Another week has come and gone and things are looking good. I met with our high-risk OB this morning. My ultrasound looked good and this little girl was moving around a bit and waving her arms for us. She's measuring just shy of 23 weeks and the doctor thought everything looked great. Phew. She weighs 1.3 pounds today, which is more than L weighed when she was born.
I'm still loving having a posterior placenta and feeling all of her kicks. There were a few big ones last night and I just love staring at my belly as it moves. That will never get old.
I'm thankful for another week with a healthy baby and am trying to approach the time when we lost L with optimism and a positive attitude. This time, things will be different.
To my grapefruit-sized baby in there, please just keep growing and kicking! We can't wait to meet you in a few months.
I'm so glad things are continuing to go well for you. It helps to see that you can have a positive pregnancy experience after loss, and even though it hasn't been the case for me yet I so want it to be.
ReplyDeleteI have hope for you that this will happen. I didn't have any for myself (given my DOR/fertility issues), but here I am. At some point, I realized that without any hope, I wasn't sure what I had left... hang in there. I still live in constant fear that what happened with L is going to happen again but I try to not let those thoughts dominate the positive ones in which this pregnancy works out. You are in my thoughts.
DeleteI'm so glad everything looks good so far! It is always hard to revisit the time of a previous loss... I was really nervous around the 20w mark, which is when we lost the twins, and then all the way to 24w. It got easier after that, though of course there's still a nagging fear somewhere in the back of my mind... but it is more bearable than a few months ago. I'm hoping things will be different this time around for you, too.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to hear you felt better about the 20w mark (plus a few more) passed. I'm thinking that if I get past 26w, I'll start to feel like maybe things will be a little different this time around. I've certainly been hoping that all along. Thanks for your comment.
DeleteI know the next week is going to be hard, but try to focus on the positivity of this post and remember your high risk OB is trained to pick up on things being wrong more than your regular OB is, so if the high risk OB said everything looked good then hopefully it's true. Hugs sweetie. I'm praying for you and your little girl <3
ReplyDeleteThank you, I really appreciate it. I know you are right... I'm just so paranoid AND this time period was always going to be tough.
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