Week 11

 Hey there Baby Remkes!  Week 11 and everything is going great! Baby is growing really good.  Mom is sick and doing a whole lot of nothing.  I am also on "careful rest", which means, no lifting anything above 20 lbs and taking it easy.  I forgot about the no energy part, literally, no energy and nothing sounds good.  Except milk.  I am drinking a gallon every few days, by myself.  And I have become a vegetarian, and if you know me, I love meat.  The joys of pregnancy!

Bye Bye Progesterone

See ya later! It's been real! Glad I am done with you.  Even more glad you were a suppository and not a needle.

Baby Announcement

Its official! Weston (and his parents) are so excited to announce, he is getting a new crew member April 2017!

#IVF #ivfsuccess #fourthroundsacharm #familyoffour

Bittersweet

Today is a bittersweet day.  I had my follow up and last appointment with my fertility doc, Dr Gurtcheff.  She has been amazing and wonderful to go thru this process with.  We have been so blessed to have her in our lives!

Last night, I decided to ask my mom to go with me to my appointment, Chris couldn't make it home for this one, even though he tried (out of town projects suck).  My appointment was at 11am, we headed down and waited.  Dr Gurtcheff started the ultra sound and went immediately to Baby B, who looks great! Strong heartbeat and is growing great! Baby A on the other hand, no longer has a heartbeat.  The medical term for this is "vanishing twin" and happens often.  Many mothers don't know about it because it happens before the first ultrasound.  It does raise our pregnancy risk a bit higher, as it could effect Baby B; but it should dissolve back into my body.  We are devastated.  Yet, we are eternally grateful for Baby B!  We are feeling many emotions and working thru it.  Chris FaceTime with us and we were both able to tell Weston about Baby A.  He is such a sweet kid and has been very understanding.  He said he is sad, but know his baby is in heaven.

 So here we are! Expecting! It still doesn't feel real.  After one success, two failed attempts, here we are with another success!!  Our due date is April 27, 2017........my 36th birthday! How crazy is that timing! And I am more than willing to share a birthday!! Now to let baby grow and develop.  We need to make it to week 10 and should be out of the clear.  Only a few more to go. 

I go see my OBGYN next week and I continue the progesterone suppositories until the 29th.  I am on baby aspirin also until October 13th to help with blood clots.

Twin Update

This afternoon, I went in for a check on the babies.  We didn't get bad news, but we didn't get good news either.  So Baby A (the baby that would deliver first) is growing, but is significantly smaller than Baby B.  Dr. Gurtcheff said it could be because Baby A implanted after Baby B and is appearing smaller.  When measured, they are measuring about 3 days apart.  Both have strong heartbeats, so now we just wait and see what happens.  We could keep both, loose one or possibly loose both.  Only time will tell.

Here is a comparison picture.  The top was last week and the bottom is this week.

Once again, we will have to wait, have patience and put our faith in God's hands. 

Two for the Price of One!

 The video says it all! Twins! Holy Moly! We are having twins! We are only 6-7 weeks along, so we will see what happens.  We go back in a week to see how things are going.  We got lucky, Chris was in town for a meeting, so he was able to go with me to the appointment and see the two little embryo's that could!

Two!

Pregnancy Test

 

Yesterday was quite the day! I didn't sleep at all Thursday night.  Every thought and emotion was running thru my brain.  Weston and I got up and headed to Murray for the pregnancy test.  Simple blood test and we waited.  Chris flew in that afternoon, so we had a few hours to burn.  Weston and I went over to City Creek and shopped the Disney Store and had some lunch.  Weston was great thru the whole day.  Every time my phone rang, Weston would jump and say "Is it the baby doctor?"; love that kids heart.  We had some time to burn, so we headed to the airport.  Instead of parking and waiting for Chris, we walked into the airport and waited.  Chris called me and told me he had just landed.  I hung the phone up and it immediately started to ring.  I knew the number and panic ran thru me.  I grabbed Weston and we stood against the back wall while I took the phone call.  After I said Hello, I heard "Holly........Congratulations! Your pregnant!"  The tears started immediately and I was at a loss for words.  Threw the sobbing I said Yeah and Thank You and scheduled my follow up appointment for September 6th.  Weston was staring at me the whole time.  I got to look in his eyes and tell him, "Buddy, your going to be a brother"' he started screaming and right then, Chris walked up to us.  Weston started yelling, "Pop, I'm going to be a brother!" I was crying, he was crying, we were all stunned.  The timing of the phone call couldn't have been better.  Even though our moment was in the airport, shared with a million other people, who cares! We are pregnant and going to have a baby! Or TWO! Who knows! We find out on the 6th!