I am going to start this blog from the very beginning, me and Jack have been together coming up to 5 years this November and ever since I can remember we have wanted to have children. we eventually moved into our own place in may 2016 once we had been together just coming up to 3 years, it was then in January 2017 a few months away from coming up to a year since we had moved in that we finally decided that this was our time to try for a baby and start the family life we had always wanted, little did we know it wouldn't be as easy as what we thought it was going to be.
I came off the pill in January 2017 and I had been on the pill for 4 years, previous to that I was having the contraceptive injection for about a year before I changed to the pill. I always knew that being on contraceptive for so long and having protected my body from pregnancy meant that it was going to be difficult for me to get pregnant, I knew that it wasn't going to happen straight away but I thought that it would take at least a month or two but I was wrong.
I started taking seven seas folic acid supplements almost straight after coming off the pill to help get my body ready for pregnancy and giving me everything I need to help speed the process along, It was a waiting game to see if I was going to have a period or not.. I was just over a week late and so I done a pregnancy test which came back negative it was a little bit heart breaking but I was ok with It, my period then followed the next few days after. little did I know that coming off the pill meant my cycle wasn't going to be regular at all and up until I eventually did fall pregnant it never got itself into a cycle and sorted itself out so each month I was over a week or maybe even two weeks late for my period. having this problem meant each month I got excited thinking I was pregnant and each time I done a test and it was a negative test it would just get me really upset.
I got very depressed once it had got to July 2017 as it had now been 6 months and all I would see on my social media was friends having their babies or friends announcing they were pregnant, it only took my friend a week to fall pregnant after coming off the pill which made me think what's wrong with me and why aren't I getting pregnant its so unfair. I started to think it was never going to happen and I was getting very depressed by it as It was something I had wanted all my life, jack was also getting very down because we weren't sure whether there was a problem with either or us so I sat down and done some research which sounds stupid but I didn't want to go to the doctors straight away as we were fearing the worst, once I had done some research I found out that after coming off the pill it can actually take up to a year for it to come out of your system and stop protecting you against pregnancy. Me and jack decided that this information was very helpful and that we would carry on trying up until it had been a year and if we still hadn't got pregnant then we would finally make that dreaded trip to the doctors for tests.
On the 3rd December 2017 I was a week and a half late and I had been feeling slightly unwell so I decided to do a pregnancy test it had now been 11 months of trying and yet again it came back negative so as usual I waited for my period to come thinking it was going to come within the next few days but it didn't. it was then the 10th December 2017 and it had been a week since I had done a pregnancy test and there was still no period I was then two and a half weeks late and feeling very sick more than I had been the week before I had one pregnancy test left in the bathroom cupboard so I decided to take the last test thinking it was going to be negative and no and behold it was POSITIVE! I cried my eyes out as I couldn't believe that it had finally happened after so many months of trying and so many months of being disappointed. Jack was at work and I kept it a secret all day until he was home I then gave him a little box that said inside ' your going to be a daddy ' with the positive pregnancy test next to it he was so shocked just like I was as we had given up hope. we were now on the journey to becoming parents and starting the family we had dreamt of for a very long time.
As I write this I am currently 28 weeks pregnant today with our healthy baby boy! I am beyond excited to finally meet him with only 12 weeks to go! his due date is the 14th August 2018 and we are beyond happy that it's finally happening for us, it's been a very long time coming!
Jess x
I came off the pill in January 2017 and I had been on the pill for 4 years, previous to that I was having the contraceptive injection for about a year before I changed to the pill. I always knew that being on contraceptive for so long and having protected my body from pregnancy meant that it was going to be difficult for me to get pregnant, I knew that it wasn't going to happen straight away but I thought that it would take at least a month or two but I was wrong.
I started taking seven seas folic acid supplements almost straight after coming off the pill to help get my body ready for pregnancy and giving me everything I need to help speed the process along, It was a waiting game to see if I was going to have a period or not.. I was just over a week late and so I done a pregnancy test which came back negative it was a little bit heart breaking but I was ok with It, my period then followed the next few days after. little did I know that coming off the pill meant my cycle wasn't going to be regular at all and up until I eventually did fall pregnant it never got itself into a cycle and sorted itself out so each month I was over a week or maybe even two weeks late for my period. having this problem meant each month I got excited thinking I was pregnant and each time I done a test and it was a negative test it would just get me really upset.
I got very depressed once it had got to July 2017 as it had now been 6 months and all I would see on my social media was friends having their babies or friends announcing they were pregnant, it only took my friend a week to fall pregnant after coming off the pill which made me think what's wrong with me and why aren't I getting pregnant its so unfair. I started to think it was never going to happen and I was getting very depressed by it as It was something I had wanted all my life, jack was also getting very down because we weren't sure whether there was a problem with either or us so I sat down and done some research which sounds stupid but I didn't want to go to the doctors straight away as we were fearing the worst, once I had done some research I found out that after coming off the pill it can actually take up to a year for it to come out of your system and stop protecting you against pregnancy. Me and jack decided that this information was very helpful and that we would carry on trying up until it had been a year and if we still hadn't got pregnant then we would finally make that dreaded trip to the doctors for tests.
On the 3rd December 2017 I was a week and a half late and I had been feeling slightly unwell so I decided to do a pregnancy test it had now been 11 months of trying and yet again it came back negative so as usual I waited for my period to come thinking it was going to come within the next few days but it didn't. it was then the 10th December 2017 and it had been a week since I had done a pregnancy test and there was still no period I was then two and a half weeks late and feeling very sick more than I had been the week before I had one pregnancy test left in the bathroom cupboard so I decided to take the last test thinking it was going to be negative and no and behold it was POSITIVE! I cried my eyes out as I couldn't believe that it had finally happened after so many months of trying and so many months of being disappointed. Jack was at work and I kept it a secret all day until he was home I then gave him a little box that said inside ' your going to be a daddy ' with the positive pregnancy test next to it he was so shocked just like I was as we had given up hope. we were now on the journey to becoming parents and starting the family we had dreamt of for a very long time.
As I write this I am currently 28 weeks pregnant today with our healthy baby boy! I am beyond excited to finally meet him with only 12 weeks to go! his due date is the 14th August 2018 and we are beyond happy that it's finally happening for us, it's been a very long time coming!
Jess x
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