Baby #2 Is On The Way and Almost Here!

It's been a long road, but Baby #2 is on his way!

After two miscarriages from natural pregnancies and a failed IVF, we decided to try IVF one last time before settling on a family of 3. The last one did the trick and stuck. After an initial scare with HCG levels not quite rising as expected all has gone smoothly.

It has been emotionally tough on me - Always holding my breath and waiting for things to fall apart. I was terrified before the heartbeat ultrasound and pretty much every one after that. But all the early ultrasounds were great! I had plenty - maybe 8?? I went at least once a week to my fertility doc to check in ALL the time and they were very patient and sweet to me. At one point, Dr. Jarrett took my ultrasound pic and write "I'M FINE" on it to give me some comfort and told me to hang it on my fridge - which we did. Around 10 weeks I finally had to be release to the regular OB.

We had our Panorama Blood Test done around 12 weeks which showed no chromosomal abnormalities and we found out we were having a boy!

Once I got to the regular OB, I went in for almost weekly heartbeat checks until the 20 week ultrasound. At that ultrasound I was so scared of them finding something wrong but every measurement and organ looked normal. And the little guy was a total squirm worm! The tech had been doing fetal ultrasounds for 3 years and said he won for the most active baby. He had us all cracking up - it was hard to get a non-blurry picture because he would not hold still. Avery was totally different - I had to jump up and down to get her to change positions for her ultrasound. The little guy basically moved the whole hour :) Seeing how well he was doing gave me lots of comfort! And movement became much more consistent and frequent at that point so I was able to relax a bit and start enjoying it rather than being nervous all the time - not that I don't have my moments :)

I am now almost 37 weeks -  I still have my moments of being scared and having to make myself believe that all of this is happening. But we have the room and supplies ready, Avery is excited to be a big sister and Hung and I are gearing up for an infant. So grateful to be this far along (despite all the weight gain,headaches, puffiness and back pain!!). Now we just need to let the little guy cook  a little longer.

We had our hospital tour at St. Vincent Carmel last week and that got both Hung and I really excited for him to just be here. We can't wait to him in the coming weeks.

I have been way too nervous to post this any earlier and didn't want to "jinx" anything - even though I think there have been some pregnancy posts before this one. I posted tons of OB updates and ultrasound and belly pics with Avery and I have just been too nervous to do that this time given our fertility struggles. So I decided to do this one at the end to make sure Baby Boy knows he has been loved and cared about these last nine months. Fingers crossed the next few weeks are uneventful!

Below are some early ultrasound pics, a lunch I took to my fertility doctor's office this past week to thank them for all they have done and give them my unused meds so they wouldn't go to waste. And some pics of the nursery which is pretty much ready! 

We are stocked and loaded - Come on baby boy and greet the world soon. We are more than ready for you!