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So, we went in for our routine check-up yesterday. Everything is going great! We were able to hear the heartbeat again, which made me feel so much better after our little dehydration scare last week. I just learned to carry a bottle of water with me at all times...and to not forget that I am still pregnant : )Anyway, the heartbeat was 150 beats per minute, which doctor said is perfect...they like

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So, I know I'm a little late but here I am...finally. : )We had our doctor's appointment last Wednesday with the new docotor. I loved him! Jessy didn't get to come but when the doctor found the heartbeat on the dopplar he told me I should call my husband so he could hear. It was really sweet and Jessy was able to hear our little one.I go back on July 22nd for another check-up. We find out whether

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Hello Everyone! We went in for our final visit to the specialist today. Baby is doing wonderful! We were able to see him/her jumping and bouncing all around. It was very cute! The heartbeat was 164 and the doctor said that it is right where it should be and after looking at everything...he said, "It looks like you have a keeper!" : ) Our baby is finally really looking like a baby and we are just

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Okay, so for a little over a week now I've noticed that I'm getting whelps every time Jessy gives me the daily shot of progesterone. They started out small and have progressively gotten very large. He told me the nurse had said that was a normal reaction...I didn't remember hearing anything like that, but maybe I did and just didn't remember? I found out later she never said such a thing. : )

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A few weeks ago I had made a roast...yum, right? For me...not so much! What had once been one of my favorite meals quickly became something I couldn't tolerate the smell of and certainly didn't attempt to eat. So, maybe I thought it was just a one time thing...I don't really know...but last night I decided to make, "No Peek Beef Tips" which is seasoned similar to the same way I do my roast.

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Jessy and I went in for another ultrasound today and we have a new due date! January 1st, 2010! Everything looked wonderful and the baby had a heart rate of 168 beats per minute, which the doctor said was perfect! We got to see our little person move too!! That was the most incredible thing I've ever seen!The doctor said it looks like the baby is sucking his thumb in this picture. hehe. I don't

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So, Lori and I were reading over the past posts just cause our baby is 7 weeks old today (Happy Birthday!). We got to mine from the ultrasound and she read the line "...unique bonding experience." and completely disagreed. Apparently she doesn't think that shots=bonding! I guess I should go easy on her with that sharp, pointy needle. :)

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Whew!I didn't realize the emotions I would feel when I saw and heard our baby's heartbeat. That might be one of the most incredible experiences of my life (at least until I hear our schneckechen cry for the first time). I had to dry and wipe my eyes because I didn't want the tech to think I was a big baby. :)Giving my wife a shot everyday has been such a unique bonding experience. It really makes

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So...we are just having one baby! Yay! We were a week off on the due date so the new date is January 4, 2010! We could still possibly have a Christmas baby though...yikers!We were able to hear and see the heartbeat and it was truly one of the coolest experiences ever! The heartbeat was 117 beats per minute and we were told that was, "very good."The baby looks like a little blob with a tail right

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So, yesterday I went in for more blood work to make sure everything is doing what it's supposed to do. The nurse called me a few hours later and said my HCG hormone looked really good but my progesterone level was dropping. It went from 20.7 to 11.8 in a weeks time. This made my heart sink, as our last pregnancy ended because of really low progesterone and an HCG level that wasn't rising.

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... that’s what I’m learning anyway. Yes, we are in fact having a BABY!35 weeks to go!First of all, we are absolutely thrilled! We are finally going to be a mommy and daddy! Words cannot describe the joy we feel knowing we get to be parents. What an incredible blessing!We want to create this blog since so many of our family and friends are so far away. We are going to post pregnancy pictures and

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