Life Update
Not sure how I still get so many page views each day considering I never blog, but I am happy I still have people stopping by the blog for updates. Maybe it's all auto bots that visit my site, but if you are a real person, I'm glad you're here and still checking regularly!
I posted about dealing with 3.5 years of infertility back in January, and SO INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL to God to share that my prayer was answered. I found out I was pregnant on March 1, 2023. In my years of trying since 2019, I had never once seen a positive pregnancy test until that day. It was a very faint line and I wasn't too sure it was even real, but it was an unbelievably happy moment.
Brian had to go out of town for work that day (I think to Greensboro) and got home mid-afternoon. I remember walking into his office when he got home (I had been working from home that day) and I told him I took a pregnancy test and it was positive. He just looked at me calmly and said "OK." I tested again the next morning and told him I got another faint line and he said "OK." Then the third day I tested again and there was a pretty solid line, so I showed him and he said "OK." By the fourth day I went to the doctor for a blood test and it was confirmed. I texted Brian immediately when the results came through my MyChart and he texted back "OK"...then a few seconds later..."I am very excited." :)
I cannot explain the overwhelming feeling of gratitude and relief I immediately felt upon getting confirmation that we had created another child. I knew so deeply in my heart that we were waiting on one more and when she didn't exist I felt so much sadness and depression that something was missing. It's not that I didn't have moments of joy these past few years -- 2020 was an especially great year spending a lot of one-on-one time with Cam and overall my relationship to Brian has probably been the best it's ever been in the 15 years we've been together. But I am so thankful to know with complete confidence that our family is complete; the feeling that something was missing completely went away. God has given me an overwhelming amount of peace this entire pregnancy. I have not had any worry, concerns, health scares, sickness, or doubt. God's timing is perfect even given the unplanned 8 year age gap between our two children.
On a separate note, my boss left for a different job at the beginning of February, so I'm going on five months with no boss. They expect a new CFO to be hired in the next couple of months. In the meantime, I have been busier than ever at work. We are integrating our private physician practice into Duke Health (July 1 is the go-live!), so I've been working on a contracting team since February transitioning current physician contracts and drafting contracts for new-hire physicians. It has been a learning experience and kept me extremely busy, but I would probably be much more bored without this new task.
I'm still making cookies when I can, going to Articles Club each month, hanging out with friends, and enjoying the pool every weekend. I'll soon start a Canine Good Citizen dog class with Sasha on Saturdays to help with her training. :)
Last update is that I have paused my Peloton subscription for three months. We had new carpet and doors installed in the basement in February, so I couldn't use it in the basement for about a month. In March I was worried about a large ovarian cyst (more to that story later, but likely the reason I was able to conceive since my estrogen levels sky rocketed!) and then I just got out of the exercise habit the past couple of months. So I won't meet my 2023 goal of a hundred rides this year, but I hope to pick it back up this fall.
That's all for now. Next post will be some house updates! Stay tuned.
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