I am a 35 (almost 36) year old with a supportive and loving husband and one fabulous golden fur-baby! After many failed IUI's and a fresh IVF cycle ending in ectopic---We had a successful FET. 40 weeks of disbelief later we are parents to a beautiful baby girl--every moment I spend with our baby reminds me of how blessed and lucky we are. ...read at your own risk. Of course not one thing I write is meant to offend or upset anyone.
Friday, June 29, 2012
Due date
And I just dont get the sense this baby wants to come out yet. We went to the doctor on Wed and he said have an ultrasound Monday and then we would decide next steps. If the baby is big (about 8.5) we would go right to c section otherwise we would induce and see what happens. I was fine with Monday, but when I called to schedule the ultrasound i found out the doc is going to be out Monday. So, our appt is Tuesday at 3!!! Which means we could be looking at 7/4. Does that mean there will be a skeleton crew on? Because I am way too high maintenance for that. July 4th does mean that we will always have our child's birthday off. I feel good though.
It's a waiting game now...who knows...the baby might come on it's own???
We either have a fashionable late girl or a stubborn late boy on our hands.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Nesting is for the birds
Again, I am sure one day I will say that pregnancy went so quickly. But as of today, not so much. I don't feel uncomfortable (knock on wood). The baby feels very high and no pressure low in my uterus at all.
My nesting impulse has kicked in and you have no idea how much I have cleaned. My poor husband. I told him our only priority is cleaning. I live in a doll house so you would think this would be easy, but I have found places I didn't even know could have dust--with dust--and a decent amount of it. I blame my dog for the dust and for the insides of all his toys spewed all over the place. My husband and I are taking it one room at a time and then I am calling cleaning people in. Last night was our bedroom and tonight is the bathroom--wish us luck! Nesting is like hell--because I want to stop--but I can't. Although I was so proud of us for all the work we did. I actually used a tooth brush to clean crevices. It was ugly.
I know however I leave my house when I go to the hospital--is how it will look until my child is 12.
This is my last week at work too. I have such mixed feelings because I absolutely love (most of) the people I work with, and I feel like the next months revolve around staying home and either being incapable of doing things or not be allowed to do things. People can say, oh bring your baby--no way! Until the baby is past it's shots---no way am I bringing it out in public--NO WAY.
Ultrasound is Thursday at 9 and I have the doctor on Friday and that is when we will prbably schedule the c-section. Although I am still torn about doing it naturally--just so the recovery is easier.
And my feet swelled for real for the first time last night!!! EEK.
My nesting impulse has kicked in and you have no idea how much I have cleaned. My poor husband. I told him our only priority is cleaning. I live in a doll house so you would think this would be easy, but I have found places I didn't even know could have dust--with dust--and a decent amount of it. I blame my dog for the dust and for the insides of all his toys spewed all over the place. My husband and I are taking it one room at a time and then I am calling cleaning people in. Last night was our bedroom and tonight is the bathroom--wish us luck! Nesting is like hell--because I want to stop--but I can't. Although I was so proud of us for all the work we did. I actually used a tooth brush to clean crevices. It was ugly.
I know however I leave my house when I go to the hospital--is how it will look until my child is 12.
This is my last week at work too. I have such mixed feelings because I absolutely love (most of) the people I work with, and I feel like the next months revolve around staying home and either being incapable of doing things or not be allowed to do things. People can say, oh bring your baby--no way! Until the baby is past it's shots---no way am I bringing it out in public--NO WAY.
Ultrasound is Thursday at 9 and I have the doctor on Friday and that is when we will prbably schedule the c-section. Although I am still torn about doing it naturally--just so the recovery is easier.
And my feet swelled for real for the first time last night!!! EEK.
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
36+ 5 days
I almost want to figure out how many days post 6 day transfer I am at to make that the title of this post.
When I went to the doc last week, he said I would still be pregnant in a week--after a kind of painful (who knew) cervix check. I thought he was just supposed to look in and see what was going on. He said that text book with a polyp does not mean I have to have a C Section- that I could deliver vaginally and if I start bleeding--than I could switch to C section. Not just the risk of bleeding to death, but also the idea of doing both a c section and labor=seem horrible. He said he could make an argument for either. Neither one seems appealing.
And then in the midst of everything--I just read something that said my bag for the baby should be packed! I had totally not even thought about that since I know the hospital gives you everything you need--but OF COURSE my baby needs a bag with swaddling blankets and burp clothes--How could I have totally not remembered that?
I had my first hot flash today and the baby was digging into my side--it seems to have moved now. Although the drinking water trick didn't seem to work--the eating ice cream trick did seem to work. The baby doesn't seem like it has dropped at all, but moving a bunch--and last night it made one movement that made me bend over in pain. I do have this thought that the baby might have bow legs because I feel like the baby sits head down, face forward with one knee on either side of my belly button. Also, I think the baby might have a unicorn horn that he/she is intermittenly stabbing me with. We will see.
Ultrasound at 38 weeks. That is a week from this Friday, we will be able to see the baby again! I feel like I have been pregnant for years and years. You know how people say they can't remember a time when they didn't have children. Well, I can barely remember not being pregnant.
When I went to the doc last week, he said I would still be pregnant in a week--after a kind of painful (who knew) cervix check. I thought he was just supposed to look in and see what was going on. He said that text book with a polyp does not mean I have to have a C Section- that I could deliver vaginally and if I start bleeding--than I could switch to C section. Not just the risk of bleeding to death, but also the idea of doing both a c section and labor=seem horrible. He said he could make an argument for either. Neither one seems appealing.
And then in the midst of everything--I just read something that said my bag for the baby should be packed! I had totally not even thought about that since I know the hospital gives you everything you need--but OF COURSE my baby needs a bag with swaddling blankets and burp clothes--How could I have totally not remembered that?
I had my first hot flash today and the baby was digging into my side--it seems to have moved now. Although the drinking water trick didn't seem to work--the eating ice cream trick did seem to work. The baby doesn't seem like it has dropped at all, but moving a bunch--and last night it made one movement that made me bend over in pain. I do have this thought that the baby might have bow legs because I feel like the baby sits head down, face forward with one knee on either side of my belly button. Also, I think the baby might have a unicorn horn that he/she is intermittenly stabbing me with. We will see.
Ultrasound at 38 weeks. That is a week from this Friday, we will be able to see the baby again! I feel like I have been pregnant for years and years. You know how people say they can't remember a time when they didn't have children. Well, I can barely remember not being pregnant.
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