Happy Mother's Day to Me!

Of course I am the mommy to 4 little angel babies, but I am also the mommy to a hopefully healthy little baby due around November 20th! We spilled the beans to our family and friends this weekend and I guess I will have to at work this week too. We couldn't be more excited, but continue praying each second that things continue to go smoothly.

So do you remember my 'negative' post on Thursday March 10? Maybe it was hormones, but it was not a good week and I was ready to take a pregnancy test so I could stop my progesterone that month and get my period on its way! So the next morn I took a pregnancy test and MUCH to my surprise it was a very dark positive. We kind of ignored it and didn't call the dr for a few days. I kept getting darker positives and so we called the dr and of course I got in trouble for not calling immediately. We were just taking things slow and not trying to get our hopes up. So we got bloodwork to check my hcg and at 13 days past ovulation my level was 300!! which is very high in general but much higher than previous pregnancy levels (which were always in the normal range). The following week at 20 days past ovulation my levels were 7576!! They highlighted the 7 week range and I was only in my 4th week. I was worried something was wrong with this high of numbers b/c it was off of any chart you can find. Even off a multiple pregnancy chart.

So we waited til we were 6 weeks and 3 days pregnant and had our first ultrasound. The baby measured at 6 weeks 5 days and had a heartrate of 133. Wow! Things are looking fantastic but still wanna be cautious. Next ultrasound at 7 weeks 6 days. Baby measured at 8 weeks 2 days and a heartrate of 178. Even better! and I am always okay with baby measuring ahead rather than behind. And you could see little leg and arm buds and a little movement. So this day we were released from our specialist. Although when they release you they give you a piece of paper that you have to send back at the end of your pregnancy. "What was the outcome of your pregnancy? Circle one: miscarriage, stillborn, live birth" I really wanted to burn that paper. Or maybe just go ahead and circle live birth and send it in already :) positive thoughts, right?

So we had our first appointment with our new ob at 9 weeks 1 day. (Yes I got weekly u/s initially. Lots of appointments!) Lots of questions, got to see baby again on a little portable u/s, bloodwork, and pee in a cup. Then I had 2 weeks without an appointment. Yikes! So this past friday at 11 weeks 3 days I had my NT scan which is where you talk with a genetic counselor and talk about chances of having a baby with another trisomy disorder, get bloodwork, and an u/s to measure the fold in the baby's neck. The scan looked great! Except baby was doing headstands and all curled up that they couldn't get a great measurement so we gotta watch baby for over an hour. The only bad part was I had to have a full bladder and someone pushing on your for that long gets uncomfortable! We will have to wait to get our combined results next week in the mail but I'm sure all will be great!

So please keep us in your prayers through this great journey. Here are a few pictures of bullet (thats what Tyson named him). And yes I will say him/her a lot b/c I don't like saying 'it' but we do not know the sex.

Hi, Everyone!

This one looks like he is sucking his thumb!