IVF Series: 16

So what now? You saw the good news that I am pregnant. Yay! Everything worked. Happy Ending. All done. Right? Wrong. I have been thinking about the future of this blogging and what I want to do. Obviously I will continue to write. I think that it’s important for people to continue to hear my story. Just because I get a “happy ending”..or do I, doesn’t mean it’s over. In fact, it is just another step. My upcoming series will be called “Life After IVF.” It will be about my pregnancy and the challenges I face with it. I know my feelings of infertility will creep in there because I am already seeing that this is going to require a “healing” process. Once I am off my meds and released to my original doctor, I will start my new series. And trust me, it won’t be boring. Today we had our very first ultrasound! It was a bittersweet moment. Because of Covid, Brock was unable to be there with me. Throughout all of my treatments through the years he has always waited in the waiting room. I have done countless ultrasounds and I wanted his first ultrasound to be one with a baby. It was heartbreaking that he couldn’t be there but I was able to get pictures. So he drove me to my appointment and waited in the car. The doctor said everything was looking amazing. They took some measurements and checked the heartbeat. Everything was great! For those of you wondering about twins, it was a possibility but they probably would have seen it in this ultrasound. So no twins, just one healthy baby; which is all we’ve ever wanted. I couldn’t believe that my name was on top of that ultrasound. I know it is such a small thing but every time someone would post a picture of an ultrasound I always looked and saw their name in the top corner. I told myself, maybe one day my name will be on one. The doctor told me that I am 6 weeks and 5 days! Due on April 29th!! It seems so crazy to think there is a date. And wow, that doesn’t seem all that far away either??? For about a week now I have been feeling different. People always say it’s a different feeling but obviously I never knew what that meant. For me, I have thrown up almost every day but it has been able to be well maintained. I constantly feel starving yet when I sit down to eat I can barely eat anything. I have had some cramping and can tell that my uterus is swollen. But all in all, I don’t even care! I told myself I would give an arm and a leg. I just feel so incredibly blessed to be able to have this wonderful gift given to us. We will do anything for this little new tenant and always will.

And for now,

Xoxo