14 weeks

I will be 14 weeks in 2 days. Today for the first time, Matt and I got to hear baby bards heartbeat. That was the best sound I have ever heard and I cant seem to get it out of my head. Of course you get the belly pic!

Theres a baby in there!

I was blessed with morning sickness. The nausea wasnt too bad but keeping food down was no easy task. Zofran helped but eating wasnt exactly high on my to do list. Exaustion hit me hard and keeping up with normal evryday house tasks was not easy. I havent read any pregnancy books because I have had no energy to. I need to clean out the baby's room but no real rush. We have bought some stuff. I have been buying gender neutral clothes for a few years and have a big selection of stuff from newborn and up. Last week we bought the travel system, swing, and pack and play because they were on sale and the ones I have wanted for a few years now. All in the Deco pattern by graco. We put it all together already just to be sure it wasnt not missing pieces and we could return it if need be. We also arent to concerned with buying early because we had already explored adopotion and became comfortable with the idea. If something happens to my pregnancy or baby, we will try again or adopt so our things will certainly get used. Its not the most fun way to think about it, but it makes me happy to know we will have kids either way. We are not finding out the gender and I have no clue what we are going to do with a baby room theme. I like the zoo theme but im not a fan of the crib sets out there. We might just wait till baby is born to decorate. Theres a boy snoopy set I like, and for a girl I think I would just do some pretty colors. We shall see! I have plenty of time to figure things out. But I also know I dont really have all that much time! I knew I had no energy before, and its now coming back. I would like to get stuff done before it gets too hot out or I get to big to do things.
Baby Bard is due July28th.

Catch up!

In June, Matthew and I were told that our only chance to have children of our own was to do IVF/ICSI. Thats a last chance senerio to most infertle couples. Theres a lot you can do before resorting to that but our probable outcomes for them was slim to none. Insurance approved us for the procedure and we started right away.

 I had to go on birth control pills for one month to suppress something. Nothing like going to the pharmacy for 2 prescriptions; birth control pills amd prenatal vitamins. Kinda amusing to me. I took my shots to stimulate my ovaries. The first shot took me about 15 mins to get up the courage. But I quickly became a pro and they never hurt or left a mark. I went for bloodwork almost every other day for 2 weeks, and ultrasounds on a regular basis. I went in for surgery to remove my eggs and they got 9. Thats a low number but more does not mean better and the less I had the less likely I would get sick from over stimulating. Out of those 9, 8 fertilized and 5 went on to make it to a day 5 transfer. They transfered one embryo due to my young age and me being as healthy as I possibly can be. That one took! But it turned out to be ectopic. It was not in my tube and was suspected to be on my ovary. I recieved shots to end it and that was the most painful thing I have been through to date. As soon as I recovered, we were on to the next round!

3 embryos made it into storage (freezing) and therefor I did not need shots this time. I got bloodwork done once and we were good to go! They transfered one embryo and luckily only needed to thaw one so we still have 2 left in storage. That little embryo decided to go where it should and right away we knew this time was better than last time.

This is 5w4d. The scan was done because of some heavy bleeding that turned out to be unrelated to baby.

This scan was 6w4d to check for heartbeat and discharge me. The heart beat was 126bpm but I did not get dishcharged yet due to bleeding still.

This scan was done at 8w4d and we found a heartbeat of 171 bpm. This scan was done to discharge me from the IVF place and send me off as a normal patient. We say baby kick its legs  :)