and the worst blogger of the century award goes to......

Oh gee..what has or hasn't happened in the last few to many weeks?

I guess most importantly, I am still pregnant!  12 weeks 5 days to be exact!  We actually had our last appointment at the fertility clinic and were released to our OB, who we saw the same day!  Oh!  And I am no longer shooting my bum with hormones as my body has taken over that job!  Yay my body!

This is the little (I'm saying girl) one hanging out upside down at 10 weeks 5 days with a strong 175 bpm heart rate:

We are scheduled for an amniocentesis on October 5th and I promise to try and get pictures of the procedure! 

This is a shirt that I ordered for the little one...It is supposed to be turquoise, but the picture looks awfully blue to me!  It says, "Made with Love (and science)".  Perfect, right?!?

Now that I have given you the hip hops and hoorays, I hope you can forgive me for the lagging on writing.  It has been hard to find time because someone else seems to always be on the computer or I am busy with my kiddos...At this point I won't even promise to write more, I will just say that I will do my best to keep you updated.  :)  

I'm sorry...I'm a turd.

I'm not really sure why I haven't updated my blog yet.  It would be understandable if I had bad news, but I don't.  We saw a beautiful bean with a wonderful heartbeat of 125 (I'm guessing it's a girl).  ;)  Every time that I thought, "hmm, I should update my blog", something stopped me....so here I am, in the now, with this wonderful news!

M & M's Mini's very first photo:

I also took video of the whole ultrasound, but I am waiting for permission from the doctor to share it.  

If you notice the dark spot above the gestational sac (the black area where the baby is), that is called a subchorionic hematoma.  These are very common with IVF and should go away without any issues, however, I have been told that for now, walking is the only exercise I am allowed to do.

For more information on subchorionic hematomas go here: http://www.justmommies.com/articles/subchorionic-hematoma.shtml

If you are wondering why I say I am guessing a girl, I will tell you.  First, IM and I both feel "girl".  Second, the heart rate is on the high end for this early.  On average the heart beat of a 6.5 - 7 week old fetus is 90-110, and this baby is at 125!  Now, I am not saying I completely believe in the theory of gender/ heart rate correlation, but it's fun to guess. :)  

I, personally, am feeling great (a little fat and self judging), but great.  I am blessed with easy pregnancies!  I have a bulge starting already, but I am hoping to stay out of maternity clothes until at least 10 weeks or more.  Fingers crossed!

Our next and last appointment at ORM is on August 27, which is subsequently the same day as our very first appointment with the OB. :)  So we have the ORM appointment at 11:15am, then we'll get lunch and head to Kaiser for our appointment at 1:30pm. I think that will be an exciting day! 

I will try to keep you updated between now and then, but I don't expect much excitement.  I will post the video if I am given permission though!  

As always, I love you!

6 days until we see the little bean!

I am so excited for the 30th!  I know that I already told you that was the day of the ultrasound..don't act like I didn't!  ;)  I kid, I kid!

Everything is going as a normal pregnancy for me would go, besides the shots in the rear and the inserts in my you know.....

I have enjoyed eating celery and coleslaw (both of which I usually can't stand).  I have had a nasty sweet taste in my mouth that makes me feel nauseous, but I have found that a piece of gum remedies that.  I'm bloated and of course on a roller coaster ride of emotions. Oh joyous day!  I'm pregnant!

I have been keeping busy with camping, fishing, and a concert.  Of course, there have been naps carefully placed...umm..what am I saying!?  Carefully placed?  I lay down for a minute and I'm out!  They are quite wonderful though!

Sorry for the sporadic manner of this post, but I wanted to update you guys real quick...just in case you were curious! ;0)

As always, I love you.  Thanks for being amazing!

Still a crazy POAS addict...

And yes, I'm still pregnant!

Oh I forgot to mention...

My second beta at 11dp5dt was 139.4! I am currently 15dp5dt! :)

And the wait goes on....

I will be the first to admit that I am one of the least patient people in the world when it comes to waiting for something I want or want to happen and I can't wait until July 30th!

That is the date of the first ultrasound, which will confirm the pregnancy by seeing the baby's heartbeat and growth.  I am so excited for this, but I am also apprehensive.  I don't know if you have ever been pregnant or when your were if you ever had that moment of not really believing you are pregnant.  Well, it's even harder when you are pumping your body full of hormones that cause symptoms that mimic the same symptoms of pregnancy.  I really want to go and POAS just to make sure...even though the blood test already confirmed that I am, in fact, pregnant with rising hCG numbers....I guess I just need to relax!

I only have 14 days left!  Wish me luck on staying sane and not giving in to the desire to use a HPT.

As always I love you all!  Have a beautiful day!

And the beta number is......

Whoooooooooo! Second beta is on Thursday morning at 7:30am! :)  

I'm so excited!  If you don't know what that number means, that's okay!  It's the amount of hCG in my  blood...which means...I'm pregnant!  I know that I have said this already, but this is the official "the doctor says so" test!  Whooot!  

I'll update more later! :)