Pregnant Part One

I had been off birth control a few months after our daughter turned one in 2010 the same time we started our Army adventure. Nothing happened. One false positive and years of trying I thought we were just going to be a family of four forever.

I am EXTREMELY grateful for my two children, and people could not grasp why it upset me so much that we still haven't conceived. They told me I had two children, a boy and a girl, what more could I need/want? I felt broken emotionally and physically. We all wanted our family to grow.

My husband came home from his first deployment at the end of February earlier this year. It was one of the best moments of my life that I will never forget. Our two children, including me, had not seen him in nine months. It had renewed hope that maybe we could finally get pregnant with the third child we had always dreamed about.

March came and it was no surprise. I had pretty much come to grasp reality, besides he had only been home a couple of weeks. I remember telling my husband when the red came that he should knock me up already so I didn't have to have a period! I was so sick for pretty much the month that followed. I had taken medicine and laid in bed, but finally I thought I had pneumonia again so to the Doctor I went for the hundredth time!

I was supposed to start that day or the next so when they wanted to give me a urine test before they gave me an x-ray (husband home and no protection) I humored them. I had done this a million times before. I sat there for what seemed like forever! And from across the hall my Doctor was like :" Ashley?! Guess what?!"
I gave the expected response. "You are in fact PREGNANT!"

I burst into tears. I cried for maybe the next fifteen minutes. The Doctor and Nurse were both confused at first making sure that I was ok and if i was upset from the news or just extremely happy. I was so happy and shocked it was indescribable. A breathing treatment later and some safe prescriptions, I walked into the waiting area and told my husband. The happiest people in the world were in Fort Wainwright, Alaska.

To be continued...