We saw our little embie earlier this week and boy did it grow since we saw it for the first time just 2 weeks ago!! It actually looks like something other than a dot — now it’s more in a blob state, lol. 

But according to the apps I’m reading, our baby is growing arms, legs, getting rid of its tail, and even has eye lids!! Holy cow! 

We did have a minor scare when we had our ultrasound. For a few seconds we couldn’t hear a heartbeat. Both our hearts dropped. Turns out the speakers were turned low and the heartbeat is very strong (171) but still – just makes you realize how vulnerable we still are. I asked my friend Terri “do you ever just not feel scared” and she said “nope, always a worry.” Just makes you think even more what a true and amazing miracle life really is. 

The last week for a lot of things is just around the corner! It’s the last week for all these pills I’m taking everyday:

At 10 weeks the placenta takes over so no need for the estrogen and progesterone pills, the placenta takes care of that now! 

And it’ll be the last time we go to our fertility doctor! We’ll go at 10.5 weeks and have one last ultrasound then we’re graduates and head off to the OB! I don’t know if I’m ready to be graduates 😞 we have made such life lasting relationships with the wonderful people at the fertility clinic. But their job is done! And we’re so blessed that we get to go see the regular baby doctor because so many people don’t ever get to that point. Thank you God for blessing us with this next step. We are forever grateful! ❤️

7 weeks and 1 day. That’s how long I went before having “morning sickness” except mine isn’t in the morning, haha. It’s more of an evening thing. I’ve been feeling nauseous for a few days now and I’ve only thrown up once which I guess is good, right? Lol The baby is growing and doing what it’s supposed to do! And I don’t care if I feel sick until the day he/she is here! The feeling of nausea is actually comforting because I’ve longer to feel this for so many years. 

That probably sounds so weird to you but to me it seems like a normal thing to think. When you’ve been trying to get pregnant for 3.5 years, all you want is the morning sickness, the bloating, the engorged boobs, the not fitting into your clothes…all the things that are not fun at the beginning of pregnancy. For a long time I thought I wouldn’t get to experience those ‘feels’ (even though some days and even when I type this I feel super sick and it does suck) but I was worried that would never be me. I think Laryen thought it wouldn’t be me too, which is ok. With all we’ve went though there’s probably a lot of people who thought that. We wouldn’t get to experience pregnancy at its finest. Im so happy that I get to feel sick because there are so many women who won’t get to experience that. And the heartache that comes with that is a million times worse than what I’ve been feeling for the past week. I’m truly blessed to be feeling the way I’m feeling. 

Now…where are my Tums? 

Btw…just a couple more weeks of these pills! Seems like our little guy/gal likes them since its like 10,000 times the size it was a few weeks ago! Wowsers!! 

The little embryo that could. Those 5 words keep repeating over and over and over in my head all week. The little embryo that could is real. The little embryo that could is alive. The little embryo that could has a heartbeat!

And a strong heartbeat (131 at 6 weeks, 4 days!)

So many emotions when we saw our little embryo that could. It made it so real. So real that this speck that we can barely see is going to grow into our beautiful baby! So exciting! But I was surprisingly sad. It made my heart hurt for the other 3 embryos that didn’t make it. I just cried so much after we left the doctor. (Blame the hormones too) but it made me miss the other ones. This little embryo that could is such a miracle and already so loved.

 

And now that we had our first ultrasound….that means NO MORE SHOTS! (say what?!!!)

 

Goodbye progesterone shots — Hello progesterone pills!
I take one of these in the morning, another at night along with my estrogen pills. So in total I’m taking all of these pills every week   —–>

And it’ll stay that way until I’m 10 weeks ( which I can’t believe is right around the corner!)

 
And I just have to tell you, I already knew I had the best husband in the world but guess what he did. As a celebratory last shot — he let me give HIM a shot in the butt! Nothing was in the syringe of course. I was super nervous to give it to him (so now I know how he felt) …but boom I just did it and boy did he bleed lol! Afterwards he said it hurt to sit down (and now he knows how I FEEL)! Lol. I am so lucky that he is my other half and I can’t wait to see how amazing he is when he’s a daddy to our embryo.

And we are officially in blueberry stage! It’s grown so much since it was a poppy seed! So so SO amazing! (I think it’s 10,000 times the size since just a few weeks ago!!)

Pregnancy brain in full effect. I’ve kind of felt it the past couple of weeks but tonight– FULL EFFECT! 

First of all we went on late so I was so tired!! Instead of saying Mayor Dan Pope on the news, I said Mayor Dan Poops. #facepalm!!! How embarrassing!! I blame the little sweet pea growing inside of me for that Freudian slip. Oy vey!! It’s not like he’s the new mayor of Lubbock or anything! Anyways…ugh, lol.

Prego brain is real people. That’s all I can say about that!

 

My numbers are going up! Tuesday it was 9,266.

Friday….17,925! We are cruising!

Oh and if you’re wondering: my butt is officially numb from all the shots. At least it doesn’t hurt as much then, right? Lol

Can’t wait for Tuesday when we get our first picture of our baby (or babies!) Both Laryen and I think there’s only 1 but we’ll see for sure oh so soon!