I am officially 12 weeks pregnant as of today!
Ben & I got VERY lucky that our very first round of fertility meds were successful. We meticulously charted things & were lucky to see a smiley face on the ovulation monitor on April 20th. From there, as they say, the rest is history. Since everything was charted and detailed it was pretty easy to guess when to buy our first early pregnancy test and it came out positive! So Monday May 2nd I made an appointment to see my doctor to confirm things on a more official level. It was such a happy day, and great to see my doctor so happy for us after the struggle she knew we went through.
Pregnancy has been good so far. I never had any nausea at all. I only had (and still have) some pretty strong food aversions. I have been exhausted for sure, but have been much more energetic the last two weeks. I was also very fortunate to be referred to a really awesome perinatologist who helped me weigh all of the risks/benefits of staying on my anxiety meds. He felt very confident that I could have a healthy pregnancy, healthy baby, and even be able to breast feed on my meds. This came from him having plenty of experience with other patients who stayed on the exact same med I’m on and even some who took much higher doses (I’m on the lowest dose).
I was lucky to have been sent there at 6 weeks. They always do a thorough 2-D and 3-D ultrasound before your consultation just to confirm viability. During the ultrasound they discovered that I have a bicornuate uterus. The risk with this problem becomes more of an issue later in pregnancy so we will have to monitor things more closely with regular visits to the perinatologist in late second & third trimester.
So, despite being high risk in two categories (PCOS & bicornuate uterus) I have had a rather uneventful & super healthy pregnancy. We had our 12 week appointment on Friday & Ben was home and able to come with me! During the appointment the nurse tried to find a heartbeat with the doppler & was unsuccessful. Then my doctor made another unsuccessful attempt. Since my doctor is well aware of my anxiety issues she quickly pulled in the ultrasound machine to ease our fears & wipe the scared expressions off our face. We were able to discern that the doppler was never going to find a heartbeat due to the fact that our little bean was kicking and twisting and moving around so much! It was the first time we were able to see the little bean that was growing inside me. The look of wonder on Ben’s face is something I’ll never forget. The bean measured 4 days ahead of schedule in size & had a heartrate right on target. My doctor also said that all of the movement was a really good sign of how healthy little bean is! So, I’ll leave you with the images of little Trujillo-Bressler due 1/9/12.
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reminiscent of the famous painting "The Scream" or "happy arms" as Ben named this one
Congrats! This will be such an exciting time in your life!
I remember the look on Dan’s face the first time he saw Aaron on the ultrasound. The only thing that surpassed it was the look on his face when he held his son for the first time.
Just wait until that little bean gets the hiccups – weirdest cool feeling in the WORLD.