Music to my ears....

I can honestly say that nothing in my life has sounded as amazing as hearing my baby's heart beat for the first time. I had a doctor's appointment yesterday, and although I was not scheduled to get an ultrasound, we ended up getting one at the doctor's request. The doctor wanted to check on the status of my OHSS (Ovarian Hyper Stimulated Syndrome). This is the condition that has made me have Monster Ovaries for the past two months. This is also the condition that has kept me from being able to exercise for the past two months.

The best news is....Baby Bice is growing and healthy and has a VERY healthy 178 beats per minute heart beat. The good news is my ovaries are finally starting to shrink and I have been given the "ok" to start exercising again, as long as I am not over doing it (no half marathons in my near future).

We had our first ultrasound was when I was approximately 6 and a 1/2 weeks along. Since then, we haven't had one. I also haven't had any major symptoms. No morning sickness or anything to keep me assured all was well. So getting this ultrasound was a blessing. It reassured me all is well with the baby and he or she is growing properly. Hearing that heart beat, strong and loud, was like music to my ears!

I will post some new pictures of Baby Bice soon! It's amazing how much they change in just a few short weeks. We are so proud!! 9 weeks down, 31 to go!!!

Are you sick yet?

Like most newly pregnant women, I get this question every day. Almost every morning someone at the office asks if I have had morning sickness yet. I don't mind the question....mostly because my answer is NO!! I suppose if I was fighting back vomit just to answer the question each morning I may not be so eager.

Yep.....I am one of the few women who has not been slammed with some sort of morning/noon/night sickness. I have my moments of queasy....but they usually come and go without too many problems.

Although my doctor told me if I didn't start feeling some sort of sickness by last week I was unlikely to have any, I hope I am not jinxing myself with this post!

So far, things have been great. Other than the occasional indigestion, the nightly tiredness, and my desire to eat any and everything in sight (this is not much different than my pre-pregnancy self)....I would hardly know I was pregnant. Things have been so easy thus far and I can only hope and pray this pregnancy continues without any major hiccups or hurdles.

In a week and a half we will officially be 10 weeks along and we will be able to stop taking the progesterone shots, the metformin pills, and the baby aspirin. Ten weeks will be a huge milestone for us.....we can't wait to get there!

Ending Radio Silence

I feel like I haven’t written anything in forever. I guess the truth is I don't have much that is blog worthy right now....At least that doesn't involve information has to wait and wait and wait to be said. I kept saying this blog wasn’t just an IVF blog, it was supposed to be about other things too, but it seems that the only things truly interesting in our lives right now revolve around IVF.

I choose to make our process very public and blog about everything that has occurred. Most people knew the day we were supposed to find out if our IVF had been successful. Family, friends, co-workers and those who read our blog (all 2 of you) followed along while we went to appointment after appointment. Once we found out whether we were pregnant or not, there would be no way of hiding our answer to those we encounter everyday. But……we have been able to keep our news off the blog. Which for me, really means radio silence…as I can’t seem to find anything else to blog about.

I have great fears about telling people about a pregnancy so early. But, what is too early? I believe ten to twelve weeks is the norm, right? But, like I have said before, nothing about this pregnancy has been normal for us. Also, I don’t think I can continue radio silence on the blog……it’s much too boring. So…today, at 7 weeks…I would like to introduce you to Baby Bice…………



We are expecting a SINGLETON (thank you God) baby due November 19, 2011. The actual baby is in between the two + signs, that blob on the top which looks like a giant head (which we will expect our child to have) is actually it's yolk sac (saying those words makes me gag). We graduated from the Fertility Specialist on Tuesday and have already started seeing my regular OB! We couldn't be happier and the doctors say everything is going perfectly so far! We got to see a beautiful and strong heartbeat and it relieved so many of my fears!

Yes....I realize it's very early (stop judging me)...but I can not (in good conscience) continue the blogging silence.