1st Baby Belly Pic

I've been a little hesitant to post a belly shot just yet - I did it so much earlier with our last pregnancy! But here is one that my son took today while we were sitting on a bench....yep, had to go buy maternity shorts today :) Now I can sit & not have to unbutton my pants!!!

Quick Update

Everything is going as it should around here - I'm weaning off of estrogen and my numbers are rising, which means that I'm producing it on my own now :) Yippee!!! Now if I could just be done with the PIO shots, I'd be a really happy camper *sigh*.

Ultrasound is still scheduled for next Weds and I'm anxiously waiting to see Baby B's heartbeat again :) At that u/s, if all is well, we will have surpassed the point of the last pregnancy's miscarriage and I will finally be able to take a little breath. Until then, I'm holding it and praying!

Ultrasound!

Today was our first scheduled u/s and we are considered to be 7w2d at this point. And to my relief (and yes, tears) we saw a beautiful little heartbeat. The baby measured 7w0d and the heart rate was 134 - perfect for this stage! The RE said everything looked OK, but she said she would watching the yolk sac, as it measured "on the large side of normal". When the IF asked her why this would be of concern, she explained that generally an enlarged yolk sac indicates chromosomal abnormalities and could point toward miscarriage. *sigh* So, while we got to take a quick breath and a sigh of relief, we are back to holding our breaths and waiting another dreaded 2 weeks for our next u/s to see if this little one will continue to grow strong while the yolk sac shrinks!

Thank you all for your encouraging words and prayers...please keep 'em coming! This roller coaster ride isn't over yet!!!

Another beta....

...yes, ANOTHER beta :) We have postponed the ultrasound that was originally scheduled for today because of a schedule conflict for my IP's. In lieu of having a confirmation u/s today tho, they agreed to allow me to do another beta so that I could try to put my mind at ease a bit while waiting.

Drum-roll please....

Today's beta was 5021 :) We were hoping to see at least 4080 (based on the last beta doubling appropriately). So we surpassed what we were hoping for!

God is so very good!!! Based on the numbers, it appears we have a healthy, viable pregnancy :) Now we just need to get to 7w2d and that darn u/s so that we can see a beautiful heartbeat!!!

Finally!

This morning was our 4th beta and the hope was that it would be around the 150 mark. It took the office 4 hours to call us with my results - I was a basket case by that point!! But we finally got the good news we were praying for - the beta more than doubled and was 170!!! Praise the Lord!!!

So now we are in the "wait" stage 2 - waiting for ultrasound, scheduled for Mon the 23rd. I will be 6w1d at that point, so we are praying that we not only see a sweet little pea in my pod, but a strong heartbeat to go with it.

Thank you all for your kind words and prayers!! Keep 'em coming :)

3rd Beta...

....is 79! We are heading in the right direction!!! Going back bright & early on Saturday for another blood draw. If we hit around 150, they will schedule ultrasound :) Guessing it will be around 5/23 as we will be 6w1d at that stage.

Thank you all for the emails & prayers! Keep 'em coming...this is a roller coaster ride I wasn't anticipating....

2nd Beta Results

Short & sweet...the beta went up! We are now at 44.6 - not quite double, but still up from 2 days ago. This sweet little pumpkin is doing its best to hold-on and stick around! We have another beta scheduled for Thursday :) Please pray that number continues to rise!