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Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Binge Blogger

Hi. My name is Dee and I'm a Blogaholoic. I'm not a daily blogaholic but more of a Binge Blogoholic. Yes, I Binge Blog. I typically Binge on Wednesday's, Thursday's, Friday's and Saturday's. I'd love to Binge Blog Sunday through Tuesday but life is crazy busy on those days. So, to all of you who are also Binge Bloggers, I hope you can relate. :)

So, it's Wednesday, and I'm binging. My wife is watching the Jazz and I'm about to enjoy an hour or so of blogging pleasure. I could experience BBF (Binge Blogger Fingers) tomorrow but it's worth it keeping everyone updated and staying up date on my fellow bloggers.

Shelly is miserable. She's experiencing back pain, heart burn, bruised ribs, and exhaustion. I've also caught her head spinning around several times lately. My response to this is of course to LAUGH which only makes her head spin faster. I'm loving every minute of it knowing we're in the home stretch and I can live with this alien being staying in our home for another eight to ten weeks.

Riley is still active and sassy. We have had a couple of days this week where she wasn't very active. Of course we panicked, got out the Doppler, and quickly reassured ourselves she was just fine. We now think it was just a growth spurt. She seems to have one to two days a week where she's pretty mellow. Then the next two days Shelly feels as if she's run out of space again and BAM, her stomach has popped more.

Friday we have a Doctor appointment with our OB/GYN. Shelly will take the Glucose test. Hopefully we get good results there. After this appointment we start going to the doctor every two weeks. How exciting. We're getting so close. Next week is our next MFM Ultrasound to see how little Riley is doing. Hopefully the Hygroma is staying the same. I'm not sure what the protocol is with Perinatologist at this stage. I wonder if we'll increase the U/S frequency during the last 10 weeks or not. Guess we'll find out next week.

This weekend should be a crazy one. We have to get the basement cleaned out for the contractor to start on Monday. Shelly works all weekend. I'm going to help our friends move. I have to help Steve finish putting Bead Board up in Riley's room. Then, on Sunday, we're going to Disney on Ice with Tate and her Mommies!

Next weekend Shelly and I are spending the weekend in Park City to celebrate her birthday and our 10 year anniversary. We thought we'd be doing lots of shopping. Instead, with the way Shelly's feeling, we may be spending most of the time in the room resting, watching movies, and ordering room service. At least we're out of the city and it's just the two of us.

I'll snap a 30 week belly shot of Shelly this weekend in some of her new Maternity clothes!

6 comments:

K J and the kids said...

30 WEEKS already !!!! Crazy.
I'm so happy for you guys.
It sounds like you have a REALLY busy next few days/week.

Congrats on hitting 10 years. Right behind you.

Enjoy Disney on Ice. The kids are the best part. Tate will LOVE it.

Can't wait to see the ultrasound pics as well as Shelly's growing belly.

hotomiky said...

Congratulations! 10 years! Keep the relationship going!!

Enjoy your time up at Park city relaxing and having the best bday and annv weekend.

Glad things are going well with you lately. :)

Wendy and Karen said...

Binge blogging is a great term!

Hope all of your appointments go really well.

And congratulations on your 10 year anniversary! WHOO-HOOO!!

Merr said...

Sounds like you will be having a fun weekend! Happy 10 years to you guys!

Casey said...

I'm so happy to read an update and I'm glad things are going so well. As hard as it is for Shelly to be uncomfortable, it's all good! That means little Miss Riley is doing exactly what she is supposed to do - drive her mommy(s) nutty in preparation for the years ahead. :)

Happy 10th year Anniversary! That's so cool! :)

tifferny said...

Congrats on 10 years! I hope Shelly feels well enough to enjoy your trip to Park City. Ah...Park City...god I miss the southwest. :(

Wow and 30 weeks for little Riley! My god...these days, weeks, months are just FLYING by.

Oh and I hear ya with the binge blogging. Maybe we should form a support group! :) LOL

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!