Last week was probably one of the busiest and most difficult weeks so far. The begining of the week was awesome. Monday was Cameron physical for his surgery the next morning and that took all day and every bit of energy out of me! But we were rewarded by seeing Grandma after with our much anticipated dog, Addie! I felt SO bad because I knew the reaction that Jody and I were hoping for was probably not going to happen because the kids hadn't gotten their nap yet and it was 3 o clock. Gracie never waits that long for one! Cameron did pretty good, Gracie was the funny one. She was laughing and crying at the same time! Poor baby, I had to lay her down right away. Cameron didn't take too long to warm up to Addie and once he did they became fast friends! Addie fit perfectly in our family. Nick was super excited to see his dog. We had her arrival marked on the calendar and every day I let Cameron mark through each day as we got closer. We took her for a walk that night and she stayed right by Cameron letting him lead her on the leash. PERFECT!
The next morning we took out sweet boy in for his oral surgery. He had to get 4 silver fillings in his back teeth. Everyone already knows what a mess I was. But could you blame me? I signed a piece of paper that stated "death" as a possible outcome! Even though my brain knew that was extremely unlikely, my heart did not take it to well. Nevermind the pregnancy hormones, I would have cried with or without them. Cameron recovered pretty quickly, but was very confused when he woke up. He really wanted his mommy to lay with him and that was the only way to calm him down. Of course I loved every minute of it. Cameron is like Nick in SO many ways, but when it comes to cuddling, he is his mother child. That kid wont cuddle for long, if at all! Addie most definately helped with his recovery, she was so good with him.
On Wed. I had my first Dr.'s appointment and I was very anxious to know how far a long I was. Going off of my last cycle I was 6 weeks. My Dr. sent me down the to have blood work done to make sure everything was progressing like it should. He said at this stage of the pregnancy the machine he had would be very difficult to find the baby on his "crappy" machine. I was kinda bumbed, but having gone through this two times before I wasn't too upset. Although, I was anxious to know the results of the blood work. On Thursday I missed my Dr's call because Cameron was playing "angee birds" on my phone. The message he left wasn't exactly what I expected. He called to tell me my progesterone levels were low and that he wanted to start me on progesterone pills to help increase the number. My HCG levels were very low too indicating that I was earlier in my pregnancy than we thought. So I went in on Friday for my second set of labs RIGHT before I was due for my first wedding!OMG, that was soo much fun. During the getting ready portion of the day my Dr. finally called me back to explain Wed. blood work. My progesterone levels were very low and he was concerned this prgnancy wasn't going to make it through. He said he'd have Fridays lab results on Monday and that we'd just talk about how that goes then. He was very kind and sympathetic, which only worried me more!
We had a great weekend and I really did my best to keep my mind off of it, but I didn't want to talk to my friends or anyone about the pregnancy. Luckily it went by very quickly and I was given some encouraging news on Monday that my progesterone went from a 10.8 to a 39, and the HCG went from 1,450 to 3,300!! So it more than doubled and it wasn't even a full 48 hrs, yay! Dr. said I was still not out of the woods yet so he wants me t continue the progesterone pills but I feel in my heart that everything will be okay! I have two healthy and beautiful babies, this one will be no different! I have an appointment/ultrasound scheduled for Aprill 11th, I will be 8 weeks along and just can't wait!! God is good and in control!
"God giveth, and God taketh away. Blessed be the name of the Lord!"
