I'm here. I'm reading and I'm thinking about everything and everyone. It's a touchy subject though being pregnant on an IF blog. I don't know if avoiding is the right way to navigate this new world or if information is. What I will say is I totally understand if dropping me from your regular list of blog reads is necessary to keep your sanity. I've been there. What I've debated mostly is how to maintain this blog while staying true to the mission I had when I first started. Sharing the truth of my feelings and allowing myself a space to explore them. I'm sorry if I hurt any feelings along the way and hope and pray that you're all not far behind me. I've attempted to separate blog posts from IF to pregnancy with no luck. I'll have to do some more digging because my Blogger dashboard isn't functioning properly for me. In the meantime I will try to be as honest as possible while still being sensitive to anyone who may need it. With that being said, I'm staying put.
So this whole pregnancy after infertility is really screwing with my head. My first HCG blood draw was 222 and 14dpIUI, my second a week later was 2607, his heartbeat was 117 bpm at 6 weeks and at that time was measuring just a couple days behind. Those are all great numbers but I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop. I'm happy, don't get me wrong. I'm incredibly happy. It just seems too good to be true. The reality though is that our bean is extremely healthy and doing everything a baby bean should do. What I need to do is keep thinking positive. Keep appreciating all the good that has come from this. There's nothing significant during this pregnancy that makes any of my doctor's think this is anything but a take home baby and all the worrying in the world won't make the outcome any different. So my goal is to relish in the fact that life is growing inside me. Hope for the best and enjoy every second of any discomfort I may be feeling. Because in the end we have a miracle on the way.
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