Hooray!!!! We are beginning our second trimester and hopefully it is super fantastic like everyone says it will be. :) Our 16 week appointment is on October 14th and maybe the doc can take a peek and see if Baby Goode is a girl or a boy. If not we'll have to wait until the 20 week mark. I am so bad at waiting!!!!
Well, our 12 week appointment seemed to go well for the most part. Baby Goode is measuring right where he/she should be. We heard the heartbeat for the first time and it was amazing but we could only hear a bit at a time due to all of the wiggling. :) This little kiddo sure likes to move around a lot, I can't wait until I can feel it all myself! Our doctor also gave us some news about when Baby Goode is going to be here. Apparently I am being categorized as a chronic hypertensive which makes it a high risk pregnancy. Apparently IVF also puts you in that category, which I really didn't know. So the plan is to induce before I ever get to 40 weeks. It all scares me but now we know for sure that Shawn will be here for the birth. I just hope that everything goes well for the duration of the pregnancy. I am starting to show a bit now and it is very exciting and kind of difficult all at the same time. I love that our baby is growing and becoming so real, but it is not easy to say goodbye to my jeans. :P
I hope this week goes well for everyone and we'll talk to you soon!!!
Week 11 is now complete and week 12 is now beginning and the rumbling belly feels like its in overdrive. I felt really great for a couple of days and it has been downhill since then. Hopefully all the rumors I hear about the 2nd trimester being great are true. Feeling like a tired slug just isn't my cup of tea. :) We have our first appointment on base this week and I am hoping that we love our doctor!! Fingers crossed since we'll be with him for a bit.
On another subject, Shawn put in for an extension for his leaving in March and it is now April!!! Our due date is April 5th and his appear no later date is now the 10th, so hopefully we will have a baby before then. We'll have to start questioning our doc about inducing now so maybe they will by then if Baby Goode isn't here. It sure would be nice to have Shawn here for the birth. :)
Here is the most recent ultrasound of Baby Goode. Shawn was over the moon when he saw our baby on the screen. (He wasn't able to go to the first u/s) It was amazing to see how much he/she has grown and to see the heart beating so fast. To top it all off Baby Goode decided to wiggle around and put on a little show.
Finally starting to feel better after all of the "morning" sickness that has been abundant this first trimester. :P I can't believe that we'll be into our second trimester at the end of this month, time sure seems to fly by. Not a lot going on right now, just waiting for the base hospital to get back to me to set up our first appointment there. Ha ha, we'll see how long that takes!!! I wish I could have stayed with my reproductive doc, they are the best at that office.
I am completely new at this whole blogging thing but I always enjoy my friends' blogs so why not! I hope that the last days of summer are finding everyone happy and healthy. Its time for all the fun holidays to begin!! WooHoo Halloween!!!!!
Here is a pic of my expanding waistline. Not looking pregnant yet, just looks like I have a pot belly.
On Sunday, July 26th we found out that we are expecting. What a a wonderful shock to hear that after all my crying and worrying we were actually pregnant! My nurse practitioner Linda, who is wonderful, informed me that the severe cramping is just my body stretching and preparing for our little bundle (or bundles ) of joy to grow. Who knew that cramps could be such a wonderful thing. So now I am experiencing the amazing world of changing hormones. Smells are stronger, parts of my body have increased in size :) , and the constant burping will not stop. Who knew!! I have learned that the countdown to a 40 week pregnancy begins before you are even pregnant and am pleased to be able to say that we are further along than I expected to be at this point. I know that this pregnancy will probably bring many ups and downs and so much unexpected knowledge on the subject but my husband and I are so ready for it all. We can't wait for the end result when we are holding our little one(s) in our arms.
Well, we started doctor's appointments for infertility back in December 2008. Lots of tests later we were finally referred to the Idaho Center for Reproduction in March 2009. After speaking with our doctor we decided that IVF was the best choice for us to become pregnant and we were scheduled for the July 2009 cycle. There was so much preparation beforehand, more tests, injections, pills, and everyday appointments. We put a lot of miles on the cars driving back and forth to Boise everyday!! The beginning of our actual "cycle" began with one daily injection and eventually graduated to three. My stomach looked like a black and blue punching bag when it was all said and done. I ended up with over 60 follicles that grew between my two ovaries and felt like I was carrying bowling balls in my lower abdominal area. When it came time for the egg retrieval 22 eggs were harvested, of those 16 fertilized, and of those 10 matured as they were supposed to. So on July 16, 2009 two of the little guys were transferred and the longest wait ever began. We had to wait for our first blood test on July 24th and the next on the 26th. I was convinced that we were not pregnant because I had such severe cramping. I cried for 3 days straight because I just knew that my period was on its way and we would have to try the IVF process again.
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