How it all started...

When I was 15, I found out that I had a pituitary microadenoma.  This is basically just a benign growth sitting in my pituitary glad.  They told me "you might have issues with having kids someday" but why would I really think about those implications at 15 years old.  Fast forward to 27 and I suffered from a broken heart.  No kids for me, but plenty for my friends.  Without trying, kids popped up all around me, but just not FOR me.

After three rounds of IUI treatments, lots of drugs, stress, and sadness, I was BLESSED with a positive pregnancy test.  I held my breath for 20 weeks to make sure this pregnancy was going to stick around.  After my first IUI I suffered a miscarriage and I feared constantly that this would be the closest I would get to having a child.  Lucky number 3 came and stuck.  YAY!  At 20 weeks, the viability increase and I found that my prayers were answered twice - I would get my mini-me - a baby girl.

I didn't have much for pregnancy symptoms.  No morning sickness.  I was tired - but I could live with that. I kept busy.  My sonograms looked great throughout (mostly) and because I was "high risk" because of the pituitary thing, I got to have a sonogram every month.  She danced for me monthly and I got more and more excited to meet her.

Lucky Beginnings

This is just the start of a new life and this is my best attempt to document everything that is going on now.  I am a new mom - my daughter is just over 10 weeks old. After a couple of years of wanting a child but living with a body that didn't want to cooperate, my miracle finally came in the form of the sweetest daughter I could have asked for - my little darling Brynn.  I have been extra lucky too to have a boss that has been cool with me taking a full maternity leave - 3 months off!  But, this time has FLOWN by and work is calling my name.  I go back in just a couple more weeks.  So, with that being said, I am trying to figure out how to balance life, baby, work, and my sanity!  This is surely a work in progress, but I am so fully ready for the challenge.

Additionally, I am obsessed with my family, fashion, and whatever else I can fit in my day.  I have two cats who are my fur-babies who are learning to live with my human-baby.  It's been interesting.

Overall, the biggest thing I have to say is that I am lucky!  I love my new roles in life and I embrace whatever comes my way.