We are really struggling with a girl name this time. Boy name is chosen: Anderson Clark.
Girl names we both like:
Adele
Eliza
Hazel
Some others I like:
Helen
Vivian
Juliet
Marian
Willa
Miriam
Naomi
Sunday, October 13, 2013
Thursday, August 8, 2013
14 Weeks
Well, so much for keeping a detailed journal of this pregnancy!
I was released from care at the Institute for Reproductive Technology right before ten weeks. While under care I had bloodwork done every week; an ultrasound at five, seven, and nine weeks; and visits with the pregnancy nurse after each ultrasound. At my last appointment she told me that I had been one of her favorite patients because I was so easy! I imagine that most of the patients are women dealing with true infertility, so it must be stressful, because although by the time they are seeing her they are pregnant, she's supposed to do her best to make sure they stay that way. She put me on 400 mg progesterone suppositories 2x/day, and 200 mg oral progesterone 1x/day, and at my last appt. gave me a weaning schedule which I haven't followed exactly -- I was supposed to do a week of cutting the morning suppository in half, but the first time I tried to it was a dismal failure, so I just continued with 2x/day for that week then went to 1x/day. I'm almost done with the suppositories (HALLELUJAH) and then will have another week of the oral (I think.)
At eleven weeks I had my first appointment with Dr. Siefring. Eric got off work early and met me there. My appt. time was 12:45. We arrived at 12:30. At 2:00 they finally called us back to a room. I walked out of the office after 3:00. *sigh* apparently nothing has changed. At least for the hour that we were in a room someone was with us most of the time, whether the assistant or the doctor himself. When Dr. S walked in and recognized me he asked, "Are you with child?" Eric started laughing and Dr. S said, "That's the only time I see her!" Which is mostly true. He spent a lot of time trying to figure out my actual due date -- since the other office HAD to go by my LMP giving me a due date of Feb. 1, but I know I ovulated on May 15 giving me a due date of Feb. 5, there is a four day difference. So, because four days is just too much of a difference, he finally said that we'll schedule a dating ultrasound. Not to complain about an ultrasound, but seriously, four days? Yeesh.
Evelyn is still at the office which is great, I really like her. (In fact, Evelyn is on my list of girl names but I don't think Eric likes it.)
I had to have a pap smear which was my third in ten months! I think I'm good for the next three years at least.
He let Eric use the doppler to find the heartbeat. It took a few tries but we finally did hear it. It's always relieving to hear it at those early appointments.
I've felt really well overall this whole time. Morning sickness was very minimal, and I haven't noticed any nausea at all over the last couple of weeks so I think I'm past that. It took a while for my breasts to become tender which was a little worrisome at first, but they finally started filling out and getting sore. I still have days of being really tired -- we had a week of company followed immediately by a week of vacation Bible school which wiped me out. Yesterday I laid down for what was supposed to be a thirty-minute rest, and ended up passing out for an hour and a half!
I had the bloated/thick look for weeks. That kinda sucked since I felt like I just looked fat. However, since it was high I've been able to wear regular clothes. I'm definitely popping out more now, though, and I feel like I finally look actually pregnant. Just in the past couple of weeks have I noticed that skirts are getting snug in the waist. I have several casual summery dresses which have worked out pretty well. There are a couple that look silly now because of where the waistband hits, but the rest I should be able to wear for the rest of the summer. However, I'm starting to grow out of Sunday-church-appropriate attire. I searched through Target clearance last weekend and found a couple of maternity dresses, the first maternity I've worn so far. One cost more than I really cared to pay, but Eric talked me into it and I'm glad he did. It's super-comfy and I got a lot of compliments!
Lastly, I'm starting to feel some movement. It's hard to distinguish, but I'll occasionally feel 3 or 4 thumps or bumps in the same place. This is definitely the earliest I've felt movement! I love it, it's my favorite part of being pregnant!
I was released from care at the Institute for Reproductive Technology right before ten weeks. While under care I had bloodwork done every week; an ultrasound at five, seven, and nine weeks; and visits with the pregnancy nurse after each ultrasound. At my last appointment she told me that I had been one of her favorite patients because I was so easy! I imagine that most of the patients are women dealing with true infertility, so it must be stressful, because although by the time they are seeing her they are pregnant, she's supposed to do her best to make sure they stay that way. She put me on 400 mg progesterone suppositories 2x/day, and 200 mg oral progesterone 1x/day, and at my last appt. gave me a weaning schedule which I haven't followed exactly -- I was supposed to do a week of cutting the morning suppository in half, but the first time I tried to it was a dismal failure, so I just continued with 2x/day for that week then went to 1x/day. I'm almost done with the suppositories (HALLELUJAH) and then will have another week of the oral (I think.)
At eleven weeks I had my first appointment with Dr. Siefring. Eric got off work early and met me there. My appt. time was 12:45. We arrived at 12:30. At 2:00 they finally called us back to a room. I walked out of the office after 3:00. *sigh* apparently nothing has changed. At least for the hour that we were in a room someone was with us most of the time, whether the assistant or the doctor himself. When Dr. S walked in and recognized me he asked, "Are you with child?" Eric started laughing and Dr. S said, "That's the only time I see her!" Which is mostly true. He spent a lot of time trying to figure out my actual due date -- since the other office HAD to go by my LMP giving me a due date of Feb. 1, but I know I ovulated on May 15 giving me a due date of Feb. 5, there is a four day difference. So, because four days is just too much of a difference, he finally said that we'll schedule a dating ultrasound. Not to complain about an ultrasound, but seriously, four days? Yeesh.
Evelyn is still at the office which is great, I really like her. (In fact, Evelyn is on my list of girl names but I don't think Eric likes it.)
I had to have a pap smear which was my third in ten months! I think I'm good for the next three years at least.
He let Eric use the doppler to find the heartbeat. It took a few tries but we finally did hear it. It's always relieving to hear it at those early appointments.
I've felt really well overall this whole time. Morning sickness was very minimal, and I haven't noticed any nausea at all over the last couple of weeks so I think I'm past that. It took a while for my breasts to become tender which was a little worrisome at first, but they finally started filling out and getting sore. I still have days of being really tired -- we had a week of company followed immediately by a week of vacation Bible school which wiped me out. Yesterday I laid down for what was supposed to be a thirty-minute rest, and ended up passing out for an hour and a half!
I had the bloated/thick look for weeks. That kinda sucked since I felt like I just looked fat. However, since it was high I've been able to wear regular clothes. I'm definitely popping out more now, though, and I feel like I finally look actually pregnant. Just in the past couple of weeks have I noticed that skirts are getting snug in the waist. I have several casual summery dresses which have worked out pretty well. There are a couple that look silly now because of where the waistband hits, but the rest I should be able to wear for the rest of the summer. However, I'm starting to grow out of Sunday-church-appropriate attire. I searched through Target clearance last weekend and found a couple of maternity dresses, the first maternity I've worn so far. One cost more than I really cared to pay, but Eric talked me into it and I'm glad he did. It's super-comfy and I got a lot of compliments!
Lastly, I'm starting to feel some movement. It's hard to distinguish, but I'll occasionally feel 3 or 4 thumps or bumps in the same place. This is definitely the earliest I've felt movement! I love it, it's my favorite part of being pregnant!
Thursday, June 20, 2013
7 Weeks
Forgot to post last week. HCG increased to 19,000+. Estrogen was ... I can't remember. Progesterone increased from 24.something to 26.something which apparently wasn't enough (though I'd only been taking it for 4 days) so the pregnancy nurse had me increase to 3x/day. So yay, I get to do you-know-what with a greasy suppository three times a day. I have to lay down after inserting it too, or else either the whole thing slips out, or slowly leaks out. Even with laying down for 30 minutes I still have significant leakage. I have to wear liners all the time which still don't manage to protect everything, so my panties are getting grease stains. But I can't complain about being proactive, and getting to lay down for a half hour twice a day is no hardship.
I feel really well for the most part. I occasionally feel a little queasy, sort of a motion-sick feeling. If I'm hungry eating something usually takes care of it. Sometimes though it happens after I eat. If it's really noticeable I'll take 50 mg(?) of B6 and that helps. But overall it's very, very minor "morning" sickness. I really think it's the best I've felt early on in any pregnancy.
I get tired, especially in the afternoon. Sometimes after lunch I just have to lay down and close my eyes for thirty minutes. Other days I inexplicably have more energy. The heat definitely plays a part, though. I get wiped out more quickly when it's hot. The weather has been pretty nice lately, and when it gets really warm/muggy I turn on the a/c in the living room.
My breasts aren't terribly sore. I don't remember how sore they got when I was pg with Phoebe, but I do remember they hurt terribly early on with Dena. I guess 4 total years of breastfeeding probably helps in that department. Eric asks from time to time when they are going to get bigger. They increased a bit but not much. I hope they do, that is one major perk of being pregnant. Ha!
I have horrible, awful acne that keeps getting worse. I'm sure the extra progesterone is not helping. According to the journal I kept while pg with Phoebe I had the same issue then, and got the okay from Dr. Siefring to use Proactiv. This time I've been trying to treat it myself more naturally with witch hazel and tea tree oil but it's just not cutting it, so I broke down last night and bought the Target generic version of Proactiv. I hope it works because this is ridiculous and it's actually painful. Once it clears up I should be able to go back to the witch hazel and TTO and only use the acne stuff as necessary. I think by the second trimester it gets better on its own anyway. I know when I'm EBF I have beautifully clear skin! So there's that to look forward to!
So, overall, I feel so well and have so few pregnancy symptoms that it sometimes worries me a little. But in the past couple of weeks this has been happening:
so I probably don't need to be worried! At least not worried about whether things are coming along as they should. I'm definitely worried about being enormous early on. :/ I got pretty big at the end with Phoebe. I don't want to be huge the whole time!
We told our parents last weekend. Mom's birthday was Saturday and then Sunday was Father's Day, so we sent an email to the Washington parents Friday night with this picture:
They were super-excited so that was neat. Then we had Chuck and Joyce over for lunch on Sunday and after we ate Eric texted them the picture while we were all sitting around the table. That was funny.
We haven't told anyone else yet, with a few exceptions. I'm part of a private TTC group on Facebook and told them right away -- they knew we were trying, and that I had ovulated. In fact I got a very faint positive at 9DPO and wasn't going to say anything but one of the ladies on there asked me, so I blabbed. Then because they knew, I told Eric I didn't mind if he told one coworker, who told Eric in return that his wife was also barely pregnant! I think she's a week ahead of me. Then oddly he told another coworker yesterday -- I'm not sure why he did that. I keep wondering if we had talked about it and I agreed that he could tell her ... he seemed a little defensive when I said I didn't understand why he told her, so I left it alone for the moment but will bring it up tonight because I'm kind of confused about the whole thing.
Anyway! I have an ultrasound tomorrow afternoon and we should be able to see/hear a heartbeat -- once that happens we will tell everyone else. We're going to have to, I'm not going to be able to hide this belly much longer. I'm so excited to tell the girls!
I feel really well for the most part. I occasionally feel a little queasy, sort of a motion-sick feeling. If I'm hungry eating something usually takes care of it. Sometimes though it happens after I eat. If it's really noticeable I'll take 50 mg(?) of B6 and that helps. But overall it's very, very minor "morning" sickness. I really think it's the best I've felt early on in any pregnancy.
I get tired, especially in the afternoon. Sometimes after lunch I just have to lay down and close my eyes for thirty minutes. Other days I inexplicably have more energy. The heat definitely plays a part, though. I get wiped out more quickly when it's hot. The weather has been pretty nice lately, and when it gets really warm/muggy I turn on the a/c in the living room.
My breasts aren't terribly sore. I don't remember how sore they got when I was pg with Phoebe, but I do remember they hurt terribly early on with Dena. I guess 4 total years of breastfeeding probably helps in that department. Eric asks from time to time when they are going to get bigger. They increased a bit but not much. I hope they do, that is one major perk of being pregnant. Ha!
I have horrible, awful acne that keeps getting worse. I'm sure the extra progesterone is not helping. According to the journal I kept while pg with Phoebe I had the same issue then, and got the okay from Dr. Siefring to use Proactiv. This time I've been trying to treat it myself more naturally with witch hazel and tea tree oil but it's just not cutting it, so I broke down last night and bought the Target generic version of Proactiv. I hope it works because this is ridiculous and it's actually painful. Once it clears up I should be able to go back to the witch hazel and TTO and only use the acne stuff as necessary. I think by the second trimester it gets better on its own anyway. I know when I'm EBF I have beautifully clear skin! So there's that to look forward to!
So, overall, I feel so well and have so few pregnancy symptoms that it sometimes worries me a little. But in the past couple of weeks this has been happening:
We told our parents last weekend. Mom's birthday was Saturday and then Sunday was Father's Day, so we sent an email to the Washington parents Friday night with this picture:
We haven't told anyone else yet, with a few exceptions. I'm part of a private TTC group on Facebook and told them right away -- they knew we were trying, and that I had ovulated. In fact I got a very faint positive at 9DPO and wasn't going to say anything but one of the ladies on there asked me, so I blabbed. Then because they knew, I told Eric I didn't mind if he told one coworker, who told Eric in return that his wife was also barely pregnant! I think she's a week ahead of me. Then oddly he told another coworker yesterday -- I'm not sure why he did that. I keep wondering if we had talked about it and I agreed that he could tell her ... he seemed a little defensive when I said I didn't understand why he told her, so I left it alone for the moment but will bring it up tonight because I'm kind of confused about the whole thing.
Anyway! I have an ultrasound tomorrow afternoon and we should be able to see/hear a heartbeat -- once that happens we will tell everyone else. We're going to have to, I'm not going to be able to hide this belly much longer. I'm so excited to tell the girls!
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
5 Weeks
Bloodwork done 5/30 (4w1d): hcg 388, progesterone 26.1, estrogen 190
Bloodwork done 6/5 (5w): hcg 6099, progesterone 24.4, estrogen 357
Prolactin went up from March. Can't remember what it was then, now it's 49.
At 5 weeks I'm still not having any real symptoms aside from getting very tired in the afternoon/evening. No sore boobs, no nausea. This week I've felt "thick" in the middle, like I just can't hold my stomach in. I couldn't possibly be showing this early, yet I feel as if I am. It's probably some water retention. My weight is 136 -- I'm not terribly happy with it, but I'm trying to eat well and exercise to keep from putting any weight on for as long as possible.
Bloodwork done 6/5 (5w): hcg 6099, progesterone 24.4, estrogen 357
Prolactin went up from March. Can't remember what it was then, now it's 49.
At 5 weeks I'm still not having any real symptoms aside from getting very tired in the afternoon/evening. No sore boobs, no nausea. This week I've felt "thick" in the middle, like I just can't hold my stomach in. I couldn't possibly be showing this early, yet I feel as if I am. It's probably some water retention. My weight is 136 -- I'm not terribly happy with it, but I'm trying to eat well and exercise to keep from putting any weight on for as long as possible.
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