How far along? Eight weeks Weight gained/lost this week? (Total weight change) no change (-1 lb). Maternity clothes? Nope. And my sisters made the point this week that since I’ve been wearing pants that are much too big for me for months now, I may not need them for ages! Physical signs? Bbs are now a totally different [...]
Archive for September, 2010
Another weekly update
Posted in Pregnancy, Week-by-week on September 29, 2010 | 1 Comment »
A different sort of marathon
Posted in Pregnancy, Running, Symptoms, Ultrasounds on September 27, 2010 | 2 Comments »
We had another appointment at the clinic on the weekend. All was well- bub is now less blob-like and more peanut-shaped, measured 12.3 mm crown and rump and had a heart rate of 146 bpm. All of which added up to an estimated gestational age of 7w3d, which is exactly on target. My f/s said [...]
Miscellaneous musings
Posted in Medical issues, Medications, Pregnancy on September 24, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Today I am hive free, and almost entirely not itchy. Granted, I woke up at 4.30 a.m., but hey, at this point, I would take even more prednisone if it meant I could continue to wake up each morning without having to worry about which parts of my skin would erupt into red welts as [...]
The weekly update
Posted in Pregnancy, Week-by-week on September 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
How far along? Seven weeks Weight gained/lost this week? (Total weight change) +1 lb (-1 lb). Maternity clothes? Nope. My black dress pants feel just a tiny bit tight, but I think that could be from the Fragmin swelling. Physical signs? Bbs still look different, and I might have more visible veins (although it’s hard to see with [...]
Blogging APPT (after the positive pregnancy test)
Posted in Medical issues, Pregnancy, Soapbox on September 21, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Hive update: Benadryl was controlling them by yesterday evening, but I woke up this morning absolutely COVERED yet again, with the added bonus of having my eyes nearly swollen shut. I’ve made myself go to uni, as I feel fine, so it would be purely for vanity if I let myself stay home, but man [...]
Irony
Posted in Medical issues, Medications, Pregnancy on September 20, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Q. and I had a conversation this weekend where he said that maybe I would prove to be good at being pregnancy as a sort of karmic make up for the fact that I am so shitty at getting pregnant. The reason for this conversation was that I’m still not experiencing any really nasty symptoms- [...]
Ultrasound (6w2d)
Posted in Pregnancy, ttc on September 17, 2010 | 6 Comments »
35 months 1 HSG 1 Laparoscopy 4 IUIs + 1 cancelled cycle 1 IUI/IVF conversion 2 FETs 1 Long protocol IVF 69 dates with the dildo cam 79 blood draws 89 intramuscular injections in my ass 142 subcutaneous injections in my belly — Seeing one perfect embryo with a heartbeat measuring EXACTLY 6w2d at our [...]
Six weeks
Posted in Pregnancy, Week-by-week on September 15, 2010 | 3 Comments »
How far along? Six weeks today! Total weight gained/lost? (Total weight change) -2 lbs (-2 lbs). I guess all the little meals I was eating last week didn’t add up to enough calories, even with upping my milk intake and switching from 1% to 2%. So I’ll make a conscious effort to try to eat a bit more this week. [...]
Fear
Posted in Emotions, Pregnancy, Thyroid on September 13, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Here’s the thing. My beta levels were fine on Sunday (5359, and apparently it is perfectly normal to start taking longer to double once it gets over 1500). So fine, in fact, that the nurse said I could give my veins a rest, and I don’t have to go in again until the ultrasound on [...]
Lucky
Posted in Emotions, Friends, Pregnancy on September 9, 2010 | 7 Comments »
My sister and I were having tea today and she said exactly the same thing that I have been thinking for the last couple of days: “It must be such a nice feeling to be able to tell people something like this and have them react instantly with just overwhelming joy and excitement. You’re spreading [...]
