Well it was kind of an uneventful week!!! Thank goodness!!!!! I don't mind not having drama. I actually was calm, non stressed and tired... very very tired. We had our appt on Thur and everything looked great. The baby is about 2cm and its heart rate was 171. Since next week is Thanksgiving week we have to wait over a week for our next sono. That kind of sucks but I'm sure Cletus will be huge by then. Thur we could start to see its little arms and legs coming out. We could also see the umbilical cord and a more defined head.
I have a feeling I'm going to start needing a little looser fitting clothes soon. I'm to the point now where i have to unbutton my jeans when I'm sitting down. NOT GOOD!! Hopefully I will get off the progesterone soon too. She is going to have me not take it Sunday night and Monday morning to see where my levels are. If they are good then I guess I will be done with that!!! Thank goodness!!!!!!! Chris will be happy too! ;)
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Friday, November 14, 2008
OMG 8 Weeks
OK, sorry that it Friday and I was supposed to blog yesterday. We got done with the appt and then went to yummy red lobster. So good... I could eat those biscuits all day!!! Then I got home and was so tired so I layed on the couch for a while and then got AJ and went to stupid Walmart. There are sometimes that I would rather stick a fork in my eye then do to Walmart and yesterday was one of those days.
OK so we go to the Dr and she sticks the wand in and there on the screen is my open uterus but there is NOTHING in it.... I started to freak out. Well then she wiggled her stick around and there was the baby. I is amazing how big it has gotten in just a week. Cletus the Fetus as my friend Laura is referring to it... has grown from .74cm to 1.26cm and last week its heart rate was a 119 and this week it is at 154.. SWEET!!! So of course then I start asking her all the questions that she cant answer (unless she had a crystal ball) and these were her answers. Once I get past week 10 then things will look good as far as the possibility of early miscarriage. Then all we will have to really worry about is the blood clots. She said that women on proper treatment have over an 85% chance of going full term. I would like a little higher percentage but I guess even with a "normal" pregnancy that is not possible.
OH and the spotting..... it was self inflicted! OOPS.... Thanks for all of your thoughts and prayers...it is totally working!!!!
OK so we go to the Dr and she sticks the wand in and there on the screen is my open uterus but there is NOTHING in it.... I started to freak out. Well then she wiggled her stick around and there was the baby. I is amazing how big it has gotten in just a week. Cletus the Fetus as my friend Laura is referring to it... has grown from .74cm to 1.26cm and last week its heart rate was a 119 and this week it is at 154.. SWEET!!! So of course then I start asking her all the questions that she cant answer (unless she had a crystal ball) and these were her answers. Once I get past week 10 then things will look good as far as the possibility of early miscarriage. Then all we will have to really worry about is the blood clots. She said that women on proper treatment have over an 85% chance of going full term. I would like a little higher percentage but I guess even with a "normal" pregnancy that is not possible.
OH and the spotting..... it was self inflicted! OOPS.... Thanks for all of your thoughts and prayers...it is totally working!!!!
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Always something
Well this am I went to the bathroom and there was a little bit of pink spotting. There really hasn't been anymore during the day so that is good. Ive been reading online..(go figure) that sometimes when you are on the suppositories they can cause pink spotting because they irritate your cervix. Other post said bad things... we will go with the first. One said that it would only do it in the evening and in the am. Who knows. Good thing is I have a sono tomorrow at 11:45. I am so happy that I get to have these weekly or I would be an even nervouser (made up word) wreck. Although it would be nice to have a pregnancy like a normal person. Oh Well this is what Ive got so I guess Ill try to make the best of it. I will let y'all know how it goes tomorrow!
Friday, November 7, 2008
What a Relief
OK so my appt was today at 1:45. When I got in to the room I made the stupid comment that I loved coming to this office because they don't leave you sitting there naked forever waiting for them to come in an do their job. Well the reason that was stupid is because for the first time ever at that office I had to sit there naked and wait for the Dr. What seemed like forever went by before the knock on the door came. In walked Dr Nackley smiling as always. She is so great! I wish she delivered babies. So in goes the wand and I waiting expecting once again the worst but up on the screen pops our cute (well as cute as it can be) little baby. This time it was easier to spot the heartbeat right away. She measured everything and said it looked good. While she was doing measurements Chris has to go "sit down" Once again the Dr was like can I get you crackers....sprite.... are you OK. He is always trying to be the center of attention.... JK.
The baby was .33cm on Monday and is now .74cm. Its heartbeat was a 110 on Monday and now is 119. She said the yolk sac looked good and there were no clots!! YEAH!!! what a freaking relief... I told her I had an appt for next Friday since she was out of town and she told me she would be back on Thur. and to go ahead and change it. I just love her!!! Of course at 30 bucks a pop I may meet my deductible with my stinking co payments... (if you can even do that). I'm going to try not to be so paranoid this next week until my sono....
The baby was .33cm on Monday and is now .74cm. Its heartbeat was a 110 on Monday and now is 119. She said the yolk sac looked good and there were no clots!! YEAH!!! what a freaking relief... I told her I had an appt for next Friday since she was out of town and she told me she would be back on Thur. and to go ahead and change it. I just love her!!! Of course at 30 bucks a pop I may meet my deductible with my stinking co payments... (if you can even do that). I'm going to try not to be so paranoid this next week until my sono....
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Seriously
OK so after I finished writing my blog on Monday Dr Nackly called me. They had tested my progesterone again and it had dropped from a 26 to a 15.2. She said that it was still in a normal range but that she would like me to be on progesterone suppositories. (nice) Anyway so I head to the "Super Value Pharmacy" to pick them up and to my surprise they are NOT a super value. "That's gonna be 276.00 please... your ins doesn't cover this." CRAP!!!!! I'm like well OK here is my card take all of my money.
Well I head over to Chicken Express to eat lunch and do my first dose. Fortunately it was a one holer so i though I would be uninterrupted...NOT. It is kind of unnerving when you are trying to figure out..OK how does this pill get where... oh this stick thing.... oh.... don't drop it in the toilet..... its like gold... quit banging on the door.... shit! Well i figured it out and then decided to go through the drive through. Well of course they forgot to put my damn biscuit in the box. you know there are sometimes when you just really want your biscuit!!! That's what I get for being to chicken just to eat inside.
So that afternoon I started getting very sleepy. Of course I googled everything I could on progesterone and if it really helped and all that crap. Then I went to bed..... for the next TWO days. I woke up around 3am on Tues morning with a migraine.. took some Tylenol. ( yeah like that is gonna work) and then for the next two days I was in bed. I finally started to come out of it yesterday evening around 6. Not sure if it was the extra progesterone that put me over or what but I was miserable for almost 48 hours.
Well I have another sono tomorrow. I am very nervous. Last time the second sono is where they found that the baby had died. I know that last time there was already a clot but I'm still nervous. Ill shoot a blog out after that appt. Love all!!!
Well I head over to Chicken Express to eat lunch and do my first dose. Fortunately it was a one holer so i though I would be uninterrupted...NOT. It is kind of unnerving when you are trying to figure out..OK how does this pill get where... oh this stick thing.... oh.... don't drop it in the toilet..... its like gold... quit banging on the door.... shit! Well i figured it out and then decided to go through the drive through. Well of course they forgot to put my damn biscuit in the box. you know there are sometimes when you just really want your biscuit!!! That's what I get for being to chicken just to eat inside.
So that afternoon I started getting very sleepy. Of course I googled everything I could on progesterone and if it really helped and all that crap. Then I went to bed..... for the next TWO days. I woke up around 3am on Tues morning with a migraine.. took some Tylenol. ( yeah like that is gonna work) and then for the next two days I was in bed. I finally started to come out of it yesterday evening around 6. Not sure if it was the extra progesterone that put me over or what but I was miserable for almost 48 hours.
Well I have another sono tomorrow. I am very nervous. Last time the second sono is where they found that the baby had died. I know that last time there was already a clot but I'm still nervous. Ill shoot a blog out after that appt. Love all!!!
Monday, November 3, 2008
FREAK OUT
Ok so today is Monday and I had my sono today... Lets just jump back to last night though first. All was good.. we were "feeling kind of sunday" Chris took a break from football and was outside putting some motion lights up. I ran in to go potty real quick and thats when it happened.... I realized I had started spotting. It was brown ( I know TMI) but it was still there and I started to freak out. I was like great here we go again. I got on the stupid Internet and started surfing for " 6 weeks preg spotting brown blood" of course most of the stuff you read is "oh its brown its ok" but of course there are the ones who are like who cares what color you are having a miscarriage. Some said if you don't have any cramping your ok.. well then all the sudden I'm cramping. OF COURSE!!! So I went to sleep and wondered what was gonna happen. I was expecting the worse and praying for the best. Luckily we wouldn't have to wait long to find out because my sono was at 9:30 the next morning.
So that brings us to today. Woke up feeling sad. Wondering why I was having to have ANOTHER mascaraing. Got ready and Chris and I left for the Dr. I am seeing Dr. Anna Nackley at the Center For Assisted Reproduction. She is AWESOME!!! We had used them in the past to try to get pregnant and just feel so comfortable there. Even though we got pregnant on our own I still called them because they make you feel so safe.
She asked how I was doing and I told her what had happened. She said well lets take a look.... and the next thing she said was there is the baby's heartbeat. I was like SERIOUSLY!!! She looked all around and said things looked good. There were no signs of blood anywhere, there were not any clots and the baby was exactly where it was supposed to be. We got to listen to the heartbeat and it was good and strong. What a relief!! They are testing my progesterone again to make sure it is still good and then they are gonna see me back once a week!!! The cool thing is that she is out next Monday so she told me to come back Friday!! BONUS!!!
Well I feel like we have made it through our first obstacle... I know we are not out of the woods yet but I am very hopeful! Thanks to all of you who have prayed for us and who have been thinking about us. I know 9 months is a long time but if you don't mind keeping it up we would really appreciate it!
So that brings us to today. Woke up feeling sad. Wondering why I was having to have ANOTHER mascaraing. Got ready and Chris and I left for the Dr. I am seeing Dr. Anna Nackley at the Center For Assisted Reproduction. She is AWESOME!!! We had used them in the past to try to get pregnant and just feel so comfortable there. Even though we got pregnant on our own I still called them because they make you feel so safe.
She asked how I was doing and I told her what had happened. She said well lets take a look.... and the next thing she said was there is the baby's heartbeat. I was like SERIOUSLY!!! She looked all around and said things looked good. There were no signs of blood anywhere, there were not any clots and the baby was exactly where it was supposed to be. We got to listen to the heartbeat and it was good and strong. What a relief!! They are testing my progesterone again to make sure it is still good and then they are gonna see me back once a week!!! The cool thing is that she is out next Monday so she told me to come back Friday!! BONUS!!!
Well I feel like we have made it through our first obstacle... I know we are not out of the woods yet but I am very hopeful! Thanks to all of you who have prayed for us and who have been thinking about us. I know 9 months is a long time but if you don't mind keeping it up we would really appreciate it!
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