Names

Because Mark and I have been going through this for years, it wasn't hard to narrow down our names. However, after the Olympics, I am still trying to convince him that a girl should be named Lolo. Not getting to far on that one. Maybe a nickname?

Beginning Journey!

Email to family & friends:
Hi all!
We have some exciting news at the Brigham household. We decided to try the whole fertility treatment thing again and it worked! We are a little over 7 weeks pregnant. While we know better than to announce this to the world so early in our pregnancy, it is because of our painful past that we are announcing it. Because of our prior miscarriages, we are requesting all of the prayers we can get from our family & friends for a full term pregnancy with healthy babies. We had our ultrasound today and there were 2 babies with strong heartbeats. Our estimated due date is March 9. If you have noticed that we have been hermits more lately, it is because this pregnancy has been very emotionally taxing on both of us (fearing that there would end up being 43 babies due to high hormone levels in the beginning) and very physically taxing on me so far. Of my prior 3 pregnancies, none of them have been this physically draining on me. We hope that this torture is a good sign for a positive outcome. :)

Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers!

Love, Stacy & Mark & all of the furry ones

10 year anniversary....

Well, not so special this year. While we had a great anniversary trip to Alaska to celebrate and I got my beautiful new ring, the actual anniversary was a bust. I was so tired and sick that we didn't do anything. We had big plans to spend a long weekend doing all sorts of things. None of them happened. I just couldn't do it!

Cravings

It is interesting because during our last pregnancy, I wrote that I was craving fruit and bought $45 worth of smoothie supplies. This pregnancy is no different. I am buying fresh fruit, canned fruit, yogurt and juice. All of my babies take after me - like the sweets! But, it is better than craving chocolate. Overall, my sweet cravings have gone down.

Not so scared this time

I had a big realization on this pregnancy. Last pregnancy, I was bleeding early on in the pregnancy. We thought we miscarried and always assumed there were 3 babies. In this pregnancy, I didn't worry about it as much when I was bleeding. It was dark blood and not red so I did not fret. I wondered if it is normal in my pregnancies and is delayed implantation. I guess maybe there were only twins last time but we still say there were three.