Today we had our first appointment with our OB/GYN, Dr. Clinton. We’ve officially graduated from the fertility clinic and while we are grateful that we were in that program, we’re also very proud that we got pregnant completely naturally. There would have been no shame in IUI success, indeed, that’s what we were praying for, [...]
As I say, the beauty of of being in the fertility program at Northwestern (or anywhere) is the constant early monitoring. Only nine days after our first u/s, we had an appointment for another. This is partly due to the size of the embryo on the last u/s, which was 6w6d, farther along that the [...]
We had a good time although we overdid the prep a bit on our Christmas party. Every years they’ve exceeded expectations to the point where we really wanted to be prepared. Well, we were plently prepared, alright.
It was lots of fun and everyone thought our decorations were cool.
I was freaking nervous today.
Before Doctor Barnes proceeded, we informed him of the spotting and cramping and he was not forthcoming with reassurances. That didn’t matter, because we were about to find out the truth with the pending ultrasound, anyway.
As you’ve guessed from the headline, we saw the little fetus on the [...]
