Bittersweet, somber type anniversary.......and more updates!

Well I knew I wanted to write about this since DH brought it up the other week to me. So reflecting on our up coming life change, my DH asked me to look at my calendar from last year as he figured - hey hasn't it been a year since our first IVF attempt? Well lo and behold it was a year to the date that he brought it up that we were in the process of treatment with IVF #1 ....

Now I have mentioned before how I felt this IVF attempt the second time was a type of "sign" and in sorts of "divine intervention" well TO THE DATE my due date (August 28) is EXACTLY to the date of my "WTF" appointment with the clinic in Edmonton after our failed cycle. How weird right?!

I think its funny how things work out but obviously this was all meant to be, and in just a week or less (HOPEFULLY) we will be meeting bambino/bambina and PLEASE come sooner than a week - I AM SO SO READY lol.....

Today I had my first stranger pregnancy experience so to say - I was picking up a birthday gift for my niece and the cashier looked at me and said "Your about to pop any day aren't you?" I said well yes in a week - her response " Yah I can tell - your going to pop" UMMMMMMM LMFAO....I have not had any stranger say anything to me in 9 months until today - I had to laugh and I called my DH right away to tell him.....

Update - this one I meant to write yesterday (I think I even said it would be a double entry day - well fail on my part!!!!)

I had an ultrasound two weeks ago - because my fundal height has been measuring 4 weeks behind consistently since my 32 week checkup. Well baby seems to be fine - Dr is not worried - but half of the baby I guess to say is not measuring to date - I know ultrasounds aren't always 100% accurate, but our babies femur and stomach is measuring at about 32 and 33 weeks (I don't remember the exact number) but this was August 09 - so due to the measurements that were taken - I go for another ultrasound on Friday just to double check. Now the dr. said that if he felt baby or myself were in danger they would induce me - but it doesn't seem to be the case - since he wasn't in a rush to do the follow up ultrasound.... Heck I'd love to be induced early lol - but whatever is best for the baby and the dr. said the babies bio-physical score (happiness score as he referred to) is 8/8 which means baby has space, is active, is receiving enough oxygen etc. so I am not worried - of course I used stupid Dr. Google and it stated that a small femur or stomach measurement could be a soft marker for downs' syndrome, now again not worried because my NT scans and tests came back fine - but again nothing is 100% correct right? I am not stressing - I am just praying for a healthy baby - of course we will love the baby no matter what -  I am just hoping that everything truly is ok - and that in all aspects we are just having a small baby (easier delivery?!?!!)

Well that really is what I wanted to update - next OB appointment is Thursday afternoon and ultrasound on Friday - and here is to hoping I will have a baby before I decide to do another update!!!

XO

Third Trimester, 11weeks 2 days LEFT

Wow - well time has flown by again!! Where to start - what to write.....Things have been pretty smooth sailing still...Nothing major to update or write about really - baby is definitely moving around more, its so cool to feel, but at the same time it's creepy in the sense of knowing, thats a little human being moving around me - how gremlin"ish" hahahaha......

I have decided that whatever I have bought is good enough - we will figure out the rest once bambino gets here - the only thing missing we need to get is the car seat - we have it narrowed down to the Peg Pregero and the Graco Snugride 35- so we are "testing" them to see if they fit in our car this weekend - and hopefully make the purchase and than we are finito!! I am sure I am missing something - but like I said we will figure it out when we get there....

We still once in a while toss back and forth about finding out the sex, but we are so close now - really what is the point?!!?
We have our 3D ultrasound coming up on Friday - I am very excited to see the baby again :-) We are pretty lucky to have that sort of technology now a days to be able to see bambino :-)


I've been doing pretty good in general - the tiredness has returned with vengeance!!! But that's ok I'll take all the sleep I can get for the next 11'ish weeks! However the swelling has commenced! In my feet - usually the days that I am at work - and my hands slightly - I can not wear my wedding set most days (MAJOR TEARS) so I have resorted to wearing my $8 wal-mart ring hahaha- its actually pretty realistic looking - but I am sure those days will be short lived also.....
My lower back and hips have been bothering me too the last four weeks'ish' also - but I have added a chiropractor to my mix of people I see - and OMG why did I wait so many years to try it - she is AMAZING -

Well I will leave off with my 27 week bump picture, hope everyone's journey's are going well no matter what portion of your journey you are on - XO