Here's the Baby...

This is our 7 week picture. We were supposed to go on Wednesday for an ultrasound, but on Monday I lost my morning sickness and saw a small amount of spotting--so for piece of mind Tuesday morning we went and the heartbeat was 170--which I thought was high, but the doc's exact words were "fantastic" so that is a good sign. She said the embryo is measuring 7 weeks 2 days and I asked shouldn't it be 7 weeks 4 days, and she said that ultrasounds can be off by up to a week and it is rarely a 100%  accurate reading. Also, I was discharged, given my file and a flash drive with info and pictures on it and off I went.

My wonderful nurse called me later and said, since your first OB appt isn't until the 29th, do you want to come back again on Tuesday--and I said OF COURSE!!! And she said, that's what I thought you would say. My Progesterone was 16.4 and my HCG was in the 100,000+ (I forgot to write down the exact number). She said on next Tuesday they will prob take me off Endometrin and have me come back two days later (Thanksgiving--wouldn't be a holiday without a trip to the clinic) to make sure I am making enough progesterone  on my own. My nurse said I had to promise to check in with her and call her with the good news! I swear I cried when I left the clinic, the idea of not having my hand held---SCARY! ALthough my nurse said I could always call her :)

I think the embryo (almost ready to be called a fetus) looks cramped, like his/her neck is bent. I hope he/she stretches out a little bit----On the picture he/she looks so big, but in real life--only the size of a blueberry (or a tic tac) depending on what website you read.

I keep thinking of how man times I have seen that same uterus empty on the ultrasound. It is so amazing. When the doc first said she saw the heartbeat I said, are you sure, and she said she would play it for me, the other doc in the room said, 'hearing is believing'. I am still so tentative and so much in shock. But happy and excited---or almost letting myself get there.


So, we are taking it one step at a time. I don't don't want to spend this whole pregnancy stressing because I want to look back at it with happy memories too! I am working on staying calm. When I left this appt I decided I need to relax, I think our little embryo wants me to just let it do it's thing and grow. One day at a time.