All that said, yesterday we had a great ultrasound. The official stats are:
Measures - 8 weeks, 4 days but measured at 8.9 (not sure what that means, almost 9 weeks?)
Heartbeat - 174 (with #1 it was 180, with #2 it was 178) - I think we're destined for girls
PRAISE GOD!! Hallelujah!
I've been officially discharged from the RE - but they were super sweet and want me to keep them posted. I think they really are concerned about me till I hit 13 weeks. I've been officially discharged before and things went south still, but the RE didn't think she could keep me there till the end of my first trimester. After all we've been through together in the last year, they are pretty attached. --- AWE --- I'm so happy to have such great care - I really do love my RE and her nurse.
I have my first OB apt with the NP at 10 weeks (next week) and the with my wonderful OB at 12 weeks. (My OB performed my D&E and then dealt with my subsequent infection. She's amazing, was very attentive and called several times after. She's also friends with my RE too so let her know proactively what happened. I was so grateful.)
We're still super nervous, but we're continuing to cross off the milestones.
MILESTONES!
First trimester over
18 wk screening
24 wk viability
30 wk mark
Due date
My husband was kind of cute about the ultrasound. He was thrilled, but I think he even feels more cautious than I do. He still doesn't want to say anything to our families. YES - seriously, they don't know I'm pregnant yet. And he was joking that he didn't want to say anything till 20 weeks. Luckily we don't live super close to family or see them frequently, but we'll see if that will still work. I wasn't in maternity clothes with #1 till 26 weeks, but then started pulling them out with #2 at 14 weeks so we'll see what happens this time. I think I'm the most out of shape ever, so it might not be feasible. We'll see. So if you know me IRL - please continue to keep it hush-hush. Thanks!!
So a couple questions:
1) If you did acupuncture, when did you stop?
2) Did you do your NST screening? Was it helpful or was it scary? (For most of my friends it's scary, but we're trying to decide if we'd do it this time. We wouldn't do anything with the information if we found out the baby had Downs or something.)
3) When did you stop progesterone supplements?
7 comments:
Congrats on your RE graduation!! I am so happy for you! I love hearing such good news like this. It gives me so much hope.
So happy for you guys!
yay! I'm so happy for you! I didn't do acupuncture, didn't do the testing and didn't stop progesterone injections until 12 weeks. hope that helps!
Congratulations on another milestone!!!! I did acupuncture, but it was months before I ever did IVF, so I had already stopped. I could only afford one or the other, LOL. Progesterone supplements, I either stopped in the 10 week or 12 week timeframe. I can't remember.
And when we were pregnant with the twins, we told just parents at 8 weeks and held them to secrecy and told the rest of the family 4 weeks later.
I am sooooooo excited for you! I continue to follow your journey and pray for you. Miss blogging so much, but there is never enough time! Congrats, friend!
Checking of milestones on the list must feel so good!
Having care providers that ACTUALLY CARE is priceless.
And to answer one of your questions, both times I got pregnant I stopped my acupuncture treatments as soon as I found out. This is was based on the direction given by my acunpuncturist. She offered to treat meet during pregnancy only if I dealt with nausea or other icky pregnancy symptoms. But since I was never sick, which I believe is due to the pre-pregnancy acupuncture, I never needed to go in.
Sorry I'm commenting a week late. I LOVE seeing those great milestones being crossed off of your list! What a relief that the ultrasound went well. I understand how terrifying they can be and I'm sorry about that. I'm rejoicing with you that you're almost at the end of the first trimester, and praying that things will continue to go well.
I grinned when you said your hubby wants to wait until 20 weeks to tell. That's where I am now with this pregnancy and there's no hiding it from anybody! I realize we may be very different but my body is changing much more rapidly (and obviously) this time around. ;) At any rate, I understand that hesitancy and hope that when the time feels right, you'll both find lots of joy in sharing this great news with your family and friends. Thinking of you often!
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