Whoa.

Well, as much as I hate Ike, he did bring some good news our way. We are pregnant. I can't believe it. Woah. I thought I had a period and had already scheduled a sonohysterogram with the doctor (which got canceled because of Ike). I was still charting my temperature and it never went down after I ovulated. And, for lack of a better way to share, my boobs were getting big. This was a pleasant development...literally. After the storm I was really needing to take a pregnancy test for my own peace of mind. Chad wasn't wanting me to get my hopes up and didn't seem to truly sense my urgency. Finally, we were able to find a Kroger that was open in another town. I grabbed the first test I saw and guess what?!? Pregnant! So of course, the next day I had to get another kind of test just to be sure. Yup. Still pregnant.

Do you know what this means, people?? Chad and I did it! No extra drugs and no special procedures. Just my favorite Dr. in the whole world giving me weekly ultrasounds to tell me exactly when I would ovulate. Crazy. (Chad offered high fives at the dinner table last night.)

So, the Dr.'s office was closed for a week after Ike (have I mentioned that I HATE IKE?). In the meantime, I began feeling all of those "special" feelings that come with being pregnant. Poor Chad has had to eat soup and grilled cheese for the past several nights because I can't even stand to look at raw meat long enough to take it out of the freezer to thaw, let alone cook it. I'm not complaining. Every wave of nausea and trip to the pretty porcelain just reminds me that I'M PREGNANT! :0)

I finally went to the Dr. yesterday to have blood drawn. They called and said my HCG levels are good and I am definitely preggers. I went this a.m. for an ultrasound and this is where the emotions hit the roller coaster again. Based on my last period they thought I should be around 7 wks. 2 days. Doc says more like 6 wks. 2 days because I ovulated way late in my cycle. I had counted and figured the same as Doc plus a couple of days. Regardless, I saw our baby. I heard and saw it's heartbeat (by the way I think it's a boy...I don't know why). BUT (emotions, people) the doctor thought the heart rate was a little low. It was 86 BPM and he would have liked to have seen around 100 right now. It could just be early or it could mean things are not going the direction we want them to. I go back in a week and that visit will be very telling. I am reframing my mind to think only positive thoughts. There is absolutely nothing I can do about it either way. So, feel free to send your positive thoughts our way over the next 7 days.

Doc says everything else looks really good. The baby is developing normally and everything else appeared okay. I have some blood mutation that keeps my body from metabolizing folic acid properly so he prescribed a supplement. I'm RH- which, depending on Chad's blood type, could cause some problems down the road. Right now I'm just focusing on that little heart beat and willing it to speed up in the next 7 days. Wish us luck!

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