Today I am 9 weeks and 4 days pregnant with a baby that is the truest miracle I have ever been apart of. I know for a lot of people not knowing you are pregnant for a few weeks is the normal routine but for me this is unheard of and I think because of that I am having such a hard time wrapping my mind around the whole thing. Maybe it’s because I was literally told the cycle failed and found out 4 weeks later it didn’t. Maybe it’s because I have been nauseous but not crazy sick that I am nervous about that along with the baby measuring a week behind. Maybe it’s simply that this isn’t my baby and so my connection is different which may be a good thing. I don’t know – all I know is I will be 10 weeks pregnant on Thursday, 25% of the way through my pregnancy and I can’t even believe it’s real.
My last update I explained what happened but I didn’t update that we had another ultrasound last Wednesday. It was our spring break which made it nice to have a week to rest a bit (as much as someone rests with 3 kids under 5). I got there at 8 am and the mom and dad were there too. We went back and ta da! A heartbeat going 155 bpm and everything looking great. Remember at the first scan she was measuring a week behind. She was measuring that again so she grew a full week which is what they were mostly concerned about. We aren’t out of the woods yet and she is still a week behind but nonetheless she is growing as she should and the mystery of it all continues. All I know is I am happy to be one week closer.
They measured my progesterone again since I wasn’t on any until the week before when we found out everything and told me they would call with my updates. They said if it was good and if my OB could get me in within 2 weeks then they would graduate me. Sure enough they called that afternoon and said my progesterone was 25 (it was 3 the week before) and I had talked to my OB who can see us for our initial appointment April 5th so we are official fertility clinic graduates! Waiting for next Monday may feel like 99 years but hopefully since we are back to school this week, it will go quickly!!
I am cautiously optimistic and hope that after a scan or two more we will all start to feel more relaxed and that nothing else throws us for a loop going forward! This has been plenty! Also – my fertility clinic changed their entire protocol after this happened. Anyone with a positive HCG at all will have another blood draw. They call it the Amber Alert and I think I am honored 🙂 Add it to the script of the lifetime movie!
Happy Spring!
xoxo
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This is one of the craziest stories I’ve ever heard! That’s awesome for you and especially your IPs. I hope the rest of the pregnancy is relatively uneventful 🙂