Today I am the most pregnant I’ve ever been — officially 6w6d pregnant. (By the time most of you read this, though, it will be Wednesday, when I will be a whole seven weeks’ pregnant!) As each of the past 13 days crept closer to my first ultrasound appointment, the dread and the excitement intensified. … Read More about Seven Weeks
Dear Three & Four
Dear Three and Four, I first saw you in a photo as fully-hatched six-day-old embryos. The last time I saw you was 30 minutes later as two tiny white dots of fluid in my uterus in an ultrasound. My little dots. I have the ultrasound photo of you on the magnetic whiteboard on my desk, … Read More about Dear Three & Four
Six Weeks
Bean stopped growing at 5w6d, so assuming all is well with the little dots, Three & Four, today I am more pregnant than I have ever been. This will feel more victorious if I get good news at Tuesday’s ultrasound… I’m still taking things day by day. I still have an insatiable appetite, but now … Read More about Six Weeks
Vacillations
Last night, DH asked me how I’m feeling — as in, what does this pregnancy feel like? I told him every day is a different combination of regular feelings and symptoms. It’s a bit of a whirlwind, actually. I describe how my sense of smell has improved. How it isn’t all round better like a … Read More about Vacillations
Five Weeks
Since calling me on Monday with the good news that my beta was a whopping 2,000, Nurse C has totally changed her tune with me. She is cheerful and friendly. When she called yesterday with the results of my follow up beta, she even showed some compassion. Our conversation went a little like this: C: … Read More about Five Weeks
Alpha Beta
I had my beta this morning and was told Nurse Chris would call me some time between 3-5pm. If you remember, Chris was less than enthusiastic about my pregnancy tests, so I was a little nervous about the result. I looked at my four FRERs, the last one taken three days ago. I didn’t know … Read More about Alpha Beta
Four Weeks
If this pregnancy is going well, then today instead of being 8dp6dt, I am also four weeks’ pregnant. I emailed the egg donor nurse, C, to let her know I am pregnant because I’d recently had my TSH levels checked and wanted to know the result — in my last pregnancy, I became slightly hypothyroid and … Read More about Four Weeks
What a Difference a Year Makes
Today I was 6dp6dt. I say ‘was’, because I can now say Today I am pregnant. A couple of days after transfer, my friend, E, commented on how much bigger my boobs were. Right?? I acknowledged. The next day DH returned from a two-day business trip and I flashed him. What do you think? His response … Read More about What a Difference a Year Makes
Happy Blogoversary
March 2nd 2013, the day I started this blog. If you had told me then that a year later I would be PUPO via another woman’s eggs, I would have screamed in horror. March 3rd 2014, a year and a day later, I have finished reading my 195 posts. I started at the beginning and … Read More about Happy Blogoversary
PUPO
It’s raining in San Diego, so hard the pelts bounce off the neighbour’s roof. My acupuncturist says it’s the perfect weather for implantation–the earth is rich and fertile, not dry and hard the way it has been for so long in this drought. I opened the window and felt the cold breeze that accompanies rain … Read More about PUPO
