overdue update

Ok so last Tuesday I had my U/S and it didn't go that great. I did get to see the tiny embryo and I was measuring 5 wks. My RE found a large amount of blood in my uterus and was very concerned. He told me to stay off my feet that week and put me on pelvic rest. I left the office crying because of how concerned he seemed and I was really worried we we're going to lose our little bean. I started spotting red on Thursday along with cramps and back pain, brown on Friday, brown on Saturday, red on Sunday, brown on Monday..then finally Tuesday it was barely anything. All last week I spent lying down and drinking plenty of fluids. It got to the point where my body was becoming so lethargic I got these awful headaches from lying down all the time. DH was out of town so I ordered 40 wings from the pizzeria so I didn't have to cook all week. :) Yeah I don't see myself eating wings for a VERY long time. I'm all winged out. So this Tuesday I go back and the whole time driving DH is saying "I'm not going to lie, with all your spotting, cramping and back pain, I'm just going to expect the worst and I want you to do the same." I told him I was but if we are losing this baby I'm still going to cry out of disappointment and frustration! We go into the RE's office, and we're praying before he comes in that everything is fine and to please let there still be a baby. The RE does the ultrasound and I can tell the embryo looks bigger from last week so that had to be a good sign! Then the RE asked "Can you see the heartbeat?" and me and DH both screamed "WHAT!!?? WHERE!!??" and we saw the tiny little flickering on the screen. We both started tearing up. We never got to see a heartbeat last pregnancy and after 2 1/2 years of trying it was just such a miracle to be able to experience that. We then heard the heartbeat and I asked "Is that mine or the babies!!??" and he said "The babies, I don't think your bpm is 139. ha ha" and I just start BALLING on the table. lol. It was seriously the happiest moments of our life. Better than our wedding day. AND to top things off the bedrest must have done it's job because he moved the wand around and no more blood!! It was such a great day! heartbeat and no blood?? Thank you Jesus!! Here's a pic of the U/S. The bottom left shows the heartbeat. :) Our bean is tucked in the corner behind the yolk sac. I'm measuring 7 wks.

BETA #4!

20DPO today, Our beta's we're 1237 on Monday so I needed at least 2480 from today's blood work. Results are in and they're at 2500! WOO HOO! That's way higher then my last pregnancy got to! While I had the RE's assistant on the phone I asked what date I am suppose to go by to determine my due date. She plugged in my IUI info and said I'm 4 wks 6 days and due 2/16/12! Which was kind of a relief because it makes more sense that I'm still not having a lot of symptoms since i'm so early still. I'm done getting my blood drawn every 2 days, so hooray for that! My arms are so bruised it's not even funny. Now that I've passed the RE's minimum beta # requirement of 1500 I have my 1st appointment to see him next Tuesday! I'm hoping to see the gestational sac on the ultra sound. Even though my #'s are where they should be, I'm still very cautious. I know anything can happen in these next weeks during the 1st trimester and it's a critical time. I'm just trying to rest and take it easy. Unfortunately my wrist is finally 80% better, so I can kiss DH doing the dishes every day, cleaning, taking care of the dogs and cooking 3 meals a day goodbye. lol. It was nice while it lasted. I bought my 1st pair of maternity shorts today. :) I was going to just buy a regular pair of shorts but didn't want to waste the money if I'm going to continue to grow, so I figured it would be smarter to just buy the comfy maternity ones. If I do end up miscarrying (knock on wood) I'll still use them. They're super cute Bermuda jean shorts! Love them! I don't plan on showing for another 2 months but in Florida it will be hot until November so these bad boys will be put to some good use! I'll continue to buy regular shirts that have some room until I really pop! Then I'll cave and buy maternity shirts. lol. I'll let you guys know how next Tuesday goes! hopefully I'll have my 1st ultrasound pic to show!! :)

BETA # 3!!

I'm 18DPO today and my betas went from 290 on 6/10 to 1237 today!! WOOT WOOT!! That's a nice jump so I'm praying my little muffin wants to stick! My BIL and SIL came over to bring me a present. :) It was a bag full of pregnant necessities. It had things for morning sickness, Belly laughs by Jenny McCarthy, tea, mouthwash, tissues, chap stick, cocoa butter, hard candies, a journal for all 3 trimesters. Very very thoughtful and sweet. Thanks Guys!! Also my very first FLUFF mail came in today! It's the fuzzibunz one size limited edition earth day cloth diaper. So cute! When My grovia cloth diapers come in I'll take a pic of the diapers and my bag of goodies. My wrist is still in pain and I don't want to deal with the camera today. hee hee. I have more blood work Wednesday and then my weekly RE appointments should start next week! Soo excited to see that little pea on the screen!

BETA #2 results!!

I got my blood work done yesterday morning and they called me last night and said my beta's went from 98 to 290!! woo hoo!! They almost tripled! We we're very happy and excited and are still praying they keep doubling because we know we're not in the clear just because we're pregnant. On the downside, on Saturday night I woke up in the middle of the night crying from pain in my wrist. Sunday we went to urgent care and found out it's a ganglion cyst. Since I already took the pregnancy tests and it said positive I turned down any type of pain meds and have just been sucking it up and crying it out ever since. Mike has been having to clean, cook and drive me everywhere this week. Which I told him was God's plan so I can take it easy during implantation. hee hee. Well I saw the Orthopedic surgeon yesterday and he said because I am pregnant there is NOTHING he can do without harming the baby. I have to continue to ice my hand and try to massage it and hope it goes down within 2 weeks. I can barely move my wrist so massaging it is the worst pain ever. So while it is very sucky to be going through pain, it is all worth it if it means keeping this baby safe. I will go through the next 9 months with this pain if needed. here is a picture of my hand.
LEFT HAND

RIGHT HAND with cyst. :(

losing weight?

So I didn't think there was a need to take a picture of my scale last week but it was at 176.something. Then when I got the BFP Monday I weighed myself and it was (sorry for dirty scale)

Today, 4 days later I weigh myself and it's (YAY I cleaned my scale)

That's 4 lbs in a week and I haven't even been able to lose that doing exercise. I'm eating 3 meals a day, veggies, whole wheat stuff and fruits. Not exercising at all and I don't get it. As much as I shouldn't be complaining it worries me more than anything. I can't wait for my betas tomorrow to see if they're at least doubling or not. I want to pull my hair out.

1st Beta results are in!

So I had my blood drawn this morning for my beta #'s and my progesterone level. I'm 13dpo and my beta results were 98. The RE said that's pretty low so we'll just hope they double on Friday. Thank GOD for TMP because I would've been freaking out with that # if it wasn't for them. A few of them had lower beta results at the same DPO and their pregnancy was or still is successful! That gives me hope. I haven't had any blood or horrible cramps so I'm praying with all of my heart that this little baby sticks. My progesterone level was at 34.1 and they like anything over 15 so she said that's awesome! I just need to take it easy and rest for now and try to not stress. I'll update you guys on Friday! Please keep your fingers crossed.
Update: One of the girls on TMP showed me this website. It says my numbers are at a range that can lead to a viable pregnancy. It was nice to see the statistics of it. http://www.betabase.info/showDailyData.php?type=basic&multiples=Single&dpo=13

Pregnant with caution

yup that's right! Finally got that gorgeous BFP!! I'm still on shock and am too scared to react. lol. I don't think I'll feel at ease until we see a heartbeat honestly. For those of you who have FB PLEASE don't write anything!! Not everyone knows about our blog nor about our TTC journey. We will not make that same mistake as to tell everyone and it result in a miscarriage so just you lucky one's who know about our blog get to know. :) So now we just wait and pray this little bean sticks!

To believe or not to believe...

So I tested this morning a little past midnight (10dpo) and got the faintest BFP. Here's the catch. I don't know if the pregnancy test strip I took showing the trigger shot was out at 7dpo was a bust, or if this is real. I peed on the same internet cheapie strip this morning that I peed the trigger shot out at 7dpo and it too had a second faint line. DH is being a realist and saying not to get my hopes up because it's so light. He's not even considering it to be real. He wants confirmed blood work. I don't know what to think. As hopeful as I was his 'realist point of view' definitely got a hold of me because I don't want to believe it now either, until it's confirmed with either a FRER on Tuesday (12dpo) or BW. I don't want to get excited over a false positive, but I'm definitely still praying my little heart out that it is positive. Please pray for us and if you're not religious, cross everything ya got! My temp went up this morning from 97.28 yesterday to 97.82 today. I didn't sleep well because I sprained my wrist so I'm not sure if that threw off my temp. This month marks 2 1/2 years TTC and I find it so hard to believe we are pregnant after our first IUI. The doctor said we had a 4%-10% chance. That's so small. Plus I have no symptoms accept acne which is the total opposite of my first pregnancy. I think I'll pee on a FRER tomorrow. That will be 11 dpo and 13 dp trigger. Sorry I'm rambling like a indecisive person who doesn't want to get their hopes up. lol

My EPT test from a little past midnight this morning. See that faint faint line making it a plus symbol??



I peed on a internet cheapie this morning at 6a.m and saw a faint line also.


Here is the 7dpo internet cheapie to compare.


This is driving me crazy! I just want my RE to call and send me in for BW already!!
I have NO symptoms whatsoever accept skin breakout. So that might also be why I'm in denial. My first pregnancy I had sore boobs, heightened smell, nausea, all the good stuff. lol.

orbit travel system

Does anyone know what this is? I'm in love...sigh...I hate liking expensive stuff sometimes!! I swear I wear the same old reusable "save the polar bears" tote every day along with my most comfy TOMS, jeans and a t-shirt. But occasionally that part of me I buried deep deep deep in the closet keeps popping up!! lol. Why can't I be practical and get a normal priced chico or graco stroller when I'm pregnant. No of course not. I have to want the $900 Orbit G2 travel system. It's pretty friggin awesome. If you don't know what it is, you tube it. The good thing about not even being pregnant at least is it gives me plenty of time to save! :)

ATTN: TRIGGER SHOT IS OUT!! come on BFP!!

Today I'm 7 dpiui (days past IUI) and 9 days past trigger shot. I couldn't take it any longer and wanted to pee on a stick! The trigger shot is out of my system already! Which I'm happy to know so if and when I get my BFP I'll know it's real and not leftover pregnancy hormones from the trigger shot. So now since I know it's out, I'm not going to test again until next Thursday which will be the official 2WW date. I was going to test on Tuesday but I hate early BFN's. So either AF will show her face or I'll get that beautiful BFP we've been dreaming of!! Praying it's the bfp option over AF! lol, obviously!