18 weeks along!

Yesterdays appointment was uneventful. Doesnt help that the doctor guy didnt laugh at my jokes or seem very personable. I didnt care to carry a conversation with him to ask questions but when I go back in 3 weeks for my appointment and ultrasound (!!) I will bring my list. although I really only have 2 questions. And neither of them has to do with anything soon.
Baby had a great heartbeat! It was strong and did not skip any beats at all. Baby kept moving so he had to follow it with the dopler.
Baby is a mover and shaker but I dont feel most of it yet. The other night though, baby was doing flips of some sort and then ended then with a few swift kicks. I dont feel baby often yet but once in a while I know its there.
I also must admit that this heartburn sucks. At night when I try and get comfy in bed, BAM. Heartburn. Urg. My chips and salsa craving doesnt help but I dont eat that often. I am sleeping so good and i wake up very rested. But I do get up 2-4 times a night to pee. Which I will gladly get up to pee cause if not, it feels very crampy in the morning and thats painful.
I dont have any belly pics to show off because I still dont really have one. I just look a bit chubby. I have gained 9lbs but I dont know how accurate that is. Their scale said 2lbs more than mine but I fluctuate a good 3lbs here and there. The waffles and pancakes for breakfast every morning contribute to that.

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  :)





so much for yard work

We took out all our bushes the other day, but mother nature thought some tree's should go too. We lost a big tree and 2 medum sized trees. They were all behind the house and fell into the woods so we luckily dont have to do anything because they just get added to the pile. But, they all fell ontop of where we pile our leaves. Now we need to start a new pile.

There are 3 down in his picture

Goodbye bushes!

They were overgrown and never taken care of by whoever lived here before us. We could have cleaned them out and hoped for the best but it was easier to get rid of them since it would make our yard look bigger. Cause of course, our yard isnt big enough already...

Inside or bush fortress

Progress!

Cleaning up is not as fun as taking apart.

We found this little fence thing. The tree root grew through it! We did manage to get most of it out by hooking it up to a vehicle and pulling on it. We need to go at it with wire clippers still because it is still stuck in a few places.

Clearing away the parts of the bushes that gew up the tree.

Looks better already.

Thanks mom and Bryan! And Matt worked hard too! I sorta helped. I also worked at 4:30am. And it was 90 degrees out!

Animal update and trim painting.

"Need help measuring that?"

"Hmmm, it says..."

"I need my reading glasses for this"

Snickers looks small

"I'll get that!"

I took this picture at 3:45am before work.