12 weeks, 0 days

This was our very first ultrasound picture. It was taken at 6 weeks and shows both the fetus and the yolk sac.



This was taken during the regular 12 week ultrasound.




This was taken during the 12 week for the Nuchal Translucency test.



This picture was taken today during the NT test.


It's been awhile since I've posted on this blog. I think part of it was my growing frustration of getting BFNs month after month.

I am happy to report that after a long journey, I am finally pregnant. In fact, I am 12 weeks along today.

So I will summarize a few things I've noticed over the past 12 weeks.

SYMPTOMS: aversions to food (especially toward spicy, coffee and diet coke), smaller appetite, morning sickness, tender breasts, constipation, dehydration, exhaustion, acne

HARDEST LESSON TO REALIZE: You life doesn't change after the baby is born. It changes immediately when you become pregnant. Soon, you can't do the same activities you used to and your clothes can't fit anymore.

TRIPS: I flew to Reno and then I rode on Amtrak's California Zephyr from Reno to Chicago. I went for a week to Dominican Republic.

WORST SCARES: Fender bender during week 4, bleeding during week 7, dysentery during week 10

BELLY POPPED: End of week 11

TEST SO FAR: Ultrasound and Nuchal Translucency (NT)

NEWSWORTHY: At my NT test today, the nurse asked if I had difficulty conceiving. After I answered her yes, she pointed out on the sonogram that my uterus was posterior (sits low) and that my bowels were in front of it. She said she could count on her hands the number of times she has seen this. And that other women with the same layout had trouble and also received fertility treatment.

LOOKING FORWARD TO: The results from the NT test and finding out the sex of the baby at the next appointment. I think it's a boy, but my DH thinks it's a girl.