Worth It.

Here is a great little video that pretty much captures how I hope to feel in about 7 months.

I started my own injections two nights ago and they're going well - better than I think they did when I started them with Eva. For a run down on the injections and why I take them, go here.

As odd as it may seem, I was more on the verge of tears when I was picking up my heparin at the pharmacy than when we had our ultrasound on Monday. An easy explanation could be that I was totally prepared for the emotions associated with the ultrasound, while a trip to the pharmacy should just be a routine errand, but I forgot about what it meant - it meant I was carrying another little Becker inside of me. I don't know - maybe that was it. It could also be because I never got to the point of taking heparin with Amara, and it seems kind of like a milestone. We had planned to announce our pregnancy with Amara by posting a picture of my new medical alert necklace and saying that it was my new favorite piece of jewelry for the next 7 months, but instead I wrote this post.

Maybe the heparin is so "special" to me because it reminds me of my pregnancy with Eva which was just such a sweet time - we had tried for so long and were just over the moon ecstatic to have her preparing to enter into our lives. Heparin is also a twice daily proactive thing that I get to do to keep my babies (and myself, but more for the babies) healthy and give them a fighting chance. I have no doubt that the constant prayers are more helpful than the heparin could ever be, but it's nice to do something for them.

So yay for needles. :) And yay for getting to wear medical alert jewelry. And a super big yay for this tiny little thing growing inside of me who makes it all so very very worth it.