Welcome! I am a thirty something from the great state of Texas. I am married to my best friend and we have the most precious baby girl in the world :) This blog was created to document our journey through infertility and continues now with our journey through parenthood!
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Smooth Flowing
Well, not much to report here lately... which is why it's been a few weeks since there has been a post. I go back to see Dr. Godat on Tuesday for our 17 week appointment. Man has time flown! I can't believe we're already close to half-way there. Tuesday's appointment should be rather uneventful, with the exception of hearing the baby's heartbeat. :) Then next Monday is the big day! We go back to Dr. Weiss for the second part of the NT Scan AND to confirm that our little one is in fact a girl!!! We are so excited... we can't wait! Last Sunday we ordered the baby's furniture. It hasn't come in yet, and since we couldn't see it in the store before we bought it, we are really hoping that we love it as much in person as we did online. Below is a picture of the furniture and our 15 week belly pic. After the appointment this Tuesday and the belly pic on Wednesday, I'll be sure to post another update. Until then...
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Feeling Blessed
At our 11 week appointment with Dr. Godat, we were told of a test, the NT Scan, that we could elect to have done if we wanted to know the chances of our baby having any chromosomal abnormalities. With all that we have been through just to get pregnant, we chose to have the test done just so that we could have time to process any results and be prepared, if need be. If we were to find out that we are having a special needs child, it would in NO WAY change the love or thoughts we already have about our baby. It would just give us time to join a support group so that we could learn more about the abnormality, as well as talk to families that would be/are dealing with the same situation. We went on September 26 to Dr. Weiss, and had the first part of the test done. It was an ultrasound test and a blood test. The results came back great! Once again, we are reminded of what an awesome God we serve!
During the ultrasound I asked Dr. Weiss if he would be able to tell the sex of the baby this early. He said that if it was cooperating that he'd be able to get a good idea... Well, SHE was cooperating! That's right... SHE! He said not to paint anything just yet, but to think pink :) And that he would confirm it 100% at the second part of the test on November 7. Here is the ultrasound picture from the NT Scan (she's upside down).
This week we went to our 13 week appointment with Dr. Godat. Everything went fine... even with the pity party I had :) I knew the day would come that seeing my baby every two weeks would stop, but I still wasn't ready for it! I went to this appointment thinking that I would get to see her one last time before having to wait a month until we go back to Dr. Weiss. However, since the results were great from Dr. Weiss, Dr. Godat decided not to do an ultrasound, but instead just listen for the heartbeat. While I LOVE hearing her heartbeat, I also LOVE seeing her move around on the screen. So I guess you could say that this appointment was a little bitter-sweet. While we were listening to the heartbeat she was moving all over the place! He had to keep readjusting so that we could hear it for longer than a couple of seconds at a time! With her being this active this early, she's destined to be a great athlete, right? :) I say soccer, dad says tennis!
We forgot to do a belly picture at week 12, so we took one at week 13 instead. As you can see, there's not much difference from week 10 to now... Even if our little one has graduated to the size of a lemon :) It's like my belly popped out early but then hasn't grown much since. Dr. Godat says that in about a month I should see a much bigger difference!
During the ultrasound I asked Dr. Weiss if he would be able to tell the sex of the baby this early. He said that if it was cooperating that he'd be able to get a good idea... Well, SHE was cooperating! That's right... SHE! He said not to paint anything just yet, but to think pink :) And that he would confirm it 100% at the second part of the test on November 7. Here is the ultrasound picture from the NT Scan (she's upside down).
This week we went to our 13 week appointment with Dr. Godat. Everything went fine... even with the pity party I had :) I knew the day would come that seeing my baby every two weeks would stop, but I still wasn't ready for it! I went to this appointment thinking that I would get to see her one last time before having to wait a month until we go back to Dr. Weiss. However, since the results were great from Dr. Weiss, Dr. Godat decided not to do an ultrasound, but instead just listen for the heartbeat. While I LOVE hearing her heartbeat, I also LOVE seeing her move around on the screen. So I guess you could say that this appointment was a little bitter-sweet. While we were listening to the heartbeat she was moving all over the place! He had to keep readjusting so that we could hear it for longer than a couple of seconds at a time! With her being this active this early, she's destined to be a great athlete, right? :) I say soccer, dad says tennis!
We forgot to do a belly picture at week 12, so we took one at week 13 instead. As you can see, there's not much difference from week 10 to now... Even if our little one has graduated to the size of a lemon :) It's like my belly popped out early but then hasn't grown much since. Dr. Godat says that in about a month I should see a much bigger difference!
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