I'm behind.

I've had a lot going on in the last couple of days and was really sick yesterday so I need to catch up before we head out for the weekend!

Wednesday I took the last of my medicine. Hopefully my estradiol level is firmly in control by Thunder now because it isn't being supplemented. I also got my last shot of progesterone. WOOHOO! No more shots to the butt again until we go for a sibling. My poor bruised rearend will start recovering now. I did a count and I've had a total of 85 shots this IVF cycle. Some of those shots were to the thigh, some to the stomach, and most were to the hip/butt. We've got it down to a science, but I still hate shots! I love babies though.

I've been feeling pretty good for the most part so it came as a huge surprise when I started vomiting yesterday morning on my way to work. I basically thought - crap, here comes the morning sickness. However, I didn't get feeling better and couldn't even keep down water. My students were so kind and behaved when I went to the bathroom to puke. I went home early and Jon told me he was sick too. So it looks like I still don't have morning sickness. Thank goodness! We think it was some bad lettuce and we're both feeling better today. I think I'm still a little dehydrated. It's hard to totally recover when I have issues with eating. Maybe I should buy some chips. LOL! I lost 5 pounds yesterday so I don't think I need to worry about excessive weight gain at this point.

Jon and I haven't gotten around to a nine week photo since we were both feeling so awful yesterday. It might end up being a 9.5 week photo.

I can't wait to head out for the weekend. I've missed my family!

I told my students.

For some reason this post didn't show the first time so let's see if it shows now.

My precalculus students have been dying to know what I'm doing next year and I promised I would tell them before the seniors graduated. Since today was the last day with seniors in that class I told them about the pregnancy. They were extremely happy. I think they had the best reaction so far. Teenagers don't worry about the problems that could happen so it was just pure joy for the girls. The guys even seemed happy for me. I bet the whole school will know by the beginning of class tomorrow even though I only told 11 students. I also told my colleagues finally. A few already knew, but most of them didn't even know we were going through another IVF cycle. That was a fun surprise.

For those of you wondering about the chip episode, I managed to keep the whole bag down. In my defense, they were Poore Brothers chips so it wasn't the biggest bag in the world - under 1000 calories. Naughty me. It's a good thing Emily is sending me some pregnancy workout tapes.

What was I thinking?

The doctor suggested small snacks and eating often so what did I do? I ate an entire bag of potato chips this afternoon! I think I may be breaking my streak of not getting sick during pregnancy. Ugh! They just tasted so good and I've been having problems finding any food appetizing so I went a little nuts. Now I'm suffering.

Nine days left of teaching. I really wish our school had air conditioning.

My sister Emily is loaning me her pregnancy clothes. If I keep eating like I did today I'll be needing them sooner than later. Yikes! I'm excited to visit my family next weekend. I think my nieces and nephew are long overdue for some smooches.

I'm going to go to bed now. Hopefully I don't get to experience those chips coming up again if I fall asleep quickly.

Hello everybody!

We've officially released this website to friends and family. I feel so exposed, but happy and excited at the same time. If this helps one person, then that makes me ecstatic. Plus, I know EVERYONE wants to see my stomach all the time. Just wait until I get stretch marks, then it'll get really good.

Last night we went to a sushi party (cooked, don't worry) and someone guessed I was pregnant pretty much right away. She said I had a glow about me. I'm a happy pregnant woman and it must show.

Here's the website from my IVF clinic for those of you that are clueless about the process: http://www.uihealthcare.com/depts/med/obgyn/infertility/carc/generalinformation.html

8 weeks

Don't I look proud of myself? Oh and if you're wondering about the pants, they're the pants I wore to the egg retrieval when they took out the fruit of my womb. Hehehehe

Phew!

All looked good today. Thunder's little heart was beating at 167 BPM and we could see his little arms and legs. I should scan the pictures some time because he's starting to look like a baby already...or maybe I'm just better at interpreting ultrasounds. He's been doing some growing so no wonder I've been so hungry, tired, and nauseous in the last week. The subchorionic blood is still there so it's possible we could have another bleeding scare, but the doctor didn't seem too concerned. My next appointment isn't until June 18th and I'll be getting a level 2 ultrasound. They want a closer look at the guts because there was a tiny little cyst/shadow that they want to watch to see if it goes away. I guess it's pretty common, but some cause for concern for me since I'm such a worrywart.

We'll be sharing this website with family and friends soon. Just a word of warning - We had a very rough time in November and December with a miscarriage. If you just want to read about our happy times, then don't read anything before March.

I'll post the 8 week belly picture tonight. I'd better hold my arms up this time so I don't look like I'm the size of a house!

Ultrasound tomorrow

My 8 week ultrasound appointment is tomorrow at 11:30. I'm excited and nervous. Hopefully Thunder is thriving and that stupid blood is gone or greatly reduced. I almost puked when I was brushing my teeth this morning and I've started having to go to the bathroom constantly so I'll definitely be surprised if my little bean isn't growing strong. Otherwise I've been suffering (to a small degree) for nothing. I don't mind symptoms at all. It'll be better when I don't have to go to work in the morning though.

I met my replacement yesterday. He seems like a pretty normal guy and not too big of a math dork. He is really short and looks young, but I think it'll be fine since he'll be teaching the upper level classes. He won't have major hooligans to control. I feel better about quitting now that I know my replacement. I only have 10 days left with kids. It was really strange today when I realized I was teaching the last new lesson of my career. I taught all about secant, cosecant, and cotangent and had kids figure out all of the exact answers for the special angles between 0 and 360 degrees. That last part there was for my future reference and probably made some of you groan in rememberance. Until tomorrow...