Aloha my name is Stacie and I am "mom" to 4 beautiful children. This site is began as the journey through my 5th pregnancy which I referred to as our "Unexpected Blessing." But it's also become a site about loss, dealing with miscarrige, renewed hope, and the road beyond this challenge in life.
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There are a lot of comments made to women who have a lot of children. People say things like “Don’t you have cable?” Or they look at a pregnant women that has a bunch of little ones and ask, “You know how that’s happening right?” While it’s difficult for some to understand why a family […]
This is kind of long, but so true…
1 That unprotected sex doesn’t necessarily lead to pregnancy.
2 That your sex life would start to resemble a science experiment.
3 That the longer you TTC, the more PG women spring up around you.
4 That deep down inside, I can be a very jealous person.
5 That I would know […]
After 4 living children, this is my most planned pregnancy. I think that’s says something considering all the while I was growing up I thought 4 was my max. I charted, I temped, I’m certain of my LMP, I used OPKs, and I know when I ovulated. We even tried timing it […]
So I retested today and here is the result.
Even my husband could see that line. It’s definitely enough to convince me that this is really happening. No more temping and no more testing for me. I’m going to call the dr this week to make an appointment for the week of March 26th. For now, […]
Positive! Faint, but there. I had trouble sleeping as my temp time neared, but I was able to force myself back to sleep until 10 minutes before my usual waking time. My temp was higher today than it’s ever been. So, I got up and POAS - I watched the liquid […]
That is the question of the day. I am coming up on the first day that I might possibly get an accurate pregnancy test result (tomorrow). However, I’m having some conflicted feelings over whether or not I should test. Earlier I felt like it wouldn’t be too difficult to just wait until […]
I have to say, that I don’t really “feel” pregnant. With my son, I had sore boobs within days of conception. Not so this time around. Slight tenderness, but nothing convincing. However, I do have this urge to eat healthy food which is unusual considering my favorite food is ice cream. I experienced this with […]