Back In the Saddle

I cannot believe it has already been a year since the birth of Baby Bean, and 6 months since the insertion of my IUD. Where did the time go?! Seriously, how did I get here so fast?

I woke up this morning, thinking I had to drag my butt out of bed for another day of drudgery when I remembered what day it was. I must have been more excited than I thought because I was out of the house 15 minutes early. I was so early, I ended up having a half hour before my appointment, rather than the 15 minutes I normally would have had. So I went and got me some donuts before heading to the doctor.

I can't even describe the feelings that came over me when I walked through the door to the doctor's office. It was so strange. Part of me was excited to be there, and part of me wasn't. All of my memories from sitting in that waiting room as a pregnant woman came flooding back like a tidal wave.

I sat down and waited to be called back. When I finally was, I was told that the sonographer had called in sick that morning, and so I wouldn't be having my sono. Imagine how much my heart sank when I had been waiting a full year for that scan! The nurse told me they were still going to take out my IUD, but that I would have to reschedule my sonogram. My emotions were all over the place. I had been looking forward to busting through the finish line and skipping out of that office with a huge green light over my head. Instead, I would have a yellow light, and the real finish line had been moved back the day of the race.

I sat in the exam room and waited for my doctor, wanting to ask questions I knew she would have no answers for until we did the scan. She came in, beaming and cheerful as always. I was so happy to see her. She was as excited for me to get my IUD out as I was. She wasted no time getting down to business and removing my short-time companion.

We then talked about what was ahead. This woman can make the end of the world seem like it is the best thing since sliced bread. I love her! She told me she was confident I was able to try for pregnancy again, but that I should give my body at least 2 months to re-regulate from the IUD. No prob, that was my plan anyway. She warned me of the risks again, told me my pregnancy would be extremely high risk and I would be watched like a hawk, but said that if this was something I really wanted to do, she would be here with me through all of it. I LOVE HER! I can't tell you how awesome it feels to have her by my side ready to go to battle with me so that I can try to bring a sibling into this world for my daughter. I am in such good hands.

So, the IUD is gone, and I am back in the TTC saddle. I am so excited. I'm not nervous or scared. I feel good about things, and that is the feeling I'm going with.

Here we go friends! Once AF rears next week, I'll be starting to chart and use OPKs to figure out if I still ovulate when I used to.

On a side note, Baby Bean's surgery went awesomely yesterday. It was a breeze. She was in and out with zero complication. She is doing awesome today, and you would never know she had surgery yesterday. That's my gal!