After 2 miscarriages and a tubal pregnancy [all] over 10 years ago, my continuous battle with Poly-cystic Ovarian Syndrome and 3 unsuccessful rounds of Clomid..my boyfriend [of 4 months] and I just found out I'm pregnant!! :D

I had pain in my abdomen on the left side so I went to the Emergency room last night, terrified as hell. After blood work and urine tests as well as an ultrasound. Him and I got to see our little one for the first time! I'll be 9 weeks on Tuesday!! Everything looks fine from the doctor's point of view and the baby is healthy!! Which I am so grateful for!!

Neither him or I thought it would happen for us but it did! I'm so over the moon right now!

I'm soooooooooooo happy!! :D

Omg! That's wonderful! Best of luck with the weeks and months to come!

Wow, congrats! All the best to you guys and the baby! :3

Thank you so much!! ❤

I'm so happy for you!!! After all you been through and all the times you've tried, it has finally paid off! I hope the next 9 months goes smoothly for you and you deliver a healthy bundle of joy! :) Love ya girl, sending a big hug your way ^_^

I'm happy for you. I also have PCOS and children are probably not in my future.

Best of luck in all the months to come <3

Thank you so much! I'm so happy I didn't give up on my dream. We both know there were times I seriously considered it. I'm so lucky I found B and he's been so amazing even though I'm no piece of cake to deal with and most definitely the past couple of months surely haven't been easy on us but he hasn't given up and I'm grateful. He's going to be a wonderful father I just know it. I can't wait until we find out what the baby is going to be. Gonna be another emotional day I'm sure! Love ya lots for always being there for me, I really appreciate it. Hopefully you'll be okay with me messaging you all my pregnancy questions lol. :P

Thank you! May I ask if you want children?

I thought I may not have them but with all the help and assistance I received and all the doctoring I did..it happened. If you want them..don't give up just yet. I figured I was going to be old, single and the crazy cat lady, but at 36 my dream finally came true!

I'm glad you didn't give up either even though you wanted to. I told you to keep on trying and I'm happy it paid off for you. You're going to be a wonderful mother! I know you weren't a piece of cake to deal with but neither was he for awhile, just glad you guys worked things out and stayed together. Just another 3 months or so and you'll find out what the sex of the baby is! Can't wait to find out what you'll be having. I'm totally okay with you messaging me about pregnancy questions! I'll try to answer all of them with the best of my ability! :)

Nah, neither of us are/were a piece of cake to deal with but I'm glad we worked through our issues. He's the first man not to give up on me and that's a big deal. We're still going to face issues down the road but we're going to do it together.

If only you could have seen his face when he saw the baby on the screen in the ultrasound room. It was unbelievable and his voice cracked when he asked for a picture to be printed.

I know our lives are going to change dramatically but it's going to be worth it. He doesn't want me naming it after him if it's a boy but I want to so badly. I want to use his name in some way if it's a girl too. But he doesn't want that..he hates his name but I like it. So we're in a huge disagreement right now. I know it's early on, but I want to have some ideas for when we find out. I don't want it to be like my parents. My mom gave birth to me at 3:36 am but I didn't get named until after sunrise. I want my baby to have a name way before birth!!

I imagine as the months progress, I'll have many questions for ya..be prepared lol!

That's great news, congratulations!!

Good luck over the next 31 weeks (plus 18 years!) and remember, no one else matters except you three. You'll get 'advise' you don't want and some you do want. Best advise I got was listen to it all, remember what you think is good and don't give a second thought to what you think is bad. Everyone (even strangers, like me!) thinks this is the time to tell a woman what to do and how to do it, don't stress about it. Nothing you can do to change it except forget their words, giving it a second thought will stress you out and that's no good.

That's huge! OMG! I'm so happy for you! I hope everything continues perfectly and you get a cuddly liddle lumpkin of your very own to squish with love! I had 4 miscarriages with endometriosis and only one successful pregnancy, so I know how hard it is. SO SO HAPPY FOR YOU! SQUISH THOSE WIDDLE CHEEKIES WITH KISSIES!

I used to want kids, but now I'm not sure. I'm 29 and I've never had a boyfriend. I know there's fertility drugs that you can take to make things easier.

Congrats!! That is beyond exciting! So glad you didn't give up. Being a mom is an amazing thing! I'm 9 weeks also with my second one. I hope you have a smooth pregnancy! Morning sickness is the worst lol!

I'm already receiving advise from all around. Family, friends, etc. I'm listening to it all but my boyfriend keeps telling me not to stress over it all. It's going to be our child not someone else's. Everything is going to be up to us! It's just hard when my mother is interfering already saying I shouldn't use a pacifier or disposable diapers. She's saying our choice in a crib is kind of useless too. We saw a four in one crib we'd like to have. It starts out as a crib, then transforms into a toddler bed, then a day bed and finally into a full size bed. We thought it would save money from having to buy all of them when the time comes. All we'll have to invest in is the mattresses. We're low income so it will be tough to buy everything on top of bills and necessary items for the child. I just hope she calms down with everything!

Thank you so much! ❤ It was a long road but totally worth it. I get to see the baby tomorrow when I go in for my ultrasound again. I know I'm going to cry. I just can't believe I have this little life inside me right now since I waited so long for a little bundle of joy!!

You're the only one who can make that decision. I was single for quite awhile before getting with my boyfriend. I figured after my last horrible relationship I wouldn't date ever again. But I'm sure it'll happen when the time is right for you. Yeah there are fertility drugs you can take. I was on Metformin and Provera to stimulate my ovaries into working. I originally considered a sperm donor because I was single but luckily I met my boyfriend before that really took off. Once we got together, I began taking Clomid 4 days a month. It took 4 tries total but it eventually happened. If it's a dream of yours to have a child someday..just don't give up!

Congratulations!! ❤ And thank you! :)

I'm lucky I haven't got morning sickness at all. Just major heartburn. As well as insomnia. I sleep very little right now. I'm hoping it's just nerves and excitement. Plus, I've lost 6 pounds so far. I'm hoping as the pregnancy progresses I don't lose any more and gain what weight I need to support the baby.

We have a 3 in 1 crib but haven't used it past the toddler bed because of space issues, ours doesn't turn into a day bed. That would be nice if it converted into a day bed that used a twin mattress. Twins are more affordable and take up less space. I have my older children in twin bunk beds because my nephew sleeps in the crib now, but he's going to need something else soon because I have a 5m old who is going to need to sleep in her own bed soon (we're currently bedsharing). My 6 year old who is at the top of the height charts for her age can still sleep in the crib sized bed so even if you got one that was just 2 in 1 (I don't know why you would, the day bed will save you money if you won't be having another child) it will last your little bean a long time.

As for cloth diapers and low income families, it's a wonderful and much cheaper option if you have easy access to a washing machine and a dryer (if you only have enough diapers for 1 day, which is about 12 diapers when they're newborns) but if you get enough for 2 or 3 days, you can hang dry them. But not so great if you don't have easy access to a washing machine. Mine take about 3 hours to wash so if you have to share a washer with anyone, it's not a great option. I highly recommend Target's up and up brand of diapers. If you use cartwheel and their redcard, it's about $5.00 for a small package of diapers. That saves a lot of money over name brand diapers. The also have deals like spend $125 on baby items (diapers count!!), get a $25 gift card. That is harder to do but if you go that route, you can apply the gift card and when you open a new pack of diapers, pretend you bought it that day and set the money aside so you can buy more diapers next time they have the deal.

Paccie usage will be made for you by baby, most likely. My first loved hers, my second wanted only the breast for pacifing, my 3rd hates the paccie most days and sucks her fingers instead. I cant take her fingers away so I wish she would take a paccie. Sucking on things is a comfort for babies and may reduce the chance of SIDS, so you can just offer it naps and bed if the little bean wants it.

Don't listen to your mom if it's want you want to do, it will only stress you out. I almost stopped talking to mine because we butted heads on breastfeeding with my first. She didn't want me to and I wanted to, it was much harder than I expected and she kept trying to force a formula bottle on me. 3 weeks go by, I gave her a bottle of formula, the next week she was in the hosptial with pnemonia and her dr wanted me to offer the breast but my milk had already dried up. Breastmilk can help babies get over being sick faster so I felt like such a horrible mother and that's when we decided it was time to move out of my parent's house. That isn't to say she knows nothing and her advise always be ignored she does know a lot about babies, but if you want something for your child and your mom disagrees or your mom thinks he or she should have something and you don't, do what your gut is telling you. If you don't listen to your gut, you may regret letting someone push you into it later.

That said, if you plan to breastfeed, find strong support. It can bed hard at first, if you have WIC in your area, get on it and talk to a lactation consultant ASAP because she will be there for you and support you. If you plan not breastfeeding, that's perfectly okay too just plan what you want to do ahead of time because going to a hospital that isn't on board with breastfeeding can be very hard if that's what you plan to do. The first one I went to was horrible, they were very anti-breastfeeding and didn't help much at all. Most of the nurses treated me like a pariah and were nasty to me most of the time. I don't want anyone to ever be treated the way I was treated, it isn't what a new mom needs. She needs support and understanding, not to be treated like a waste of their time.

I see that you're worried about weight loss, are you currently underweight? 6lbs isn't much or a concern unless you're underweight.

that's wonderful you have no morning sickness! I wouldn't worry too much about weight loss as long as you're not underweight and are taking your Prenatals. A lot of women lose weight in the first trimester. If you ever need to talk to someone, you can always message me! I hope your ultrasound went amazing!