We had our check-up appointment today and it went as well as we could expect. The clot is much smaller now and less of a threat. The Dr says that it looks more 'organized', which I guess means less fluid, more clot and that is a good thing. Baby 'A' looks great and is right on track meaning that despite the worry of the clot he or she is getting lots of nutrients. The heartbeat is now at 169 BPM.
Baby 'B' actually also has a heartbeat now. However, 'B' is still way behind in growth, has only grown a little in the past week. Our Dr does not give much hope that that baby will ever catch up and expects that 'B' will not have a heartbeat by next week when we go back. It is disappointing to know that there is one in there that is struggling but we are relieved that Baby 'A' is continuing to grow stronger.
We are almost 8 weeks already but it is hard to let myself feel pregnant when I am still a little worried. We go back again next week for yet another sonogram and hopefully some more reassuring news.
Delanee's Birthday
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Friday, April 23, 2010
Hoping for a sibling for Lanee
Wait... what is this? I am posting to the blog? It has been over 16 months since I last posted but I have been inspired to start it up again for a few reasons.
Let's see last post says will her birthday be the 18th or 19th... well it is the 18th. Such a good little girl making it easy on Mommy, didn't even wait for the Dr to get into the delivery room. Lanee becomes funnier, smarter and even more fantastic everyday (yes even on her crabby days), which is why we decided she needs a sibling!
So in February we started our FET cycle only telling a few key people who we needed to watch Lanee. We thought it would be fun to be more like 'normal' people and be able to surprise people with the good news once we received it. On March 24th we transferred 2 of our 9 frozen embryos and the wait began. I had my first blood pregnancy test done on April the 2nd and got great news, we had an HCG level of 247. We went back 2 days later on Easter to find that it had gone up to 509, yeah! Rann wanted to wait longer to tell family but I convinced him otherwise, thankfully cause I have no idea how I would have held out.
It was Easter day so the perfect occasion to take pictures of Lanee with her Grandparents. I set them up for their photo and just before snapping the picture I said "OK Lanee, tell Gigi and Grandad that you are going to be a big sister!" We did the same with Nana and Grandpa later in the day and I ended up with some great photos of what our Mom's look like when they are shocked!
I had a ultrasound scheduled for Friday the 23rd but had some concerns that brought me in for the ultrasound on Wednesday the 21st. Our Dr has told us that there are 2 sacks in there but one of them is much smaller in development and therefor has only a small chance of catching up and developing at this point. The other is measuring at 6 weeks 5 days and has a wonderful heartbeat of 138 BPM. However that baby is in danger due to a subchorionic clot that could potentially separate it's sack from the wall. I was put on bed rest for at least a couple of days and was told to come back in a week for another ultrasound. I of course started researching and our chances are pretty good that things will be fine but we will just have to wait and see what happens. So here I am, bored with laying around, technically I can be up now but I will continue to take it easy until next Wednesday's ultrasound. Hoping for the best and will continue to update!
Let's see last post says will her birthday be the 18th or 19th... well it is the 18th. Such a good little girl making it easy on Mommy, didn't even wait for the Dr to get into the delivery room. Lanee becomes funnier, smarter and even more fantastic everyday (yes even on her crabby days), which is why we decided she needs a sibling!
So in February we started our FET cycle only telling a few key people who we needed to watch Lanee. We thought it would be fun to be more like 'normal' people and be able to surprise people with the good news once we received it. On March 24th we transferred 2 of our 9 frozen embryos and the wait began. I had my first blood pregnancy test done on April the 2nd and got great news, we had an HCG level of 247. We went back 2 days later on Easter to find that it had gone up to 509, yeah! Rann wanted to wait longer to tell family but I convinced him otherwise, thankfully cause I have no idea how I would have held out.
It was Easter day so the perfect occasion to take pictures of Lanee with her Grandparents. I set them up for their photo and just before snapping the picture I said "OK Lanee, tell Gigi and Grandad that you are going to be a big sister!" We did the same with Nana and Grandpa later in the day and I ended up with some great photos of what our Mom's look like when they are shocked!
I had a ultrasound scheduled for Friday the 23rd but had some concerns that brought me in for the ultrasound on Wednesday the 21st. Our Dr has told us that there are 2 sacks in there but one of them is much smaller in development and therefor has only a small chance of catching up and developing at this point. The other is measuring at 6 weeks 5 days and has a wonderful heartbeat of 138 BPM. However that baby is in danger due to a subchorionic clot that could potentially separate it's sack from the wall. I was put on bed rest for at least a couple of days and was told to come back in a week for another ultrasound. I of course started researching and our chances are pretty good that things will be fine but we will just have to wait and see what happens. So here I am, bored with laying around, technically I can be up now but I will continue to take it easy until next Wednesday's ultrasound. Hoping for the best and will continue to update!
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