Ten weeks today!! Two more weeks to close the first trimester. Very excited. Have been going for blood tests once a week to monitor the placenta's pace of making hormones so I can get off the artificial ones. I've gone from an injection and three suppositories for progesterone, to only the injection! YEY! And went from 4 patches and one pill for estrogen, to only three patches! I can see I have a two time Iron Man in there.....very determined!
I feel great. Had nausea for a bit there but it's gone. I felt generally aweful every night and that went away the minute we started going on daily walks. My need to eat constantly has settled down, and with some discipline, so has the scale. Thank goodness. I have to laugh out loud when I read books that say that most women don't gain any weight in the first trimester. Hilarious. If you're throwing up every day, maybe.
Telling people has been really wonderful. I watch my friends, collegues and well known clients cry and hug me and jump up and down. I have not tired of that at all.
What I have tired of very quickly is the folks that don't get what the embryo genetic testing in Denver provided us with. Namely, peace of mind especially in the first trimester. And no matter how much I explain it, they are still holding their breath for the first three months, and one person even went as far as saying "don't get too excited". Heartbreaking really. We know the risks...if we're excited, especially after what we've been through, who are they to suggest otherwise. Not sure how to let that go.
Saw the baby again the other day on a practically hand held ultrasound at my OBGYN's. So wonderful and so surreal. I still can't get my head around a little one growing in there, especially with no belly yet, so seeing is definitely believing! it had little arms and legs and was boogying away. Like mommy....the dancer.
It's definitely the most surreal feeling to SEE them on the screen bouncing around and not be able to feel it yet.
ReplyDeleteWhat a downer that people aren't just being HAPPY for you instead of cautionary. You obviously know the risks and the sad stories, and you're sharing with them because you are ready to be JOYFUL. We are happy for you!!
I'm so glad everything's going well and you're feeling great. I can't believe you're almost into your second trimester - crazy! Seems like yesterday when I was sitting across from you in Starbucks meeting for the first time and you were filling me in on all things CCRM - wow! So thrilled for you!
ReplyDeleteI wish I had gone all the way to blast. I did the polar body and it leaves me guessing a little about the genetics. PB is good and it means I can relax a little more.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad your pregnancy is moving along. You really gave me some hope.
Yay for quickly approaching the second trimester!!! So glad you're feeling well and rejoicing despite what a few dumb people are saying.
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