They'd be DupliKate and BiforKate!
And I am having twins because we saw the heartbeats. Both of them.
But they're fraternal.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
One Heir, One Spare
Yes, that's right. Twins.
So, the 5 week ultrasound looked good. Two little bean like things. I'll have HCG & Progesterone numbers later today, but the Reproductive Endocrinologist thinks it's looking good.
UPDATED:
HCG -- 4,984
Progesterone 40+
So, the 5 week ultrasound looked good. Two little bean like things. I'll have HCG & Progesterone numbers later today, but the Reproductive Endocrinologist thinks it's looking good.
UPDATED:
HCG -- 4,984
Progesterone 40+
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
WackJob...
So, I've been obsessing.
As you may recall, I've done this twice before, both times we miscarried.
The first miscarriage we went in for the 6 week ultrasound at week 7 (Christmas was the week before and we were in D.C. for the holiday) and discovered that there was no heartbeat and that the fetus had likely died at about 5.5 weeks given the size.
The second miscarriage we went into our six week ultrasound and saw a heartbeat. At the time I thought that the doctor doing the ultrasound was not as positive as I would have thought and I felt like something was up. When we did a seven week ultrasound the fetus had only grown another millimeter and we were told that even though there was a heartbeat and a fetal pole, the fetus would likely die. By the eighth week it was dead.
But I have always been sure that the doctor knew at six weeks that there was something wrong and didn't tell me. As it turns out, I was right.
I have a five week ultrasound scheduled for Thursday. Knowing that, and knowing what I wouldn't see (heartbeat, fetal pole, etc.) I was curious to know what I would see. So I went to the all powerful, all knowing Internets. Where I found this article on five week ultrasounds.
And here is the passage I found interesting.
When I had the second pregnancy, the one which allowed us to see the heartbeat the chrionic sac was 4.3MM wide at six weeks. He did know something was wrong and he didn't tell me.
Having read this I am now totally paranoid that the fetus inside of me will be tiny. That we won't be able to see it. That there is something terribly, terribly wrong.
I was really happy when they told me to no longer come in for HCG tests because I was doing so well, but now I have this awful feeling that things aren't rising properly. I don't feel particularly pregnant (as opposed to the last two times). I'm a little more fatigued, but not to the extent I was. There's the hunger issue, but I'm not peeing as much as I did the first two times.
And I know I have to calm the fuck down. But I am not sure I can.
As you may recall, I've done this twice before, both times we miscarried.
The first miscarriage we went in for the 6 week ultrasound at week 7 (Christmas was the week before and we were in D.C. for the holiday) and discovered that there was no heartbeat and that the fetus had likely died at about 5.5 weeks given the size.
The second miscarriage we went into our six week ultrasound and saw a heartbeat. At the time I thought that the doctor doing the ultrasound was not as positive as I would have thought and I felt like something was up. When we did a seven week ultrasound the fetus had only grown another millimeter and we were told that even though there was a heartbeat and a fetal pole, the fetus would likely die. By the eighth week it was dead.
But I have always been sure that the doctor knew at six weeks that there was something wrong and didn't tell me. As it turns out, I was right.
I have a five week ultrasound scheduled for Thursday. Knowing that, and knowing what I wouldn't see (heartbeat, fetal pole, etc.) I was curious to know what I would see. So I went to the all powerful, all knowing Internets. Where I found this article on five week ultrasounds.
And here is the passage I found interesting.
in the fifth week of gestation: a circular chorionic sac, typically 5-8 mm wide.
When I had the second pregnancy, the one which allowed us to see the heartbeat the chrionic sac was 4.3MM wide at six weeks. He did know something was wrong and he didn't tell me.
Having read this I am now totally paranoid that the fetus inside of me will be tiny. That we won't be able to see it. That there is something terribly, terribly wrong.
I was really happy when they told me to no longer come in for HCG tests because I was doing so well, but now I have this awful feeling that things aren't rising properly. I don't feel particularly pregnant (as opposed to the last two times). I'm a little more fatigued, but not to the extent I was. There's the hunger issue, but I'm not peeing as much as I did the first two times.
And I know I have to calm the fuck down. But I am not sure I can.
Monday, February 16, 2009
What The Heck Am I Putting In My Body?
Breakfast -- Toast with butter, 2 slices (7:30am)
Early lunch -- Leftover Mac n' Cheese (11:30pm)
Snack -- can of stringbeans (3:00pm)
Another snack -- Cookies, six of them (3:30pm)
UPDATED:
Dinner is going to be really late so Chris made me a snack:
Pre-dinner snack -- Nan bread with swiss cheese and procuitto melted on top (1/2, Chris ate the other half) (6:30pm)
Dinner -- Pulled pork sandwich on a kaiser roll with cole slaw and a pickle (9:30pm)
Early lunch -- Leftover Mac n' Cheese (11:30pm)
Snack -- can of stringbeans (3:00pm)
Another snack -- Cookies, six of them (3:30pm)
UPDATED:
Dinner is going to be really late so Chris made me a snack:
Pre-dinner snack -- Nan bread with swiss cheese and procuitto melted on top (1/2, Chris ate the other half) (6:30pm)
Dinner -- Pulled pork sandwich on a kaiser roll with cole slaw and a pickle (9:30pm)
Sunday, February 15, 2009
So Hungry
I normally eat two meals a day.
I skip breakfast because I'm never hungry for breakfast.
I have an early lunch.
I eat a late dinner.
I'm chubby because I eat more than I need.
In the past two weeks I have been eating the most rediculous amount of food. I had toast this morning at 9am. If I had done that two weeks ago I wouldn't start feeling hungry again until about 3 or 4 in the afternoon.
Today I'm so hungry I am about to gnaw off my own arm.
Should I get the spicy chicken sandwich downstairs or the burger down the block?
I skip breakfast because I'm never hungry for breakfast.
I have an early lunch.
I eat a late dinner.
I'm chubby because I eat more than I need.
In the past two weeks I have been eating the most rediculous amount of food. I had toast this morning at 9am. If I had done that two weeks ago I wouldn't start feeling hungry again until about 3 or 4 in the afternoon.
Today I'm so hungry I am about to gnaw off my own arm.
Should I get the spicy chicken sandwich downstairs or the burger down the block?
Saturday, February 14, 2009
St. Valentine's Day WTF
I had to get my levels tested again today. For reference:
Pregnancy One: First bHCG -- 65, Second bHCG -- 118, Third bHCG -- 176.
Pregnancy Two: First bHCG -- 63.6, Second bHCG -- 190 (four days later -- so it was the equivalent of the Third bHCG in pregnancy one).
Pregnancy Three: First bHCG -- slightly under 200, Second bHCG -- 460.
They've told me not to bother coming in until next Thursday when they're going to do an ultrasound in order to determine what the hell I've got in there.
Pregnancy One: First bHCG -- 65, Second bHCG -- 118, Third bHCG -- 176.
Pregnancy Two: First bHCG -- 63.6, Second bHCG -- 190 (four days later -- so it was the equivalent of the Third bHCG in pregnancy one).
Pregnancy Three: First bHCG -- slightly under 200, Second bHCG -- 460.
They've told me not to bother coming in until next Thursday when they're going to do an ultrasound in order to determine what the hell I've got in there.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Officially Official
I have a bHCG level of slightly under 200. Previous bHCG levels at this point were 65 and 63.
I'm really really pregnant.
More info to follow as it comes in.
I'm really really pregnant.
More info to follow as it comes in.
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