Yet again, I suck at blogging. lol! My last update was waiting on my HCG results to ensure I was not pregnant. Since then, we did a third FET cycle, which started with the baseline appointment on May 11th. Because we were doing an IVF cycle, of course other aspects of my life were required to blow up… Jokes aside, May was rough for me. I won’t get into it on here though. Our transfer was on June 2nd. There were a few things that were different this time–I didn’t go to work before, the transfer was at 11am instead of 3:30pm, I prepped by drinking POM juice and the implantation smoothie from our fresh cycle a few days before and after. The 2nd was my last day of work, so the entire two week wait, I was relaxed and rested.
This time, I decided to start testing at 5dp5dt (5 days past 5 day transfer). Our other cycles, we waited until the call from the clinic to find out if we were pregnant or not. I learned, via avid Googling, that tests with the pink lines are more sensitive to the HCG in your pee. So I bought a TON. The test I did on 5dp5dt was one with blue dye. There was a very, very, very faint line. So here are my obsessive pregnancy tests and pictures to get good light/accurate photo of what I saw in real life….
So test day–June 12th–finally came! HCG was 233.3 on this day, which was 10dp5dt. POSITIVE! We wanted it to double by the next test day, which was June 14th (12dp5dt). It increased enough but not double (66.1%) to 387. So we had to go for a third HCG test on 14dp5dt which was June 16th. We needed to see at least a 60% increase from the 6/14 numbers. HCG was 707.6 which was an 87% increase! So, we are officially pregnant!
As of today, I am 9 weeks 3 days pregnant with the estimated due date of February 18th! I will have a planned c-section with this one, so I’m telling people I’m due late January/early February because that’s when it’ll end up being. We got to hear baby’s heartbeat and see baby on July 3rd at 7 weeks 1 day. Heartrate was 145.
Sterling is obsessed with Bluey (I mean, who isn’t?!), so we are calling baby #2 “baby Bingo”. We haven’t revealed the gender, but Bingo works either way. Speaking of, we did the SneakPeek blood test at 6 weeks (6/25) and got the results on 6/30. We got to see Baby Bingo again on July 14th at 8 weeks 5 days. Baby’s heartrate was 180.
At this appointment, we officially graduated from the fertility clinic! This means that we are just being seen by my OB. My first appointment with her is scheduled for August 8th, which will be 12 weeks 2 days. I will be seeing the high risk OB as well, but from last time, I know this won’t start until 18 weeks. Since we won’t see Baby Bingo from 8 weeks 5 days until 18 weeks, we are going to do an ultrasound at 13 weeks. We decided to invite some family to this for the “gender reveal”. We are going to post a video of Sterling revealing the gender on social media once our family knows. This is scheduled for August 13th.
Now that you’re updated…this time around has been pretty miserable. I’m exhausted always. I’m pretty much constantly nauseated. I’m thirsty…I drink water…I get nauseous…I don’t drink water…I’m thirsty… lol! I’ve constantly had a stuffy nose and BAD night sweats. I’ve been craving Mexican food…specifically beef tacos. I’ve had a LOT of twitching in my abdomen, so much so that it almost seems to be Baby Bingo movements AND Austin can feel them. I know it’s too early to feel anything, so I’m assuming its my muscles or uterus or something. With Sterling, my nausea subsided around 7 weeks or so. I’m excited for the 2nd trimester so I can like food/life again. lol! I’ve also been nesting. Mostly in my brain and WANTING to do stuff, but not feeling well enough to.
We haven’t done belly pictures yet. We keep meaning to. I’m honestly not excited. After Sterling, I dropped my baby weight in like a week or 2. Over the next year though, I have gained weight (thanks breastfeeding cravings!!). So I have been weighing at the same weight as the day before Sterling was born. My body hasn’t recovered either, so my skin is loose and my muscles are gone. So even before gaining the weight, I still looked pregnant. I can tell that I am “showing” but I still look 7 months pregnant above where my “showing” growing uterus is located. All that to say, it’s hard to be motivated to do belly pictures when 1) I hate my body anyway, 2) you won’t be able to tell I’m pregnant/not fat until 6/7 months, and 3) did I mention I hate my body?! I know I will regret it and will be happy I did it. But still. We will be doing our last PIO shot and estrogen pills on Saturday. Another milestone I’m happy to pass!
I started back to work yesterday, which is the hottest week of the summer. No surprise there. Such is my life! So I must truck through the first trimester woes for a few more weeks while working. I also have a new work schedule, which I learned about yesterday…7:10-2:40. In order to drop Sterling at the babysitter and get to work on time, I have to leave my house by like 6:20, so that’s fun to adjust to with a toddler and while pregnant! lol!
I will try to be better about updating. I know I say that every time. I don’t know if anyone cares or reads this. But I hope to read this in the future and remember every detail.
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