Finally, pregnant.

Hi ladies!

Let me introduce myself briefly. I'm Lauren, 25 years old, been with my husband since 2008 and married since 2013. Together we have a lovely dog and a beautiful house. House, tree, and pet, so to speak!

I always wanted to be a young mother. I worked in childcare and had a good job. But in 2014, the atmosphere changed there and I started suffering from stress. Around that time, I also had a miscarriage shortly after the passing of my dearest grandma.

After that, I couldn't get pregnant anymore. And work didn't help either, so I quit my permanent job at the end of 2014 and started doing a few hours of cleaning work.

2015 and 2016 were nothing but misery. I was feeling really bad about myself and suddenly lost one dear person after another to the same illness. End of summer 2016, things had to change, so I started my own business. From then on, things got better for me and my marriage, and I got pregnant in October. Every month disappointed since the last miscarriage, and now we're pregnant! Unfortunately, a week after we found out, it went wrong.

On top of that, they found out that I had cysts on my ovaries that were pressing everything aside.

The doctor said it wouldn't be easy to get pregnant. I had to wait 3 months and hope that the largest cysts would burst on their own.

November 2016, I woke up at night with immense pain and thought for a moment my stomach would explode.

On Christmas Day, I had a lot of pain again and thought something wasn't right. My husband thought it was ovulation, but I didn't want to test just yet. We still hung out nicely, and on the second day of Christmas, I lay in bed as sick as a dog.

January 17, 10 days late, and I did a test with my husband. Two thick purple lines appeared within 15 seconds!

Now I'm very busy with the business and I'm so tired, so forgetful that I even have to-do lists with my to-do lists on them, haha.

According to my own calculations, I would be 8 weeks pregnant tomorrow, and I have my first ultrasound on February 13.

My mother is so happy for us that she asks me every week how things are going. But I haven't told anyone yet because I want to wait for the first ultrasound. But, if everything goes well, we'll run to my parents to tell them, haha.

One thing is, in two weeks we're going on a winter sports trip, and I don't know if that's such a good idea, but I'll discuss it with my doctor if everything goes well.

I was dealing with this every day for 3 years, ovulation tests, noting discharge, to the point of irritation! And then when I shifted my focus and threw myself into my work and stopped doing ovulation tests, I got pregnant. It's so unreal. I feel good, few complaints, and I'm happy.

I just wanted to get this off my chest!

Love,