So my appointment on Tuesday showed a single viable 9mm intrauterine pregnancy with a rapid heartbeat measuring 6w5d when I was 6w6d according to when I had my IUI. Unfortunately I don’t know the exact rate, but it was at least 2 beats per second so about 120+. Me and my mother went to this appointment and we were both too happy to actually count! My lil’ bit is growing on schedule and my official due date (even though I already knew) is Oct. 14. That is 6 days after our 4 year wedding anniversary. So so so so thankful and happy to see this miracle, especially since the last ultrasounds showed an empty womb. Now it’s full of life and hope with God’s blessings. I am praying to continue forward. I try to remind myself that my best egg and my husb. best swimmers made this baby so quit doubting! Husb. was sad he missed this appt. due to a scheduling conflict, but he’s all about the next few with Dr. M.
Symptoms:
Indigestion, heartburn, burps, constipation, and nausea kicked in full force the day before the U/S so my old sleeping habits are now done. Gone are the days of being lazy on my days off and just sleeping for hours straight (change had to come!). Gotta wake up every 2-3 hours because of the heartburn/nausea. Eating can be a chore and not eating is a nightmare. Haven’t thrown up yet but sooner or later, it’s coming. My mom said she really couldn’t eat much during either of her pregnancies. She was hyperemetic for 9 months. Great to hear. My GI symptoms are the most pronounced, but nothing ginger ale or sprite can’t help.
Boobs, boobs and more boobs! With super sore nips. I was already DD, but damn this is getting out of control. Even Dr. M. was like “you’re gonna need to get measured.” So today I’ll go shopping and buy an new game for my DS and a some kind of super bra. Husb. loves the boobs but commented that they were much much bigger. The tenderness is a turn off for me so of course the sex drive is down.
Brown spotting stopped 2/12, the day of my appt. with Dr. M. I came home expecting gunk after my PAP and found nothing. So I was oozing for like 10 days. I stopped using the applicator (pusher-man) for the suppository and just used my hand and placed it about 2 inches in. No matter what, it will melt and get absorbed, so why scratch up my poor cervix in the process.
Stretching uterus, lil’ bit’s reminders that he/she needs more room. I feel ya.
Looking ahead:
I officially graduated from the fertility center, gave the NP and MA hugs and walked away with baby’s first picture in hand. I plan on telling folks at work like at 11 weeks or so. Keeping this secret is hard….I was at work after the U/S happy as can be and couldn’t share my joy. I just feel more comfortable not telling them.
Whenever someone is preg. all people talk about are babies and what their pregnancies were like. Ever since the twins, I don’t engage in those conversations unless it’s super obvious that they’re pregnant and they are waddling around the unit trying to do patient care. Then it’s like “why the hell are you still working?’ I realized that once that cerclage is placed and the baby is on lock down, I really don’t want to work. I’m entitled to 4 months of pregnancy disability leave and 3 months of FMLA, but I think management cuts baby bonding to 6 weeks or something if you want to keep your benefits or to get paid. They can kiss my ass on that one. I’m gonna bond with my baby as long as I want and cut my hours at work. After 4 months of PDL starting at like 13/14 weeks, I would be like 29 weeks when that ends. Then that still leaves 11 weeks until my due date. High risk is high risk damn it! My job is not worth losing the baby or going into preterm labor. I worked the night before my water broke last time when I wasn’t feeling that good to go to work. I wanted to call in sick, but I didn’t. I regret that. My husb. doesn’t want me working either. But I just realized a coworker had breast cancer and left work in May ‘08, she didn’t come back until Jan and still kept her position. She beat it with surgery, chemo and radiation and she looks great! So I don’t see it being a problem. I’ll lose my benefits, but I’m covered under my husb.
Anyway, I’ve been researching and looking into how the cerclage is placed and what to expect. I’m nervous and will be the closer we get to it. But once we see the Peri and get an NT scan, then the next step will be the surgery. So one worry at a time. But I’m really glad my risk is lower with a singleton.
I really understand about not telling folks at work. last time, I made the mistake of telling everyone who would listen around 7 or 8 weeks. Then, when I had the miscarriage at 11 weeks, EVERYONE knew. In some ways that made it soo much harder.
So keep your secret as long as you can. One of my friends kept hers a secret until she was 18 weeks. Next time……..