7 weeks and 1 day

So we had another appt with our IVF clinic!! Little bean is measuring ahead of the game!! And is double in size from last week and a VERY VERY clear picture of the little ones heartbeat! SO VERY prominent!! It was amazing. AND b/c the ultrasound probe was so, um, close to baby, we could hear the heartbeat!!! It was amazing. 143 bpm.

I feel pretty good, still just in awe that this is happening!! So w/o further ado, here is our little one's most RECENT picture. This one ISN'T magnified like the last one. This is the actual size of our youngin!!! So clear that there is a somethin' in there!













AND I get to show you the video of the heartbeat!!!! The flicker inside the blob is the heart! The tech puts the arrow on the beating heart!! How amazing is this!! I'm so in awe! Have a blessed day in the Lord!

HEARTBEAT!!!

We had our u/s today. We have a beautiful little one with a fetal pole, yolk sac and a flutter of a heartbeat! OH ME OH MY! God is so good. I just couldn't help but praise Him as I looked at the flicker on the u/s screen!! I really have a baby growing inside me! How amazing is that??

It still seems so surreal, like this is happening to someone else, but as I watch my belly grow and feel the tugs and pulls, I realize that THIS IS ME this is happening to!! I am really pregnant and really having a baby!!! How awesome is that!!

We go back next week for another u/s. I can't wait! Baby should be tripled by then!! Somewhere from 4mm to 12-15 mm by the end of the 6th week! (I'll be just over 7 weeks at next appt)

So without further delay, here is our little bean....Its the little white shadow that the arrow is pointing to!! That is my teeny tiny baby!! Isn't this cool????? God is so good!! What an awesome Lord we serve! Have a blessed day in the Lord!

Numbers are in...

And our newest beta went from 488 to 1623!! My doubling time is at 55 hours now which is FANTASTIC!!! AND we are ready to make the appt with the RE to have the "OB" appt AND ultrasound (u/s) to see the little heartbeat!!! I'm SO EXCITED!!!

I'm also a bit exhausted. Apparently Jr is getting a kick at sucking me dry from the core of my very being!!! Thankfully its normal during early pregnancy, but holy cow me pooped!!! Trying to rest as much as possible and thankfully Matt has been very understanding to my lazy sleepy self!

We are officially 5wk 4 days preggie. Only 34.3 to go! LOL. I've been researching what is going on in our little one right now. Its amazing to think what is happening in silence inside of me!! Its just awesome...here this is a copy of what is occurring:

As early as this week, the plate that will become the heart has developed. Your baby's brain, spinal cord, muscles, and bone formation are also beginning to form. The baby's skeleton is forming at this time as well. The embryo has a distinct organization that has a top, bottom, left, right, front and back. The baby has not grown very much from last week and is now approximately 1.25 mm long. You will not `show` yet for some time.

Yea well that part is wrong. I'm not "showing" per say, but I'm definitely changing and pudgier in my mid section. But then again I never totally shrunk after IVF.

Can you believe it? My little ones heart is forming, getting ready to beat!! I just am in awe of the creation of life!! What a miraculous thing and I get to be a part of it! God is so good...

Well I'm gonna go back to the couch to veg. Matt will be home soon and quite frankly, I'll probably be in bed soon! HA! You have no idea how much your prayers, comments, thoughts, donations, and love have been such a blessing to us!! We are overwhelmed by the amount of people who love and care for us! God is just humbling me in this over abundance of grace! Oh how unworthy I am, but how amazing our God is for blessing me in spite of the unworthiness. My heart is over flowing with praise!!!

I leave you with a pic of what Jr is looking like right now!! Pretty cool huh? Have a blessed day in the Lord!

I know I know...

You are waiting patiently. But seriously, how do you think WE feel??? HA!!

I've been harassed by several of my FB and non FB friends and of course our faithful "followers", to know what is going on, why we don't know anything yet and what the heck is UP WITH ME!

Well, its pretty simple. We've been waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting to know what God has in store for us. And apparently, God has bottles and binkies in store because....







WE ARE PREGNANT!!!!

PRAISE GOD ALMIGHTY!!! We are 5 weeks pregnant tomorrow!!! I got my first ever in my life positive pee stick last week, then another, then another!!! Its been amazing. Our first round of blood work on Saturday showed a healthy Beta HCG level of 169. Which is beautiful!!! I had another today, which is what we were waiting on to make our announcement and that was 488. They want the number doubling every 2-3 days, and ours is doubling at 60hr increments. PERFECT. RE said everything is right on schedule!!!

My due date is March 9, 2011 which just happens to be my daddy's birthday! We, of course, had to share all the news with our family first before going all cyber with the big announcement! Everyone is just so excited and praising God just as we are. And its been so much fun to surprise them with an early positive pregnancy test.

I have to tell you that this is the most surreal, amazing and humbling thing I've ever gone through. I was told at a very young age that the chance for me to conceive was so very low, then when we found out about Matt's issues, all hope seemed lost. But my friends I must tell you, My God is bigger then any diagnosis, any illness, and impossibility. My God is the God OF the impossible because my God MOVED A MOUNTAIN last week!!! We are so incredibly blessed!!!

We are continuing to pray for this little one, rejoice in each day that God allows this child in our life. We ask that you continue to pray for him/her to grow strong and healthy each day, that God protect them and bring abundant blessings on his/her life. We also ask that when you take a knee to pray for this little one that you also rejoice and praise God for doing THE IMPOSSIBLE!!! I AM PREGNANT!!!

Have a blessed day in the Lord!!!