It's a Boy!

It's a boy!

I have been calling it a he ever since we got that first positive beta. I don't know why, but I just did. And turns out, I was right!

The little guy didn't want to cooperate at first. He was sort of crossing his legs and had the umbilical cord between them so she couldn't tell for sure. But then the u/s tech had me lay on my side to try and get him to move and he still hadn't moved enough. So finallly the tech and I were just poking at my belly until he finally moved enough and showed for sure he was a boy!
It was so awesome to watch the ultrasound - we could have stayed in there all day!

Heartbeat was 158 andd everything looked perfect! The tech said he was about 6-ish inches and about 11 oz (in the 50-60th percentile which is great!) and measure right on track for where he should be.

Also got the results of both parts of our previous NT scans and they all came back great. And there were no soft markers or anything today, either!

DH was so excited - I loved the look on his face! He will now have a little fishing partner and my sister's baby will be a year when ours is born, so they'll be close in age to play!

After the results we went out to dinner to celebrate, called everyone we knew, and now here we are!

I have a little boy - a son! - growing in my belly - yay!

Today's the Big Day!

Yay! I'm nervous (always am before an ultrasound - the whole "what if" thing always creeps in") but I'm also very excited. And so is DH - 3:30 can't come fast enough today!

8w4d - Graduation Day!

So - I graduated! It was bittersweet. I was very happy to be at the stage where I am able to leave and be a "normal" pregnant woman, but very sad to be leaving. I have to admit I really like it there - they are amazing. The building, the staff, all of it. They are just so nice, comforting, supportive, encouraging and just down right good at what they do. Just everything.

I started to tear up when we left and everyone came up to me and gave me hugs. It was so sweet - I am going to miss them! They did tell me to come back for visits, though - with progress, pictures, and the baby when it's born! If I do bring in the actual baby, though, I'll be sure to check to make sure no one's in the office. I would hate to hurt anyone's feelings, you know?

So - let's get down to the excitement of the visit! Since this was our last visit there, they grabbed a DVD and threw it into the ultrasound machine - a 3d one! They recorded the whole thing - right down to the sound of the heartbeat. Let me tell you - that was awesome to hear!

Baby's heartbeat was up to 167 bpm and looks like a gummy bear or a teddy graham! You could see it's head, it's body, it's heart and it's arms and legs! It was so cool - it even moved around a little bit. I wished it did it more, but I'm not going to complain!

I wanted to post the video on here, but it has too much personal info so no can do. ;-) But, I'll post my lame attempt at taking a picture of one of the u/s pictures (they never look as good as the real thing!):




So - can you see his head, two arms, and two legs/feet? Little cutie, no? haha

They showed us views both from 2d and 3d - it was awesome! Not a bad substitute for a graduation diploma, eh? ;-)

And - just for my own sake in case I lose the paper, here's when I get to (potentially) stop my current meds:

Lovenox: 7/20 (evaluate at 28 weeks with potential to continue to 36 weeks)
hCG: 3/16 (10 weeks)
Aspirin: 9/14 (36 weeks)
PIO: 3/30 (12 weeks)

So - by the end of the month, I'll be down to only one injection - woohooooo!

OK, guess that's it - hope everyone had a great weekend!

Ultrasound #3!

Still growing strong! She said the little one is measuring right on track, about 11 mm, with a strong heartbeat beating at 157 bpm!

Here is my once again sad attempt at taking a picture of one of the pictures. I suck at it, but at least it's something (ignore the giant white circle - it's just the reflection of my camera).

It doesn't really look human yet, but you could sort of see the distinction between the head and the body on the screen.

Next week will be our last appointment with the RE. They typically release you at 8 weeks, but since my ultrasounds have all been in the middle of the week (ie: today is 7w4d), they are having me come back next week for one more.

And I have a feeling this will be the best appointment yet! They said they will use the 3d ultrasound machine and pop in a DVD for us so we can have a copy of the ultrasound as well as the sound of the baby's heart! We haven't gotten to hear that yet and I hear it's just the most amazing sound ever. I cannot wait! And I feel so lucky they are giving us a DVD of the appointment. Woohoooooo!

I am so going to miss getting these every week after I graduate from the RE and am released to the OB. I'm getting pretty spoiled! Plus, I really like being there - I feel comfortable there. But will still be exciting to be released like a "normal" person. ;-)

In other news - the spotting has stopped (I think) - yay! No other new symptoms yet so I'm pretty excited about that. Other than that, not too much going on. Just looking forward to the weekend. Hope everyone has a great one!

Heartbeat!

Yaaaay! We got to see the heartbeat today and it was the most amazing sight ever!

It's so amazing to think that there is a little baby in there with a beating heart. At 116 beats per minute. Inside my body. In my uterus. Wow.

They printed out about a billion copies for us to take home - and here's my attempt to take a picture of one of them!



You can see the sac and then within the sac you can see the baby (blob on the left) and the yolk sac (the circle-ish type thing connected to the baby's right side). The yolk sac will eventually turn into the placenta around 10 weeks!

I was so incredibly nervous going into this session that the minute we saw it and they said it's measuring right on track, I almost lost it. I started to tear up. I still can't get over it. And the look on my husband's face - I wish we could have gotten all this on tape!

We go back again next week and we will most likely hear it then. If not, then definitely at my graduation ultrasound. Can't wait!

I hope everyone has a great weekend!

Ultrasound #2 today!

We should be able to see/hear the heartbeat at this one and I am just so nervous!

I'm still feeling some the same symptoms as below - including increased cramping yesterday/today which of course makes me nervous - but no spotting or anything like that. So I just hope with everything I have that the little one will be measuring right on track today and we see that little heart beating away!

Aaaaaah! LOL

One Baby!

There's a baby in there! Sort of ;-) I'm 5 weeks 4 days today so it's a little early to see a heartbeat or anything, but we were able to see the sac and yolk sac! It was so cool to see. And we have another ultrasound scheduled for next Friday where we should be able to see the heartbeat!

DH got to go and you should have seen the smile on his face - I wish I could freeze that moment forever.

It's really small and blurry but here's my attempt at taking a picture of the picture: ;-)

So there (s)he is - grow little one, grow!

1st Ultrasound!

So today's the big day. The appointment is at 2:30 and we can't wait! I know it's too early to see a heartbeat, but it'll still be pretty exciting to see how many sacs are in there. That something is actuallly growing in there. Yay!