The Brennens…

In the grand tradition of travels with The Brennens, thus begins another set of blogs!

We set off at midnight today for Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The drive has largely uneventful, except for the driver behind us being rear ended as we detoured across Virginia. The tail gating is real, people. 

The vacation is exciting but the best part is that we are headed this way for MY SISTER’S WEDDING!!!!!! So exciting! (I think she would tell you that the most exciting part is that the planning is done!) 

I haven’t been to the OBX since before they called it that and I’m so excited to go back. I’m even more excited to share my childhood vacation spot with my hubby. 

By the way, our packing for this trip is ridiculous. We pride ourselves on taking tiny suitcases/backpacks for two weeks in Europe but have packed the Subaru to the gills and conned Emily and my dad to haul some of it bigger things for us. Go figure. 

Sadly, our two week wait ended up fruitless. We prayed, waited, prayed, waited, and found that we are NOT pregnant after our “first try.” Devastated doesn’t begin to describe how we felt.

But, we press on.

I called the doctor when I got my period to tell her and ask for another prescription for Clomid and she reminded me of the process…three tries on Clomid, then we try other routes…but we are all hoping that this month is it. Hopefully all I need is a kick in the ovaries from the Big C and we’ll be good to go!

Today starts another fertile window – another flashy face on the ovulation stick! – which will lead into another two week wait. I’m praying that this is it! And that if it’s not, we can hang in without losing hope.

Today is the miracle day. Or the first of many, I hope!

Today we got the Solid Smiley.

The solid smiley face on a Clearblue Digital fertility test indicates peak fertility – or an LH hormone surge in your body. The egg has been released.

For someone who probably has either never or not recently ovulated, this is huge news.

We walked around the auto show yesterday and I whispered to Shane that I had symptoms to share – sore boobs and pain in my lower abdomen – specifically on the left side. I was excited to test again  when we got home but saw the same result we’ve had for days – the flashing smiley.

This morning, one of my many fertility apps told me that, based on my data, I probably missed my window. My most fertile day was Friday and now we are decreasing in fertility until next month. Big Frowny Face. I diligently took the ovulation test then took a bath. For a while.

When I got out of the tub, I got the surprise of the day – the Solid Smiley.

I, needless to say, screamed excitedly for Shane (who, poor guy, was asleep and thought he was in trouble for sleeping too long!) to come and see the miracle stick! We of course cried tears of joy. Who knew this was possible for me? For us?

And now the wait begins…