Last week on Monday, November 6th, Jayson and I had our second ultrasound appointment with our doctor in Wichita. I was excited but also a little nervous considering my spotting had continued the entire time between my two appointments. While the doctor told me not to be concerned about it, that was easier said than done!
We got a great picture of Baby A whose heart rate had increased from 129 two weeks prior to 179. It was amazing to see how much they had grown in two weeks.
Baby B was a little harder to see due to my bladder filling back up at that point and the position of where he/she was in my uterus made it a little more challenging to see him/her. We did get a good video of Baby B’s heart rate this time which had increased from 123 to 170.
Baby A:
Baby B (hiding):
After the doctor completed the sono he told Jayson and I that we have graduated and are able to see our doctor in Salina. It was very bittersweet. I never thought I would be sad to graduate from there, however after we have been going there for the last four years, we have gotten very close to the staff. Our doctor hugged each of us and told us he loved us and how excited and happy he was for us. He asked us to come back and to keep in touch. When we walked out of the room all the nurses were there to give us a hug and give us their well wishes. It was a very surreal moment for us!
When I walked back out in the lobby the receptionist said you don’t need to come back, you’ve graduated. Jayson heard a lady waiting in the lobby say, “So that’s what it’s like to graduate from this place”. I wish I would have heard her say it because I might have said something to her. I remember exactly what it was like to sit in her very position wondering when it would ever be my turn, however I quickly learned that I can’t compare my story to someone else’s. God has us each on a specific plan, so if you’re still in waiting, please know your time will come when it’s perfect for you!
A lot of people have been asking me how I’m feeling and honestly, I can’t complain. I struggled for about three weeks with having no appetite and having to force myself to eat. My sense of smell is out of this world, so that causes some issues for me. I do have nausea throughout the day, but nothing I can’t manage. I’m tired…..pretty much all the time! I have been falling asleep on the couch around 7:30 and then Jayson wakes me up at 9:00 to give me my progesterone shot and then I go right back to bed.
I will continue to be on both estrogen and progesterone until I’m 12 weeks. I will be 10 weeks as of tomorrow, so only a couple more weeks of those!
We have our first appointment with my doctor here in Salina a week from today and I’m anxious to go as we get another sono. I think it will also make it a little more real that we get to go to a normal OBGYN instead of a reproductive specialist.
We want to thank you all so much for the continued prayers. The thing I am most nervous about is that with this being a twin pregnancy, I’m scared of having them too early. Prayers that I can carry this pregnancy as close to full-term and for each of them to be strong as possible when born would be greatly appreciated.
With love,
Haley