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Thursday, January 18, 2007

Fiesty Little Girl

Yesterday Shelly didn't feel well. She had a lot of sinus pressure and headache. Riley must not have felt well either because she wasn't super active. She (Riley) usually perks up in the evening. We think it's because I'm home from work and she can hear me reading, talking, playing with the dogs, etc. During the day it's pretty quite at home. But watch out, when I'm home it's a little chaotic. Even when I got home last night she was still pretty mellow even with me laughing, singing, and yacking through American Idol. If my singing can't stir her nothing will! So, anytime she's not super active, we comfort ourselves by listening to her heart beat with the doppler. What a feisty little thing! I immediately found her heartbeat. Nice and strong. She immediately moved away. I found it again. She moved. This happened three times. Then for the next two hours she took out her frustrations on her Momma Shelly. Almost as if she said, "Fine, you wanted to feel me, here I am! Bam, bam, bam." What a little pill! But we love it!
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4 comments:

Stacey said...

There are definitely quiet days--totally normal. They say that those days are growth spurt days. Either way, rest assured that quiet days and active days are all normal. :) I bet the doppler is reassuring though. They say babies will often move when you use it because they can hear the noise.

January 18, 2007 at 11:09:00 AM MST
Anonymous said...

I wish I would have had one of those doppler things when I was pregnant with parker. Given my previous history I was a basket case with him. Luckily my doc let me have non stress tests whenever I wanted but it would have been tonz easier if we could have checked the heartbeat at home. How awesome is that that you can reassure yourselves everything is good with little Riley.

January 18, 2007 at 12:33:00 PM MST
Merr said...

That is so funny. I love the thought of them having their own little personalities in utero. It is so amazing isn't it?

January 18, 2007 at 12:54:00 PM MST
Mermaidgrrrl said...

I read somewhere that whilst the doppler is harmless for the foetus it sounds noisy to them, the equivalent of a helicopter hovering over our house. No wonder we have to chase them around with it if it sounds like that! My baby also kicks like a maniac after the doctor uses the doppler.

January 18, 2007 at 9:32:00 PM MST

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Our Conception Story

After eight years together we were pretty sure we'd spend our life with our four legged kids, doing lots of camping, and traveling the world. On August 12, 2004 that all changed with the birth of our God Daughter Tate. We immediately fell completely in love with her and soon began to re-think our decision of not having kids.

In October 2005 we began the process of trying to conceive. As soon as we started trying Shelly began having very erratic cycles which made the process that more complicated. After four tries over six months we decided to schedule a consultation with the a Reproductive Specialist. We were desperate to conceive and on a limited time frame since Shelly had just turned 41. Dee was 35 at the time but not able to conceive due to a medical procedure.

Our first appointment with the Repro Man was May 2006. He suggested we try IVF using Dee's eggs and Shelly as the gestational mother. He felt this scenario would give us the highest chance for success of a healthy pregnancy. We spent a short amount of time weighing our options and decided this was the best choice. We began our first IVF cycle in August. They did the Egg Retrieval and Fertilization on 8/31. Three days later, 9/3, they transferred three embryos into Shelly. Then the wait began.

Shelly promised not to begin the home pregnancy test too soon. Dee had to travel out of state for business a week after the transfer and asked Shelly to please wait to test. BUT, the wait was too much for her and she started testing after a week. At first there was no line. But after a couple of days testing a faint line started to appear. When Dee came home from her trip Shelly told her, "I know I'm pregnant." Dee didn't believe her and insisted the line wasn't dark enough so she tested herself to compare. There was absolutely no line. She began to believe Shelly was pregnant but still had doubt. Dee went to the store and bought another brand of testing strips. After five home tests, we were convinced we we're pregnant due to all positive results. A blood test at two weeks confirmed it; we were going to have a baby!