After almost two years...

We are finally pregnant!!!

Yesterday, I got a super faint positive test and decided to go get my blood drawn even though I was only 12 days past ovulation. After a long day of waiting and waiting and waiting we got the official call back from the doctor saying that we are in fact pregnant! My beta numbers were 25, which I think is the normal range for 12 days past ovulation. I go in for my second blood draw on Friday and my numbers should be MUCH higher then!

But until then, please obsess with me over the gorgeousness of this:

I took this before work today. The lines are so dark and pretty. If you compare it to my test from last cycle, it's like night and day. And this is one day sooner than I tested last cycle. I think this baby is going to stick and we could not be happier!!

<3 Brad and Jenna

Pinch me! I need this to feel real!

Welcome! We figured the easiest way to keep all of our friends and family informed of the baby's progress was to make a blog. (Thank you interwebs and technology!)

Let us give you a little back story. We have been trying to get pregnant for almost two years now. In December 2010, we were diagnosed with "unexplained infertility", which means that they couldn't find anything wrong with either of us but they didn't know why it wasn't happening. So we tried on our own again for another three months with no success. Finally in April, we decided to "get science involved". Jenna was prescribed Clomid, which helps boost ovulation and then we had an IUI (intra-uterine insemination) done.

After two full weeks of Jenna obsessing and of both of our suspicions that we succeeded, we received a positive home pregnancy test on Saturday morning!

It's really faint, but trust us, it's there!

We haven't told anyone yet, we wanted to get confirmation from the hospital, but there is no doubt in our mind that we have a baby growing right now. :) We are going to keep this a secret from most of the world until after the first trimester, only close family will know. But I wanted to keep a blog going from now until then to catch everyone up on appointments and such.

We are super excited that our family is growing. And we are glad to share this journey with you all. :)

<3 Brad and Jenna