Never in my life have I had a "regular" cycle, so getting preggers has been tough. So for the last year I decided to just try and loose weight and then worry about the baby thing. Over the course of that year I lost 30pounds. Then, a miracle happened, for two months in a row I had the SAME cycle length!!! Wahoooooo!! Because of this Rusty and I knew that pregnancy was a possibility, but experience has taught us not to get our hopes up. On January 28th I decided to take a preg test just to make sure because I wanted to do some heavy lifting that day. Much to my shock and surprise it came out POSITIVE!!!!!! Wanting to do it right this time I came up with a "cute" way to tell Rusty. This is how I told him:
Rusty bought this onsie off of ebay when we very first starting
trying for a baby almost 3 1/2 years ago.
After that I made an appointment to see my doctor because given my history I wanted to get a quick jump on things. My appointment rolled around a week later and at this point I wasn't sure if I was 5 or 6 weeks along (because of my cycle length). I told the doctor that my progesterone (the hormone that keeps you pregnant in the first trimester) had been low in the past so I was a little worried about it. He casually dismissed me and didn't run ANY labs!! I know, CRAZY right?! He did however do an ultrasound at which he measured me as being 6 weeks along. Unfortunately, he couldn't find a heartbeat. I was DEVESTATED!! The doctor then proceeded to tell me to come back in a week, but not to expect anything because he didn't see a viable pregnancy and so I should go home and wait to misscarry!! What a jerk!!
After LOTS of tears and conversations with people I love I decided to get a second opinion. I cancelled my appointment with Dr. Jerkface and made one with a FEMALE infertility specialist. While waiting for this next apoointment to arrive a week later I found myself beginning to experience "morning sickness" (or all day sickness in my case). The thought then occurred to me, "Why would I be getting sick, if I was loosing this baby?" This was reassuring, but at the same time I have trained myself not to get my hopes up.
Finally the day of my appointment rolled around. We went into the ultrasound first (this time with an actual ultrasound tech that knows what she is doing!). She first did an abdominal and couldn't find anything, so she had me go to the bathroom and come back for a vaginal ultrasound. In the meantime, Rusty appraised her of our situation and what the previous doctor had told us. About 2 seconds into the ultrasound she found a HEARTBEAT!!! YAY!!!!!!! We then all agreed that the previous doctor was in fact a jerk! It turns out that when he measured me I was really only 5 weeks along (which you shouldn't be able to see a heartbeat at 5 weeks), but he measured me wrong, and falsely diagnosed my baby as dead! Here's our little peanut at 6 weeks with a strong heat rate of 114:
Can you see my little jelly bean baby? :)
I then saw the doctor and they ran SEVERAL different labs on me that are standard proceedure and also ran my progesterone for my sanity. It turns out I was right! My progesterone was low, so now I am on a progesterone supplement. They have been so good to me at my new doctor's office, allowing me to come in as often as I want to check on my little peanut and have been so good about calling me and wanting me to call them so that we are all in the loop. Man, I wish I had switched doctors ages ago!! I am so glad that Rusty and I followed the prompting to switch doctors because our little doodle bug might not still be here if we hadn't.
I am now just over 9 weeks along and still sicker than a dog! But I just keep telling myself that it will all be worth it in the end! I just had another ultrasound between 8 and 9 weeks and the doodle bug is growing nicely and now has a heart rate of 185!
The baby is on the left hand side and the dark spot is his/her brain.
Just below that on the left you can see a little arm starting to form.
Pretty exciting!! :)
It has been a long and stressful journey, but so far it looks as if I will be able to deliver a healthy little Tuckett around October 7th!! The Lord has kept his promise to us that we will be parents. It's been a long journey, but one I wouldn't trade for anything!!! :)
