That's right, everyone's prayers, well wishes, and positive thoughts have paid off! Baby Keebs is on the way, as many of you have seen on our recent Christmas cards. For those of you who haven't, here you go:
The day before Thanksgiving was when we found out we had a miracle "turkey" on the way. We had been preparing ourselves for another round of in vitro in January or February. I was taking the test just to be sure I wasn't pregnant before we went on a trip. To my surprise, that little line showed up very quickly and with no mistake. But just to be sure we took another one, of course with the same results.
Of course we were worried because we hadn't been planning this, or really even thinking it was a possibility. We decided we'd only tell our parents and my sister until we knew more. Let me tell you, it was a bit difficult disguising my nausea at the Thanksgiving table. Kory thought it was very amusing checking in on how sick I was each day of our trip.
Once we got back from our trip, I went in for blood work which has become pretty routine for our pregnancies. The results, however, were anything but routine. Our first round showed my hCG levels at more than 4300. That's the highest first round numbers we've ever had! Those tests really tell the most information when they are repeated two days later. A rule of thumb is that the number should increase by about 67% every other day. Our second round of bloodwork was 8600...that's better than expected! We were very excited to hear this news, but still didn't want to make any big announcements until we had an ultrasound done to make sure everything was where it was supposed to be. We had that ultrasound done Monday. It showed a 6-week fetus in the uterus...exactly what we wanted to see! Now we felt a little more reassured and very excited.
I have definitely experienced more "morning sickness" this time around. I've even hovered over the "porcelain god" a time or two. It makes me smile every time, believe it or not. I prefer my sick days to my feeling good days. I worry less when I feel sick because it's not how I'm used to feeling.
So the next updates will probably be how I'm feeling mostly. We have another ultrasound scheduled for December 22 so I will post some pictures then. Until then, please keep thinking good thoughts.
I believe that God wouldn't send us this miracle just to take it back, but I'll certainly take all the prayers we can get. We are very excited to meet this little one! We love you baby Keebs.
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