i apologize for taking so long to check in with everyone. it has taken some time for us to settle down after receiving our happy news. as i last reported my hcg level on the day of my first blood test was 180 which is excellent. they like for it to double every 48 hours which it did, my second was 422 and my third was 2005! I should note that my third was actually 96 hours after because of the weekend but nonetheless superb news. we haven't had any contact with rrc since my last blood test. we go in one week from today for our ultrasound to determine how many implanted, to check for a heartbeat, and confirm that it is not ectopic. time is standing still to say the least, but it feels like we are on the downhill slide now.
as for symptoms, i have been feeling pretty good so far although i am only 6 weeks today. i have felt pretty tired and just over the past few days certain smells have been bothering me but nothing major. the strangest side effect has been that i am freezing all of the time! for those of you that know josh and i the best, you know that we live like polar bears sleeping with the windows open and fan on year round. strange, i know. for the last several weeks, even with our recent heat wave, i have been frigid! i have been sleeping with four blankets and still shiver half of the night! apparently, it is fairly common but i had never heard of such a thing! i truly don't mind any of the symptoms i have been having. honestly, it is kind of a nice way of assuring me that there is something going on in there.
i feel very good about how things are going. i think it will officially sink in after our ultrasound next week when we confirm that everything is okay although i am sure it will be. we are going to stop by casssiy and jd's house afterwards and tell maddox and zoe which i am so excited about! i am sure they will both be excited but zoe will be over the moon! everyone keeps asking me if i feel like it is twins and honestly my gut instinct is no. although, my sister pointed our that when i speak i refer to "them." could be some crazy subconscious stuff going on . my mom already refers to them (there i go again) as lily and louie although she has assured me that is just their pre-birth names:) i just hope there is at least one healthy baby in there and for pete's sake not more than two!
i will check in after our appointment on wednesday to let everyone know how it went. hopefully i will be able to share our babies first photos! uh-oh. did i just say babies...plural???
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
snow angel(s)
i have been sitting here for five minutes with my fingers lingering over the keys wondering how i should begin this post. the word's "i'm pregnant" still seem like only a version of the truth at this point but the truth is just that. i'm pregnant. holy hell, what do i do now?
we embarked on our snow-filled adventure to our hotel last night with the car loaded with blankets, water, warm clothes, enough of my meds to last 4 days in case we were to get stranded, and a shovel. the drive wasn't bad at all and we arrived to our home for the evening safe and sound. we went out for a bite to eat, watched three episodes of it's always sunny in philadelphia (always a nice distraction) and called it a night. of course i did not sleep a wink. i finally surrendered to the thoughts swirling in my brain at 5:00 and got up. i turned on the television to find nothing but bad weather reports on every station. the blizzard was really coming. we decided around 6:00 to head to the panera bread company right across from our hotel and grab a bite to eat which by this time the snow had started coming down. we made it to rrc just fine but it was probably the scariest part of the drive as we were immersed in rush hour traffic. i couldn't help but wonder what kind of jobs all of these people had that could not be put off for a day due to the impending snow storm that was becoming more and more clear was not another mistake by meteorologists. upon arriving to the hospital (rrc is attached to overland park regional) i gained a better understanding of where some of them might have been headed. we got there around 7:00, early as usual, but they went ahead and snuck us in early since we had the long jaunt back to the 'burg ahead of us. i was in and out in less than three minutes. i must say, i no longer have any fear whatsoever of needles.
the snow was really coming down now but fortunately the highways weren't all that bad and we had no trouble at...until we got to the 'burg. we tried to make it up the first hill towards our house and ended up having to slide back down it! we finally found a safe route home and were able to get settled in only to sit by the phone and wait for it to ring. it felt like a lifetime but we finally got a call from marge just after noon. she started the conversation with "i am calling with good news" which is oddly enough how i had been rehearsing it in my head for the last several weeks. everything after that is somewhat of a blur. she told me that my hcg level is 180 and i asked if that was good and she responded "it's excellent." she told me i need to go back in thursday for another blood test. this is standard procedure, they like for the hcg to double every 48 hours. hopefully by then the roads will be in better condition.
after the call, josh and i hugged each other for about thirty seconds before we both started busting out laughing. after several minutes of laughing he said "i have no idea why we are laughing." i didn't either but i can tell you it was one of the best feelings i have had in a very long time. of course, we are not out of the woods yet. we have no reason to suspect that things will not continue perfectly but it is still very early on. i am trying not to shout it from the roof tops just yet. i realize that may seem a tad bit ridiculous as i have launched every sorted detail out into cyberspace but i imagine everyone can understand where i am coming from. forgive us if we do not call right away with a big announcement, we just want it to feel right for us when we do. i plan to ask more questions on thursday and will hopefully have more details at that time. in the meantime, we are going to take advantage of being snowed in and finally get some much needed r and r. we appreciate all of the positive energy that everyone has been sending our way and have not doubt it has helped immensely.
we embarked on our snow-filled adventure to our hotel last night with the car loaded with blankets, water, warm clothes, enough of my meds to last 4 days in case we were to get stranded, and a shovel. the drive wasn't bad at all and we arrived to our home for the evening safe and sound. we went out for a bite to eat, watched three episodes of it's always sunny in philadelphia (always a nice distraction) and called it a night. of course i did not sleep a wink. i finally surrendered to the thoughts swirling in my brain at 5:00 and got up. i turned on the television to find nothing but bad weather reports on every station. the blizzard was really coming. we decided around 6:00 to head to the panera bread company right across from our hotel and grab a bite to eat which by this time the snow had started coming down. we made it to rrc just fine but it was probably the scariest part of the drive as we were immersed in rush hour traffic. i couldn't help but wonder what kind of jobs all of these people had that could not be put off for a day due to the impending snow storm that was becoming more and more clear was not another mistake by meteorologists. upon arriving to the hospital (rrc is attached to overland park regional) i gained a better understanding of where some of them might have been headed. we got there around 7:00, early as usual, but they went ahead and snuck us in early since we had the long jaunt back to the 'burg ahead of us. i was in and out in less than three minutes. i must say, i no longer have any fear whatsoever of needles.
the snow was really coming down now but fortunately the highways weren't all that bad and we had no trouble at...until we got to the 'burg. we tried to make it up the first hill towards our house and ended up having to slide back down it! we finally found a safe route home and were able to get settled in only to sit by the phone and wait for it to ring. it felt like a lifetime but we finally got a call from marge just after noon. she started the conversation with "i am calling with good news" which is oddly enough how i had been rehearsing it in my head for the last several weeks. everything after that is somewhat of a blur. she told me that my hcg level is 180 and i asked if that was good and she responded "it's excellent." she told me i need to go back in thursday for another blood test. this is standard procedure, they like for the hcg to double every 48 hours. hopefully by then the roads will be in better condition.
after the call, josh and i hugged each other for about thirty seconds before we both started busting out laughing. after several minutes of laughing he said "i have no idea why we are laughing." i didn't either but i can tell you it was one of the best feelings i have had in a very long time. of course, we are not out of the woods yet. we have no reason to suspect that things will not continue perfectly but it is still very early on. i am trying not to shout it from the roof tops just yet. i realize that may seem a tad bit ridiculous as i have launched every sorted detail out into cyberspace but i imagine everyone can understand where i am coming from. forgive us if we do not call right away with a big announcement, we just want it to feel right for us when we do. i plan to ask more questions on thursday and will hopefully have more details at that time. in the meantime, we are going to take advantage of being snowed in and finally get some much needed r and r. we appreciate all of the positive energy that everyone has been sending our way and have not doubt it has helped immensely.
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