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Well folks, it is time to announce the addition of another member to our family. Baby number three is in the oven! We are so excited. This pregnancy came a lot faster and a lot slower than expected... let me explain...
       I have this tendency to be ready for babies much sooner than Jeff. Which is a good thing, I'm the emotional one and Jeff is the logical one. He knows better what I can handle but by the time I do get pregnant I have wanted it for long enough that I can handle all the fun side-effects that come with pregnancy :).
      Turns out about five months ago I started having pain in my ovary so I went to the doctor. They did an ultrasound and found that my left ovary was quite a bit bigger than my right so they thought I had probably had a cyst that had burst. Nothing to worry about. Well about a month later I started having the pains again so I decided to go in and get it checked out and get my IUD out at the same time. Well about a week before I went in the pains stopped so I figured the cyst just burst and I was fine but I figured I'd go get my IUD out anyway. After that fun procedure I was sitting in the doc's office to hear from the doc and she came in and let me know she wanted to do an ultrasound to check on that ovary and make sure it went back to normal. When we did the ultrasound we found what is called a hemmhoragic (bleeding) cyst. Supposedly this is a more serious cyst because the cyst is bleeding and can get really big and could burst into your abdominal cavity. So doc told me she wanted to put me on birth control pills to try and shrink the cyst. I would come back in a few months and hopefully it had shrunk. If not we would have to look at surgery. So I was extremely bummed not only did I have to be on birth control pills which I vowed I would never again go on after my first year of marriage, but I now would not be able to get pregnant for at least two months if not longer if I had to have surgery.
     So I have to tell you a little background even before this point in the story. Jeff had graduated almost a year prior with his Master's in nursing (Nurse Practitioner) and had applied for and interviewed for many jobs but we always got the same answer- 'you just don't have the experience we are looking for.' So we were pretty discouraged about that and I was super discouraged about not being able to have a baby right when I was ready( I know kind of silly but hey I was hormonal). So one night I was having a pity party for myself and crying and praying and all of the sudden I just felt this calmness come over me and I felt the Spirit tell me, "You will get a job; you will have a baby." It was such a unique experience but I felt for sure that Heavenly Father knew my heart was hurting and He knew what was coming and was gracious enough to give me a little glimpse. I felt He was telling me, 'It may not be in your time but it will come, be patient.' That was a huge comfort when I found out I had the cyst to know that eventually I would be able to have a baby again.
      So two long months later I went into the doc and prayed for the cyst to have shrunk so I wouldn't have to have surgery. Well, guess what I had a small miracle of my own because it was completely gone! I felt super blessed and surprised; I hadn't expected that. The doc wanted me to go on birth control pills for a month or two to make sure it didn't come back but I told her no thank you, I was ready to have a baby. So she sent me off with positive baby vibes and they worked because less than a month later I found out we were expecting baby number three. 
    So that, friends, is why it took longer because of the cysts but shorter because I have never been pregnant the first month we tried. (Ok so my others were the second month but still- new record). Just a testimony that everything will happen in the Lord's time. For some reason we were supposed to get pregnant this month. 
      Funny thing is I knew before I took the test that I was pregnant. I have never had symptoms before I took the test, but I was about 95% sure I was pregnant before I took the test and yet, I still cried when I saw the results. This pregnancy was quite a bit more emotional trying to conceive. I got just a small glimpse of what those women go through when they can't have babies or it takes them years. For those two months with the cyst I def had my questions of if I would be able to have a baby again. I know it is nothing compared to what other women have gone through but I sure know they grieve and hurt so much. Okay, I am done with my novel but I just wanted to document what a special time this is and all that led up to us announcing that we are PREGNANT! I am going to have my baby, and we did get a job. The Lord is good.