see what's going on with this little jellybean

So happy to be apart of this group!

ainverso · May 2015

My husband and I are high school sweethearts. We dated for 6.5 years before getting married and decided after 4 years of marriage, a new house, jobs where we wanted and sub to start trying. I got pregnant after 2 months of trying. We had our 1st child in March of 2014. We wanted our it's to be about 2 when we started had another. He will be 22 months old when new baby is born.

mamaksweez · May 2015

I love how many of you meet in high school! So sweet.

I met my husband at a bar on New Years Eve. Neither of us had ever been there before, fate brought us together lol. (I always tell him we have to come up with a better story because my parents met at Bible camp.) 2 years later, on New Year's Eve, he proposed and 7 months later we were married. After we were married for a year we started trying to get pregnant and it took us awhile. (Not years and years like some people on here, but it took us almost a year.) Now we have a beautiful daughter that just turned 1 yesterday! We were planning to have our kiddos about 2 years apart. Silly us, we thought that since it took awhile the first time, it would take awhile the 2nd time too. Well, I went off birth control about 9-10 weeks ago and I'm currently 8 weeks pregnant! Seriously we got pregnant like instantly. We were both pretty shocked, and a little terrified to have a 19 month old and a new born, but now the shock has worn off and we are so excited! They'll be best friends!

J3sp · May 2015

H and I went to the same High school (he was a year younger in school than me) but never met. We hung out with a lot of the same people and he actually hung out with my little brother, but still never met. After we both graduated we were in the same training class at a new job. We were friends for 6 months, dated for 3.5 years, married for almost 7 years now. Tried for 4 months and now DD is 2.5. We tried for 5 months before getting the BFP this time around. This one is due Jan 7th. DD's original due date was Jan 8th, but was 3 weeks early. They will have close birthdays, hopefully not the same day!

mysquishy18 · May 2015

My husband and I met while I was still in high school and he was a sophomore in college. We were married 7 years and have a beautiful daughter after a year of trying. My delivery with her was a nightmare. Ended up in the ICU, received blood, all the works. This time around it took us 18 months of active trying and we couldn't be more thrilled that we're finally pregnant again. Only problem is my DH is terrified of another delivery. Scheduled c-section here we come!
I love reading everyone's stories and the different things we've been through to get here. Good luck everybody!

MrsTeacher25 · May 2015

DH and I are also high school sweethearts. We have been together almost 14 years. Wow. That makes me feel old. We got engaged a year out of college, and bought a house. We got married in 2010, got pregnant that following summer and had our son 6 weeks early in March 2012. We started trying for this baby last year. We had a loss at the end of October-early November (on DH's 30th birthday

). We took a 2 month break and started trying again in January. We were scheduled to go in for preliminary fertility testing in May but instead got a BFP! We are excited and hoping this is our take home baby #2!

flutepharm87 · May 2015

I met DH through my best friend. He was her boyfriend at the time's roommate. We were together for a little over 2 years when we got married in September of 2006. Just before we got married, I got diagnosed with stage 3 endometriosis and had a laproscopy done to burn off the lesions. Luckily, none of them were on my reproductive organs. I was told that the lap would give us about 2 years before we'd have to have children, do another lap, or go on Lupron. Well, a two months after our wedding, my symptoms returned. We tried the IUD, but my body rejected it. We were trying to decide between having kids earlier than we planned or doing Lupron when I found out I was KU. Unfortunately, it was a missed m/c at 11 weeks.

We waited a few months, then tried again. That time, we got KU on the first try with identical twin boys. They were born at 34 weeks due to pre-e. We waited until after I graduated pharmacy school to try for DS3. It took us 6 cycles with him. We honestly thought the endo was back and blocking my tubes, so I had scheduled a lap a week prior to finding out we were KU. With this LO, we weren't TTC, but we were TTA either. This is our little surprise baby, and definitely our last one.

cyanope · May 2015

Love all of the stories!
My husband and I have known each other our whole lives. Lots of weird little connections. Our grandparents met each other back in the 50's. Then, his dad and my mom grew up going to church together. Next, my aunt and uncle bought a house next door to his grandparent's house, and my cousins grew up with him and his siblings. So...we were bound to meet! When we were little tykes, I thought he had cooties, and he ignored me. Then we both grew up, and started noticing one another. We started dating at 18, and got married at 24. We had our first BFP last November, but had a MC at 9 weeks. It was absolutely devestating. This time around, we are 7w 3 days, and hoping this baby grows strong and healthy! Congrats, ladies!! So glad to be on this journey with you all!!

Honeyb416 · June 2015

Thanks for sharing your story @MJandErin! I'm so happy for you guys! Neat to see all those who met online as well!

H and I dated briefly in high school but broke up because I was only a freshman and my mom thought he was too old for me (18). We got back together when I was 18 and have been together ever since...17 years! We got married in September 2008 and had our son in Sept 2013. We always knew we wanted him to have a sibling...we just weren't anticipating this BFP yet! We are very happy and the two will be almost 2.5 years apart.

Rach8672 · June 2015

Wow these stories are making me tear up ! Congrats to everyone and I'm sending positive energy out for all good things for us. I met my husband 11 years ago in college , we weren't looking for anything serious because we were freshman. He asked for my number in class and we were together ever since. We were both in school for 8 years for graduate degrees so we finally got married 9 years later ! We have been married 1.5 years and just decided to pull the goalie and not exactly try but see what happens. Two months later , I had a positive pregnancy test. I've always had a fear I wouldn't get pregnant BC my mom had a hard time. I'm feeling very blessed. I'm hoping things continue to go well .. I'm about 8 weeks !

aleberha · June 2015

What blessings on here!

I met my husband in college while we were both working together at the nearby science center. Hooray for science nerds! Blessed to be engaged in less than a year and married a year later. It will be 4 years in July!

After a year of marriage, we decided to start trying. Unfortunately, we were meant to wait. It took about 2 years of us trying on our own before we decided to see a specialist. After some tests, we determined that IUI treatment would be our first course of action. We started treatment in January and tried 3 rounds of it. We had a positive test in March, but unfortunately I had a miscarriage later that month. The miscarriage forced us to take a break from treatments for a month. We took time for ourselves & following the "rules" for getting pregnant was the last thing on my mind. God had other plans. Without any treatment, we got pregnant! It was so unexpected that I didn't take a test until about 6 weeks into the pregnancy. I am still labeled as "high risk" but hope that we will get discharged from the specialist tomorrow. Then, we will see my regular OB.

I wouldn't change the journey that I've had to get to this point. Each day is a blessing, and I'm just trying to take one day at a time. I feel like I'm still in shock that this is happening and pray for a healthy baby every day. I will be praying for all of you guys, as well.

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