8w4d and first OB appointment

Today was a busy day! I had my checkup with Dr Yeh. Heartbeat is 187bpm! One patch was reduced after bloodwork came back. I made it past the last pregnancy!!

Then, I had my first OB appointment with a new doctor and facility. I want to deliver at Texas Women's Hospital and got a referral for Dr Claire Kelly. I met with her nurse practioner for over 2 hours. I am so excited to finally be at this point.

We will do a genetic test at 10 weeks to find out the gender. Things are moving right along. I am still tired and light headed some days, but it's not bad and I am not complaining.

7w4d and a strong heartbeat

Miscarriage takes away all ignorance is bliss feelings and replaces with worry and dread. I couldn't sleep the entire night prior to my ultrasound. What if the heartbeat had stopped or wasn't strong enough? I always need to prepare myself for the worse.

However, I am measuring 2 days ahead at 7w6d and baby has an awesome heartbeat of 170bpm!!!

RELIEVED AND EXCITED!

Also, Tristan put two and two together. He seemed off when we got back from walking the dogs and during movie night, he asked if he could talk to me when the movie was over. I told him if it was important, we could pause the movie and talk then and there. He said he found baby pictures (ultrasound photos) in the study, noticed I was tired all the time and that Nick was giving me shots again. He asked if I was having a baby and I told him yes. He was upset that we didn't tell him, but I told him we were waiting a few more weeks. He is excited to be a big brother and I gave him the big brother tshirt that I was saving for when we told him. And funny enough, he was like, "Mom, we all knew this would happen eventually." hahah.

6w3d

I have been going to bed early and only waking once to urinate. I woke up this morning feeling so tired and I slept all night. Slight cramping this am.

Hungry ALL.THE.TIME.

I told Nick last night that it still doesn't feel real to me. It almost doesn't feel REAL that I am pregnant as I am still on so many medications, so it still feels like we are still trying. It feels like all the symptoms of pregnancy are just side effects from medications. I am hoping to hear a heartbeat tomorrow to make everything come full circle.

Update. We couldn’t hear the heartbeat, but could see it! 

5w5d ultrasound and bleeding in the evening

I was a big ball of nerves this morning. I dropped Tristan off at school and then met Nick at the clinic.
Everything looked great! Still just one baby and measuring 5w4d and perfect!

It's a beautiful day outside and I just could not be happier!!!

However, in the evening, I had another subchorionic hematoma. I bled heavily with clots and cramps for about an hour and then it stopped completely. It is such a scary thing to see that much blood while pregnant, but I just had an ultrasound a few hours earlier, so now I know I am just one of those that fall into the 20% category of bleeding while pregnant.