Friday was supposed to be my last RE appointment. In the morning I did the bloodwork and then we had our ultrasound. Our little ones are doing so wonderful! They're growing and their little hearts are perfect!
Here's baby A, who was all curled up. My husband swears that he saw this one snuggle up more while my RE was taking the picture, but my RE didn't point it out, so he can't be sure. Baby A's heartbeat was up to 183bpm, which my RE labeled as perfect for 9-10 weeks. :)
Here is baby B. :) I didn't expect to really see them moving this soon but right after my RE took the picture and got their heartrate (181, yay!) he went back to pointing out the head, body, arm and leg buds and that little one shook it's butt at us! It was the cutest thing. Then it wiggled it's butt again and then shook it's head back and forth like it was dancing! I absolutely can't wait to see them again now!
The only sorta bad thing that came up was that my RE called me in the afternoon and told me that he had just finished dictating a letter to my OB and MFM but that he wanted me to come back in on Monday to have my blood redrawn. Apparently, my hCG (beta) dropped from 50k+ to 41-42k between 8w5d and 9w5d. He wasn't really concerned since the babies are both doing so well and it's normal for your hCG level to peak then decrease throughout the rest of your pregnancy. He said normally that doesn't start happening until 9-10 weeks, but I might have just started a little early.
Right when I hit 9 weeks, my morning sickness that had been all day, every day calmed down to just 3-4 times a day. I started getting massive headaches and being even more exhausted than normal as well. Of course, I Googled and found several stories of this same thing happening and these women going on to have babies, so I'm not too concerned. I'm just hoping tomorrow brings good news, just as I'm hoping Tuesday (first OB appt) and Thursday (first MFM appt) bring good news too. :)
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