You've Come a Long Way Baby

I thought it was about time I did a post dedicated to this little guy growing inside me. The two months I have left seems like a long time but considering we were trying for this pregnancy for over 3 years, we are almost to the finish line. My kids are both asleep, and I felt like blogging so I'm going for it. (Unfortunately Luke is sleeping because he's sick. He has a fever, rash, and has been throwing up. After he wakes up and lets me know how his throat is I may need to have him checked for strep.) I am breaking down and documenting my pregnant belly. I need a few pics (very few) to remember it by.

Here I am in all my glory at 30 weeks and counting. I really don't mind the belly growing too much. It would just be nice to not also get bigger thighs, puffy hands, extra chin...!


Having a picture like this is a perk of IVF. This is our baby boy in his embryonic state (5 days). Which one he is will forever be a mystery. It's most likely that he's the larger one called a blastocyst. The other is still in the morula stage which means it was a little behind from where it should have been. You too could have a picture of your child as an embryo for lots of money, hundreds of needles, and several invasive procedures! Just kidding. Now that it's over I feel like joking about it a little. I still consider myself extremely lucky!


Our first ultrasound at 7 weeks. It doesn't look like much, but it was my reassurance that he was there and growing in the right place. It also let us know that we were having one baby only.


This is at about 18 weeks when we found out we were having a boy (see the arrow). More importantly everything was right where it should be and looked great.

This was just earlier today. I had another ultrasound because my placenta was low lying, and they needed to check it again. Thankfully it had moved out of the way of the cervix (barely), so I should be able to have a normal birth. It was so fun to see how big he is getting. I think these ultrasounds are totally amazing! She guesstimated that he weighs about 4 pounds right now, and he is right on track with his growth.

Check out those cheeks! They look very kissable. It's amazing to me how much you can love someone you've never even met yet. By the way, we are most likely naming him Ian. Jer is totally sold on it, and I like it a lot so unless some other name comes out of nowhere that will be the one. The middle name is still undecided. I've had several days with fairly strong contractions lately but all still seems to be well. He just needs to stay in there and keep on cooking!