Well...

I don't even know where to begin. I guess I will start with Friday, May 28th; I woke up as if it were any other day and during the week I had noticed that my stomach was increasingly growing larger but I never thought anything of it, I just thought it was normal part of the process. However, it came with some of the most severe pain ever and what it was was fluid around the abdominal wall and was building up from hyper stimulation. So on that Memorial Friday I had to have what they call a "fluid tap" where they take a 14" needle and drain the fluid, the first time this happened there was 2600 cc's of fluid, then came Saturday another horrific day of pain, nausea and hot/cold flashes + more fluid filling up so I had to go back in on Sunday and have another tap done, this time 2400 cc's of fluid was removed. Mind you I am sick, not feeling well, my back ached and I was throwing up while they were removing the fluid which the whole process takes about 1 hour and 1/2 from start to finish. I have been pricked, poked and violated! So by Monday (Memorial Day) I develop a cold, a sinus infection with cough which is really pretty let me tell you and all I have eaten by this point is Chicken Noodle soup and Saltine Crackers! Tuesday, June 1st my third tap and this time 2000 cc's; the amount is obliviously getting less and less and thank goodness because my parts have just about had it. The problem with these fluid taps is that they drain so much fluid that you have to drink so much to replenish it and they make you very tired. So thank goodness by last Friday, I had my fourth fluid tap and only 1500 cc's was removed. I haven't had to go back yet but I am seriously taking it one day at a time and I will ONLY go in if I have too, I am tired of the poking and sticking of needles so I am trying to survive it! I finally left the house for the first time yesterday and today is the first time I have put makeup on since Thursday, May 27th!!!! I have done nothing but sleep on the couch and the bed and I missed 5 days of work because of the back and forth and sickness.

I CAN HONESTLY SAY THE ONLY AMAZING MIRACLE THROUGH THIS ALL IS WE ARE EXPECTING :) YES, THAT IS RIGHT WE ARE PREGNANT!!!!

It was one of the most painful experiences I have had to go through and I am so glad it is behind me and we are just so happy to have moved on from it. And everything seems to be good with the baby, we will see if there is one or multiples on our first ultrasound next Wednesday.

I just have to THANK GOD for this amazing miracle and that we are finally getting the chance to expand our family, and THANK MY AMAZING HUSBAND who took care of me, waited on me hand and foot, cleaned the house, did the laundry, took care of our 4-1/2 year old and was most of all there for me through this entire process! I am truly BLESSED!!!!!