Yesterdays news is still running through my head like a cd stuck on repeat. We can go ahead and get pregnant, and we've both decided not to waste any time in getting ready to try.
So today I almost skipped into my doctors surgery and spoke to the receptionist, collected a prescription for more Levothyroxine (would you believe its been nearly a month?) and then explained what my specialist had told me.
Smiling she booked me in to have my contraceptive coil removed, and ordered a prescription for Folic Acid, the pregnancy vitamin every woman should take when they start trying to conceive or find out that they are pregnant.
It may seem like "just another pill" but this tablet is a one a day vitamin which, if taken from the earliest time possible and up until around the 2nd trimester, supports and helps the baby to develop. It's important for the spine and a few other things.
So I start my folic acid on Thursday and my coil gets removed on Monday! Then, when we are ready, we remove any other choice contraception and ... well lets just say... its playtime (insert blush here).
All in all, both of us are very very excited, and we aren't even pregnant yet! But we've chosen not to tell DD until, not only am I pregnant, but I am showing enough for her to notice, or she mentions it. That way, if there are any problems, she's not let down.
Anyway, 9 months is a long time to a child, so if it means the pregnancy only lasts 3 months or so to her, I'll do it.
We've started discussing pregnancy plans too, like time off work for OH. It's not our first, so we don't really see much point in him coming to every appointment and scan. So he's only coming to the important stuff.
We've also opted to keep things as simple as possible. No un-needed tests, plenty of rest for me and the most important thing... LOVE.
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