Bad Monkey!

The day before Thanksgiving I had a horrible dream. It went something like this:

I started bleeding really heavily and needed to be rushed to the ER. At the hospital they told me they needed to do an ultrasound, but couldn't do it without a catheder, so they told me to go lie down while they got it ready.

When I went to go lie down in my hospital bed...there was a monkey chillin' in my bed!! And he was eating chips and making a damn mess! I was so upset. Not because a monkey was in my bed...but because he looked so comfy (even had his legs crossed!) and had chips EVERYWHERE!

The nurses told me the monkey was there to soothe me and I was supposed to hold on to it while they put the catheder in. And the catheder was like 3" diameter...OUCH!! I woke up while I was pleading for the Dr's to do something else or numb me up or something.

Brad's so funny...when I told him of this dream he said, "So I'm the monkey??!" What? He said the monkey had to represent someone and he's probably the monkey. LOL!

Anyways, it's now my mission to find a cute stuffed animal monkey to stick it to that bad dream! :)

Edit: I found THE monkey at Pottery Barn Kids...he's so cute! Here he is posing like he was in dream. :) Brad asked him if he had a name. I told him, "Bad Monkey". We are so wierd!

10wks3dys - Thanksgiving Announcement!

I was somewhat hesitant to make our announcement at Thanksgiving this year...but Brad and Donna convinced me that this was something to be celebrated and that our family would want to join in.

So, during our dinner tradition of going around the room and saying what we are Thankful for...I did it.

I can't say that I was all that eloquant considering that I got choked up before I could even start. But, I got a round of applause and a room of excitement. So much so that it startled poor little Sarah (my cousin, Barb's 10mo old) and she started to cry. :)

Brad is so adorable and funny...he was next and he said, "Well, I'm not sure if you heard...but we are having a baby!". Everyone laughed and we got another applause. It was really exciting...from what I remember. I was too busy crying. Ugh...I'm such a wuss!!

Donna said some really sweet things about me and her excitement about this baby...which had me in tears again. And then my dad went last and he had written a poem that was similar to a song we used to sing in church. It talked about life, his parents, me and Amy, and then my mom. Naturally...he choked through it all and I was a REAL mess! I was thankful when it was over...LOL!

9wks1dy

9wk1d Belly Pics

8wks6dy -- What a beautiful baby!

We FINALLY made it to our 1st Pre-natal apptment!! I won't even count how many we've had to cancel.

AND they squeezed us in for another sneak peak at babyWerth and s/he is doing GREAT! She's even measuring a day ahead (2.28cm - almost an inch) and her heart rate was in the 170's!

In the picture to the left...her head (hard to miss!) is on the bottom...and kind of where the arrow (that says "baby") is pointing is where the arm bud is and the leg buds are at the top.

It was soooo amazing to see our baby squiggling around. And she even waved her little gummy bear arm bud at us. It made it seem so real. It was a fairly quick u/s...so we were in and out...but I sooo wished we could have watched for a little while longer. We are absolutely in love w/ this little miracle already! :)

8wks5dy - Insomnia & MS

Oooh the Morning sickness was mean today. This was the first time I actually almost threw up...but loving every moment of it. It's funny because I'll have little to no ms symptoms for several days and then when I start to get a little worried...BOOM...a fun day full of ms.

My 1st OB appt is tomorrow. I was starting to get paranoid and called my OB's office to see if they could pull my chart and get me in for a quick u/s before the appointment (we've NEVER made it to our OB appt...we always lose and have to cancel before the actual date). Apparently they were completely booked, but the u/s tech said she'd squeeze me in after our appointment. Our OB appt is at 1pm and the u/s will be at 2:30pm. I'll feel a whole lot better (duh) after getting another sneak peak at our little peanut.

Brad has been so cute lately. He's been making a lot of baby referrences lately...this seems like it's starting to actually be real. How scary. Tonight he was talking to my tummy and said, "Ok, now you need to get a good nights sleep tonight!" and then he said to me..."you are eating for 2, pooping for 2, and sleeping for 2". He's so adorable!

Ok, well...I suppose I should try to sleep again...I've been tossing and turning for probably the last 90 minutes. Good times...

Thanksgiving is next week already and yesterday we had a record breaking 64 degrees...crazy.

7wks6dy -- A healthy growing baby!

Our u/s today went GREAT!!

We've got a 1.5cm baby and a heart rate of 162 (all right on target). And we actually got to see the umbilical cord.

**In the picture to the left...the baby's head is on top (it's facing the left). The white dot where you think the tummy should be is the heart. And the thicker line from the baby to the sac wall is the umbilical cord!**

Dr. S has released me to my OB and said that a great u/s like we had today is just like making it to 12wks. He said now we have less than a 3% chance of a m/c. He was even talking to us about our totcyles and what to do when we are ready for the next baby! He's so great!

He said if we want another baby for sure...we should do our FET soon after delivery of this baby, just in case it doesn't work out and we need to start w/ fresh cycles. But, he did say we have over a 50% chance of an FET working since we have 2 blastocysts frozen on day6. But, if we are not absolute about having another child...we can do an FET whenever since the quality is based on the age I am when it was conceived. How cool to think our babies possible sibling was conceived on the same day (Brad's 35th birthday).

Life is good...and I'm enjoying every second of this morning sickness . :)

7wks2dy - No more PIO shots!!

My RE's office called yesterday w/ my bloodwork results from Tuesday. My progesterone was up to 104, despite dropping my dosage to 1/2cc! So, they said I could discontinue taking the PIO shots! I guess Dr. S said that if my levels was anything over 40 I could discontinue the shots. :)

I think I'm going to continue taking them every other day until at least our ultrasound on Monday and then go from there. But, I'm so thrilled that my RE is saying it's ok for me to stop taking them because they've literally been a pain in my @$$!! Tee hee!

Making it to 7wks is a triumph for us....I just pray that our little princess is growing like a weed and ready to show off on Monday!

7wks0dy!

Wow, making it to 7wks without a catastrophe is a BIG thing around this house!

I've been feeling pretty good...although after coming home from a business trip to CO last week...I've been feeling more tired. I think the exhaustion has finally set in. I've also been feeling increasingly more pukey.

Today I ate all of 7 pretzels and had a huge hot flash and thought for sure I'd puke on the floor. Lukily I didn't and laid down for awhile.

I'm actually welcoming any morning sickness as I've never EVER had it before and I take it as a good sign that there is a baby growing in me.

I got a call after my ultrasound last week (and bloodwork) to let me know my progesterone level was 98.2 (doubled from my last ck at 13dpo). They said I could reduce my PIO shot from 1cc to 1/2cc, but wanted me to come in and get my levels checked to make sure they were maintaining high. I haven't heard back from them...so I can only assume it's all good.

My next u/s is on Monday (10/7) and I'm excited and anxious to see what's going on. I keep praying that the silly psychic I saw was right and we've got a healthy baby girl in there!