On Fecund Thought

Pregnancy Achievements Unlocked

March 4 6dp6dt BFP
March 10 12dp6dt First beta: 2,000
March 12 4w6d Second beta: 4,029
March 14 5w1d First major aversion! Overpowering nausea from the smell of salmon. According to my MIL, I turned pale.
March 24 6w4d Morning (and After Dinner) Sickness begins.
March 25 6w5d First ultrasound shows heartbeat. I am also more pregnant than I have ever been at this point :)
April 8 8w5d Saw baby move, the most incredible sight. Graduated from RE!
April 9 8w6d First prenatal appointment. First abdominal ultrasound. First time hearing heartbeat!
April 12 9w2d Fastened jeans with a hairband.
April 16 9w6d Morning (and After Dinner) Sickness ended
April 18 10w1d Bought maternity jeans.
April 22 10w5d Heard heartbeat with a Doppler.
April 23 10w6d DH commented, Is that bloating or are you beginning to show?? And so I dared take my first official bump photo.
April 30 11w6d Last day of meds!! Have been on various cocktails of hormones since November, but now we have a fully-fledged placenta!
May 1 12w0d SECOND TRIMESTER!!
May 4 12w3d A 16-week pregnant woman on the beach studied my belly, like she recognised the beginnings of a bump but couldn’t be sure if I was pregnant or not.
May 5 12w4d Fell in love with the baby on the screen. It really doesn’t matter that this baby was conceived with donor eggs, s/he is my flesh and blood.
May 9 13w1d I officially no longer fit into my jeans. I couldn’t bring the seams together, much less button them up!
May 16 14w1d Felt a sensation, like a tiny kernel of corn popping. Nurse later confirmed this is me feeling the baby move.
May 19 14w4d First belly pat — from a friend’s mom. Very sweet! Also inherited a bunch of maternity clothes from the same friend. Awesome bonding!
May 21 14w6d First nocturnal snack: milk at 04:30…
May 23 15w1d It’s a girl!
June 1 16w3d Felt lots of movement for the first time, like a gentle dabbing.
June 4 16w6d First belly pat from a man I don’t know well. To my utter surprise, I liked it!
June 10 17w5d If I’d doubted feeling movement before now, an unmistakeable jab around 10pm confirmed I am definitely feeling this little pilgrim moving around.
June 11 17w6d First time feeling lots of little kicks and jabs, again around 10pm.
June 12 18w0d First “You should be bigger than that by now” comment. Tsk! (My response: I’d probably be bigger if I were of average height. I’m just glad I have all this space for my baby to grow!
June 17 18w5d 3-D picture of Baby V’s face! I can’t stop staring at it. And, she’s definitely a girl :)
June 21 19w2d Testing sofas was a workout. It’s getting harder to move, and I can see how urinary incontinence in pregnancy could happen. Your bladder gets squeezed!
June 22 19w3d Saw movement through my belly and caught it on camera.
June 23 19w4d Aware of almost non-stop movement.
June 24 19w5d Felt baby’s head beneath my hand. It was like a small baseball.
June 26 20w0d HALFWAY THERE!!!
June 27 20w1d DH felt baby move for the first time. She kept kicking under his hand. I loved seeing his face light up in astonishment.
June 30  20w4d Plucked up courage to sing a song to Baby V for the first time.
July 8 21w5d My belly now sticks out more than my boobs do.
July 15 22w5d I felt Baby V move at least once an hour today, from 4:30am til past midnight. Another nickname for her is Disco Mermaid.
July 21  23w4d  Felt Baby V moving around above my belly button for the first time! (This only happens when I’m lying down.)
July 22  23w5d Checkout girl at supermarket asked, “How many months are you?” It was the first time a stranger commented on my pregnancy without my bringing it up.
July 24 24w0d VIABILITY!!
If Baby were born now, doctors would take measures to keep her alive as she has a 50/50 chance of survival.
July 25 24w1d First follow up ultrasound. Baby is fine, but will definitely be delivered by caesarean.
August 2 25w2d Fetal hiccups might be the cutest thing every… DH felt them too!
August 4 25w4d Discussed caesarean birth plan with OB.
August 6 25w6d First scare (persistent cramping) took us to Labor & Delivery.
August 8 26w1d Took off wedding ring as it felt a little too snug.
August 9 26w2d Self-diagnosis of diastasis recti. Bah!
August 11 26w4d Passed glucose tolerance test! But feet now swell after extended periods of sitting or standing.
August 14 27w0d THIRD TRIMESTER!!
August 21 28w0d MY OB’s MILESTONE FOR VIABILITY!
Dr. D says this is the point at which OBs heave a sigh of relief in their own pregnancies. I think this is when I stopped worrying so anxious about this pregnancy.
August 23  28w2d Also some time this week I stopped being able to see my pubic hair…
August 26  28w5d A year ago today I learned I was infertile. This week, two people have asked me how far along I am. There’s no “Is she or isn’t she pregnant?” anymore. What a difference a year makes…
September 1  29w4d A woman in our complex beamed and said “You’re having a baby! When are you due?”  and I realised that, as of today, I could say NEXT MONTH!!
 September 6  30w2d  Seven months today! We assembled the crib — which meant rearranging the bedroom — and it looks lovely.
September 17  31w6d  Maternity photoshoot!
September 18 32 Weeks Walking across the parking lot to my prenatal visit, a UCSD employee in a golf cart asked me if I needed a ride…!We also have a date for the planned caesarean: October 24th
 September 20  32w2d Today I am 7 ½ months pregnant. That means Baby V (and her totsicle twiblings) were conceived exactly seven months ago today. Spooky numbers: I’m also 226 days pregnant — 2/26 is the anniversary of the day of her transfer :)
 September 26  33w1d  I can no longer see my feet!
 September 30  33w5d  My “non-shower” lunch.
 October 3  34w1d T-minus three weeks!
Last in-depth ultrasound! Next time we properly see Baby V, it will be her birthday ♥
 October 9  35w0d  First Non-Stress Test: saw Baby’s ribs expanding and contracting — she’s practicing breathing!
 October 11  35w2d  Woke up from a nap and saw my right breast had leaked an egg-sized amount of colostrum! I have high hopes that I’ll be able to breastfeed.
 October 16  36w0d  Third NST: Baby has full lips that were gulping amniotic fluid, a cute little nose, and eyes that blink! Be still my beating heart!
October 17 36w1d ONE WEEK TO GO!!
Now when people ask me when I’m due, I can give a one-word response: FRIDAY!

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