It's There

There is a little one occupying my uterus. A little one with a flickering heart beat. 

 

I was freakishly nervous for today and the nerves were amplified by a horrible 30 minute wait for the ultrasound. When the dildo cam went in, it felt like an eternity before she found what she was looking for. But then I spotted a little black area that looked a lot like so many of the early ultrasound photos of yours that I've seen. Then I saw a flicker. A very faint flicker. And I knew that we had a baby and a beat. And it was amazing.

This little babe is teeny to my eyes, although my RE didn't mention what it was measuring. She said everything looked just as they expected it to with a heart rate of 136 and a due date of March 13th. 

Please, oh please stick around little one!

I have an ultrasounds next Tuesday and one on the week after that, so I'll be getting some good viewing time in the next couple of weeks. 

I also got a schedule to decrease my progesterone injections to 1ml at 7 weeks and to stop my Vivelle patches at 9 weeks, then no more progesterone at 12 weeks. It seems strange to be planning this far ahead...I guess it's the pessimist in me :)

Thank you again for all of the well-wishes. You all are the best! I don't know what I would do if I couldn't share the news with you all since no one in real life knows yet. I'd for sure be crazy. Like more crazy than I am now.