Re: Baby update
From: Amanda (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 21 Feb 2003 17:38:43 +0000
Hi Valerie,
I am new to the message board..and I LOVE reading your stories about your
pregnancy!! Please don't stop..it is very encouraging for me...and others.
For those who don't enjoy it..they don't have to read it..but I would love
to hear about your progress..this is a very exciting time for
you..congratulations!
Amanda
>From: anonymous@obgyn.net (Valerie)
>Reply-To: anonymous@obgyn.net
>To: Multiple recipients of list PCOS <anonymous@obgyn.net>
>Subject: Baby update
>Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 21:29:01 -0600
>
>OK, so I posted about being pg, but here is the update...
>
>DH and I went to my first actual OB appointment yesterday... we had all
>thought I was 3.5 to 4 weeks... guess what... I am 7 weeks as of
>tomorrow, and s/he is a strong lil' thumper, the heart was pounding away
>in there so clear and strong, it was soooo amazing. I had felt fine
>until the 2 days before the appointment when I began putting up that
>wall to protect myself, telling myself that I would not see anything
>because something would have gone wrong... NOPE! PERFECT! The doctor
>said s/he is PERFECT, showing a strong and regualr heartbeat very early,
>and my HCG is at the very upper end of normal, which means this is very
>strong and determined lil' one holding on tight! It was so amazing, I
>was so shocked to see anything let alone perfection, when the doctor
>turned the screen toward me and I saw that clear and strong beat I just
>started to laugh... and laugh... and laugh... it was the weirdest
>thing, I was sooooo giddy I could not control myself and the poor doc
>was still struggling to get me a picture while I shook the "scenery"
>with laughter...
>
>I know it can totally suck to read pg stories when you have been ttc for
>what feels like forever... hopefully this will actually be comfort when
>I say that I was ttc for 4 years and m/c'd twice, and here I am now
>doing quite well (well.... "well" sounds funny with the whole morning
>sickness thing taking over my every waking moment! but that, too, is
>supposed to be a hugely positive sign! :) I think all the progesterone I
>take makes me mentally foggy, but I am sooooo ecstatic!
>
>Valerie
>
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