The fetus is babyfying! Or as the sonographer referred to it, it's a gummy bear! From left to right: leg buds, torso, arms buds, head. Heartrate: 171 bpm. I only got to hear it once... I could've stayed there all day listening, though I could do without the dildo cam in there all day. Dr. G was once again detained by surgery, so didn't get to talk to him. Tomorrow PM, I'll find out how much I get to reduce my drugs to -- can't wait for that. But I have no idea the next time I'm due back at CCRM (if at all). I'm definitely getting sloppy with my drug administration times (like varying the midday endometrin deposit by 2 hours) and I've forgotten an estrace once and endometrin twice in the recent past. I'm excited, though, that my awesome ob/gyn (who curses and says that the guys have it easy, they just need to splatter their semen -- in roughly those words) wants to see me sooner rather than later, so I will see her on Tuesday. She's a talker, so that is good, in that you never are rushed, but bad, in that you often have to wait way past your appointment time to see her. I feel like I can bombard her with minutia whereas with Dr. G, I'm more intimidated and would feel lame asking him if soft cheeses are okay to eat, if they are pasteurized. Or about my boobs. Or whatever. Anyway, I think I will get to have an ultrasound on Tuesday too, woohoo. Brainstorm: I think there needs to be some sort of u/s co-op. Women who want more than 2 u/s per pregnancy (I think that's all I got w/ DS) can join for a monthly membership fee. Of course, we'll need boatloads of $$$ upfront to get an u/s machine and sonographer, but hey, I bet it'd pay for itself at some point!!! And then you can get u/s as often as you'd like (or as much as the schedule would permit). Wouldn't that rock?
Anyhoo, it's all starting to be more real, though I'm still pretty much in the closet... very happy with every Sunday that passes by for me (another week down).
Hope you all are having a good week and that 2012 delivers all your hopes and wishes!
I know I'll be a mess, hahaha, with trying to remember to insert my endometrin on any sort of schedule. Don't you just love the discomfort of the dildo cam. That is one thing I'm not "looking" forward to seeing any time soon...ugh only about two weeks until my date with one again. Wishing you the best. Glad things are going well.
ReplyDeleteOh wow, little gummy bear, woooooooo cute!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea on the ultrasound coop, I had to have weekly scans from 16 weeks to 32 weeks in my last pregnancy, seriously, the money that I threw at them, I reckon I could have bought my own machine!
Have a happy New Year!!!
What a cute little gummy bear! I love the idea of an US co-op!
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