Week 5

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For some reason, our app didn't believe that I needed a sticker for 5 weeks, so I made my own. Baby is the size of a headphone jack, peppercorn, pencil eraser, lentil, or apple seed, depending on where you look. 

Baby's first theme park! Before our transfer, Daniel and I planned a day at Disney's Animal Kingdom for a few weeks post transfer. We figured that no matter what the outcome was, this would be a good way to end the cycle and spend a day together. If it failed, I could drink some tropical drinks, ride a few coasters, and mentally prepare for round two. But, blob is hanging on tight! Instead of riding roller coasters, we spent the day on the safaris and doing the lower impact rides. It was still a really nice day with Daniel! It was also REALLY hot, like 93 at midday. It made me extremely grateful that I'll be at my most pregnant during the fall and winter months. 

This week was also the first week I felt pregnancy symptoms... I thought the nausea was bad before? Ha. I asked for Mexican food for dinner, but as soon as the plate was in front of me, I wanted it gone. I took an accidental 4 hour nap one weekend afternoon, and my first bout of morning sickness made its debut on Monday at work. Hip pain/round ligament pain started about midweek and absolutely terrified me. After several google searches and texts to mom-friends, I tried to take comfort in the fact that this was my uterus and hips preparing for carrying blob, and not losing him/her. All of these symptoms, while annoying, make me feel so much more secure that little blob is growing and doing well. I'm still anxious for our scan, but feeling very positive!

How far along? 5 weeks
IVF Medications? 1 cc Progesterone in oil shot every other day, 4 progesterone suppositories daily, 6 mg estrogen daily.
Maternity clothes? Not yet, but the size small yoga pants I'm wearing in the photo above left some lovely marks all across my stomach. Time for a ban on tight clothes.
Stretch marks? No
Bladder Watch: I'm up a few times at night to pee, but it is probably still a result of the uptick in water consumption.
Sleep: The vivid dreams are bizarre. Definitely woke up angry at Daniel a few times this week- one of which included needing a surrogate, one of our friends volunteering, and then Daniel having a baby with that surrogate instead of using my egg. The surrogate friend then fought us for custody. I am still seething a little. 😂
Best moment(s) this week: We decided to tell our siblings this week, which was fun. Because everyone is aware we underwent IVF, we have been lying to our family/parents/grandparents, saying "blood work got lost at the lab" and so on. This worked well, for the most part. Our siblings are a little more familiar with the process and knew that couldn't be true. We called and 'fessed up, but they know mum's the word for a few more weeks.
Miss Anything? Wine/beer. For sure.  
Movement: No.
Food cravings: Absolutely not. Just whatever I can eat without feeling awful.
Anything making you queasy or sick: Grocery shopping or cooking. Being around food in large portions is grossing me out. I've made my little snack drawer at work, and that's about all I can handle.
Gender: Maybe its a puppy!
Labor Signs: No.
Pregnancy Symptoms: I'm having cramping/pain on and off, which of course terrifies me. I try and remind myself that blob is making room in there, that's all it is. Also, the area outside of my nipples has started to darken, I've got that lovely morning sickness, heavy-feeling breasts, and the weird vivid dreams. The afternoons/evenings are tough thanks to exhaustion, but I have lots of energy in the morning!
IVF Medication Symptoms: Poor booty is still looking sad from the shots. 
Belly Button in or out? In, safe and sound.
Rings on or off? On.
Happy or Moody most of the time: Moody, for sure. I don't to say the mood swings have started, but....
Looking forward to: Telling our parents this weekend on Father's Day. Both sets of our parents know we did IVF and have been VERY nosy. Originally, I had wanted to wait until after our ultrasound, but I don't think they're buying our lies for very much longer....

All in all, it was a good week. One week closer to seeing blob's heartbeat. I find I'm more comfortable saying that I'm pregnant and not feeling like a fraud or like I'm jinxing it. I'm making an effort to try and enjoy every moment of pregnancy this week. You're only pregnant a few times, if you're lucky. Gotta relish in it while you can!

Daniel got in on the fun with his own bump photo....


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