From the Beginning

Hi! My name is Rochelle and I am pregnant with our first baby! Right now I am 24 weeks along and we’re doing very well. Everything is so exciting right now, the baby’s kicks, my belly getting big, and all the other things that go along with being pregnant. I have made this blog dedicated to posting from now until the baby is born, with updates and pictures and news!

I suppose I should start from the beginning. Last year in October, Jason and I found out I was pregnant and we were so excited. Things were going fine until December 14th, 2005. I woke up at about 2am with a horrible pain in my back that just kept getting worse by the minute. I went to the Dr. who said I had a problem with my kidneys; we weren’t sure if it was kidney stones or an infection. Next day I visited my OB/GYN and he informed me that I need to go to the ER if my temperature went above 102*. Sure enough, later that night my temperature skyrocketed to 103.8*.


I ended up ended up being admitted to the hospital that night, at 8.5 weeks pregnant. The pain I had was just outrageous. After a couple hours of waiting, I finally got an IV in my arm and some painkillers. The next day it was determined that I had a very severe kidney infection and some small grains of sand in there. Lovely. I was in the hospital for 4 days, I had the chills, an almost constant fever of at least 103* plus or minus, and I couldn’t eat without feeling sick to my stomach. So needless to say, it really sucked.

I was released from the hospital on a Monday and sent home with an IV still in my arm (that took five different stabs to get in my arm) that I would then receive an antibiotic injection through once a day for an additional week. Finally the pain was gone and I was on my way back home. A nurse came to the house everyday at around 11am to give me my antibiotics. The week went slow but eventually I was done with the medication and the infection was gone.

Christmas was great, I was all better and Jason and I spent Christmas with our families opening presents, eating food, and having a good time. On December 27th we had a check up appointment with my OB. He wanted to give me an ultrasound to check out the baby. Immediately upon seeing the sonogram, devastation ensued. There was no fetal heart activity and no growth in the last two weeks. At 10.5 weeks we’d lost the baby.

Obviously upset, we went home and I called my family with the news. The following day I had a D&C and that was that. We both took it really hard but the devastation lingered with me for some time after that day. It seemed like everyone we knew was pregnant and calling to tell us the good news. I had a really hard time coping with everything and it didn’t get better for a couple of months. Soon I just learned to accept what happened and move on.


April 11th was my 25th birthday and it was the best one next to my 21st. Jason threw me a surprise party with all the special people in my life, and he (completely unexpected by me) proposed. Everyone had a great time. A week later we found out I was pregnant again!! Nervous but excited, we didn’t really want to tell anyone this time because of the upsetting events during our last pregnancy.

Now at 24 weeks, everyone we know knows and we are very excited for what’s in store in the near future. Our first little carpet critter is due December 20th!!