So I am now 23 weeks along, I thought the time was right for a timeline of the growing bump. She is being pretty nice to me and not stretching me out too quickly!
7weeks 14 weeks
16 weeks 19 weeks
hmmmm...... :-)
We found out the gender of the baby a few days ago, and they invited us up to their place for a BBQ to announce it to their friends and family. We had a great time and did a little sight seeing along the way. When we got to their house they had a wonderful spread for the BBQ along with a whole table of my favorite snacks; cherry twizzlers, oreo's banana's and graham crackers. It was AWESOME!
They had a cute way of announcing the gender to everyone, they had a baker color the inside of the cake either pink or blue and frost it white with green and yellow flowers. It was beautiful and one of the most delicious cakes I have eaten. And the moment you've been waiting for...
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GIRL!!!!!!!
Well... I got a little lazy and didn't want to log on to the computer to update. I've had a couple of great Dr appointments. The baby looks great and is measuring perfectly. We got to see the baby by ultrasound one more time and then hear it's heartbeat. Our next appointment is the BIG one, 20 week gender ultrasound!!! J & G are sooo excited they are having a gender reveal party the weekend after, and we are road tripping it down to be there for it. We planned a mini vacation and my girls are super excited.
I was so happy to finally be done with morning sickness, it finally left for good around 14 weeks, I am now RAVENOUS, they tell me this is a phase too, man I hope it passes quickly! I haven't got too much of a belly yet, this baby is taking it's time to make itself known to the world. Having to pee every 10 minutes has been entertaining for the whole family, I think they are starting to make bets.
I am so honored to be part of this process, it is truly amazing to help build a family for such a wonderful couple. They have been amazing through the whole thing, so thoughtful. I am so excited to meet some of their closest friends and family in a couple weeks.
Promise there will be some belly pics next time!
We had the 9 week ultrasound and everything is going swimmingly! I am still struggling with morning sickness, but I hear that should be gone in a couple weeks. I "graduated" from the fertility clinic and will now go on to see a regular OB. I am also weaning off the shots so I am sosoo excited for that! By butt is already thanking me!
A friend of mine who is also a surrogate just found out that she is carrying twins! They are all super excited about it. She is a couple weeks behind me so it will be fun to go through this together. I'm not really showing yet but I'm sure that will change soon! I can't wait for some warm weather, we have been having the coldest spring I remember. I'm so ready to wear my warm weather clothes before I grow out of them :-)
Good news!! We went in and saw one beautiful strong heartbeat. It was awesome, doesn't quite look like a baby yet, more of a tadpole if you ask me! I felt such relief when we saw it, I had worked myself into a real coniption by the time Friday rolled around, I should have known someone was messin with my hormones, because I am usually pretty calm. I've also been enjoying some lovely nausea... Thankfully it's not all day or even every day. I don't usually have very many pregnancy symptoms, the one that I've noticed this time is saliva!! I have so much spit in my mouth all the time! My husband has endured many spit showers since this started.
J & G were able to be there for it it was so sweet to see the joy on their faces when we saw their baby alive and growing. They are coming in for the 9 week ultrasound next Wednesday, I am so glad that I will be done with shots at the end of this month, a little over 2 weeks!!
My first two beta tests came back GREAT! The first was 54 and the second was 153 that means it TRIPILED! that's a pretty good way to start! Then to make it even better my 20 day number was 8990. Everyone is saying that is a twin number, I will be happy as long as we have healthy baby. We have our 7 week heartbeat ultrasound on friday so I only have 6 days to wait. I was so nervous in between my 10 day and 20 day that I took like 5 pregnancy tests :-) One of my good friends who is also a surro transfered on Thursday and she will have her first beta on friday, they transfered 3 so I am hoping for a healthy pregnancy for her as well.
I had my first beta test bright and early this morning, my next one will be Monday, to see if my numbers doubled. I bought a few dollar store preggo tests and they all came up neg so far... Not too concerned though because they don't seem to be as sensitive as some of the others I've used. I guess i'll just have to wait until Monday!!
