Hello friends, someone wanted to say hello!
Meet our sweet little super hero ❤
Measuring at exactly 6 weeks 1 day with a precious heart rate of 112 bpm.
WE ARE SO IN LOVE!!!
Honestly, I was feeling pretty nervous about this appointment. Jerseyman made a comment earlier this week about this being “uncharted waters”for us and it kinda kept playing in my head. It also hasn’t helped that I’ve been feeling cramping on my right side, along with a sore hip, back and some light cramping down my right thigh. I was trying really hard not to imagine the worst but you know how the mind is.
I booked my acupuncture appointment before my ultrasound and good thing too. I was such a ball of nerves and ended up in tears talking to my acupuncturist. He’s the best and always takes my meltdowns in stride. He gave me some good stress points that helped chill me out before my appointment.
Since I had to work, Jerseyman and I decided to meet at the clinic. Unfortunately he ran a bit late due to traffic but the nurse was kind enough to wait for him and let the people with the appointment after us go ahead of us.
I waited in the little private waiting room and Jerseyman arrived before I knew it. He was very sweet and acted all goofy trying to keep me distracted then he got all sweet and serious, took my hands and led us in a little prayer before they called us in.
The ultrasound was done by one of the older RE’s at the practice that we hadn’t met before (Dr. Y is in his mid to late 70’s and is considered a pioneer of IVF in Canada). I have read mixed reviews about him so I didn’t know what to expect but we thought he was absolutely hilarious!
I wore my wonder woman socks but because of the cover I was wearing all he could see was the bottom half of the socks (solid blue with white stars). He says to me, “Did your husband lend you his socks?!” Hahaha! Oh gosh, we were cracking up right off the bat.
Then came the ultrasound….the only way I can describe it is completely amazing!
The first thing I noticed and brought my great relief was seeing the yolk sac in my uterus! Dr. Y did his thing and zoomed in a bit more and we got to see our little tiny baby taking form. Of course, the tears started streaming at that point. Dr. Y said he saw a flicker so he wanted to see if he could measure a heart beat. They turned the monitor on told me to hold my breath….there it was! More tears, lol.
Dr. Y and the nurse assisting him both congratulated us and I felt like I could breathe again!
Of course, Dr. Y found the opportunity to bust another joke and said, “It’s nice to see Dr. N (my actual RE) finally got somebody pregnant!” LOL!
I told them both about my concerns of my side pain and my fear of ectopic and Dr. Y practically shouts, “Well, it’s definitely not ectopic! I see it in the uterus!” He’ so abrupt and loud, I loved it! He assured me it was completely normal. Everything is stretching and moving.
When we got back into the little private waiting room Jerseyman and I busted out a ‘Grow baby, grow baby, grow’ dance party and sing along and said a thank you prayer for the amazing results. It was a beautiful moment. We couldn’t stop telling each other, “We have a baby growing in there!” God is so good, my friends!
We are OVER THE MOON you guys!!! One more milestone down!
I don’t feel great most of the time but it is so worth it knowing our little baby is growing strong.
Only 11 more days til we get to see them again.
Aahh – I can’t wait!!
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