We are doing one more go! A new pregnancy is underway. Our first baby is now 19 months old, wild, feisty, so cute, and doing well. It has been such an adventure raising him. So different from infertility struggles. That sounds obvious, but somehow I thought infertility would toughen me up or something, but this is just so different. It doesn't stop! So I didn't feel emotionally prepared. It is…
Blog Posts: Pregnancy
Blog Posts: Pregnancy
This is such a trippy, surreal experience. I am 25 1/2 weeks pregnant.
Things seem to be going well. We made it through the anatomy scan at 21 weeks, with a follow up at 24 weeks because they couldn't quite get all the images they needed. My belly is big and I look so pregnant. My sister in law is planning a baby shower. It's wild!
We are now into planning baby supplies and doing normal things…
Well! Things are actually looking good! I know, crazy!
We had our ultrasound yesterday, at 9 1/2 weeks. And our baby is right on track! Heartbeat and size are perfect for 9 1/2 weeks, and it all looks good. I have little pictures and videos of the ultrasound. We saw him move his little arms and legs and wiggle around. So crazy! He's only an inch long right now, but it's wild that an inch long…
So we did our IVF transfer. The first one, after 3 egg retrievals and an ectopic pregnancy, which delayed our transfer by nine months.
But the transfer is done. We transferred two embryos almost a month ago. And can you believe it? One of them stuck. I am actively 6 weeks pregnant. And nothing has gone wrong so far! Crazy, right? I had an early ultrasound to make extra sure it wasn’t ectopic and…