Graduation

Today, we officially graduated from the"palace". I had my 7.5 week U/S and the babies are both measuring to the exact date with HR at 143/144 bbm (respectively). We are over the moon excited and can't believe we might actually be on our way to our family. I still worry that every appointment something won't be right or won't be progressing well, but as the nurse today said "that is a mother thing...the worry never goes away". We see our OBGYN next week for u/s, BW, exam and pap (fun). The all day nausea and hunger has set in full force this week as well as slight exhaustion. No real new symptoms other than these, but I am sure they will come. Bring em on, I say!!!

Here is a pic of today's u/s-they are positioned close together and to the right because I have a septum, so one is proximal and one is a little deeper (so they look a little differently in each view due to the depth of the shot).

So, please meet our"peanut gang" as B called them the moment he saw them-now lovingly referred to as "Lucy and Linus".

PRICELESS

4 Surgeries...
Ectopic...
2 IVFs...
1 FET...
Thousands of blooddraws and shots...

2 Beautiful heartbeats...

Priceless!!!

I am in utter shock and am super excited! Can this be true???

---Off all meds as of Monday and I go back in 1 week for a final US and check-if all good then released to OBGYN.

Down with the meds!!!

So today marks 5 weeks and I went in for my hormone check. Progesterone is way high at 288 and estrogen is also very high at 1989. Both are high enough that I get to start reducing meds to every other day. I go back Thursday for more BW to make sure levels are fine and they are thinking that I will be off all meds within 2 weeks.

I also had an external and internal U/S today. Due to my ectopic history with the last IVF and my OHSS this cycle, they wanted to check in on everything a little closer. I am so happy they are being so proactive this time!!! U/s went well-fluid from OHSS almost gone and no signs of ectopic. More beautiful than that I got to see one little gestational sac with fetal pole in right place(in my uterus)! For now, I am thrilled and am waiting with slight fear until I see that little flicker of a heart beat. We go in to check again in 8 days-very likely that we will see it then according to RE.

Symptoms thus far: cramps off/on, nausea, swollen/tender breasts, veiny everywhere, thirtsy. All are good signs that I happily welcome!

One hurdle at a time......

So Far So Good

So 2nd Beta today was....


347!!!!

So definately over the doubling mark, and hormone levels are nice and high. I go back on Tuesday for a hormone check and if that is still nice and high they will start decreasing my meds!

Hurdle #2 jumped, on to next one. U/S is set for Aug 21 at 6 weeks 2 days.

Oh, and the irony of this pregnancy so far- I took my first HPT on DHs birthday and it was the first postitive and our due date is on my birthday I found out today!

It must be a good sign!!!

Pregnant- Take 2!

Well, Beta today was 147 and I am officially pregnant. We are very excited and I am having some symptoms already. We are very cautiously optomistic since last time our world cam crashing down after betas of 120 and then 240, then the ruptured tube from an ectopic right before our ultrasound. My RE and nurse both called today and congratulated us-they are doing several more blood levels and my U/S early to make sure they cover me more closely since I did have the ectopic. The RE says my chances are very low since I have no tubes, but also reminded me that until we hear the heartbeat we do not know it is a viable pregnancy-what a way to kill my excitement and increase my already growing anxiety.

But for now, we are pregnant until proved otherwise!!!