Our baby's heart beat at 12 weeks- video attached

We got to hear our baby's heart beat on Tuesday! My computer at work crashed this week so I had to wait to get a new one so I could post about this.

It was amazing though to hear. As soon as the doctor came in she asked if we wanted to hear the heart beat first or at the end of the appointment. Of course we said first. Dr. D put the little wand on my stomach and immediately we could hear the heart beat pounding away nice and loud. Dh recorded it and I was trying to be really still so we could hear the heart beat but now I think I look more like a robot in the video. I think I was in shock with everything. It's all just so overwhelming to think this is really actually happening!!!! Thank you all for your prayers. Everything at the appointment went great. It is the last appointment I am going to have with this doctor before switching to a different hospital. I was kind of sad about that and I didn't tell the doctor either that I plan on switching because I feel like I am betraying her. She has been wonderful!!! So Pro-life and all. But I really want to have a mid-wife for delivery and not a doctor....I know that is still down the road but with insurance it is best I make the switch sooner than later.

I have already gained 10 pounds this pregnancy. Fine with me! It is very weird to see my body going through all of these changes but I really don't mind. I love every discomfort that comes with this pregnancy. I am just so grateful for this gift.

I never realized that after dealing with IF how sensitive I would be to other peoples comments! I think it is that the wounds of IF always seem so fresh that they just make me more sensitive to comments. I know people have the best intentions and I am thankful for that...I am praying for you girls extra hard begging God to bless you too. It just breaks my heart to hear of some of you waiting for baby. Many, many prayers, coming your way!

Here is the video from my last appointment. I was camera shy and sppechless :) Turn up the volume so you can hear the beating of our baby's heart. So precious!

Bloggers come to visit!

Yesterday was so wonderful! I can't believe it had been about 6 months since I last saw Life Hopes and Sew Infertile. Where does the time go? We got to meet at All you Who Hopes House with Grace in My Heart. I couldn't believe that just a few short months ago all of us were childless and ten to see that 3 of us have babies, Sew should have Foster children any time, and I have a baby on the way was just amazing! Such a miracle to see how God has blessed us and worked in our lives so wonderfully. I wish I brought my camera to take pictures but I am so forgetful lately that I didn't think of that ;( Maybe I will snag one of the other girls pictures who was there :)! Anyways, even though it seemed like such a short visit it was nice just to be together again. I was under the weather so I felt so out of it sitting there visiting but still it is such a joy to have such good friends!!! I just can't believe all the good news around here lately. Not to mention Praying for Hope and Tucked Beneath His Wing (and her sister) being pregnant. This is such wonderful news!

I have been sick with a cold recently and trying just not to take anything since I am still early on in my pregnancy. I called and changed my next ultrasound appt. from Thurs. to Tues. so that I can go in two days earlier. Those extra 48hrs. are a killer since I am so impatient!!! So now I have the appt. on Tues. February 9th. I just hope to hear my little babies heart beat pounding away...please God.

The nurse at PPVI called today and said my progesterone level are at 34.6! Zone 3 again and here I have been on half the dose of progesterone so I thought for sure my levels would drop, but they didn't they rose again. The nurse said that she thinks I will only have to stay on the progesterone for the first trimester!!! What? I told her I didn't care if i had to take those shots every hour if that's what i have to do to stay pregnant and she said she understood. But that's good news if I don't have to stay on the shots the whole pregnancy :) I am on cloud nine! Thank you all for your prayers.

10 weeks!

Yesterday I was 10 weeks pregnant finally. I feel like this first trimester is the slowest thing ever just because I want to be sure everything is o.k. it is funny how I just can't be care free about this pregnancy. i really think that after dealing with infertility for so long that it just trained me to think in a distrustful way about my body. As if I am more prone to think my body is working against me than with me. I hate thinking like that or even having to talk myself out of thinking like that.

I was watching this clip on the p.regnology site of a fetus at 10 weeks. It really is amazing to think that at this stage the fetus is actually moving around...I am in aw over this!!! I just can't believe I am making it this far. Last time it was at ten weeks that I miscarried even though the baby had stopped growing at about 5 weeks.

I have to say a "BIG" thank you to one of the bloggers out there who has been so encouraging wit sharing such positive information with me about pregnancy and birth. I just love the information you have given me...yeh!

Other than this not much has been going on just because I am still so tired! I haven't even been over to visit AYWH for lunch because I feel like I am just trying to survive the day....sorry AYWH :( maybe in a couple weeks I'll be feeling up to it :)

Results!

I am using my sister's iPhone to post real quick since I don't have Internet. I got the results late Friday evening. My progesterone levels rose to ZONE 3! It is 29.2. The nurse asked for me to decrease my shots from 200mg to 100mg. I am kind of nervous about doing that but oh well. I am very excited about these results. I get to get them tested again in two weeks. Thank you all for the prayers :)

Happy Birthday to My Husband!

Today is Dh's 37th birthday, yeh, PPAAARRRTTTYYY!!!! We just love celebrating birthdays at our house. So usually the night before we'll do something special for either of our birthdays and then continue do special gestures through out the "birthday week". This time is different though. I couldn't stay awake until midnight to sing Happy Birthday to Dh. I couldn't wake up in time to cook a special breakfast. But as he reminded me "it's o.k. your doing a lot of work having the baby grow in you". Isn't that sweet of him?

I know my Dh doesn't read my blog to often but I just wanted to say how special he is to me. I am so glad that his mother chose life for her # 7 child on this day 37 years ago. I am so happy that God in His providence brought us together from NY and CA to finally meet in VA. Happy Birthday to my Sweetheart!

Now on to progesterone results...NOPE! Still don't have them! The nurse at PPVI just had me call the lab to see if they ever received them. The lab called back and said they did receive them but just not the doctors order with it and maybe she over looked it. Now I KNOW I put that order in the the envelope!!!! I remember folding it up quickly in the p.ost office line so noboby could see what it was and stuffing it in the overnight package. The fact that she didn't see it in there probably has slowed down getting the results...which they said aren't ready yet :(

Since I don't know what my results are I rushed home today on my lunch break for Dh to give me a shot in my bottom. Which (TMI) really bled a lot. Is that normal? Does that mean we're doing something wrong if there is a lot of blood? Well, I just can't wait to get home and sit on my heating pad, Oh heating pad I miss you, haha! Happy Friday!

Waiting on progesterone results

I am waiting for PPVI to call me tomorrow and let me know what my progesterone levels are. I am just praying they are going up or doing better than last time. I keep thinking everything must be going o.k. if I am still having pregnancy symptoms; sore breasts, hungry all the time, major acne problems, headaches if I am not drinking tons of water, and I am so tired I am in bed by eight or crying because I am tired and want to go to bed, haha! This is just me thinking out loud convincing myself that things are o.k. Honestly it would be nice to just be able to have an ultrasound everyday so I know things are o.k. even though I know that is really unrealistic! Oh, I almost forgot to mention that I had to call and cancel my acupuncture this week because we can't afford it. well, I had my sister call and pretend she was me because I was to embarrassed to cancel the appt. I am hoping that two weeks of skipping it won't do any harm, right? it's just that $80-$100 per week really adds up super fast!!!!

For those of you that have taken medications while pregnant, has anyone stayed on naltrexone 50mg, or hydrocortizone 5mg 4x per day? I thought last time I was pregnant that Dr. H. said it was up to me how long I stayed on naltrexone, but now I can't remember. I know I can just call PPVI about this but I thought I would wait until they call me tomorrow with the Progest. results.

Other than this not much has been going on. We are going out to my parent's house tonight for dinner and watch American Idol, yeh! My mom is such a wonderful cook that I always look forward to eating her food. Plus, food is my main focus lately, haha!

A Wonderful Surprise

I have got to say how HAPPY I am to find out that my sister and mom paid for a housekeeping service to come in and clean my frightening looking house. My sister started interviewing housekeepers about two weeks ago. It was pretty interesting. She had to write an add for it and I think she described me as crippled because people responded about her "poor sister" basically, haha! Anyways, fine with me as long as I get some help. Two of the ladies that intervied were foriegn and I swear they didn't look like their pictures and then the third lady got the job because we could clearly communicate with her what exactly we wanted done. Anyways, I stopped by on my lunch break to see how the house was looking and was just in "AH" of their work...amazing. The lady brought her sister as well to help out. I am just dying to get home and see how the rest of the house looks. They cleaned everywhere, even under my oven!!! All I can say is thak you, thank you, thank you, to my sister and mom. This was such a nice gesture. They didn't want me to stress out about my house since I work two jobs already and they didn't want me around the cleaning products since I am pregnant. Even thinking about cleaning my house wipes me out so hense the disaterous state it is in! Oh, my goodness this means so much to me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!