cautiiously here

[russiamom]

hi,
not sure if anyone reads this thread and not sure how long I will actually be pregnant, but here I am with my fingers crossed. I am 7 weeks. I have 2 wonderful children through international and domestic adoption and 3 angels. two went to heaven at 9 weeks and 1 at 20 weeks. so I am very nervous to say the least.
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[bebe]

Congratulations on your pregnancy.

How are you feeling? Have you had any betas or U/S?

bebe

[Loie]

I'm right there with you! We just recently brought home our DS in late-Feb and also did our embryo transfer on 4/6. My first US is on 5/8. We're feeling very tentative about the pg with our losses as well. How far along are you?

[momtoguatling]

Hi, Congratulations.
I'm also right there with you. We brought our son home from Guatemala 8 months ago, after 6 miscarriages and a slew of IF treatments. He's 15 months odl. Now I'm 14 weeks pregnant and very, nervous cautious and in absolute shock!

[Loie]

Welcome momtoguatling! "Nervous, cautious" are both very applicable. Congrats on the pg!

Russiamom: How are you feeling?

[momtoguatling]

Thank you Loie! I just found this board after searching all over for support from people who've adopted and now are pregnant. All my best wishes on 5/8 for your ultrasound!!!!
-Caryn

[Maddox'sMommy]

CONGRATS! We brought our son home from Korea in Oct. 05 and in Jan. we found out we were pg. We are now almost 19 weeks with a little boy. I hope all goes uneventful and well!

Sherry

[Loie]

Welcome Sherry! Ditto on the "uneventful and well" wishes. I could do without a lot of excitement.

[jesscar]

hello everyone,
Congratulations to all. I haven't been on this site in years...just peeking. We adopted our now 6 year old daughter (domestic) and 6 weeks later found out I was pregnant. Our girls are 9.5 months apart and absolutely wonderful. Best wishes to everyone!

[C&R's Mom]

Hi all,

I hope you don't mind me barging in here. I know some of these posts are old and hope all of you are doing well. I have one bit of advice for you: try to enjoy your pregnancy.

My miracles are 10 and 8 now. I decided at a young age that I wanted to adopt and I guess I'm odd in that I never had a strong desire to 'be pregnant', just a desire to 'have kids' ... so I moved to adoption rather easily after only minimal treatment (lots of tests, a few non-medicated IUI cycles that resulted in a couple of failures, one early m/c and one etopic).

My 8yo was a big surprise as we weren't 'trying' at the time ... I had two issues 1) getting pg and 2) staying pg. Since we had learned a lot from earlier losses, I had managed to stay pg w/ her.

Like many here mentioned, I was a nervous and scared about being pg and kept waiting for something to happen. I was upset that I had NO morning sickness ... because I want big visible 'signs' of being successfully pg. I LIVED for my doctor's appointments, just to hear "everything looks good". I'd be calm for about a week ... and a week later I'd start counting the days to the next appointment.

From the doctor's perspective I had a boring pregnancy and an uneventful delivery. (Although, personally speaking, I found greeting my child at the airport was easier than the hospital ) When my dd was about 6 months old, I started having an incredible feeling of 'loss'. It was like "Wow, a year ago I was in my first trimester" etc, etc. I feel that I "missed" my pregnancy. I didn't enjoy seeing the heartbeat on the U/S, I was just grateful. I didn't marvel at the first movement, I was just relieved, things like that. And AFTER my dd was here, I realized just what I missed. I slowly read "What to Expect when You're Expecting" and shed a few tears and in someways 'mourned my missed pg'. I'm over it now ... but thought I'd share my experiences with you.

Everybody tells you "enjoy your kids while they're young, because they grow so fast", nobody tells you "enjoy them before they are born" ...

I wish you all the best. (((Hugs)))