A day in the life of an Army Wife

So I dont think that I have talked about this on here yet, but ive been thinking about it here lately and I think maybe I need to talk about it. In December I found out I was pregnant and I dont think you could begin to understand just how happy I was. I wasnt expecting it and it wasnt planned but when I saw those two pink lines I couldnt stop smiling. About 4 weeks into the pregnancy, I started having some cramps so I went to the hospital and I was diagnosed with having an ectopic pregnancy. An ectopic pregnancy is a complication of pregnancy in which the fertilized ovum  is implanted in any tissue other than the uterine wall. Most ectopic pregnancies occur in the fallopian tubes. Thats where mine occurred. They caught it early enough to where I dont need surgery to have it removed (thank God) but they gave me this medicine called methotrexate, which basically helps pass the ovum. The Dr. told me that the reason the baby most likely implanted itself in my fallopian tube rather than my uterus is because I got pregnant within a week of having my appendix taken out and he said that that much stress on my stomach area probably had my body tricked into thinking that the baby was where it needed to be, and he said not to worry, that when we are ready for kids I should have no problem getting, or staying pregnant. So that was a relief. It was hard to lose the baby, but I really believe that God knew it wasnt the right time for us to have a baby. I want to have at least another two years to just spend as husband and wife before we venture into the parents world. If we get another unexpected surprise, then we will both be overjoyed, but we arent trying anytime soon. I was experiencing grief and a kind of relief at the same time, Just like a relief that at least it happened at only 4 weeks and not like 8 months. I just had a friend go through her whole 9 months of pregnancy, give birth, He was born Dec.27th and instead of gaining weight the little guy kept losing it, he died Jan 14th. The doctors dont even know what happened. I could not imagine going through something as awful as that. Its upsetting that everything happened, but im glad I didnt have 9 months to grow with the baby and make that connection that you make. Okay. Enough sad crap. We are still going to Korea, Alex is going March 27th and I will follow shortly after. (I want to go back to California before I go to see all my family)Theres about 2 1/2 weeks he gets off after AIT before having to go to Korea and we will be spending that in KY so we’ll be able to see all of our family there. Alexs 21st birthday is the 17th and it sucks because its not on a weekend so he has to be on base =( but Im going to make sure he has a good weekend afterwards, though he cant drink because hes still in AIT lol. But theres a strip club next door and the owner told me that she will let me in for his birthday(its supposed to be 21+ but she said for his birthday she’ll let me in) He doesnt know about that but im hoping he’ll like it lol. Things are good down here, we spend every weekend together, theres not to much to do but we usually go next door to this bar/restaurant and play pool(or I attempt to but he whoops my butt lol) or we play darts, so thats pretty fun. Monday through friday can get pretty lonely for me but luckily I have an aunt only about 30 minutes away so I go over there alot, im actually there right now. The first two weeks in February from the first to the 13th im going to be going up to NY to see my dads side of the family. Im pretty excited and nervous at the same time because I havent seen them in like 5 years, but I figured I needed to see them since were leaving for 2 years in march and being in Virginia I am only like 5 hours and a 30 dollar bus ride away. Other than that not to much has been happening. I figured I would just keep you all up to date. =)

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