"Lets start a family! I think we are ready." that was said 4 years ago. We decided it was time to start our little family by getting pregnant. It wasn't easy for us. The first few months of trying we got concerned. We weren't sure why we weren't getting pregnant. We went through 3 different doctors and our last doctor, Dr. Davis, finally found out what the matter was. When I went in to see him he looked at my Prolactin levels, which are hormone levels, and noticed they were really high. He told me that I needed to get my blood work done again and if the levels were still high I needed to get an MRI done on my Pituitary Gland which is near the brain. When I got the phone call that they were in fact very high we scheduled the MRI. Let me tell you, an MRI is not a fun thing to experience. I was in a tube that was very loud with my head strapped down to a gurney getting dye pumped into my arm for about 40 minutes. I did not enjoy myself. Thankfully Kevin was outside my room waiting which gave me some piece of mind. When I got my results back from the doctor it was half bad news half good news. The bad news was that I have a benign tumor on my Pituitary Gland that has been there for some time and that is what was preventing us from getting pregnant. It's called Prolactinoma. The good news was there is a fix for it! I was put on a medication called Cabergoline and what it did was lower my prolactin levels so my body could ovulate. The next month after getting put on my medicine we found out we were pregnant!!!!! Yay! We scheduled our appointment and was able to see our baby for the first time. It was tiny! We saw the heart beat and we were so elated. We got our ultrasound pictures and went and showed both of our families right away. We couldn't hold in our excitement. On September 26th 2014 my period started. I couldn't believe what was happening. We rushed to the doctor to find out what was happening. I was having very intense pain and was bleeding very heavily. We had miscarried. We were devastated. We were grateful that we were able to see our little baby before we lost it. I am so grateful for the Plan of Salvation because without it I wouldn't get to see my lost little baby. I am so excited for the day that I get to meet him/her. What got me through this terrible time was a talk by one of the apostles. I'm not sure who it was but it stated that a miscarriage happens because that little sweet perfect spirit was just so special and too perfect to be tainted by the world. That helped me to have a stronger testimony and helped me to overcome this trial in my life.
After this sad event I got started on my medicine again. We knew that the medicine worked so we were hopeful and ready to try again. We decided not to stress about it and to just let it happen. We were sick and tired of counting days and me taking my temperature and planning out our time together. So we calmed down and just decided to let it be. After 3 months of trying I became discouraged again. I didn't understand why this was happening to us. I wanted to know why Kevin and I weren't good enough to be parents. So I knelt down and I prayed. I had prayed multiple times. Sometimes it felt like I had prayed millions of times. But this time instead of asking the question why I simply thanked my Father in Heaven for sending me here to earth and thanked him for my wonderful husband Kevin. After I had thanked him I simply asked if it would be soon. Would I be a mother sometime in the near future? I got my answer. I got the most warm feeling and knew that the Lord was looking out for me and has bigger plans for me and my family. On March 17th 2015 I took a test. We were pregnant!
I was so excited! I was very nervous and didn't want to get my hopes up again. We decided to wait to tell all of my family until we were around 12 weeks. Of course I couldn't keep our secret from my mother though! I needed to tell someone. I am not a very good secret keeper. The minute I got a positive test we scheduled our first appointment. April 13th 2015 we were able to see our sweet bundle of joy for the first time.
What a neat experience it was! We were so happy to see and hear the heartbeat. I even cried a little because I felt and knew that this was it. This baby was here to stay. And that is when the journey began.
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