Petri is doing great! We had our second u/s this morning. I have been beyond nervous for the past 2 weeks and just terrified that I'd be getting bad news today. I was so nauseous this morning and I don't think it was because of m/s. Our appt was at 10:15am. We went in and the doctor and tech came in shortly after. Then, we got to see petri! It's crazy how much our baby has grown in 2 weeks. The doctor pointed out the head, heartbeat and rump. The heartbeat was SO fast (170bpm today!) and it was such a cool thing to see. He pointed out where the cord was and the yolk sac was and explained that it will eventually disappear after I commented on how much smaller it had gotten. I swear I could have stared at that screen all day. It was awesome. I still can't believe that I'M PREGNANT!!! Like with an actual baby growing inside me! Today was my reassurance and validation day and it's amazing.
After the u/s I went in to talk to the nurse. When we walked out of the room the other doctors, nurses and tech's were there cheering for us. We got hugs and many congratulations and so many smiles. I'm beyond thankful for the people that helped bring me to this point and I love that they're just as excited for us! We went in to talk to the nurse and she said it was my graduation day! I didn't realize that, thought we'd have at least 1 more ultrasound but I guess things are looking good enough that feel comfortable sending me to my OB. That's right AN OBSTETRICIAN! LIke a person that delivers BABIES! My baby! Oh! I can't even put into words how happy and scared and excited and nervous that made me. She also told me that I could stop taking metformin (YAY!) and gave me a timeline of when I could stop those stupid vaginal suppositories and the estridol. Then guess what... I'll only be down to a prenatal vitamin!:)
I just called to make my OB appt and it's on April 4th. The lady scheduling me asked me when my last menstral period was and I just laughed cause I can't remember. I can tell you the date of ER 1 and 2 and my transfer date but my period?? Who knows! I explained to her that I wasn't sure but that I did IVF and I can tell her the date of my retrieval and transfer and told her my due date was halloween. She tried to figure out my LMP then and told me it was sometime in late January. Fine, sounds about right. But later she looked at her little wheel thing and said that based on my LMP I wouldn't be 8weeks until early next week. So around we go again. In the end she ended up trusting that I knew my due date and just left it at that but I'd really not like to fight them my entire pregnancy. The benefit of IVF is you know the exact second you get pregnant, so no guessing on which day I ovulated... also, they assume with that little wheel of theirs, that I ovulated on day 14. HA! Newbsauce. Feel like I should do some educating of that office:P Anyway, I'm hoping I can get another u/s on the 4th just to have some more reassurance. I'll be 10 weeks that day:)
Now... onto how we told people! All of my immediate family knows now and I think everyone in Jason's family knows with the exception of his sister whom he hasn't gotten a hold of over the phone. Anyway... last week was amazing and quite eventful!
Mom and her husband/ brother:
Later this month is my mom's birthday so we gave her an "early birthday present" She opened the card thinking nothing of it and read "grandm- (couldn't even see the A since it was still in the envelope) and she started sobbing. Like full on sobbing:P Greg asked what I did to her and then he read the card and said he was getting teary eyed too:) It was so sweet! They're obviously very excited for us and I think more than that, they're relieved that IVF worked the first time for us! Later we went to dinner and while my brother was mid sip into his beer I just leaned over and said "you're going to be an uncle!" He 1/2 choked and then gave me the biggest hug:)
Dad and his wife:
Told them at dinner and they were both very excited. Not really surprised since they were suspicious of why we wanted to have dinner with them out of the blue. We made a point to call Kortnie Grandma K since she'll be 34 when the baby is born. My dad called the next day and wanted to know if he could share the news with my grandparents since he was so excited:P We'll be seeing them in a couple weeks so he decided to hold off and let us share the news in person.
Aunt/Uncle/Cousins:
I went over to my cousin's for dinner and my aunt and uncle came over too. My cousin tested me from the minute I got in the door, offering me a beer. I tried to play it off but apparently wasn't too good at it:P They did/said a few more things to make me realize they were more than onto me so I told them when we sat down for dinner. Seriously... they jumped up and screamed! It was hilarious and amazingly sweet and of course I began crying:P
Brother 2:
He was the cutest. He doesn't really know about everything we've been through so I feel like I got the most genuine reaction without having the relief/thank god something finally worked happiness mixed in. I called and he immediately asked what I wanted because I never call him. After going back and forth for a bit I told him he was going to be an Uncle. He just laughed and said "that's awesome" and then laughed some more. I just wanted to hug him for that. It was a perfect Brother #2 reaction:)
Sister:
I called her and she had other news she was gushing about (which I'll post about later) but she was ecstatic and already extremely happy. After talking with her a bit about that I told her I had some news to share as well and that I was pregnant. Didn't even finish the word pregnant and she started crying! It continued to be the sweetest crying fest ever:)
I'm so thankful to have such amazingly supportive people in my life. It means the world to me that I've been able to share this journey of ups and downs with them and that I can finally share with them the good news:) I don't think I could ever express my gratitude for these people in my life and the support and love they give me on a regular basis. I knew that everyone would be excited but I didn't think anyone would really be surprised. Surprised or not, it didn't change their most genuine excitement and love for J, petri and I! I'm so excited to continue to share my pregnancy updates with them and then eventually have them share in petri's life:)
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