so I have finished moving this blog over to the new site, which makes it easier for me to update and keep looking fresh. new address - still working on adding all the old videos though. everything else is done.. with a new 29wk belly pic
http://surrosaurus.blogspot.com

24wks 1 day - yes I got a new haircut, on May 5th I donated 12 + inches to Locks of Love!

22wks 4 days PLUS me at 8 weeks pregnant (for hair comparison)

I also have a OB apt tomorrow. here are the pics from the ultrasound, sorry so long to post, been super busy!

Had my big ultrasound today. it showed baby measurements are great, baby looks great, moving around alot. The ultrasound also show that for the first time I am carrying a BOY!! yeppers, there is a weenie betweenie those leggies!!
I have to post the 2 pics they gave me, they will come soon, been pretty busy around here. I did get a new belly pic last night almost 21 weeks!

I hadn't had an update in awhile, then L contacted me via email with a new pic!!!
She is ONE ALREADY!! wow that was FAST.. Isnt she CUTE.. this is why I do what I do!

OB apt today, lost 2 lbs, thats ok since I HAVE been eating.
Baby's heart rate is around 150bpm. Results of nucal scan are normal woohoo.
I set up the apt for the BIG ultrasound, which is on April 22nd 10am!
ALSO, I took a gender test the other day, which is called Intelligender, which is a gender test that use FMU to see if you are having a boy or girl.. probably not accurate as some would like?? but still fun.
http://www.intelligender.com/
Just as I am thinking...

if this is true, this will be the first male child I have given birth to, so far it has been 3 girls (2 my own, 1 for R&L)
Also sharing a "belly pic" which I already have too much belly, lol.
16 weeks on Friday March 20th

I had the nucal scan today. everything went great, we will have the results from the doctor within 2 weeks.
I brought my camera to video, but they wouldnt let me record anything. they did get pictures for me burned to a CD I guess I should be thankful for that?!
the US tech didnt even try to look in "that" region, like ~some~ do.. this early gender determination would be hard, but some have done it. oh well I guess we are waiting until 20 weeks to know whether to call it a him or a her... not just him/her, lol.
there was lots of bouncing around the tech had a hard time getting the right profile pic. it was kinda funny, baby would be sitting just right, then flip, then tech would move the US thingy, then baby would flip right back where he/she needed to be just a min before. playing tricks already, uh oh I hope you are ready F & L for what this little one has in store for you, lol!!
let me tell you how "smart" I am... I installed a new faucet in my girls bathroom.. by myself. yes, I am Mrs FixIt, even when I a pregnant, probably esp when pregnant. Well, the cabinet hole is tiny, like for anyone to fit in, esp with my chest lol.. I could hardly get in enough to see what I was doing. So I wake up with a huge pain in my neck shoulder area.. I couldnt think why. Well my friend N says, well you installed that faucet yesterday. how could I have forgotten that. DUH thats where my pain is from. Gosh I shoulda know better with my neck pain history. anyway..
the only crown to rum profile pic she added to the CD

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the best close up profile of face

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can you see the face.. I can

"Skipping ahead" again. not 11 weeks on the dot, but close enough.
the little one was bouncing around this ultrasound, looking oh so adorable.
doing GREAT. trying not to get too tired.
I also have used the doppler again. little one giving me a scare for a bit. I was looking in all the wrong places for his/her heartbeat!
I think the SCH is still there, but now very very tiny. I had minimal brown spotting which is from the SCH.
I am scheduled to have the 1st trimester screening (nucal scan for downs syndrome early diagnosis) done Feb 25th, memorial hermann sugar land
see cute cute video

I was scheduled to go into the RE tomorrow, but at the last min they told CT fertility that they don't do ultrasounds past 8 weeks. which is weird because they let me make the apt for the 10 week ultrasound at the 8 week apt.
I was scheduled to go into the OB anyway, so we did end up getting an ultrasound at 10 weeks like the RE in CT wanted.
baby looked great, he/she looked as if they were sleeping. not jumping around this ultrasound.
great fetal tones, and little arms and legs showing and everything.

I got out the doppler I bought last year and plugged it in to charge. When it had charged enough I took it off to see if I could hear the baby's heartbeat. After laying for about 2 minutes I found it!!! how crazy.
I didnt get to try it last time until 10 weeks and some odd days. and today at 9 weeks 2 days I heard it.
it is very faint, even with the volume turned all the way up on the thing. I am going to try and record it later on video!!
just wanted to share the awesome news!
ok I look silly but here is the video.. finally

I had my 9 week check up at the OB today. Waited FOREVER in the waiting room to get called back to the ultrasound room.
I had my LAST trans vaginal ultrasound, thank goodness. Veronica went with me, and she was pretty well behaved, even being we were there it felt like forever.
The baby is looking great, measuring right on the mark. had a heartbeat of 158, which Dr said is great.
We talked about the delivering hospitals, and that the hospital I need to deliver at, per insurance, he does in deed deliver at. This is the newest hospital in the area, opened in 2006 I believe, and heard it is VERY nice. I hope to tour it soon.

Ultrasound shower the SCH no longer has a "clotty" look to it. RE said it looked like it was resolving slowly. CT DR Doyle's nurse Sharron also said I can slowly resume normal activities yay!.
baby is even moving a little, heartbeat looks beautiful and growing wonderful!

had OB apt today. SCH still there. no new bleeding or blood though. on bedrest still.
This is a new OB I picked because he delivers at the newer hospital, or so I thought. I discovered he had recently dropped his privledges at the hospital I wanted to deliver at.
good news is I found out that my "old" OB now delivers at the hospital I want! now going back to see him.

I was sent to an ultrasound today due to some bleeding I had yesterday. The ultrasound showed Lone Ranger to be fine, and even bigger just 3 days after the first ultrasound.
The ultrasound also revealed a subchorionic hemorrhage, where the bleeding had come from.
I am now on bedrest, and hoping the SCH will absorb and go away soon. The RE also said that it might bleed again, or that it might not. They can't tell you for sure , and I asked, and they said the cause of the SCHs are unknown, and usually the PG turns out well. but there is a *slight* increase risk of MC, which I am praying doesnt happen.
I have an OB apt Thurs at noon, then another RE apt next friday the 23rd at 8 weeks pregnant.

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I started having some cramping and bright red bleeding today around 2:30pm. It was enough to soak a panty liner, and only lasted about 30 min, but this is still scary. called RE and nurse said the baby could be fine, and they have alot of girls who have bleeding and go on to deliver happy healthy babies..

well I am late posting this (even though the date is saying the 9th) It is the 14th and I am posting like this to keep things in order..
anyway, if you hadnt seen already. I had my first ultrasound. I took video just like I did last journey.
there was one baby, and a small sac next to the one baby. The RE said it *could* have been a twin, but there was only one heartbeat that she saw at this time, one healthy baby. well call "The Lone Ranger/ette"
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MY # 18dp3dt (21dpo) 2532


Beta Scores for Successful* Twin Pregnancies

Days Past Ovulation
21
Median HCG Level
2488
Lowest HCG Level Reported
120
Highest HCG Level Reported
14979
Number of women reporting a number for this day
745



Beta Scores for Successful* Single Pregnancies


Days Past Ovulation
21
Median HCG Level
1221
Lowest HCG Level Reported
41
Highest HCG Level Reported
16224
Number of women reporting a number for this day
1783

Beta # - 351 Doubling time =1.41 days.
from master beta list (which is posted on SMO and is just a list of everyone's beta #s at certain #dp#dt, and how many they ended up carrying or shown up at the ultrasound) a list to help people even more obsess over their IVF surrogate pregnancies.. which I am so very guilty of, lol!
my beta number shows up in BOTH the singleton pregnancy and the twin pregnancy numbers.. ultrasound will be a surprise no matter what the outcome!
14dp3dt
Singleton: 110, 144, 161, 183, 189, 207, 219, 241, 258, 273, 278, 290, 300, 310, 311, 321, 351, 371, 388.5, 390, 394, 420, 447, 450, 531, 658, 687, 775, 788, 813, 1458, 1531

Twins: 238, 254, 304, 326, 351, 397, 562, 593, 623, 650, 735, 815, 826, 1007, 1120, 1433, 1469, 1952, 2175

Trips: 1197, 1250, 1400, 1448, 1642

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here is the babystrology ticker.. not as detailed but still cool!