I knew it. Just feels like a boy. And also, and more exciting, for me, anyway, the NIPT results indicate a low-risk for trisomies (e.g., Down syndrome, Turner syndrome)!!! The Harmony test results came back in exactly 7 days, even with the Thanksgiving holiday. (Harmony is the test currently offered by Kaiser.) I maybe let…
11w0d ultrasound
The fetus was still there at the 11 week ultrasound. Moving around a bit even. (I couldn’t really tell, but the doctor said it was and the hubby said could see the movement.) Heart rate was 157 bpm and we got to hear it. It was such a relief to know our little one is…
telling the truth at a memorial
I attended a memorial service for a friend’s dad this weekend. I was there for her, as the only things I knew about her dad were from our adolescence, some 20 plus years ago. I really appreciated her remembrances. So many people say just the good things. It’s like they’re making up a person that…
Week 9
The good news – I get to stop progesterone injections! And suppositories, but those were not bothersome at all. Other news – My morning sickness has pretty much disappeared. I don’t know if that’s good (it feels good), or bad (that embryo is not growing anymore). There’s nothing I can do either way, but I’d…
8 week ultrasound
Per the Kaiser ultrasound, the embryo is alive and measuring three days behind, with a CRL of 1.44 cm. Aaaaand, that’s all I know. The Kaiser doctor refused to measure the heart rate, claiming it was too early, which it obviously is not, since I had it done two weeks prior. So my expected assurance…
exhausted
I’d heard of morning sickness and sore boobs, but I hadn’t heard about being tired. Exhausted. Anything faster than an amble has me breathing loudly. Sitting all day at a computer has become an even more special kind of torture. I want to take afternoons off, but I also want to save as much leave…
First Ultrasound
The measurements on Friday, 10/17, at 6 weeks 3 days were: CRL 6.38 mm HR 119.74 bpm Yolk Sac 4.86 mm GS 19.7 mm The heart rate is borderline for what they like to see, but that still leaves me with an 82% chance of a successful pregnancy, so I’m trying to concentrate on that…
Third Beta HCG 20dp3dt
I had my third beta HCG test yesterday morning. I spent all day checking my email for a result. Then I called Kaiser at 3:00 p.m. (My new OBGYN ordered the test for me, no problems, questions asked.) The wonderful woman (bearers of good news are always wonderful, right?) told me my level was 4633….
12dp3dt Beta Numbers!
Today’s our anniversary. It’s also the day we found out our HCG beta test results. It was either going to be the best day of my life thus far or the worst day. (I knew that, either way, I’d have other best and worst days in the future, but I’ve been blessed thus far not…
6dp3dt
I’m going stir crazy at work, waiting for the day to drag by, waiting for October 1, when I’ll know. Being at work seems to be worse than being anywhere else. Of course, being at work pretty much is worse than being anywhere else, anyway. Aside from the paycheck, which I very much appreciate. I…