I'm Back!

It has been a while since I blogged. I was in a two week wait for the first ultrasound. I thought y'all might get tired of hearing dog stories while we were waiting, and I have been falling asleep around 8:30 everynight! Scary!

I think I will have to start blogging in the morning.

The first ultrasound went great! We saw the little flutter of the heartbeat, and it was only one heartbeat! So we have a singleton. I am really excited that we only have one! I don't know if my little Bolty Bolt could of handled two babies. He is a little spoiled!

At the Dr the other day, I was mentioning that I am already having to buy bigger clothes, and he said that is not suprising. With IVF patients their ovaries are already swollen from all the injections, well they continue to swell during the first part of the first trimester because of all the hormones. He informed us the more viable and healthy the pregnancy is the more the ovaries are swollen. We are in good shape there. I also asked about working out, he told me not until the end of the first trimester because how large my ovaries are. They could twist and turn in there, resulting in having to have surgery to have them turned back around. I think I will continue to lay low.

I have been sick every now and then! I think my poop patrol days for the dogs might be over! Yesterday I dry heaved as I was on patrol! However, Gary is out of town for the next week, I am going to have to find a clothespin or something to get the job done. Just another reason to move home!

We need prayer about that as well! There is a job opening in Texas and Gary really wants the job! I just pray that God's will is done. I do have one little thing to say about this. My nieces pray that we come home, our friends kids are praying that we come home. Soooo, maybe God could honor those prayers! It would be a huge faith builder for those little ones. Speaking of my nieces.

Gary and I called them on Friday to tell them they were going to have a cousin! Savannah was so excited, and Sicily well, I think she was a bit shocked! I asked her if whe wanted a boy or a girl, she promptly replied a boy! I was like great! That is exactly what Gary and I want! The next day my sister-in-law Rachelle texted me this message. "Sicily said she talked to God and you are having a boy!!! Leave it to her to ask God!

I love it, because Gary and I decided not to find out what we are having! So maybe now we have a little insight!

Continuing to pray for peace! I find myself letting my mind wonder sometimes! Thanks to everyone for the continued prayer and support!

Peace

Even though we have passed some major milestones, it is hard not to let my mind go in other directions....but I have to continue to pray for peace!
I totally trust Christ and all that He has done! I know this little peanut is going to continue to grow!
Gary is out of town for the next four days. Taking care of the dogs by myself. My little Bolty Bolt is just aweseom....but my Barklee loves the stinkin' trash....he is always in the trash. He makes me so mad!

I heard him and ran down the stairs to get him. I was a little winded. I was a little sad that I got that winded from running down the stairs. I used to be in great shape! Now I am just a mere shell of what I used to look like. Oh ya, I think I failed to mention why we had the infertility problems. I do not ovulate regularly. I was blessed with not a lot of body fat. Anytime I begin to work out, the body fat drops pretty quickly, therefore putting my body into amenoria. Playing sports my whole life I never had regular menstrual cycles, in fact I never really had any. The Dr.'s said it would behoove me not to work out anymore to see if things would regulate out. They finally did when we moved to the injections.and the told me to stop working out. I have gained nearly 20 pounds in the last year from not working out and the fertility drugs.
Well you gotta do what you gotta do, right!! I just know that after I push our little peanut/s out, I am going to get into shape again. For me, working out was such a release! I have missed that the last year with all the stress in my life.
I just thank the Lord that for all the He has done!

Woohoooooo!

So as of right now...I forget that there is a two hour time change and most of my friends and family are in Texas...
When I do blog it is like 8:30 here and 10:30 at home.

Oh ya the results....My HCG was 240 today! We almost tripled from Friday. Which is great. We are having a great start to this pregnancy. I have no more blood test we just let nature take its course now. We have our first ultrasound on April 30th. My doctor said we should see a heartbeat and see how many gestational sacs there are.
I looked at this beta page today which is HCG. Gary and I were playing around with the numbers. My HCG right now is higher than a median single pregnancy and a little lower than a twin pregnancy. However my HCG rose 2.71% points, if it continues to rise like this by the 24th day we would be at 12,900 HCG's, which go ahead and hold your breath would be the HCG of a women carrying triplets. AHHHHHHH.....I know I am a bit competitive. Three of my friends have recently had twins. I just might have to one up them. HEEHEEHEE.
Oh ya I meant to mention this yesterday and I forgot. I am not sure how though~
Gary and I have a good friend who is an OBGYN. We called him and told him our numbers on Friday. He sounded concerned with our numbers. I don't think he quite understoond that our numbers were 14 days post egg retrieval, but whatever. I went to bed pretty worried on Saturday. Gary and I got up and were running some errands. One of our errands was to go to Costco. Gary ran around Costco wanting to show me all this stuff. I was getting a little annoyed. As we were standing in line, Gary croaks," I sure wish we could talk to Dr. Abusief." I knew then that she had to be around. I turn and there is our fertility doc. She was so happy to see us. Did I mention that my two fertility doc's are on maternal leave!!!!!! Anyway, she reassured me that 88 was a phenomenal number this early! What a God thing that we saw her! I was worried about the number until I saw her!
Now, I am really feeling relaxed. I certainly know we are not out of the woods, but we are off to a great start! Thank you Jesus for all that you have done!