After our miscarriage in June, we decided that we would keep our next attempt private until we knew the baby was healthy. We started the process at the end of July and decided to use one of our frozen embryos.
August 26, 2009: Started the Del Estrogen shots once every three days. Started the baby aspirin.
September 6, 2009: Started the Progesterone in Oil shots every day. Started the Estradoil pill.
September 11, 2009: Frozen embryo transfer.
September 6, 2009: Started the Progesterone in Oil shots every day. Started the Estradoil pill.
September 11, 2009: Frozen embryo transfer.
September 20, 2009: Took a home pregnancy test and it was positive.
September 25, 2009: Shady Grove confirmed our pregnancy with an HCG level of 988
September 28, 2009: Shady Grove confirmed our pregnancy again with an HCG level of 5686, There was some question if we were pregnant with multiples…
September 25, 2009: Shady Grove confirmed our pregnancy with an HCG level of 988
September 28, 2009: Shady Grove confirmed our pregnancy again with an HCG level of 5686, There was some question if we were pregnant with multiples…
October 3, 2009: WEEK 6
October 5, 2009: We had our first ultrasound at Shady Grove. They confirmed a single fetus AND we saw the heart beat. Stopped the baby aspirin.
October 5, 2009: We had our first ultrasound at Shady Grove. They confirmed a single fetus AND we saw the heart beat. Stopped the baby aspirin.
October 9, 2009: Stopped our daily Progesterone in Oil shot and began using the Endometrin.
October 10: WEEK 7
October 16, 2009: We had our second ultrasound at Shady Grove. The baby measured at 8 weeks with a due date of May 30, 2010. We have been officially “checked out” of Shady Grove!
October 18: WEEK 8October 19, 2009: Our first appointment with our OBGYN. We had a little scare and then the power went out right before our sonogram…but everything was just fine. The baby was doing great. We saw the heartbeat and he/she looked good!
October 25: WEEK 9November 1: WEEK 10
November 6: Our second appointment with our OBGYN. Everything was perfect! The baby looks great. We saw her/his heartbeat, legs and arms, and the jaw starting to grow! We even saw the baby swimming around and flip flopping! It was awesome!! Everything is moving along as it should be!
November 8: WEEK 11November 14: We took our LAST intramuscular shot!!!
November 15: 12 weeks! I took my last two fertility medications.
November 16: We have our Nucal Translucency Test at Chesapeake Imaging, and we have an appointment with our OBGYN afterwards. The baby has 10 fingers, 10 toes, eyes, nose, mouth! The baby was sucking its thumb and flip flopping all around! The heartbeat was 158/minute. We got to hear the heartbeat and it was amazing! A new due date of May 28, 2010.
Here's two fun pictures of my growing belly. Sorry about the weird faces I was making! :)
2 comments:
Woo Hooo!!! Congratulations!!!
Congratulations...ya hoo!!!!! I knew there had to be a reason you were avoiding me..haha!
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