From poppy seed to grape!

Here we grow! 

     We visited the doctor Thursday evening for a progress report and we are doing well!  We are exactly where we need to be for eight and a half weeks. We got an ultrasound picture that really looks like a blob.....but you can almost make out the head and body. That gummy bear was snuggled up in the top of my uterus, all comfy cozy. 

   I can't even justify with words how nervous I was for this appointment. This was the appointment with the last pregnancy (8 weeks) that we found out our hopes and dreams were no more. The anticipation was almost too much. Even in my head knowing that we had transferred a healthy, stable embryo- it was still hard on my heart. 
In the spirit of thinking positive, we went in ready for great news and great news is what we got! 
      So far, symptoms have stayed at a minimum.....I feel lucky that I haven't gotten sick at all! I will say, I feel nauseous just about every evening after 6:00pm. And I get SUPER tired. Like, "I don't even care if I've eaten because everything smells terrible and I have to find a place to crash." I felt like an olympic champion for making it up the stairs one late night (8:00!!). Poor Matt gets to hang out with me for a little while after work and then BAM, I'm in bed.  I wouldn't say I've been moody....except maybe that one day at basketball practice when a student was dribbling too hard- I mean, was she mad at the ball?!?!?!?!? 

     I am still taking progesterone injections every night. That is part of why I feel so mopey in the evening. The great news about shots is that I just ordered my LAST vial of progesterone (#7) and I only have to take injections until we get the "okay" at ten weeks. :) I will also stop taking the progesterone pills and low dose aspirin so my pill count will go from 11 to 9! This is a small change but I will appreciate it so much. The last few weeks, taking pills has turned into the worst part of my day. Although I am not getting sick, taking the medications may just get me there.
    I will be sad about leaving my doctor at ten weeks.... We will have graduated from the program but I will miss her dearly. She has been through all of this adventure along with us. She "puts them in but doesn't take them out." I will be switching to a regular OB-GYN in New Albany that won't know about our history at first-although I will gladly give her every single detail. A new doctor won't see me nearly as often...and I really enjoy these progress reports. But it is good news in the sense that this is not a high risk pregnancy- for that I am so thankful. 

    We have one more appointment with my specialist in two weeks! I am looking forward to seeing this little grape grow into a prune. When we get to week 12 and we have a baby the size of a lime,  we will also be looking into finding out the gender....! Stay tuned!