8 Weeks

We had our last appointment with this doc today. We did an ultrasound (see below) that moved up my due date to Dec. 4th! It was so amazing..this baby now looks like a baby. It has arms and legs now! The doc said that if we held still we might be able to see the baby move. Sure enough, little Baby T did a little shimmy with it's lower half! That was so awesome! Baby measured at almost 2 cm (almost an inch long). It was so weird to be able to see the baby move, but not feel it! My next appointment will be with my new OB on May 12th. I wonder if they will do an u/s then..

6 Weeks

Much to Jeff and I's excitment, the 2nd ultrasound proved to be great for a number of reasons. First, the doctor immediately saw the heartbeat - 132 beats per minute - which is "beautiful" according to him. He said a heartrate over 120 bpm is considered good. Second, he gave me an estimated due date: December 6th. This u/s apparently bumped be from 6weeks0days to 6weeks2days. Third, the baby is growing normally! It measured 0.48cm long - about 5x bigger than last week!

The doc told me to make an appointment with an OB for 4 weeks from this week. He will be caring for me until then, and I have a third u/s with him in 2 weeks.

First Ultrasound

The doctor wanted me to come in due to some cramping I was feeling. He performed and ultrasound and announced that there is definitely a baby in there! The two cross marks are the pointers from his mouse when he clicked to measure it. The big black circle is the gestational sac.

The doc said that cramping was normal. I was so relieved to see a baby in there! Well, not really a baby, but the startings of one! When I was looking at the computer screen, it almost wasn't computing..I mean, there is a baby human in there. Amazing. Jeff stared at the printout forever - too cute.

5 Weeks

I graduated to 5 weeks yesterday! I have been having some cramps that have been taking my breath away. They woke me up at about 12:45 last night. It's a little worrisome, but I read that cramping is normal this time. It means the uterus is growing. Makes sense to me.

Here is a depiction of what Baby looks like at 5 weeks.

Beta #2

Second round of bloodwork was this morning..and the doctor said it was excellent! HCG: 2,085 and Progesterone: 40.9

Looks like those progesterone supplements are working! Yay! I'm scheduled for my first ultrasound in two weeks - April 20th. :)

Beta #1

I went and got my blood drawn this morning to confirm the pregnancy. I have had a pretty good feeling about this since Saturday. Happily dizzy and nauseous :)

I finally got the call back from the Dr. this afternoon. He said that my numbers were "decent" (HCG 156 and Progesterone 20.4) and he was prescribing me progesterone to take 2x/day for 6 weeks. He left out the 6 weeks part, by the way. I had to ask! I go in for my second round of bloodwook on Friday. I am sure this is going to be the LONGEST week.