Friday, April 18, 2008

I am Two months pregnant (yesterday)

Week 8 Belly shotSo here is my 8 Week belly shot. (You can even see some medicine patches.) The belly has "pooched" out a little bit below the belly button.

I have not had any morning sickness (knock on wood) or too many other symptoms like heartburn. Instead, I have cramping every once in a while, I get tired easily and love taking long afternoon naps. I also get really hungry every few hours, so have stocked up on healthy snacks like dried fruit, cheese sticks, wheat thin crackers, raw nuts, and hard boiled eggs.

According to this web site:
http://americanpregnancy.org/weekbyweek/week8.htm
my uterus is now the size of a grapefruit, instead of my fist!

Week 4 Belly shotThis was my 4 Week belly shot. Not much difference, but I am now 2-1/2 pounds heavier!

My betas on 3w6d and 4w1d were 152 and 390, with a doubling time of 1.47 days. They were pretty high for so early, so we thought we might have twins!

I found my OB practice upon the recommendation of my friend Margaret's niece who went to a high risk OB. Tim and I went together for my first appointment on April 7th to see the ultrasound and learn if we had twins or not.

6w4d ultrasound Here is the ultrasound of the (single) embryo at 6w4d (6 weeks 4 days). From top to bottom, it measured 0.62cm. They also found its heartbeat, and measured that at 116 bpm.

It is funny how many people have asked us if we know the gender yet! I don't think you can tell until at least five months. We will have to decide if we want to know or not.

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