End of April update!

This is the slow part of pregnancy, so there is not really much to update you all on yet!

Today, I did go to the doctor for a check up. Everything is going well and her heartbeat was 162 which is fabulous! I will be 11 weeks this coming Wednesday. Next appointment won't be until the end of May now. I have been going so frequently, that these next 4 weeks are going to seem like an eternity to check in on her.
I am still pretty nauseous in the evenings (usually after about 2 pm) but it is getting later and later. Last night it didn't hit me until about 9pm which made for a good day! (especially because it was Dan's birthday! Happy birthday, Dan!)

In other news, I am completely off of all hormones now! I am hoping combining the lack of excess hormones and rounding out my first trimester, that I am on the mend from the (not so) "morning sickness."

Last week, I started documenting "bump pictures" so that we will be able to share them with Pixie (my newest name for her).  I also wanted to document the pregnancy well for her parents.
There isn't much of a bump yet, but with it being my third pregnancy, I am sure one will appear over night at some point!

My stork leggings will be my official Wednesday outfit from now on which is when she becomes another week older each week!

Thank you for all of the continued prayers for Pixie, her parents, and me. We will be sharing the news with the kids soon, so watch for that update. I am not sure the questions that Tucker will have, but I am sure they will be great! He is a funny kid. As of now, he thinks mommy as a lot of belly aches and I don't want him to worry about me much longer. He has seen a lot (shots in my back side, lots of medicine, and me laying in bed sick) but he is always so sweet and comforting! My kids are one of the main reasons I am doing this! Without them, our lives would not be complete and I am so excited to help another family feel complete!
Love to you all!

A Heartbeat and Medical Release

I feel like all of March I have been playing catch up!
It has been a crazy and busy March but one I will remember forever!

It is hard to think that transfer was only just over a month ago and here we are with baby girl safely growing inside me!

Last Monday, March 27th, I had an ultrasound and blood work done here in Normal. Baby girl's parents were on vacation so it was much easier than driving up to Naperville to be monitored. The ultrasound detected a heartbeat which was AMAZING! Her little heart was just fluttering away at 130 bpm. The ultrasound showed a yolk sac and a fetal pole which is the next big step!

She was measuring around 6 weeks and 1 day. That was a little shy of the current due date, but the tech told me that at this stage they are so little that measurements can be slightly off.

Today, April 4th, I went for another ultrasound and some more blood work to check on her status. Official results have not been sent to me but things look great! She is now measuring at 7 weeks 3 days (again just shy of the due date measurement but that's not a problem!) Her heartbeat is steady (I forgot to ask what it was but my report will tell me tomorrow).

She's still just a blob, but is slowly getting bigger and is currently taking on a bean shape. I haven't come up with a "name" for my belly buddy yet, but I throw quite a few out there during the day. They currently include: jellybean, bean, nugget, peanut, baby fetus, and blob.

Tomorrow, I will receive instructions about being released back to my OB here in Normal and weaning off of the MANY medications I am on! I will not be sad to see those injections go! We are currently at 37 injections so far!

Hopefully, I will have more to update soon. I will likely be seeing my OB in the next two weeks, but hopefully it is quiet until then! At this point, no news is good news!

Thanks for all of your prayers and love! We can sure feel it!