We officially had our last appointment with our IVF doctor. The baby looked good. It had grown quite a bit and I am measuring bigger than how far along I really am. I am hoping my OB-GYN will give us more detailed information on how the baby looks. My IVF doctor just kind of measures its size, measures the heartbeat and checks my blood work. Maybe my OB-GYN will take a closer look at the baby and tell us how everything is developing. I have no reason to think everything is not fine but it would be nice to hear that for some reassurance.
I came off all my hormones which was scary but my lab work looked good so it looks like my body finally realizes it is pregnant and will take over from here. The hormone withdrawal gave me a fierce headache that lasted for 3-4 days. I tried to stop my nausea medications as well. That didn’t go as well. My body still wants to reject any and all things put in my stomach. So I am back on them for now. Only problem with them is the one I take at night takes a while to wear off so getting up very early is impossible. It’s good to get the sleep but makes my day start later than I am used too.
Karlis and I have been convinced we were having a girl and the heartbeat has always been well above 150. Plus there was the whole Latvian wizard prediction. When we went to the doctor and I sat down to give blood the phlebotomist looked at my stomach and said “boy”. I told her we really thought it was a girl and she kept calling it a “he”. So imagine our surprise when the doctor got a heartbeat read of 139. So now I am confused but Karlis still says girl. We go to my OB-GYN on January 7 so we are hoping to find out the sex then.
So things are going well. The bleeding has finally stopped, the nausea is being taken care of and we are getting closer everyday to having our little one!
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Sunday, December 14, 2008
I know, I know
Yeah, yeah, I know, it has been awhile. So I will start off with a question for you. When you feel like you might throw up at any moment do you want to sit down with your computer and write? I didn’t think so. I keep thinking I will update more often but nights are when I am the sickest and that is when I write so it just doesn’t happen. I swear I have good intentions.
Our ultrasound last week went well. She thought I had finally graduated to the top of the stomach ultrasound instead of the vaginal since I was at 12 and ½ weeks. So she tried. First thing she said was “ok, this is your baby, its heartbeat and here it is standing on its head”. So there went the non-invasive outside of the body ultrasound since it makes getting the measurements they need a little harder when it is standing on its head. So she went back to the good ole trusty vaginal way. Hooray! (just kidding). I am wondering now though if that might be the best way since when she was doing the belly one she was pushing so dang hard on my stomach that it was giving me cramps. Oh well, who knows. The baby was measuring 13 weeks and its heart was beating at 163. So everything looked good. She did tell me that I have a “tricky uterus” whatever that means. Maybe I have a secret talent that I did not know about. Exciting! We go back on December 29th which will be our last appointment with our fertility doctor. I will be taken off all hormones because at that point my body should be completely ready to handle things on its own. Little scary if you ask me but we trust our doctor so we are sure things will be ok. He still wanted me to take things easy, which means a maximum of 4 hours a day being active or on my feet. I am still spotting/bleeding on a daily basis but I have learned to not panic at the sight of it. But oh how I wish it would stop soon.
What I am about to say might be a little intimate for some and any guy readers might want to skip it all together. I questioned writing about it but figured this is my thoughts. It is another change pregnancy has brought about and many women have probably faced the same problem. So here it is: Onto another pregnancy first….I visited a place I have never been before. It was also somewhere that I didn’t want to be and embarrassed to of had to go. Here it is, ta da da dum….. the underwear section at Wal-Mart. (little FYI, I am not dissing Wal-Mart in any way, I buy clothes there just never any of my usually cute little undergarments). I was beyond desperate for some undies comfort. I have always been a faithful Victoria’s Secret shopper but my new needs are farthest from their concerns. I needed something soft that covered more area than I am used to and didn’t cut off any blood flow. Did I ever find it. I had no idea that some panties had so much material they could clothe the entire population of Rhode Island. Yes, I cringe when I walk by a mirror and wonder who that is supporting the granny panties but I have reached the point where I just don’t care. Yes, if someone saw me I would die including my poor husband. He has been nothing but kind and says he doesn’t care as long as I am comfortable. What a good man he is (or maybe he is just a tiny bit scared of my hormone induced craziness). Oh, I guess I should mention he has never seen me fully in my new drawers because I am too mortified to show him. I only showed him the top and how high up they seem to go. We are talking only a few inches from my armpits. Now that I think about it I kind of look like a rodeo clown. Maybe I should attach some suspenders to them. Now I understand why so many women over the years during numerous conversations have looked at me and said “just wait until you are pregnant and/or have children.” I am there, proudly though, I wouldn’t trade my pregnant body fashion disaster panties for anything.
Random things:
I still have the hiccups every day.
I crave toast with spray butter on a daily basis (we are talking 4-10 pieces a day).
Indigestion has kicked in BIG TIME.
I am starting to really look pregnant. My belly feels like it grows a little every day.
I bend over differently to pick up things. I sometimes want to waddle when I walk. How quickly things change.
Our ultrasound last week went well. She thought I had finally graduated to the top of the stomach ultrasound instead of the vaginal since I was at 12 and ½ weeks. So she tried. First thing she said was “ok, this is your baby, its heartbeat and here it is standing on its head”. So there went the non-invasive outside of the body ultrasound since it makes getting the measurements they need a little harder when it is standing on its head. So she went back to the good ole trusty vaginal way. Hooray! (just kidding). I am wondering now though if that might be the best way since when she was doing the belly one she was pushing so dang hard on my stomach that it was giving me cramps. Oh well, who knows. The baby was measuring 13 weeks and its heart was beating at 163. So everything looked good. She did tell me that I have a “tricky uterus” whatever that means. Maybe I have a secret talent that I did not know about. Exciting! We go back on December 29th which will be our last appointment with our fertility doctor. I will be taken off all hormones because at that point my body should be completely ready to handle things on its own. Little scary if you ask me but we trust our doctor so we are sure things will be ok. He still wanted me to take things easy, which means a maximum of 4 hours a day being active or on my feet. I am still spotting/bleeding on a daily basis but I have learned to not panic at the sight of it. But oh how I wish it would stop soon.
What I am about to say might be a little intimate for some and any guy readers might want to skip it all together. I questioned writing about it but figured this is my thoughts. It is another change pregnancy has brought about and many women have probably faced the same problem. So here it is: Onto another pregnancy first….I visited a place I have never been before. It was also somewhere that I didn’t want to be and embarrassed to of had to go. Here it is, ta da da dum….. the underwear section at Wal-Mart. (little FYI, I am not dissing Wal-Mart in any way, I buy clothes there just never any of my usually cute little undergarments). I was beyond desperate for some undies comfort. I have always been a faithful Victoria’s Secret shopper but my new needs are farthest from their concerns. I needed something soft that covered more area than I am used to and didn’t cut off any blood flow. Did I ever find it. I had no idea that some panties had so much material they could clothe the entire population of Rhode Island. Yes, I cringe when I walk by a mirror and wonder who that is supporting the granny panties but I have reached the point where I just don’t care. Yes, if someone saw me I would die including my poor husband. He has been nothing but kind and says he doesn’t care as long as I am comfortable. What a good man he is (or maybe he is just a tiny bit scared of my hormone induced craziness). Oh, I guess I should mention he has never seen me fully in my new drawers because I am too mortified to show him. I only showed him the top and how high up they seem to go. We are talking only a few inches from my armpits. Now that I think about it I kind of look like a rodeo clown. Maybe I should attach some suspenders to them. Now I understand why so many women over the years during numerous conversations have looked at me and said “just wait until you are pregnant and/or have children.” I am there, proudly though, I wouldn’t trade my pregnant body fashion disaster panties for anything.
Random things:
I still have the hiccups every day.
I crave toast with spray butter on a daily basis (we are talking 4-10 pieces a day).
Indigestion has kicked in BIG TIME.
I am starting to really look pregnant. My belly feels like it grows a little every day.
I bend over differently to pick up things. I sometimes want to waddle when I walk. How quickly things change.
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Baby is A-Ok and the sickness continues….
*I have been a bad blogger because I have felt so bad. I have updated with 5 new short posts to get updated again. So scroll down and start with the November 24 post to get caught up from the beginning.*
The baby looked great which is the important thing. Heartbeat was 159 and it was standing on its head. We got a cute picture of it.
I woke up to such extreme dizziness that I had to grab onto the wall to even walk plus I am still throwing up the little amounts of crackers and Gatorade that I had managed to sneak down in my stomach. Guess I wasn’t so sneaky after all. It appears the dehydration has already set in. My doctor prescribed me a pill to take 3 times a day and anal (yay! just what I wanted! sarcasm, sarcasm, sarcasm) suppositories to help with the vomiting. I start with the suppositories since I can’t keep down any pills right now, which is scary because my body still depends on them to support the baby. He said we would start with this and hopefully I could stay out of the hospital for dehydration. Really comforting thought. His thoughts were that now that the baby has gotten bigger and my natural hormones are finally kicking in (this happens later with IVF patients) the sickness began. He said the bleeding could continue for months but to let him know when it happens so they can check me just in case it is something serious. We go back on Monday for our regularly scheduled ultrasound.
The baby looked great which is the important thing. Heartbeat was 159 and it was standing on its head. We got a cute picture of it.
I woke up to such extreme dizziness that I had to grab onto the wall to even walk plus I am still throwing up the little amounts of crackers and Gatorade that I had managed to sneak down in my stomach. Guess I wasn’t so sneaky after all. It appears the dehydration has already set in. My doctor prescribed me a pill to take 3 times a day and anal (yay! just what I wanted! sarcasm, sarcasm, sarcasm) suppositories to help with the vomiting. I start with the suppositories since I can’t keep down any pills right now, which is scary because my body still depends on them to support the baby. He said we would start with this and hopefully I could stay out of the hospital for dehydration. Really comforting thought. His thoughts were that now that the baby has gotten bigger and my natural hormones are finally kicking in (this happens later with IVF patients) the sickness began. He said the bleeding could continue for months but to let him know when it happens so they can check me just in case it is something serious. We go back on Monday for our regularly scheduled ultrasound.
Monday, December 1, 2008
second post, same day, I want to die
I started throwing up this afternoon and I mean like everything I have eaten in my last 30 years of existence. I can’t seem to stop even if it’s just my lovely stomach acid. It’s the feeling where you are having a cold sweat and shaking and heaving your guts out. Thank goodness I am going to the doctor’s office tomorrow morning because I can’t get any of my pills to stay down.
another ultrasound tomorrow
I will go in for another ultra sound tomorrow to make sure the baby is still ok. The bleeding has continued but at a much lower rate. I will post when we are done.
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