Bats hanging upside down

Everyday, every week, every minute in this journey is a constant changing process. I said last week that the nausea pills were helping quite a bit and doing their job, well I guess I spoke too soon.  The nauseous stomach has returned, but only in the evenings and nighttime.  The pills still help somewhat but they don't seem to curb it completely.  I feel great in the morning and most of the day, but around 6 pm is when it seems to hit me and I just want to lay in bed. So, that is what I have been doing.  And I have to say so far that has been the worst of my "pregnancy side effects" besides just being exhausted.  I am hoping, like many people have told me, that this nauseous feeling will subside around week 12.  You better be right people or I'm coming after you!!!

Justin and I spent most of the week saying goodbye to his grandpa.  We had his wake on Wednesday and the funeral on Thursday.  It was a sad time, but a great celebration and remembrance of his life.  I am glad I knew him and will always remember him for the way he could make me laugh so hard my stomach would hurt from his blunt, no holding back thoughts and opinions.

And then finally it was Friday and again we were headed to our last ultrasound appointment at the fertility clinic.  I was very sad and trying to hold back tears at leaving this extended family we have grown to love.  Justin and I decided we wanted to get the doctor and Shawnee a gift for all they had done for us and I also got small gifts for the entire staff in the office.  When we arrived the doctor was running behind, so we waited quite awhile before it was our turn for the ultrasound room.  

When the doctor and Shawnee came in I told the doctor about how I had called to schedule an appointment with my current OBGYN and hadn't felt very confident with the responses and just the overall energy I was receiving from the staff.  I said they couldn't get me in until April 11th and he said well that means we get to see you again then one more time next week!!! Hurray!!! It seemed all 4 of us were not ready to say goodbye yet and wouldn't have to for one more week! I was very happy about that. 

The doctor then gave me a name of a high-risk doctor who specializes in multiple pregnancies and birth.  He said he would actually prefer me to see this doctor, but again, it would be nice if I at least went to one appointment with my old OBGYN on the 11th for the sake of good business referral practices.  I agreed and said I would like to compare the 2 doctors, so I would go to an appointment with both, but I said I am leaning on going with the new specialized doctor. I mean why not go with the best right? Why not go with the doctor who has the most experience with my situation?

Then we started the ultrasound and the doctor started with the ultrasound that goes on the outside, on the abdomen.  (For those who might be confused...up to this point I have only had vaginal internal ultrasounds).  He put the thing on my belly and said, you want to see them move and play with them right? I said of course, so he discontinued the abdomen one and started the process over with the internal ultrasound.  It is much clearer and you can see the movements of the babies more.  Right away you could see Baby A moving it's arms and legs without any poking or prodding from me.  It was very active and looking more human like.  Then we turned to Baby B, who as I have mentioned in the past is very chill and stubborn.  Well the good news is because it has grown and moved around and it is much easier to see and measure, but it is still very chill.  Both babies are measuring exactly the same this week, 9 weeks 5 days by measurements (about 1 inch in length) and both heartbeats were in the 170-180bpm range.  I tried to poke Baby B to get some movement and the doctor laughed and said stop it, it's sleeping!  

He then zoomed out to try and get a good picture of both babies in the same frame and he was able to get a good picture and noticed that both babies were in the exact same position, hanging upside down sleeping like 2 bats hanging from the top of a cave.  It was so funny and weird looking.  So now I have gummy bear looking things growing inside me who hang upside down and sleep like bats. Weird!

When the ultrasound was over we gave the gifts to the doctor and Shawnee and they loved them!  I got the doctor this hand-made glass hanging globe that looks like their is a colorful glass tree growing inside.  It is called the Tree of Life.  I thought it was only appropriate since he helped create our little lives. He loved it and teared up and gave us both hugs.  Then Shawnee opened her gift and because she is a HUGE sports person we got her a signed Stan Musial baseball in a case.  She was so excited she started tearing up and gave us hugs as well.  It was a great feeling knowing we could make them feel just a little of the happiness that we were feeling from the gifts they have given us.  I also got these little inspirational love stones to give to all the girls in the office staff and told them how much we love all of them.  Thinking this was going to be our last appointment I thought I would be a crying mess, but because we we given one more appointment I was able to keep composed.  

We left the appointment and I immediately called the new referral doctor and scheduled an appointment.  We will see him on Thursday April 19th and decide on which doctor we will choose after that appointment.  

My mom is coming in town Monday for a week long visit while Justin is on a golf trip next week.  I am excited to have her here, and very excited that she will get to go to my final ultrasound appointment with me next Thursday.  (She also gets to do my injections all week next week, which I am sure she is very excited about! Ummm, not.). I am sure there will be stories to tell next week! As of right now I have 15 injections left, YAY!!!


Oh, and I have to mention one other thing!  Now that we are pregnant with twins, we have noticed that pregnant women aren't stalking me anymore, it is TWINS!!  (And by stalking I mean everywhere I went for the last 3 years there was a pregnant woman there!)  EVERYWHERE we look now it's twins!  On Tuesday at the hockey game in our box.  On Wednesday, Justin's family member was telling me how she had twins.  And then today (Saturday) a couple with twin boys sat right next to us at lunch, then 2 twin teenage girls walked in the door at the restaurant 5 minutes later.  And tonight I drove Justin to the game and his customer who drove down to the game with us had twins!  Ok, crazy right?!
I will post my 10 week belly picture Sunday, but for now the ultrasound of my hanging bats from yesterday is below. Enjoy!

Jenny & Justin +2 (+3 furry)

Injections:  170

Gummy Bears

This week has been great compared to last week.  The nausea pills (Zofram) are keeping me sane and keeping the nausea at bay for the most part.  I still get an upset stomach every once in awhile.  I tried to stay busy all week which included organizing numerous drawers, closets, and cabinets around the house.  I also had lunches with girlfriends, and a girls dinner.

I also got to have a short visit with my dad and step-mom on Wednesday when they were driving through town, which was nice.  We also celebrated Annie's 10th birthday on Saturday with iced doggie bones for all 3 furry babies.

We went in on Friday for our 2nd to last ultrasound with the fertility clinic.   I know our time with the clinic is coming to the end and I am struggling with moving forward to another doctor.  We have become so close to the doctor and staff.  I know next week a lot of tears will be shed.

So we began like usual and started the ultrasound just looking at the babies.  They look so much bigger each week! This week especially they actually looked kinda human, but more like gummy bears which was really funny and cool.  The doctor measured Baby A and said it was right on target with being about 8 weeks 5 days pregnant.  He then measured the heartbeat and it was 180bpm.  Next up, the stubborn Baby B.  Once again this one makes everything difficult.  Measuring is hard because it is faced the opposite direction which also makes measuring a heartbeat hard.  Finally we got it and Baby B is measuring a couple days behind Baby A which is normal, and it's heartbeat was around 177-180bpm.

The doctor then went back to looking at Baby A and we started trying to see if we could see it move.  I would poke on the outside of my stomach and you could see my poking moving the gummy bear baby and then the baby would respond and wiggle and it's little nubbin arms would flap.  Ha! Sorry, that's the best way I can describe it so you can visualize it.  It was so cool to watch!  The doctor said the pregnancy looks perfect so far and that he has not been happier about a patients outcome in a long time.  That was music to my ears.  Thank goodness for that perfect uterus of mine, he he!

When we were done the doctor told us how he was going to apply for a grant to see if he could get some of the drug companies on board to study what he did with us on other low responder, low egg reserve, low AMH patients.  He was very excited and said he already had several new patients in mind for the study.

Justin and I both again expressed how sad we were knowing that next week would be our last appointment.  Both the doctor and Shawnee said they felt the same.  I also found out that in about 10 days I will start tapering off of the steroid predisone that I have been taking as well as the progesterone daily injection.  I will gradually take smaller and smaller doses until I reach 12 weeks of pregnancy, which I think I said was April 15th.  So after that date I will be off all meds and only be taking vitamins, folic acid and baby aspirin.  Pretty much what a normal pregnant person would be taking!  Yay! I'll be normal!  22 more days!

On a sad note.....Justin's grandpa passed away this morning (Sunday).  He had been sick for a couple weeks.  We are very sad to see him go, but we are glad he is at peace, and encouraged by the fact that he was SO excited to find out that we were pregnant several weeks ago.  I think knowing we overcame our struggle gave him some peace.  And we will make sure that our babies know all of our grandparents and the great people they are and were.

Below are the ultrasound pictures from Friday.  Both babies will not fit in one picture anymore, so you get 2 pictures.

This is Baby A above.  See the little nubbins for arms? So cute!

This is Baby B the one that likes to hide and be stubborn.

Today I begin 9 weeks of pregnancy.  Here is the belly picture from today:


How far along?  9 weeks today!!
Total weight gain/loss: Havent asked yet.  Guess I'll start asking soon.
Maternity clothes?  Bought some tank tops and a belly band, but they are too big to wear yet.
Stretch marks? Nope, still using the cream religiously twice a day.
Sleep:  Same as last week. Hard to fall asleep, but sleep well once I do.  Crazy dreams!!
Best moment this week:  Seeing Gummy bear baby A move
Have you told family and friends:  Not worldwide yet....3 more weeks!!
Miss Anything? My energy level
Movement:   Not yet
Food cravings?  Nachos, French toast
Anything making you queasy or sick:  pizza, broccoli
Have you started to show yet: judge for yourself above
Gender prediction:  still not going there
Labor Signs:   Heck no
Belly Button in or out?  In
Wedding rings on or off?  On
Happy or Moody most of the time:   I have snapped at Justin a couple times about really stupid things, other than that I am very happy.  I think I got all the nasty hormone emotions out during the initial stimulating injection hormones.
Weekly Wisdom:   I am so glad we told friends and family early so that all of you could follow in the happy, sad, scary and exciting moments of our journey.  I am especially glad Justin's grandpa was here to be a part of our joy.  So I guess the wisdom for the week is, "don't wait!!"
Looking forward to:  Every stinking moment!



Until next week!
Jenny & Justin +2 (+3 furry)
Injections: 164

Week 8- Drunkin Nachos

I never thought in a million years that eating nachos would make me drunk.  Ok, let me explain.

Yesterday, Sunday (March 18th) we decided to meet Justin's family for lunch and I had been craving nachos, and I love the nachos at Bar Louie, so we headed there.  I was so excited because I was hungry and not nauseous (thank you little dissolving pills) and food actually sounded good for once.   So, I ordered my chicken nachos with extra chicken, and they could not bring them out fast enough!!  I dove into my huge plate of chicken nachos covered in black beans, nacho cheese, chicken, sour cream and guacamole.  OMG, so good!  I got about 10 nachos in, and I was stuffed!  I mean stuffed.  It's amazing how quickly I get full.  Everyone else was already finished eating way before me (I am a slow eater), and about 15 minutes later we left the restaurant.

And thank God I got in the car and sat down when I did because the drunkin nacho coma took over almost immediately.  I mean it is the craziest feeling ever!  I feel like I could pass out at any moment and I can't speak and Justin's words sounded mumbled.  Ha ha ha!!  He kept looking over at me and said I just had this glazed look on my face like I was going to pass out at any moment, like some sort of drunk 20-something chick at 2am!!!  I think I managed to say to him, "get me home I need a bed pronto!"  But honestly I can't really remember because the nachos had taken over my body.  I mean I have had a food coma after eating, but pregnancy food coma is a whole new ballgame.  It's almost like after I eat at a restaurant I need someone to carry me to the car and put me to bed immediately.  I have had it happen a couple other times in the last couple weeks, but the nachos were the worst food coma feeling so far.

Anyway here is my 8 week belly photo:

How far along?  8 weeks!  Babies are the size of kidney beans

Total weight gain/loss: Not sure, haven't asked and I always step on the scale backwards

Maternity clothes?  Nope, not yet

Stretch marks?  No, but I am using stretch mark cream morning and night to prevent those suckers from appearing.  Hope it works!

Sleep: Always exhausted.  Hard to fall asleep at night, best sleep is in the morning

Best moment this week: Just being pregnant.  I am very grateful

Have you told family and friends: Yes, friends and family know, still haven't publicly announced it to the world.  We will wait till we get to the end of the first trimester.

Miss Anything? Not really

Movement: No, not yet, but I can't wait

Food cravings?  Nachos, red popsicles

Anything making you queasy or sick: Mmmm, everything

Have you started to show yet: Well... you be the judge

Gender prediction: I don't want to jinx it, so I am not saying

Labor Signs: Ummm, heck no

Belly Button in or out? In

Wedding rings on or off? On

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy!  Only moody when my stomach is upset.  

Weekly Wisdom: Nachos will put you in a super food coma

Looking forward to: Our weekly ultrasound appt on Friday.  I love seeing them and their little heartbeats!  We only have this Friday and one more before we transfer to the OBGYN, and then we will only get ultrasounds every 2 weeks, :(

Ok, until Friday!  Hope everyone has a great week and look out for the drunkin nachos!

Jenny & Justin +2 (+3 furry) 

Each week is something new!

And I thought I was just going to sneak by with no pregnancy symptoms!  Ha!  Along with feeling like my abdomen is just angry, I started feeling kinda nauseous on Tuesday.  It continued into Tuesday evening and I had a very hard time sleeping on Tuesday night between my upset stomach and having to go to the bathroom about 5 times a night.  Wednesday morning I still felt sick and anything related to food just sounded gross.  I was forcing myself to eat things just to get something in my stomach, but man it was hard.  Wednesday night was no better and I was up most of the night.  Again, Thursday I felt sick most of the day.  So as you can imagine, I did next to nothing all week except lay around in my pajamas.  When my stomach hurts, I am down for the count.
I spoke to several friends who told me that they also had started to experience nausea around this 7 week mark.  Most said it continued through their first trimester.  Ugh, I don't know if I can handle 5 more weeks of this nausea stuff.  It just makes your mind, body and spirit feel weak.  And you know I am not one to sit around and do nothing.  I always have to be on the move, so to not do anything all week was killing me mentally.

We headed to the doctor yesterday (Friday 16th) for our weekly ultrasound appt.  I was feeling really crappy again all morning and as we drove to the appt I tried to force down some saltines and ginger snaps.  When we arrived the receptionist asked how I was feeling and I said horrible and she said, "Great!".  Because you know they want you to feel bad because they say it's a good sign of pregnancy.  Ugh, whatever!

We got into the room and waited for the doctor and he poked his head in and asked if it was ok for a medical student to be in the room for the ultrasound.  I said well at this point so many people have seen "IT" why not one more, right!?  We all got a laugh out of that.
He started the ultrasound and the first thing we noticed is how big the 2 babies are getting in comparison to the screen.  The doctor said in probably 2 more weeks they both won't fit in one frame together.  He said they both look great in size and both measured within a day or 2 of each other as far as growth.  Baby A again was much more cooperative and easy to measure and get a heartbeat on.  The heartrate this week for Baby A was 165bpm.  Baby B was much harder, but after some maneuvering we were able to figure out it was about 160bpm.  He said both heartbeats look great and strong.  He said the 3rd mass fluid/bloodclot/mystery thing is still there but seems to be disseminating and getting smaller over time.  He didn't seem to be worried about it.

He asked me how I was feeling and I said awful.  And he just casually says, that's great, but I'll have shawnee call you in a prescription for some anti-nausea tablets.  UMMM, what??  They have something that can make me feel not so awful??  I had no idea!!  He said of course.  He said he gives it to most of his patients who have nausea and it works great and isn't harmful to the babies. Wow, if I had known this I would have called Tuesday when the nausea started.  Anyway, I ran straight to the pharmacy on the way home and popped 2 of those little magic dissolvable pills on my tongue and it was instant relief.  ahhh, so nice!

We then talked to the doctor again about transferring to my OBGYN.  And I asked some questions about being high risk, getting extra attention, and if I would be going in more frequently for check-ups than someone with just one baby, or someone who hadn't gone through IVF.  The doctor said yes, I am high-risk, and yes I should be getting extra attention, and yes I should be going in every 2 weeks as opposed to once a month like normal patients.  He said when I transferred back to my OBGYN, I should make sure that she is going to provide that level of care, and if I didn't feel that she was, then it is my right to choose someone else and he would recommend that person.  That made me feel good.  We have just been so spoiled at the fertility clinic, I just want to make sure that continues when we transfer.


So I think that is all for this weeks news.  But I wanted to get you all up to speed with our weekly ultrasound pictures I have been talking about and also our weekly belly pictures we started a week ago at the beginning of week 6.  I would have updated these earlier, but honestly I just figured out how to post pictures on this blog.  So I will post each weeks ultrasound photo up until yesterdays, and then our week 6 and week 7 belly photos.  I am going to try and post a belly picture every week starting on Sundays and then our weekly or bi-weekly ultrasound photos as well.  This will just be the one catch-up blog.

So here goes:

My strange looking craft project of pregnancy tests.

Our 2 embryos just hanging out before the transfer.

Here is the picture of the 2 embryos after transfer, inside my uterus.  Pretty freaking cool, huh!?
The little white area inside the heart.

Our first ultrasound photo.  This would be around 5 1/2 weeks along.  You can see it is obviously twins, but notice the 3rd blob on the right.  They disregarded me at this appointment when I mentioned it.

This is 6 weeks along.  Anything you might think is the beginning of a pregnancy belly is not.    It is from the steroids, swollen from injections, and pizza.

Our 2nd ultrasound.  Remember this appointment was not planned, because I had to go in unexpectedly that Monday.   See the owl face.  I mean to me that looks like triplets.  Now you know why I was freaking out!!!

Here is our 3rd ultrasound visit on March 9th.  As you can see the 3rd blob has disappeared, which made me take a big deep breath!  Baby A is on the left and Baby B is on the right.  Baby B is hidden behind the circular yolk sac which is why it is harder to see.

This is the start of 7 weeks.  Ok, yea maybe it is starting to stick out a little bit.  Could be more than just pizza in there!!  Actually pizza is on my gross list right now.  And cheese!  Yuck!  Didn't think those words would ever come out of my mouth.

Our most recent ultrasound at 7.5 weeks.  The images didn't seem as clear this week, but the doctor said that is because everything is getting so big in there.

Ok, so that gets you up to date with everything.  I also found a cute little questionnaire to fill out every week with my weekly belly photo, so I'll start including that in the 8 week shot.  It asks things like food aversions, cravings, etc.
Whew, I am exhausted.  I think it is nap time.  Oh yea did I forget to mention, I am exhausted constantly??  I think I sleep more than I am awake these days.  So if you call me or text me and it takes me several hours or days to get back to you, it's not because I am ignoring you, I am probably just sleeping.

Jenny & Justin +2 (+3 furry)
Injections: 156

Relax and enjoy the ride

Well it has been a very interesting week since I last blogged a week ago Friday.  Last Saturday afternoon and Sunday evening I started having some spotting that was freaking me out (sorry if that is TMI).  I called Shawnee the nurse on Sunday evening and she said she wanted me to come in first thing Monday (March 5th) just to get checked out and make sure everything was ok.  

I went in Monday at 945am and I must have looked like a wreck because everyone said I looked tired and stressed.  Gee, thanks! Isn't that just another way of saying I look like crap? I knew I did because I had barely any makeup on, but I didn't care.  I was too worried about making sure everything was ok.  

Justin couldn't come with me so I was by myself on this occasion, and as soon as the doctor walked into the ultrasound room I lost it.  He came over and hugged me for like 2 minutes and said I am sure everything is fine.  Ok, now I'm glad I hadn't put on any makeup cause it would have been streaming down my face.  Shawnee came in and gave me a big hug as well and told me I needed to just relax.

The doctor started the ultrasound and he said, "See look, here are the 2 sacs and they both look great.  So does that make you feel better? Will you stop crying now?"  My tears stopped as I looked at the screen and saw that they were both still in there.  And the next thing out of the doctors mouth was, well now what the hell is that?  I looked over at the screen and saw not only 2 sacs, but a 3rd sac directly in the middle of the other 2.  Ummmmmm, what is that I asked? Well he said, it could be a couple different things.  It could be a 3rd baby.  Ummm, ok I am freaking out!  It could be viable or non-viable, and we won't know till your next ultrasound on Friday. Or it could be a blood clot or a fluid build-up that will just disseminate on its own over time.  My mind was racing! A third baby??? Triplets??  I can't even wrap my mind around that.  

The doctor decided he would try and see if there were heartbeats in the 2 sacs, and there were!!  It was so cool to see the flicker on the screen and then the ultrasound machine measures each one to make sure they are beating at the right speed.  Baby A had a heartbeat of 115bpm, and Baby B 113bpm.  Very cool!  I wish Justin was here! 

The doctor said we would investigate and know more about the mystery sac during our next appt Friday the 9th, but in the meantime I was to be on bed rest for the week.  He said even though spotting is normal with many women during pregnancy, and especially women carrying twins, he wasn't taking any chances and wanted me to just chill.  He said stress can make symptoms worse, so I needed to watch funny movies and not stress.  I said I would try, but now that you have thrown this 3rd baby thing into the mix it's a little hard to calm your mind.

So that is what I did Monday-Friday this past week, chill.  Watched lots of movies, read every gossip magazine I could get my hands on and played on my iPad.  I have to say it was nice, but towards the end I was starting to go a little crazy.  And the thought of a possible 3rd baby was still weighing heavily on my mind.

That brings me to yesterday, (Friday the 9th) our scheduled weekly ultrasound appt.  Justin came with me to this one and I was so excited and nervous.  Excited to see the progress of the 2 babies and for Justin to see the heartbeats, but also nervous about the mystery blob.  I was still panicking about the thought of having triplets!  Ahhhhhhh! 

The doctor started the ultrasound by saying that the 2 babies look great!  He looked around at them for awhile and then started investigating the 3rd blob.  (sorry, but I don't know what else to call it).  At first he seemed to think it was a split from one of the 2 embryos, but that it was not viable.  He said one day we could tell the twins that one of them almost had an identical twin.  But then after another 2 minutes of investigating and poking at the blob, he says, ok wait I take it back.  I don't think it is a split.  I think it is fluid or a blood clot, so ignore what I said before.  Ha! We all kinda started laughing, and I took a deep breath, knowing that there are only 2 babies in there eases the stress.  

The doctor then went to look for the heartbeats.  Baby A was very easy to find and had a strong heartbeat of 125bpm.  Baby B is stubborn.  It doesn't want to be seen and made it much harder for the doctor to find and measure the heartbeat.  After what seemed like forever he finally was able to get a reading of 120bpm, which is still in the normal range and strong.  It is so cool to see the little flickering on the screen!  Technology is amazing!  Justin and i were just holding hands and so in awww of what we were seeing.  Then he measured Baby A and tried to measure Baby B, but Baby B wasn't having it.  (Justin and everyone there says Baby A has Justin's personality and since I am stubborn, Baby B is me).  Very funny!  Anyway, he was only able to get a measurement on Baby A which he said is measuring exactly consistent with me being 6 weeks, 5 days as of that Friday.  So the doctor said my due date for a normal single birth would be October 29th, 2012.  But twins are usually 2 weeks early, so count back 14days and my due date would be October 15, 2012.  He said sometimes they can come as early as 36 weeks, so in that case it would be around October 1, 2012.  So let's just say I am due the month of October??? 

Needless to say, I am so excited we are having twins!! I am relieved it isn't triplets.  Has it sunk in yet, that we are having 2 babies at once?? Absolutely not.  I do feel much less stressed now that we have seen the babies twice now with strong heartbeats both times.  We will stay with the clinic for 3 more Friday ultrasounds, and then be transferred to my Obgyn at 10 weeks.  The only bit of bad news is I have to continue the daily progesterone injections until I am 12 weeks along.  Which means April 15th will be my last injection.  Don't think I am not counting down! That day cannot come soon enough.

As far as symptoms go, I am feeling pretty lucky so far.  The doctor said most times people with multiples have double the symptoms of single pregnancies.  I haven't had that.  I have had an upset stomach here and there and an aversion to certain foods and smells, but I certainly wouldn't consider it nausea, or at least what I consider nausea.  The worst thing I am feeling is just a constant ache in my lower abdomen.  The doctor says its just everything stretching out and is totally normal.  I hope I can get through this first trimester without any major symptoms.  That would be a nice reward for all I have been though. (I am knocking on wood as I type that.)

The doctor said I am off bed rest as of yesterday, but I still need to take it easy and just stay mellow.  I can go on walks and resume my normal daily things, but nothing strenuous or stressful.  I think I can totally handle that.  

Tomorrow I will be 7 weeks pregnant, so I will have 5 more weeks to get to my safety zone and till I have no more injections.  Yay! I am hoping it is an easy 5 weeks (knocking on wood again).  

Justin and I are just so excited and can't believe we have made it to this point.  It seems surreal.  Until next Friday!

Jenny & Justin +2 (plus 3 furry kids) wow, that's going to be a houseful
Injections 149

It seems many of you are as excited as we are!

It is so heartwarming and funny that I have gotten a ton of text messages this morning starting at 830am from friends and family asking if today was the ultrasound appt and if so what time and do we know anything yet. You people are more impatient than me! Ha ha!

Anyway here is what you and I and we and everyone has been waiting for.

We are having twins!!!!!! Yes, that's right we went in and saw 2 black circle blob things on the screen. We are beyond excited! And in shock again for the 4th time in a matter of 2 weeks. Crazy!!

The doctor said he saw 2 yolk sacs which is good, but no visible heartbeats yet which is normal. We will go back next Friday for another ultrasound and hopefully be able to see heartbeats then. He said we will assume, give or take a day or 2, that conception took place on the egg retrieval day which was Sunday February 5th so that makes me 5 weeks 5 days pregnant.

So because I am always cautious in this process, I have to tell you that since this is still very early we must proceed with caution. The doctor said there is a 20% chance of something happening to one of the embryos until we see heartbeats. So I must remain calm, de-stressed and positive in the meantime. We ask for lots and lots of good thoughts for more good news and positive forward progression.

I hope at some point I can stop being anxious about the next appointment, but I don't know if that will happen.

For now we are just sooooo excited about our double good news!!

I will continue on all my meds and the daily progesterone shots until further notice. The doctor has also up'd my folic acid intake because he says twins need a lot of it. Yay, more pills! Hey at least it's not more needles right!?

As far as symptoms go I really don't have anything. No nausea or anything. The doctor said its either too early or I might be one of the lucky ones?? Who knows! I'll take it one day at a time and appreciate whatever comes my way.

I am so freaking excited!!!!

Jenny +2

Injections: 141
Blood draws: 18 Vials: 42