Big News!!!

Well turns out The Satterwhite household is expecting some big changes in January 2013. Jordan and I will be anxiously awaiting the arrival of our first child (hopefully, of many).  Now I have to be honest, I was very hesitant about this whole blog thing. But you see I have this sister-in-law who insisted this was necessary. Also since we have so many friends and family back in Kentucky that we don’t speak to nearly enough, I thought this would be a good way to keep everyone up to date.  I feel as though I must warn you that I tend to not use much discretion, so you may get more information than you bargained for. So back to the point ….

In October 2011 Jordan and I found out that we would be relocating from our beloved Lexington, KY to the very unknown Huntsville, AL. Over the last few years Jordan and I had many discussions about when to start a family but there was always one reason or another to postpone this next adventure. Once we found out that Jordan would be home every day with his new position, as opposed to being gone throughout the week with his previous position, we began more discussions. So after many prayers and more discussion we decided to take the plunge, in November of 2011 we began trying to start a family. At the very beginning of January 2012 we made the move to Alabama. The adjustments began and we started getting settled into a normal routine in this new “home”.

But after months of trying to conceive and many a books being read and many many negative pregnancy tests later I began to wonder … was something wrong? Jordan and I prayed daily about the plan God had for us and if a child was in that plan. We tried not to get discouraged though and knew that there was a plan for us, weather that included a child of our own or not, we had no idea! We have always been very open to adoption and still plan on pursing this in the future. After having a few negative experiences with some doctors here I finally found a fabulous doctor! This doctor did some blood work and figured out that I was not ovulating, which of course means … no baby. In May my doctor went ahead and prescribed me Clomid even though we had not been trying to conceive for a whole year. Well some blood work revealed that I had indeed ovulated which was awesome news but still didn’t know if we were pregnant. 10 very long days later, I was finally able to take a test and for the very first time after many many tests it was POSITIVE!!!!

Well you can imagine my elation of this news! I immediately began to cry, which I don’t do. This I would find out later was going to be a very common theme during my pregnancy.  I couldn’t believe that Clomid had worked the first time. I was so confused with everything I was feeling, I went and mowed the yard which always helps me sort things out. For the rest of the day I planned on how I would tell Jordan, which was so exciting. I kept imagining how he would react and the things I couldn’t wait to talk to him about. 

Well I’m out of time for today but check back soon to see how I ended up sharing the news with my beloved husband!