If all goes well today, BJ will start spreading the
news. I will tell my parents
tomorrow. My step mom will be off work
tomorrow so I know that she and my dad will be together and I will have them put
me on speaker phone.
Our appointment is at 1:15 ET. I’ll be walking into that office as a
pregnant lady for the first time ever.
The last time I was there it was about a month or so after our
loss. I saw the Nurse Practitioner that
time and had to relay the whole story to her.
She was very kind and was sad with me (at least it felt that way).
Today is a different story.
Today we are pregnant (baby’s fine, baby’s fine, baby’s fine) and BJ
will be with me. I will need to give a
history and I will have to tell her that we did DE IVF. We live in a small county and my husband
knows everyone (practically) and I really don’t want to be gossiped about. I’m going to ask her to keep that on the down
low. I want our child to be able to tell
whomever she/he wants about how he/she came to be. I don’t think it needs to be broadcast to
every tom, dick and harry that feels like spreading some office gossip, you
know? Hopefully, after this initial
appointment it won’t be brought up again.
I’m 36 so there is probably some extra testing that I can bypass since
the egg itself was not of advanced maternal age.
I’ve looked at a couple of tickers to see what the baby
should look like now and WOW! What a
difference from the little gummy bear that I saw a few weeks ago. My apps on my phone pretty much compare the
baby to fruit so it’s not that easy to get a mental picture of what’s going on
in there. The ticker that shows the baby
is amazing to look at. I so hope that we
get to have an u/s today. I really want
to see the baby and see it moving around in there…as well as hear the
heartbeat. I’ve only seen the heartbeat
on the screen so hearing it would be wonderful.
I don’t usually blog from home but given that this is a
really big day for us I’m going to break that rule. BJ will just have to find something to do
while I pop back in here to let you all know that baby’s fine, baby’s fine,
baby’s fine.
Fingers crossed for a great appointment and a great update.
8 comments:
Wishing you SOOO much good luck today...not that I think you need it =) The baby is fine, fine, fine after all! Can't wait to hear about your OB appointment. I did want to warn you though that ultrasounds are kind of rare at the OB...they may just listen with a doppler, weigh you and set up your 12 week NT scan if you'll be having one. Only a few hours now =)
I'll be thinking of you this afternoon, TeeJay. I really believe that the baby's fine. Confirmation of that will be great, so I'll check in later today.
I hope you do get an u/s today and get to hear the heartbeat.
Keeping all appendages crossed!
Thinking of you today!!! I'm so looking forward to the baby's fine post!!!
Everything crossed for a great visit!
And off topic, but did you change the font color on the blog? I had a hard time reading it today. Maybe I'm going blind...
Thinking of you and sending along tons of good luck for your appointment!!
Good luck! I'm so excited for you and hope your appointment goes well so you can start sharing your great news!
Oh please do let us know how it went! Just for the record, having worked in the medical industry, it is illegal for anyone to share your medical background. Small county or big county, patient confidentiality is very important. How your baby came about is your personal medical information!
LOTS AND LOTS OF GOOD THOUGHTS AND WISHES!!! In the meantime, I'll be freakishly refreshing your page to hear your good news:)
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