Friday 28 June 2013
Wednesday we had our first appointment with Dr B, our OB, and wow is he great! I really liked him and felt really at ease with him. He was great as putting my concerns to rest, I think he may have even eased some of Bio Mum's worries! Dr B has an easy going manner and a calmness that I think will work well for us.
He was great about answering our questions (and there were quite a few of them) and put my mind at ease about the majority of things that have been worrying me. He did an ultrasound and said everything looks good, which was great to hear. It was so amazing to see little Dash on the monitor again. Even in just a few weeks since our last scan they look more baby like.
One of the things I liked best about Dr B was that he made it very clear that his aim is for our baby to be born healthy (also for me to be healthy too) and that he is willing to go about that however we feel is best. He is open to natural births, drug-free or with drugs, or even an elective caesarean if that's what we want. I'm not sure yet. I think I want to wait, see how Little Dash goes before we make a decision on that one. I know a lot of women feel that they want the experience of a natural birth, I'm not sure I am one of those women. The only thing I know is that I want our little Bub to be born healthy and in the least stressful means possible. I honestly don't feel like I would be missing anything if we did decide to have an elective caesarean, but for now I want to wait and see.
I had lunch with my friend T on Thursday and couldn't help myself, I had to tell her about Little Dash! I am struggling so much keeping to myself and I just had to tell her. She was so excited for us, which means so much. We are lucky to have such amazing friends and family to support us through this. I'll be telling another person this weekend, my Dad. He is going to be in town for some training and I've decided to tell him. I really wanted to tell him face to face and given that he lives on the other end of the country this is probably my only opportunity to do that. I am going to ask him to keep it to himself for now (I am happy for him to tell my step-mum though) so that I can tell our relatives when I'm ready.
I figure while he's here he may want to go out and have dinner and stuff, but given my morning/all day sickness and all around exhaustion that is probably not something I am up for so telling him will explain why I am lazing around on the couch and not really eating properly! I am excited and nervous to tell him. I know he'll be happy, but I am nervous telling people before the first trimester is over. It's all going to be ok though. I know it.
So it was blood test day again yesterday and all is looking good. In a few short weeks the Clinic will stop working with me, which is sad, but I am looking forward to not having my blood taken every week. I am so grateful to them for what they have done for us. Without them we wouldn't have Little Dash growing and thriving in my tummy and we wouldn't be experiencing this challenging, but also amazing time. I will forever be grateful to them and Dr D for helping us on our way to becoming parents.
Poor Bio Mum is still really sick with a nasty cold and is at home to hopefully get better today. I hope she is getting lots of sleep and drinking lots of fluids. Its always hard when the person you love is sick, especially when you aren't 100% yourself. Fingers crossed Bio Mum is on the mend soon and feeling loads better.
In other not so good news, we took Moo to the vet on Wednesday night as she has been scratching her ears a lot and found out that not only does she have infections in both ears, she also has a cancerous tumour on her side. Poor Baby! Moo will be having surgery on Tuesday to remove the tumour, which thankfully looks like it won't have spread. When the vet left the room after telling us I got all teary (lets blame the hormones!) and since Wednesday Moo has been sleeping in our room with us. I'll update with how the surgery goes.
So that's where we're at. 12 week scan and bloods are coming up in July and we are back to see Dr B in early August. Fingers, toes and everything crossed that all continues to go well and that Little Dash keeps thriving in there! Also eagerly anticipating feeling better soon and morning sickness going away.
Happy Friday!
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Monday, June 24, 2013
9 Weeks, 1 Day
Tuesday 25 June 2013
I can't believe we are at 9 weeks already, although I am looking forward to the end of the first trimester so we can tell people and hopefully the morning sickness will get better!
It was a rough night last night, I felt sick all day and then once I got home I just couldn't stop myself throwing up. It was the first time throwing up since I started on the Zofran so that wasn't great. I managed to pop some little blood vessels around my eyes while vomiting too, great huh? I ended up spending the rest of the night in bed, unable to bring myself to eat anything except my hydralyte icy-pole and later an up & go drink. Other than that it was just water and feeling miserable.
Today I am still feeling pretty rough and have struggled to eat much of anything today. I am trying to keep getting food in, but its hard. I hope all this sickness means we are having a very healthy baby!
Poor Bio Mum has a nasty cold at the moment, which isn't good for a couple of reasons. 1) I hate seeing her feeling so crappy, 2) I haven't been able to really look after her too well as I have been nursing my morning sickness and 3) I so don't want to catch that cold myself! Poor Bio Mum! She was sick only a few weeks ago so this is kind of ridiculous. Fingers crossed she gets better fast.
Tomorrow we have our appointment with Dr B, our OB. I am both excited and nervous to be honest. I hope it all goes well and will post with how it all went in the next couple of days. I hope we get another scan, I want to see our little Dash again!
I'm having lunch with my friend T on Thursday, which will be great as she and her girlfriend K have been overseas for the last 2 months...of course when we last saw them I wasn't actually pregnant yet. Now I so badly want to tell her, but I am determined to wait. It's just so hard sometimes!
I can't believe we are at 9 weeks already, although I am looking forward to the end of the first trimester so we can tell people and hopefully the morning sickness will get better!
It was a rough night last night, I felt sick all day and then once I got home I just couldn't stop myself throwing up. It was the first time throwing up since I started on the Zofran so that wasn't great. I managed to pop some little blood vessels around my eyes while vomiting too, great huh? I ended up spending the rest of the night in bed, unable to bring myself to eat anything except my hydralyte icy-pole and later an up & go drink. Other than that it was just water and feeling miserable.
Today I am still feeling pretty rough and have struggled to eat much of anything today. I am trying to keep getting food in, but its hard. I hope all this sickness means we are having a very healthy baby!
Poor Bio Mum has a nasty cold at the moment, which isn't good for a couple of reasons. 1) I hate seeing her feeling so crappy, 2) I haven't been able to really look after her too well as I have been nursing my morning sickness and 3) I so don't want to catch that cold myself! Poor Bio Mum! She was sick only a few weeks ago so this is kind of ridiculous. Fingers crossed she gets better fast.
Tomorrow we have our appointment with Dr B, our OB. I am both excited and nervous to be honest. I hope it all goes well and will post with how it all went in the next couple of days. I hope we get another scan, I want to see our little Dash again!
I'm having lunch with my friend T on Thursday, which will be great as she and her girlfriend K have been overseas for the last 2 months...of course when we last saw them I wasn't actually pregnant yet. Now I so badly want to tell her, but I am determined to wait. It's just so hard sometimes!
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Week 8 Day 3
Thursday 20 June 2013
Another blood test day today, all is looking good. Here are the results:
Progesterone - 120
hCG - 228,582
Yeah the hCG is kinda high. The nurse I spoke to asked me if we'd had a scan, I said yes last week, she then very delicately asked 'so how many heart rates did they find'. I guess those numbers are in twin territory, which was a concern pre-scan. The nurse did tell me the numbers are really good, so that was nice.
I was still a little concerned (despite the reassurances of the nurse) so I did some Googling and here is what I found:
Another blood test day today, all is looking good. Here are the results:
Progesterone - 120
hCG - 228,582
Yeah the hCG is kinda high. The nurse I spoke to asked me if we'd had a scan, I said yes last week, she then very delicately asked 'so how many heart rates did they find'. I guess those numbers are in twin territory, which was a concern pre-scan. The nurse did tell me the numbers are really good, so that was nice.
I was still a little concerned (despite the reassurances of the nurse) so I did some Googling and here is what I found:
hCG levels in weeks from LMP (gestational age):
- 3 weeks LMP: 5 – 50 mIU/ml
- 4 weeks LMP: 5 – 426 mIU/ml
- 5 weeks LMP: 18 – 7,340 mIU/ml
- 6 weeks LMP: 1,080 – 56,500 mIU/ml
- 7 – 8 weeks LMP: 7, 650 – 229,000 mIU/ml
- 9 – 12 weeks LMP: 25,700 – 288,000 mIU/ml
- 13 – 16 weeks LMP: 13,300 – 254,000 mIU/ml
- 17 – 24 weeks LMP: 4,060 – 165,400 mIU/ml
- 25 – 40 weeks LMP: 3,640 – 117,000 mIU/ml
So seeing that has made me feel a bit better as we look to still be in range. Little Dash is doing well it seems.
Morning sickness is still a problem, but a much more manageable one now that the GP prescribed me Zofran. That stuff is expensive, but worth every cent. Zofran has meant that I have been able to eat (although not a huge amount and only select things) and function enough to go to work. I haven't thrown up at all since I started taking it so that is pretty great.
We have our first appointment with our OB next week, Dr B. I spent a good half an hour earlier today writing down a list of questions I want to ask (I got to about 20) so I don't forget. I am excited to go see Dr B, I really hope we get to have another scan so we can see little Dash again!
So next week its OB on Wed and blood test on Thursday.
Bio Mum has been doing home improvements lately and doing a great job of it too. We decided that the best room to put the nursery in would be the room next to our bedroom, which is currently Bio Mum's study. So Bio Mum (with little help from sick me) prepped and painted our spare room so the study can be moved in. Then it will be time to start the nursery. I am hesitant to do anything in the nursery until we are into the second trimester, I don't want to jinx anything. It just seems like jumping the gun to get started too soon.
I did cave though and buy the first toy for little Dash. I was at the supermaket and feeling all kinds of sick and I walked past the baby stuff. Out of the corner of my eye I saw a musical Eeyore! I loved Eeyore as a child so couldn't help myself and bought it. Eeyore is now sitting in the cupboard waiting for the arrival of our little boy or girl.
I have since has to restrain myself from buying any other baby stuff!
Well that's all for now, I'll be sure to post next week with how our OB appointment goes!
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Week 7 Day 2
Wednesday 12 June 2013
Today we are 7 weeks and 2 days pregnant and this afternoon we got to see our little Bub for the first time when we had our 7 week scan. It was an amazingly moving experience. Little Dash (Bio Mum thought Bub looked like a dachshund/sausage dog in the ultrasound so now Bub is also known as Dash) is amazing. Their little heart was beating, this beautiful little fluttering that brought tears to my eyes.
Little Dash is at 7 weeks 5 days, so 3 days ahead of schedule, a little overachiever just like Bio Mum! Little Dash measured a wonderful 1.42cm and their little heart was beating at a very healthy 152 beats per minute.
Here is our little Dash
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Seeing little Dash today was incredible. I have been feeling so sick and this gave me something tangible to hold onto.
The last few days I have been so sick I haven't been able to keep much of any food down, in fact I haven't been at work since Tuesday last week. I had a rather violent vomiting incident this morning so off to the GP I went where they gave me the good drug, and I am now pleased to report that I have been able to eat this afternoon! Yay! The tablets are pretty expensive (or actually wafers) but I so don't care, it has been so great to be able to eat and keep food down!
I am not 100%, but man do I feel better!
Blood test tomorrow and then, if all is well, back to work on Friday! Now I need to go call my sister and tell her all about little Dash!
Today we are 7 weeks and 2 days pregnant and this afternoon we got to see our little Bub for the first time when we had our 7 week scan. It was an amazingly moving experience. Little Dash (Bio Mum thought Bub looked like a dachshund/sausage dog in the ultrasound so now Bub is also known as Dash) is amazing. Their little heart was beating, this beautiful little fluttering that brought tears to my eyes.
Little Dash is at 7 weeks 5 days, so 3 days ahead of schedule, a little overachiever just like Bio Mum! Little Dash measured a wonderful 1.42cm and their little heart was beating at a very healthy 152 beats per minute.
Here is our little Dash
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Seeing little Dash today was incredible. I have been feeling so sick and this gave me something tangible to hold onto.
The last few days I have been so sick I haven't been able to keep much of any food down, in fact I haven't been at work since Tuesday last week. I had a rather violent vomiting incident this morning so off to the GP I went where they gave me the good drug, and I am now pleased to report that I have been able to eat this afternoon! Yay! The tablets are pretty expensive (or actually wafers) but I so don't care, it has been so great to be able to eat and keep food down!
I am not 100%, but man do I feel better!
Blood test tomorrow and then, if all is well, back to work on Friday! Now I need to go call my sister and tell her all about little Dash!
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
6 Weeks, 2 Days
Wednesday 5 June 2013
Today is day 45 of this pregnancy, 31dpo and 26dp5dt.
Sorry for the lack of posts lately, I have been feeling pretty unwell. Morning (or more accurately all day) sickness has been kicking my butt. I have been struggling to eat much of anything aside from skittles (healthy right?) and just gernerally feeling crappy. It was comforting at first, letting us know that Bub was growing away in there, but now it's just draining. I find it hard to even function, work is basically 7 hours of torture a day...actually I'm home today.
I was feeling so bad this morning I went to my GP instead of work. He gave me a script for pramin which should help without causing any problems for Bub so fingers crossed it helps. He also gave me a medical cert for the rest of the week so I can get used to the tablets and get some rest. Growing a baby is exhausting!!
It was blood test day yesterday and the results were good. Here they are:
Progesterone - 169
hCG - 56,077
Yeah we are over 56,000!! I guess that's why I feel so sick! Grow little Bub, grow.
Oh and now down to 1 crinone every second day, blood test tomorrow to see how that's going.
Last week we told our friends Tanya and Erina about Bub, it was great to be able to share the news with them. Erina had their baby boy in April so it was great to talk to someone who understands what I'm feeling.
Seven week scan is next week, which we are so looking forward to!! I cant wait to see our little one.
We've also booked in with an OB, so seeing Dr B on 26 June.
Well that's all for now, I need sleep! Fingers crossed for feeling less sick tomorrow!!
Today is day 45 of this pregnancy, 31dpo and 26dp5dt.
Sorry for the lack of posts lately, I have been feeling pretty unwell. Morning (or more accurately all day) sickness has been kicking my butt. I have been struggling to eat much of anything aside from skittles (healthy right?) and just gernerally feeling crappy. It was comforting at first, letting us know that Bub was growing away in there, but now it's just draining. I find it hard to even function, work is basically 7 hours of torture a day...actually I'm home today.
I was feeling so bad this morning I went to my GP instead of work. He gave me a script for pramin which should help without causing any problems for Bub so fingers crossed it helps. He also gave me a medical cert for the rest of the week so I can get used to the tablets and get some rest. Growing a baby is exhausting!!
It was blood test day yesterday and the results were good. Here they are:
Progesterone - 169
hCG - 56,077
Yeah we are over 56,000!! I guess that's why I feel so sick! Grow little Bub, grow.
Oh and now down to 1 crinone every second day, blood test tomorrow to see how that's going.
Last week we told our friends Tanya and Erina about Bub, it was great to be able to share the news with them. Erina had their baby boy in April so it was great to talk to someone who understands what I'm feeling.
Seven week scan is next week, which we are so looking forward to!! I cant wait to see our little one.
We've also booked in with an OB, so seeing Dr B on 26 June.
Well that's all for now, I need sleep! Fingers crossed for feeling less sick tomorrow!!
Monday, May 27, 2013
5 Weeks & 1 Day Pregnant
Tuesday 28 May 2013 - Day 37 - 23dpo - 18dp5dt
I have felt so nauseous that last two days it has been very trying. Both yesterday and today I felt so nauseous that I almost didn't go to work. It has been rough. Yesterday was worse than today, I felt sick all day and it made it hard to fall asleep last night.
It's strange though, no matter how crappy I'm feeling there is also an element of comfort in feeling that nausea because it tells me there is a little baby in there developing and growing.
I am feeling a little better this afternoon because I have found the wonder that is plain potato chips! Oh man did they make me feel better. It was my acupuncturist who suggested potato as a good food for nausea and then this morning when I went for my blood test the nurse suggested little bags of potato chips, total genius! For the first time all day I don't feel like my food is journeying up my throat.
I'm still very tired and getting heartburn on and off, other than that all is well.
Blood test day today (it was a challenge sitting in the waiting room while I felt so sick) and I got a lovely nurse (same one who did my internal ultrasound). Blood out and then I got my referral for our 7 week scan! So excited to see our little one in there!
I called the clinic this afternoon and got my blood test results. The levels are great,
Progesterone is at 135
hCG is at 11,076
The nurse was really happy with those numbers, so happy in fact they don't need to see me for another blood test until Tuesday next week! Although I am going to miss the comfort of getting those regular results showing everything is going well.
Next step is to find an obstetrician. We did some research and found some we liked the sound of so I'll be doing some ringing around and seeing who has a space available. Fingers crossed we find a lovely OB who has space for us.
The house cleaning and decluttering is under way! Bio Mum did a mammoth effort over the weekend and threw out an entire ute load of stuff. Next is prepping to paint the spare room so we can move the study out of what will become the baby's room! Then we paint the Baby's room.
So many big changes are happening, its amazing!
I have felt so nauseous that last two days it has been very trying. Both yesterday and today I felt so nauseous that I almost didn't go to work. It has been rough. Yesterday was worse than today, I felt sick all day and it made it hard to fall asleep last night.
It's strange though, no matter how crappy I'm feeling there is also an element of comfort in feeling that nausea because it tells me there is a little baby in there developing and growing.
I am feeling a little better this afternoon because I have found the wonder that is plain potato chips! Oh man did they make me feel better. It was my acupuncturist who suggested potato as a good food for nausea and then this morning when I went for my blood test the nurse suggested little bags of potato chips, total genius! For the first time all day I don't feel like my food is journeying up my throat.
I'm still very tired and getting heartburn on and off, other than that all is well.
Blood test day today (it was a challenge sitting in the waiting room while I felt so sick) and I got a lovely nurse (same one who did my internal ultrasound). Blood out and then I got my referral for our 7 week scan! So excited to see our little one in there!
I called the clinic this afternoon and got my blood test results. The levels are great,
Progesterone is at 135
hCG is at 11,076
The nurse was really happy with those numbers, so happy in fact they don't need to see me for another blood test until Tuesday next week! Although I am going to miss the comfort of getting those regular results showing everything is going well.
Next step is to find an obstetrician. We did some research and found some we liked the sound of so I'll be doing some ringing around and seeing who has a space available. Fingers crossed we find a lovely OB who has space for us.
The house cleaning and decluttering is under way! Bio Mum did a mammoth effort over the weekend and threw out an entire ute load of stuff. Next is prepping to paint the spare room so we can move the study out of what will become the baby's room! Then we paint the Baby's room.
So many big changes are happening, its amazing!
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
So Far So Good
Thursday 23 May 2013 - Here is where we stand at the moment:
- 4 Weeks 3 Days Pregnant (or 32 Days)
- 18 days post ovulation (18dpo)
- 13 days post transfer of a 5 day embryo (13dp5dt)
Wow.
I think Bio Mum and I am comforted by numbers and milestones. I am obsessively tracking our levels in both a spreadsheet and now on a calender I printed off just for that purpose (I was productive at work today!). I am doing daily Google searches on what the levels mean and what they could indicate. Numbers are a comfort, statistics are a comfort (well unless they are bad statistics then they are a cause for extreme worry).
Today was another blood test day so off I went this morning to the clinic to give them more of my blood. I got the lovely young red head nurse again (I had her on Tuesday too) and she made the process really easy and pleasant (well as pleasant as being stuck with a needle can be).
After that it was into work. Today was a colleagues birthday and last night she got engaged so that was a lovely thing to come into work to! So much happiness in the office. It put everyone into a good mood as we got to share in her happiness. Then I got to have lunch with a former colleague and good friend which was awesome. Although she did ask whether there was any movement on the baby front and I had to lie, we are not ready to be telling people yet!
At 2pm I called the clinic and got some great results and a very patient nurse who indulged me in my questions. The results for today were:
Progesterone - 131
hCG - 1,413!!
I was beyond happy with that hCG result and so was Bio Mum when I called to tell her after speaking to the clinic. The nurse said this was a great number and that everything is looking good for the continuation of a healthy pregnancy!! Yay!!
I also asked the nurse (named Sarah) about our 7 week scan, which she said we can get any time in the week starting 10 June! So there isn't too much longer to wait. I'll pick up a referral from the clinic when I'm next in there (Tuesday for another blood test) and then make a booking with the imaging place. I can't wait until the scan! I want so badly to see that little heart beating away.
A little bit nervous for the next few days. My next cycle is due to start today/tomorrow (I average a 32 day cycle, but it has been known to be upwards of 38 days or as little as 25 days) and while the numbers are great there is a part of me that is not going to be at ease until a good bit of time has past and I still haven't seen Aunt Flow.
I'm sure everything will be fine. Bub is growing away in there and soon we will get to see him/her on the 7week scan. I can't wait!
- 4 Weeks 3 Days Pregnant (or 32 Days)
- 18 days post ovulation (18dpo)
- 13 days post transfer of a 5 day embryo (13dp5dt)
Wow.
I think Bio Mum and I am comforted by numbers and milestones. I am obsessively tracking our levels in both a spreadsheet and now on a calender I printed off just for that purpose (I was productive at work today!). I am doing daily Google searches on what the levels mean and what they could indicate. Numbers are a comfort, statistics are a comfort (well unless they are bad statistics then they are a cause for extreme worry).
Today was another blood test day so off I went this morning to the clinic to give them more of my blood. I got the lovely young red head nurse again (I had her on Tuesday too) and she made the process really easy and pleasant (well as pleasant as being stuck with a needle can be).
After that it was into work. Today was a colleagues birthday and last night she got engaged so that was a lovely thing to come into work to! So much happiness in the office. It put everyone into a good mood as we got to share in her happiness. Then I got to have lunch with a former colleague and good friend which was awesome. Although she did ask whether there was any movement on the baby front and I had to lie, we are not ready to be telling people yet!
At 2pm I called the clinic and got some great results and a very patient nurse who indulged me in my questions. The results for today were:
Progesterone - 131
hCG - 1,413!!
I was beyond happy with that hCG result and so was Bio Mum when I called to tell her after speaking to the clinic. The nurse said this was a great number and that everything is looking good for the continuation of a healthy pregnancy!! Yay!!
I also asked the nurse (named Sarah) about our 7 week scan, which she said we can get any time in the week starting 10 June! So there isn't too much longer to wait. I'll pick up a referral from the clinic when I'm next in there (Tuesday for another blood test) and then make a booking with the imaging place. I can't wait until the scan! I want so badly to see that little heart beating away.
A little bit nervous for the next few days. My next cycle is due to start today/tomorrow (I average a 32 day cycle, but it has been known to be upwards of 38 days or as little as 25 days) and while the numbers are great there is a part of me that is not going to be at ease until a good bit of time has past and I still haven't seen Aunt Flow.
I'm sure everything will be fine. Bub is growing away in there and soon we will get to see him/her on the 7week scan. I can't wait!
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