Very Nervous!

Welcome to BabyZone  Colleen. 

Sounds like you're a busy lady.  I think it's wonderful that you foster these children and hope to adopt them.  Congrats on your BFP.  I'll be thinking about you over the next couple of weeks.

Here are a few of our boards I think you'll find helpful.
pregnancy-after-loss-f430.html
adoption-zone-f46.html

If I can help you find anything else, please let me know.

*~*~*Stick baby, stick!*~*~*~

hi, Colleen you are not alone my story is not the same as yours but we 're on the same boat, i have had 2 miscarriages, then i tried again begining og this year the dr promised me there was a solution to my prblm, which was a cerclge stich, when i was just about to put that stich there was complications with th baby it started to grow slow,like if its supposed to be 12 wks it would show 10wks on the scan, they ran some tests only to find that there were serious complications with the baby, it had no skull, the front part that covers bowel also did not develop, i was told the only way was to terminate, that ws the most difficult thing i had to go tru. it was painful for me & mu hubby he told me he did not want us to adopt, we were told the cos 4 the prblm was trisome 18 syndrome and we were assured that we still stand a chance 2 have kids. we have tried again we are 6wks the only thing that keeps me going is trusting in God he knows our desires and he promised to supply our needs according to his riches in glory, pray for this prgnancy and trust God with it . 

Thank You so much!
 
I will be praying for the best for my baby and yours!! We are pretty close. I am 6 weeks 5 days due May 27, 2010.

Colleen, my heart goes out to you. I hope that all is well with your pregnancy.

I've heard that it's actually somewhat common for those who may have had issues with infertility and undergone fertility treatments to conceive after adopting. The main thinking there is that once you've shifted focus off getting pregnant and instead have found children to care for and to fill that perceived void in your family, there is less stress on your body and thus it's a lot easier to conceive when you're not even trying.

Perhaps this is the case with you and your husband-while you weren't looking, you found fulfillment and now your body is ready to have this baby.

I lost a baby last year and afterwards, we had trouble conceiving again. It wasn't until we took a break from trying that Isabelle was conceived. I think it was the fact that we took time to heal and refocused on other areas of our lives and she came along when we were happy again and at a time when we basically decided to not use birth control, so we weren't exactly actively *trying*. It felt to me like she came along at a time when I had done a lot of healing emotionally and therefore, my body was ready to support her (and 8 months into the pregnancy, she is still doing well, so I can only hope she will continue to be healthy)

It was really scary for me too to find out I was pregnant, and there was a strong fear in the beginning of losing her. To the point that I didn't believe the first two pregnancy tests I took that came out positive. I didn't start to breathe easy until the first ultrasound, and even now I get a little nervous sometimes when she doesn't move as much or when something seems out of the ordinary.

I sincerely hope all is well for you and wish you and your husband well with this baby as well as with your foster children. That's such a wonderful thing to do and there are unfortunately not enough caring foster parents out there, so it's good that you two are willing and able to give that part of yourselves to children in need.