Moving forward

So far, there has been little to report regarding this pregnancy. As always, God has been ever faithful in providing health and peace to my changing body. There has been little sickness, which I am so grateful for. I hear the stories of women who just struggle through pregnancies and it allows me to be truly thankful for what God has given to me.
My visit to the pregnancy center yesterday went fine. Not much to post about. They are supposed to call with a decision as to whether or not I am eligible for an ultrasound. I guess there are legal issue pertaining to how far along you are in your pregnancy. Not sure of all of the details, but I am certain there are good reasons. :O)

We visited with our wonderful doula, Mary-Frances last night who stopped by for a few minutes while her son was at his piano lesson. After searching and searching we were able to find a wee tiny heart beating at 146bpm. My goodness, that is always such an emotional moment. Praise God for fetal Doppler's! Praise God for fetal heartbeats! I was talking to Rich this morning about how amazing it is that you can hear this heart that is the size of a pin head as if it were the size of a full grown person.

After reviewing previous measurments and looking at possible conception dates, we were able to come up with a potential due date. A little earlier than I had expected, but this whole journey so far has proven to be pretty unexpected. I attached the email from Mary-Frances which so eloquently explains all of the numbers.

I looked at the records we have for Cheyanne and your first visit with us was at 17 weeks and your fundus was 4 finger breadths below your umbilicus. With Izzie, at 18 weeks, it was 2 fb below. Tonight we both thought it was closer to 3 fb below so if I figure a conception date of Sept 26 (one of the "possible" dates we discussed) then you'd be more like 17 1/2 weeks now... and that makes sense. That would also give you a due date of June 18. I know you said you took a preg test the end of Sept, but it probably was too soon to register. You gave me other possible conception dates of Oct 17 and 23, but I really think that's too late, given what you're measuring. By Cheyanne's records, you were 21 weeks when your fundus reached your umbilicus (which probably means that you have a longer lower torso than the 'average" woman) and we can use that as a marker when you reach that point.

Did you ever stop and think how mathemtical pregnancies are? Another good reason to give your children for learning their addition facts.

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Love,
Amy