Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Managing the Miscarriage


I have handled our miscarriage pretty well (if such a thing exists). It's been almost 2 months since we found out we were losing baby and I rarely break down about it. Even though we were in Utah for a month and that is baby central. Seriously. If they don't have a baby in tow, they're typically pregnant. Not a joke. Utah was hard for me. Not only was the entire public pregnant, but my sister is prego with baby #1 and my sister in law with #2. I love them both and am beyond happy for them both, but it was still hard. They have something that I want to desperately. 

I find I have the hardest times with first time expectant mothers. It's a weird jealousy issue I have with accepting the fact that they get to have a baby without the trial of a miscarriage. I see them and hate them a little (I know this is wrong). I find myself hoping that they know how lucky they are. How blessed they are to be expecting despite the challenges that come with pregnancy. Along with this comes a new intolerance and frustration with teen moms. I have read a ton about pregnancy and found that each month a couple trying to get pregnant only has a 20% chance of success. It all relates to your ovulation cycles because it's such a short span out of the month and you have to have sex at the perfect moment or else you don't get pregnant...yada yada yada. The only exception to this stat is teen moms. They have unplanned sex once in the backseat of a car and get pregnant, stay pregnant, and have healthy babies. KILL ME! Nothing cuts me deeper than a child having a baby that they don't want. 

Additionally, my hCG levels are still not at 0 which means my chance of getting pregnant again right now is 0. I feel defeated. I feel like this nightmare will never end. I want to be able to start over. To try again. But my body is struggling.

So here's to another blood draw this week and hoping that a new start is coming. 

Monday, January 27, 2014

Christmas Break

So for Christmas Tay and I got to go to Utah. FOR A WHOLE MONTH! It was fantastic. Tay's break from school was abnormally long because the University of New Hampshire does something weird during the month of January. Some short "term" instead of semester. I don't really get it. All I know is that because of that weird thing they do he had a month and a half off of school. Which meant we blew this popsicle stand for the majority of the time.

The break started a bit rough. Our flight out got cancelled because of weather. It literally had not snowed in New England until the night before we were supposed to leave. And of course it didn't just give the East Coast a light dusting, it dumped. I was less than impressed by mother nature to put it nicely. I may have cried. I just wanted to be home. But we re-booked for the next night and made it home. 

It was amazing to just be with family. We didn't do anything particularly special. But we were Home. With family. 

BEST FEELING EVER!

Our vacation looked something like this:
My parents. Snuggling.

This is Hudson. He is my nephew. And my favorite.

Sugar cookie decorating party. 

Zack & Kresha.

Me & Tay. Obviously gussied up. 

My whole family. The girls loving their jeep.

Princess Tay. Addi adores him. I can't see why. 
 My sewing projects. 


Leaving.

Daylynn.

Tay & Addi sledding

Adds

Bachelor Premier with Linds

Mac counter fun with Addi

New Year's Celebrations

Watched Fireworks from the Hot Tub.


Sisters.