Ultrasound Day!

I was on pins and needles all day at work waiting to go to our ultrasound appointment!

I had a tear run down my face as soon as we heard the heartbeat. Can't get the image out of my mind of seeing his/her heartbeat on the screen. Yes, we are only having ONE very wanted baby!! I still feel great and now it all seems more real to us.

Delivery due date got pushed back a few days, our new due date is July 15th. Clomid changes my cycle length so it set us back about 4 days. Haven't decided if I want to change my ticker yet. I have my official first OB appt in two weeks so we'll see then how we are doing. **I really don't want to wait longer than I have to to see our baby!!**

Our tech made it very clear where the baby is in the pic, pretty obvious anyway. At least I don't have to pretend like Racheal did on FRIENDS.



Happy Thanksgiving to all of you taking time to read my blog. Our list of things we are grateful for is long and so precious this year. We wish you all a healthy and hopeful holiday!!

7 Weeks

Just to show how our little one(s) progressing, here are a few 7-8 week photos of the developement!!


Hand at Day 48


Hand at Day 51


Foot at Day 51


Foot at Day 60


I am truely in awe of what is going on inside and I feel better than I ever have! I hope the rest of this pregnancy goes this wonderfully!

One more week . . .

I can't wait, one more week til our first ultrasound. Time is going by so slowly but all is good. I feel great!! No morning sickies, still tired and sometimes would give anything for a nap. Right on the floor where I stand even!!

We are approaching our 7 week mark and I am still in awe that we are finally pregnant! Sometimes I forget and then suddenly out of the blue I get this smile on my face and get all giddy again. Jerry looks at me and says "Did you forget again?" So obvious!!

Did I mention my love of tomatoes lately! I have to have V8 veggie juice every day, sometimes twice. I could take a bite out of a raw tomato right now! Pizza sauce, spagetti sauce, salads, anything with tomatoes!!

Baby Gibby's First Present

Thanks to "Auntie Ali", BG has his/her's first gift.



Thanks to Grandma Patton and Sean, Jess, & Jax for the cards. Its very sweet to know everyone is excited for our new arrival.

All is good here at 6 weeks, no sickies yet.

5 weeks and 6 days . . .

and all is going good. By noon I get really tired and that lasts just until I go to bed. I mostly feel bad for my clients since I don't seem as talkative, by the time I finish them they are yawning and ready for naps too.

Yesterday I did have a small bout of quesyness, but it didn't stay very long. Now I have crackers and juice stashed everywhere.

After several days of playing phone tag with my OB-GYN we decided to schedule an early ultrasound, Nov 26th at 3:15!! I can't wait, I'm sure I'm only carrying one but Doc wants to make sure since I was on Clomid and the monitored cycle I produced 6follicles. Then if all is suffice she will send me back to my FP Doc.

Tomorrow, as per our current calculations, I will be at 6 weeks and it seems like time is passing really s - l - o - w. As long as everything keeps going well I'm fine with it.

Belated Trick AND Treat

So when I left off I had just taken a HPT and it was Neg (so I thought). I was on 14DPO so I figured if I was to get a + it would be loud and clear. On Clomid though, my cycles go from 28 days to 32.

Our plans for Halloween were to drive (3.5 hours) to Grand Forks to go out with DH's friends. On the way there we stopped at Taco Johns and went through the drive thru to save time on the trip. Well the second DH carried the bag into the car it smelled aweful. Something wasn't right, DH thought it was fine. I started to eat my potatoe oles, and they were ick!! DH tasted and said they were fine, I still couldn't eat them, ate my tacos but they seemed off too.

Kept driving and by the time we got to our destination I made DH stop at Target. I bought another test and went straight to the ladies room, peed, stuffed all in my purse and went to the car. Checked it in the car and I saw it, that very faint line. I was questioning what I was seeing b/c I wanted to see IT for soooooo long. DH checked and he saw faint line too.

Called my friend Carrie (she's a pro at these tests) and told her what was going on. She instructed my to go to Walmart and get Equate and Clearblue. Done, but then I couldn't pee. Nervous, Anxious Excited, ETC!!!

We all decided to go to the bar and grab a bite and some drinks (virgin bloody mary for me). So finally right before we headed over to the hockey game I grabbed a plastic cup and headed to the ladies room again.

Peed and did both tests, first the Equate with the plus or minus sign and then the Clearblue digital with the words. Checked the Equate first and couldn't see much the lighting wasn't the best and I was sure that I had gotten my hopes up for nothing. Went to pick up the tests and looked at the Clearblue and . . . . PREGNANT!!!! Clear as day that perfect word I had been dreaming of seeing was spelled out for me.

Next morning and all weekend POAS everyday!!! PREGNANT!!!

Monday labs:

Progesterone = 108 (good, don't need suppositories)
HCG beta = 39

Weds labs:

HCG beta = 87 (Great, numbers are doubling)

I have my first OB appt on December 10th!!!

Thank you all for your prayers and support!

First Family Pics

Digital camera = $99.00
Dental bill for photogenic smiles = $1000.00




Realizing that there are three people in this picture (not including Roscoe) . . .
PRICELESS!!

I know I have some explaining to do, that will be my next post.

A Weekend of Lows and Highs

The weekend may have started off saddening but improved. I don't have time to update but just be sure to check out this blog for the full story of everything that went on later this week.

TTFN