10w2d

Gosh, for the girl who used to be petrified of needles I sure have come a long way!  Yesterday I went to my OB for a follow up ultrasound to make sure baby's growth was not falling farther behind.  Baby measured at a lot of different measurements but one of them was right on track, so I feel good about that.  Baby was wiggling up a storm, it really was the most beautiful thing to see.  It wasn't facing us so it didn't look as much like a baby as it did last week, but it has grown to 3cm and heartbeat was 176.  I never get tired of getting ultrasounds and seeing baby!  I also had my INR (sp?) blood levels rechecked because the first levels showed my Lovenox wasn't thinning my blood enough, so depending on how these results come back I may have to increase the dosage possibly up to twice a day, ech.  Here's hoping they come back okay!  The nurse used a really thick needle to draw the blood, I have gotten so spoiled with CCRM using butterfly needles which don't even hurt that this one quite hurt a lot! 

This morning I went back to CCRM to get my hormones checked.  My estrogen dipped a decent amount from 1400 to 900, but progesterone didn't change at all.  The nurse wasn't too concerned.  She told me to wait another week and go down to one patch every other day, one estrace, and quit the progesterone.  Their goal is to get me off my end of first trimester.  I don't know why my body is being a pain.  A lot of other girls on my forum I'm on end up being off of all their meds by 10 weeks, so hopefully everything is okay.

So now my big obsession continues to be waiting for my NT ultrasound at Obstetrix.  Normally women my age have a very low risk of birth defects and I would have no reason to worry.  HOWEVER, I have been through a lot to get this baby and I worry so much about something being wrong.  I really think once that test comes back all clear (positive thoughts) that I will really be able to relax and enjoy the rest of my pregnancy.  The test is 11/28 so two weeks from Monday...