How it all started..

Let me tell you a little about myself,

My name is Dana and I have many roles, I am a mom, I am a student, I am a wife, I love to cook, I love crafts....this list could go on forever so lets get to the good stuff... I am finishing up my first semester in nursing school. I have an amazing husband Will. We made the most awesome kid in the whole world 2 years ago. He is the light of my life.  I'm still in school, after I had my son we figured the most appropriate thing to do was get the most effective birth control out there...or so we thought... almost 2 1/2 years ago we decided to get the Paragard IUD. I just figured no hassle with the pills, no shots, no hormones, no worries. I had my yearly check up on November 30th and to my surprise the IUD strings were no where to be found( I was sure they were there a couple weeks ago)...we took a precautionary pregnancy test and there you have it...I am Pregnant... well I could be? My Dr. decided to get some blood work done, make sure it wasn't a false positive which can happen sometimes...We also got a sonogram done to find this missing IUD...after what felt like forever...they came to the conclusion that the IUD looks to be embedded in my uterus...I don't know if its just me but even though I wasn't planning for this little one, something about me just got instantly attached, like, "oh i'm pregnant, I really hope this baby is ok." I got the blood work results about 4 days later and it confirmed Hcg hormone was present, I am pregnant.... I had so many things going through my head...I couldn't find that much information about my particular situation online...so I decided, why not blog it?....My family and friends can stay updated with my pregnancy, nursing school, and just life in general... and I can have a place to put my worries to bed...I'm guessing i'm about 5 or 6 weeks pregnant...I have made an appointment next week with a Perinatal specialist and I will be able to find out more...I know I am going to get another sonogram done then and they are going to tell me what our plan is going to be....

I guess I should keep my mind open, if the location of the IUD and the embryo @ this point are in a safe range, I think we will continue with the pregnancy, and if the location of the two is going to be a large safety issue for me then our choice would be to get a D&C done. Only time will tell...

All in all next week is going to be packed full! I have 2 finals, a important Dr. appointment and my father-in-laws birthday I am looking forward to getting next week over with!

Pregnancy Symptoms:
-Sensitive to smell
-Fatigue
-Tender breasts

For those of you wanting more information about Paragard...

http://www.paragard.com/