First OB/GYN appointment

I had my first appointment today at my regular gyn doctor.  Of course, Strong never sent the records over.  I had to sit there for over a half hour waiting to them to fax it.  I had called them almost 2 weeks ago telling them about my appointment.  "We'll have your records sent before your appointment so your doctor knows about all the procedures you've been through."  Uh huh, right.  Again, they already have all our cash, so there's really no urgency on their part.

My doctor spent about an hour wading through all my medications with me and taking medical history information.  We don't have any "real" information about the donor.  That kind of irks me.  Strong had originally told me we'd get a 13 page packet with all the medical history.  We only got a cover sheet with her height, weight, eye and hair color, hobbies, education, and very slight info on her parents and children.  I'm probably going to call Strong and ask, but I doubt I'll get anywhere.

So, my doc won't do anything about the morning sickness.  I haven't gained any weight yet.  I'm 8 weeks along.  She said that I'm supposed to be putting on a pound a week for another month, and then 1.5 pounds a week for the rest of the pregnancy.  That's going to be rough.  Eating is a CHORE for me now. I force myself to do it so I don't feel sick all the time.  I never thought that eating would become a chore!!!!!

Strong says my medications will probably stop in a couple more weeks.  My gyn doctor says they might keep me on the shots until I'm 23 weeks along.  That is like receiving a death sentence.  My butt is completely destroyed by these shots.  It hurts more than I can put into words.  It's bruised and lumpy.  I want to cry.

I constantly have 6 estrogen patches stuck to my stomach with numbers on them so I know when to change them.  The intern was doing my exam and he looks at them and says "Are these the Powerball numbers?"  Haha!  I needed that humor! :)

Going back in 2 more weeks for next appointment.

Watching my levels

Now I'm scheduled to have blood tested every other week. They are monitoring my progesterone and estrogen. When these hormones start taking over on their own, I will be able to wean off all the drugs I'm taking. I can't wait for that day!!! Right now my estrogen is 1980 and my estrogen is 86.4. I wish I knew what that means but I can't find anything on the Internet to interpret those numbers. We are having our first discussions about daycare, my job, how life will be, and if my body will ever recover from this. How much is abdomnioplasty??? I watched a c-section on YouTube and I wish I hadn't!!!! I have my first appointment with my regular gyn/ob this Thursday. Got lots to talk about.

TWINS!!!?!

OMG!  We went to the ultrasound on Monday.  We waited for the doctor over an hour.  I had so many clues that there might be more than one baby and I was so anxious.  They did the ultrasound and one black blob appeared.  The doc said, "There's one baby."  I was so sure there was twins that I actually felt a bit confused.  Then I clearly saw 2 black blobs.  She didn't say anything about them.  Then she said, "Baby #1's measurements are......".  At which point I asked, "How many do you see?"  "Oh", she says, "This is definitely a twin pregnancy."  Huh?!!  When were you going to tell us?

Nervous, excited, scared, happy.....feeling it all.   There is a 1 in 4 chance that one twin could vanish.  It happens a lot.  This explains the incredible morning sickness.  It also explains the insane fatigue and sharp, stabbing pains.  I've been pretty sick and I'm looking forward to feeling better.  Got lots of planning to do!

Morning, Noon, and Night Sickness :(

Although I only have one kiddo, I have had 3 pregnancies in the past.  I've NEVER had morning sickness.  This completely sucks!  I will say that the alternative (not being pregnant) would be much, much worse, but, whoa, this is bad!  Never in my whole life have I ever NOT wanted to eat.  This started 3 days ago and is progressively getting worse.  Basically, I'm down to being able to eat fresh fruit and cookies.  I can't even look at anything else.  You'd think I'd be losing weight.....but nope, I can't even button my jeans anymore. It's way to early for weight gain, but I thank the drugs for that.  I also thank them for this morning sickness.  I keep saying that as long as I'm feeling sick, it's a signal that I'm still pregnant.  I'm in week 6 now.  That means HALF of my shots/drugs are done.  Shots are getting more horrible as my skin toughens up.  Ugh.  Now, back to my Saltines and Ginger Ale.

hCG still on the rise!

Wednesday's hCG level was 10,399.  Very, very good!  Scheduled an ultrasound for Monday, October 17th. The nurse's exact words to me were, "You need to schedule a viability ultrasound to see how many are in there."  Dear God!  One would be very, very nice.

Starting to breath a little easier with all the good blood levels.  The shots are starting to get old though!

Good hCG levels!

I had more blood drawn today.  So far my hCG levels were 783 on Thursday and 5,399 today.  I have to get more drawn on Wednesday.  The crook of my arm is completely black and blue and I don't even care!!  The levels look good.  Fingers crossed that this continues.

Continuing all my shots, pills, and patches.  I have to schedule our first ultrasound for Oct 17, 18, or 19.  Hopefully I can get the 17th so Dave can come.  If all looks good with the ultrasound, I can get released back to my regular ob/gyn.  I can't even fathom this!