Waiting, Waiting...

Not much to update since my last post. It's mainly just waiting until my first ultrasound, which will be a week from tomorrow, on September 5. I've been, of course, trying to find out as much information online as I can in the meantime! There's a pretty good message board site called ivfconnections.com for those of us who have conceived, or are trying to conceive (ttc in message board-speak) using fertility treatments. I'm really anxious to find out at our ultrasound whether or not we're having twins (or more! eeeks!) Personally, I really hope it's twins. I know it won't be easy, but there's just something exciting about the idea of twins. Still, I'm trying not to get my hopes up and just relax until then. My DH is very, very nervous about the prospect of twins, though! Hehehe... That's OK, he was nervous when we were talking about getting a second dog, and now of course, we can't imagine our lives without her. I've included a photo that I took awhile ago of our two kids! Baylor is on the left, and Macee is on the right.

A lot of my friends have been asking how far along I am and when I'm due. This is where all this online research is coming in! If you conceive normally, you calculate how far along you are by the date of the first day of your last period. Of course, if you conceive using ivf, you didn't have a normal period! So, according to ivfconnections.com, they say to calculate based on 2 weeks prior to the egg retrieval. If I go by that, I'm 6 weeks pregnant at this point (or as some people say, "in my 7th week") and my due date is somewhere around April 22, 2008. Of course, all this is speculation until they confirm everything at my ultrasound. Still, it's fun thinking about having a spring baby. My birthday is in August, and my DH's is in November, so all the birthdays in our family will be spread out. A lot of my friends have spring babies too, so we can all celebrate together!

I'll tell you what though, those pregnancy symptoms really kick in! I've been exhausted! I can't believe how easy it is for me to just fall asleep. At the office, sometimes I wish I had a curtain or something across the door of my cube so I could close it and take a little nap every once in awhile. Plus, the nausea hasn't been fun, either. I seem to get the queasiest (is that a word?) right before meals, so I've actually been eating less than usual. Who knows? Maybe I'll lose a little weight before I gain some!