The day of the "big" ultrasound. Seems I'm having it a bit on the early side, as they usually do them around 20 weeks, but this is when it was scheduled, so who am I to ask for them to wait? ~wink~
I'll be a mere 18w3d, but good to go. It'll be at the hospital's Maternal Fetal Medicine office instead of my regular OB. Apparently, when you start out at MFM due to being AMA, they like to keep you there. I actually really like this approach. Instead of having a tech at the OB's office do it, I'll be in the hospital with a periontologist coming in at the end to go over the results. Cool by me.
So I'm a little nervous. This is such an important milestone to get to and if something is wrong with the peapod, it could be found now. Ugh. So "healthy baby vibes" all around.
The appointment is at 845am MT, so I'll be updating pretty early with the hopefully ~good~ results.
... Once (and still) Infertile, but still Schnarky as hell. This blog is dedicated to the daily ramblings from the mind of Nancy. It isn't about anything profound in the grand scheme of things, but it ~is~ about things in my life, schnarkiness always included. I have a second blog, listed in my profile, but the blogs will continue to remain separate.
"I'm aiming for heaven, but I'll probably wind up down in hell"
About Me
- nancy
- I am a 39 year old woman. I am the mother of two beautiful daughters and a handsome son. I am a career woman. As for my TTC world, it certainly doesn't seem like I am "infertile", but I fought for my pregnancies and my TTC/IF history is on the sidebar. I have two blogs, which are both listed in my profile. One focuses on my daily life - including IF, TTC, pregnancy, delivery and even some "children mentioned" posts. The second blog is ~soley~ posts directly about being the mother to my three children.
Belly Pics for #3 only.
Click stick figure to see the consecutive pictures from this pregnancy only.
My TTC History
- Jul 01 ~ married
- Jan 02 ~ First cycle off bcps and opk shows ovulation!
- Dec 02 ~ Went to pcp for RE referral
- Jan 03 ~ Testing commences. S/A perfect. HSG clear.
- Feb 03 ~ Lap #1. All clear.
- Apr 03 ~ Clomid cycle #1. BFN.
- May 03 ~ Clomid cycle #2. BFN.
- Jun 03 ~ Clomid cycle #3. BFN.
- Jul 03 ~ Supposed to be IUI#1, but we missed cd3 so natural cycle
- Aug 03 ~ BFP on C18.
- Apr 04 ~ Ella born.
- Oct 04 ~ decided to ttc #2 and went off minipill to see if I am ovulating. I am. Will start next month.
- Nov 04 ~ TTC#2 starts. BFP. Holy Crap. No freaking way. No way.
- Aug 05 ~ Allison born
- Oct 06 ~ IUD removed. TTC#3
- Jan 07 ~ Large cysts found.
- Feb 07 ~ Femara cyle #1
- Mar 07 ~ Started w/ RE. HSG #2 showed R tube blocked. S/A normal.
- Mar 07 ~ more cysts, up to 9cms.
- Apr 07 ~ more cysts, 3 @ 7-9cms.
- May 07 ~ IUI #1 cancelled due to more cysts
- Jun 07 ~ IUI #1 (take two) w/ Clomid. BFN.
- Jul 07 ~ HSS showed scar tissue in 70% of uterus. Diagnosed with Asherman's Syndrome. Uterine surgery #2
- Aug 07 ~ HSG #3 showed clear tubes.
- Aug 07 ~ IUI #2 w/ Femara. BFN.
- Sept 07 ~ Monitored w/ hCG trigger. BFN.
- Oct 07 ~ HSS #2 showed scar tissue in 30% of uterus. Uterine surgery #3.
- Dec 07 ~ HSS #3 showed tiny amount of scar tissue. Uterine surgery #4.
- Jan 08 ~ HSS #4 showed clear uterus.
- Jan 08 ~ IUI #3, C16. BFN.
- Mar 08 ~ IVF #1, Transfer Cancelled due to lining. Out of 15 eggs, 9 were mature and all 9 fertilized. I have named my 9 embryos "The Mod Squad" and they are in the freezer, waiting for mommy to be ready.
- Apr/May 08 ~ FET #1. C20. 4 embryos "The Fab Four" transferred on 5/05. BFP!!! Very Low Beta (15 at 11dp3dt) but the numers continued to double every 48 hours. Told it was "most likely not viable" and later "most likely ectopic" but we beat all the odds.
- May 16, 08 ~ 11dp3dt (4w0d), beta #1: 15
- May 19, 08 ~ 14dp3dt (4w3d), beta #2: 43
- May 23, 08 ~ 18dp3dt (5w0d), beta#3: 213
- May 27, 22dp3dt (5w4d), beta #4: 1,073
- Jun 08 - Ultrasound showed one heartbeat at 7 weeks.
- Jul 08 - Had CVS testing. Chromosomes are normal and it's a BOY!! EDD: 1/23
- Aug 08 - Jan 09 ~ High risk due to: 1) Velamentous Cord Insertion, deemed biggest risk 2) Previous Placenta Accreta 3) Previous rapid degraged placenta 4) IVF alone can create weak placenta 5) AMA - Advanced Maternal Age. -- All resulting in almost 30 u/s and lots of testing, which ended up saving my life.
- Jan 09 (38w0d) ~ Karl is born! -- Crazy 3 days in hospital. Manual version to flip baby from breech to head down, Labor, Delivery, Emergency surgery due to cord detaching from placenta, Scary heart issues from losing over 40% of my blood supply, and then a blood transfusion due to the extreme loss of blood. Whew!
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- What a bitch.
- oh yeah...
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23 comments:
Good luck! Hope everything goes well!
How exciting!! I am sure everything looks great with your little one!
Can't wait to read an update. ;)
Can't wait to hear how it goes. Good luck!
I've got good healthy baby vibes coming your way!!!
I had my "big one" with both babies at 18 weeks--healthy baby vibes to you, and HAVE FUN!
Good luck - I am sending healthy baby vibes!
Good healthy baby vibes to both of us tomorrow! My appointment is at 9:30am (but won't be done until around 11:30).
Sending many good baby vibes, although I'm sure you won't need them!
Have fun :)
Good luck! Can't wait to see pictures!
Nancy I had a high risk pregnancy and my big ultrasound was at 18 weeks. Don't be alarmed they weren't worried about anything being wrong with the baby it was just my age. Can't wait to hear the results.
Sending all sorts of healthy baby vibes!
Good luck, I was a wreck for a week before mine, seriously. Hope you get some good shots of the little guy!
The very best of luck. I was terrified before mine.
xx
J
Good luck today! I can't log in to check anything while I am at work, but I will be thinking about you & sending all the healthy baby vibes I can!!!
good luck today with your big ultrasound sending you lots of healthy baby vibes hoping lil man is healthy and strong!!!
Good luck today!!!
Lots of luck! I'll keep you and the kiddo in my prayers.
Good luck! I had my big ultrasound at 18w5d, so that was pretty early too, I thought. Everything was visible though! :) Healthy baby vibes to you!
Good luck good luck my friend...I can't wait to hear the news.
XO
Pam
Good luck and ~~healthy baby vibes~~ coming your way. Love the belly shot - you look great!! I had an u/s at 17 wks 2 days and they tried to get all the measurements, but he was too little. I go in again Friday (19 wks 2 days)for the big u/s again. Hopefully our big strong boys are doing good and growing well!
Good luck today
I'm hoping for lots of good news today.
Healthy baby and healthy cord vibes!!
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