10 Weeks

Well, I am officially 10 weeks pregnant today.  So close to the end of the first trimester.   Here is our pregnancy pictures from today.  I would like to blame some of that belly on the progesterone supplement bloating, some on this being my 3rd pregnancy in a year, and some on those corndogs in texas.  :)

Now for comparison sake, here is me 15 weeks pregnant with Loralei.  By comparison, I am HUGE!!!

Best Day Ever!!!

Our ultrasound was perfect.  Baby measured a few days ahead still.  HR was 164.  We got to see him/her rubbing his/her face and waving and wiggling all around.  It was amazing.  No signs of a hematoma or anything that would make them think partial molar.  Over the moon.  Now I see the nurse tomorrow and get to make my first midwife appt. for 1-2 weeks from now!  Wahoo!!!

darn snow

So, I am supposed to have an ultrasound Monday with the RE before moving back to my midwife.  I will be 9w5d...but we are supposed to get 6-10 inches of snow and my appt. is in Grand Rapids so we may not make it and who knows when they can reschedule.  I am praying the roads stay clear enough for us to get to the highway.  It's pretty much a straight shot...so hopefully we can.  Then I am supposed to have my intake appt. with the nurse at my midwives office Tuesday morning at 10.  Grrr.  Michigan weather can suck my left toe!!!

Yay for being crazy!

After my few symptoms disappeared, I went in for an ultrasound expecting the worst.  Nope, baby measures a few days ahead (as did Lor in the beginning) and had a perfect heart rate of 126 at 6w6d.  Last 2 losses have been 110 and 92 respectively.  Wahoo.  The "fluid" is a nabothean cyst which i had in the same place with Loralei and is completely benign.  I am so over the moon happy right now.  Still nervous, but very happy and thankful!!!

So Comfortable

So, I am not sure if it's wrong to pull out maternity clothes when you are only 6 weeks pregnant...but I want to start getting progression pictures.  Although, I am accumulating quite a stack of 4-10 week ones, this kid deserves pictures too.  Can I just say that I love elastic waste band jeans.  Who decided this isn't fashionable?

Here you go, 6 weeks yesterday.  I will post in the same outfit, assuming I can squeeze into it by September.  :)

more waiting and watching

We had our u/s today and baby is alive and measuring well.  However, we have a small pocket of fluid (blood) down low in the uterus.  My RE seemed unconcerned and said that it was small and not near the baby, but this is exactly how my last miscarriage started.  I am burnt out.  I am tired of worrying.  I am tired of watching babies grow and die.  I can't do this again.  We have another u/s next Thursday and hopefully the hematoma will be smaller or if the baby is going to die, it will do so soon.  :(

One More Quant

Okay, so after a weekend full of anxiety I called the RE Monday morning to see if I could get bloodwork one last time for piece of mind.  The nurse said yes and i went this morning. 

1536

Up from 141 last Thursday.  I was expecting something around 900 so this is fantastic.  20dpo with my daughter I was around 1470 and 20dpo with my partial molar twins I was 5000.  So, I think it's safe to say I have ONE healthy, non-molar bean in there!  Now, to make it 7 long days until my u/s.