Making plans!

Well, it’s been five days since we received our news and I still haven’t come down from my cloud yet! I’m trying not to get ahead of myself because I know we are still in a sensitive period but there are so many things that I just want to start doing and planning right now. I’m already trying to figure out where everything in the office is going to go when it gets converted to a nursery. I’ve put together a list of household projects that we need to get done before the baby comes – new living room furniture, new roof, empty all of my shoes and clothes out of the office/nursery closet and find somewhere to put it, etc. We’ve gotten a couple of baby things as gifts already – of course my parents gave us “I love Grandma” and “I love Grandpa” bibs and our friends gave us the book “Hush Little Baby” and some booties for good luck! I had to clear out a drawer in the dresser in what will be the nursery to start storing all of the baby’s stuff! Knowing my mother, it won’t take long to accumulate!!

So yesterday I had to go to Finley for a blood draw to get my HCG level checked. HCG is basically just the pregnancy hormone. I got the results back yesterday afternoon and my level had increased from 255 on Thursday to 1718 Monday so that was really good. They want them to at least double every 48 hours so mine have done even better than that! They also must be quite confident with my progress because they don’t feel the need to see me again until my ultrasound on the 15th. Very good news!!

Well, I started my maternity clothes fund this weekend! Just because you’re pregnant doesn’t mean you can’t be fashionable, right? I was getting dressed for work this morning and put on a pair of heels and wondered to myself if I will wear heels when I’m like six months pregnant or more. I seriously think that I will. I mean, ask me again in six months and we’ll see but I want to be a stylish pregnant chick! I want to wear clothes that accentuate my bump, not hide it! I wish I could afford to get all of my maternity clothes at A Pea in the Pod where all the pregnant celebs shop. Or too bad I can’t hire Rachel Zoe to be my stylist and pick me out all kinds of fabulous bump-wear. Bananas! A girl can dream anyway. At least I am going to the Mall of America in a few months with my mom and my sister so I think it’s safe to say there will be more of a maternity selection there than there is in Dubuque. And while they may not be Rachel Zoe, they do each have a pretty great fashion sense! Hopefully I can keep squeezing into my normal clothes until then!

I'm Pregnant!!!!

OMG! Yep, I’m pregnant! The wait this afternoon was almost unbearable but after calling the patient information line in 15 minute intervals starting at 11:15 we finally received the news around 1:30. Dave and I are ecstatic!!!! To finally hear those words, “You’re pregnant!” was something I had started to think I might never hear. As we listened to the message, Dave was the first one to scream and then the tears started flowing. We just couldn’t believe it. This is the most amazing feeling ever! We had been feeling like the odds were in our favor but we’ve carried this weight on our shoulders for so long that it was hard to imagine it being lifted. I really feel like we had our angels in heaven looking over us today – Dave’s father Ron, my Grandma Hoxmeier who would have celebrated her birthday today, my Grandma McAllister, Dave’s Grandpa Kubesheski, and my Auntie Donna. We feel truly blessed by this miracle and this has been the best day of our lives so far!

In addition to that good news we received, we also learned that my hormone levels are high enough that we don’t need to do any more injections. From the beginning we were told we may have to do them for the first 8 weeks. We couldn’t have timed that better because we only had a few days worth of medicine left! In the coming weeks, the doctors will continue to monitor my hormone levels, starting this coming Monday with another blood draw. We are scheduled for our first ultrasound on October 15th and they have estimated my due date to be June 2nd, just a few days before my birthday on June 6th! Go Gemini’s!!

Some of you may be surprised that I have chosen to share our news this early on in my pregnancy. That was one of the things that I considered before I began this blog. Because I really wanted to share our IVF journey, I decided that whatever the outcome, it is therapeutic for me to write about it and to let people know what we are going through. I’ve chosen to share my blog with you because I consider you to be a good friend and one who will understand the sensitivity of our situation.

I really appreciate the prayers and support you all have given Dave and I and your own stories that some of you have shared with me. I look forward to updating you on our progress in the months to come! I’m off to bury my nose in my newly purchased copy of “What to Expect When You’re Expecting!” Night all!

Love, Abby

8 days down, 2 to go!

Ten days is starting to feel like ten years. We will have our answer on Thursday. I keep thinking towards the weekend and how different it will be depending on what the answer is. I wish everything could just stop until Thursday. I can’t concentrate on anything else right now. I had a department meeting this morning and I barely heard a word of it. I was just so lost in thought. This is, by far, the hardest thing I have ever been through. I have up and down moments but I’m trying to stay as positive as I possibly can. It’s like our whole lives are riding on this so it’s hard not to freak out a little bit. The days are the worst because I just sit at my desk not being able to concentrate on work and thinking about all of the what ifs. The nights go by pretty fast, especially this week because there is finally some good TV on. Dancing With the Stars started last night and Biggest Loser is on tonight! I'm predicting Aaron Carter will make it to the DWTS finals.

So, here’s what will happen on Thursday, pregnancy test day. I’m going to plan on being at the Finley lab by 6:30 a.m. Dave and I are both going to work half days and will leave work at 11 so we can be together to get the news. We will call the patient information line where a nurse will leave us a message with the results as soon as they are ready. I’m hoping that the earlier I go to the lab, the earlier the results will be ready. I don’t know if that’s really the case but it makes sense, right? I made about 30 phone calls (no exaggeration) to the patient information line the day we were supposed to get our fertilization report so Thursday if the message isn’t there on our first phone call attempt it’s likely I will be calling every 5 minutes or less until it is there. I get nervous just thinking about making the phone call because this could be the best news of our lives or possibly the greatest disappointment. Please keep us in your prayers!

Maggie

She's all mine and should arrive on my doorstep next week!

The waiting game

We are officially one week away from knowing if our IVF was successful. We’re trying not to think about it 24/7 but it’s really hard not to! I don’t feel any different but the doctor told me that I wouldn’t have any symptoms yet so I guess this is normal. It’s weird that all these things could be going on in my body and I don’t even know. I’m just trying to keep busy which is hard because I’m not supposed to lift over 15 pounds until pregnancy test day. Dave like won’t let me do anything which I suppose is a good thing but I’m just not the type of person that is good at sitting around. Even if I’m watching TV, I’m literally up every 10 minutes doing something. There are just a lot of things that I do on a regular basis that I have to stop and think if I should be doing now. I had Dave weigh my purse the other day to make sure it didn’t exceed the weight limit. Luckily it only weighed 8 pounds! Seriously I don’t even have that much stuff in it. But yeah, I can’t grocery shop by myself, I can’t vacuum, I can’t even pick up Chubby - I suppose that isn’t really a surprise considering her name. Dave has been a good sport about grocery shopping even though he completely despises it. Last week he discovered that Thursday’s at Hy-Vee are “Thank You Thursdays” so now he’s kind of excited about it. They run all these different deals for like 10 minutes at a time. Last week we got a couple of frozen pizzas and some really thick cut pork chops for $1 each so he thought he hit the jackpot. This morning he texted me, “It’s Thank You Thursday!” I swear, if there’s a good deal, he’s all over it!

I’m trying to plan some things for the weekend so we don’t just sit around thinking about things. I’m going to get a manicure on Saturday because I’ve decided that I deserve a little pampering. Saturday night, we’re going to try the new Los Aztecas with friends so I’m really looking forward to that. I’ve heard good things! I was also thinking of maybe taking a trip to Cziper’s Apple Orchard to get a big bushel of honey crisp apples….my absolute favorite. Don’t worry, I won’t lift them! They are like the equivalent of a big bowl of ice cream but ten times healthier. AMAZING! Speaking of apples, with all of this stress, I’ve found that I haven’t been eating as healthy as I should be and my work pants are getting a little tighter every day. Pregnant or not, it’s time to start getting back to my healthy eating habits. My biggest weakness is desserts so that’s where I need to cut back. Too many Sugar B’s cupcakes!

While it may not be the most economical way to relieve stress I’ve always been an advocate of retail therapy (blame my mother) and nothing screams retail therapy to me like a new handbag. I’ve had my eye on the Coach mustard colored Maggie bag and when my sister called to tell me she had received a 25% off coupon, I realized I was destined to own Maggie. I wanted to take one last look at her before I had Lindsay pick her up for me and I went online to look at her and she was GONE!!! Well, at least the mustard Maggie was gone. There is a patent cobalt blue Maggie that I’m not quite as fired up about but I do love the bag itself, even if the color isn’t my first choice. The coupon expires Sunday so I need to make a decision. I don’t have any doubts that a blue Maggie would make me happy though!! :)

Transfer Day

Yesterday was “transfer day” and it went amazingly well. It was really quite an experience. When we got there, the embryologist came out and showed us pictures of our embryos. We had one blastocyst which was what we were hoping for, and then, even better than that, we had one expanded blastocyst. We didn’t know that there was anything better than a blastocyst so we were really excited! This picture shows the expanded blastocyst that was transferred which will hopefully become Baby Jones! We got to watch the transfer take place on the ultrasound monitor. While we couldn’t see the actual embryo going in, we could see the tiny air bubbles around it and a flash of light when they released it into the uterus. It was pretty incredible! When the procedure was over, the doctor said we couldn’t have had a better embryo or a better transfer. By her saying that just made me feel even more confident in our chances for success!

We got home around 4:00 and I headed straight to bed. Dave was pretty good at waiting on me considering I think I was kind of a high maintenance patient. He religiously refreshed my ice water, made me Hungry Girl macaroni and cheese for dinner, brought me cookies, books, and everything else that I requested (with the exception of a taco from Taco John’s which he claimed he thought would upset my stomach).

So now we have begun the waiting game. We found out yesterday that our pregnancy test will actually be on September 24th which is two days earlier than we had previously thought so that is good! September 24th also happens to be my Grandma Hoxmeier’s birthday and our Pug Chubby’s birthday so hopefully that is a good omen! I also had Dave use one of those due date calculators on the Internet and it estimated that my due date would be my birthday, June 6th. I take these to all be good signs!! Hopefully good news to come!

Getting ready for the big day!

Ahhhhhh....what a great weekend. It was so nice to have my sister stay with us and I had such a nice time at Beth's bridal shower and Aimee's wedding. The weather was beautiful and it was just so relaxing! I guess it was a good way to spend the weekend considering tomorrow's doctor appointment and the suspense we will be under for the next 12 days. Our appointment for the embryo transfer is at 12:45 tomorrow. I'm definitely not going to work, even for a few hours in the morning. I'm just going to enjoy sleeping in and take my time getting ready and have the day be as relaxing and stress-free as possible. The procedure itself is pretty simple. Then I just have to stay there lying down for 30 minutes after. No biggie. I will have strict instructions after the procedure to come straight home and go to bed and only get up to go to the bathroom for the rest of the day. I'm going to try to enjoy just letting Dave wait on me hand and foot but I usually have a really hard time sitting still! For this I will make an exception though. We have worked too hard and waited way too long for this moment and I'm not taking any chances. I've got the DVR programmed to record some good shows so I'll be all set. Kate Gosselin is co-hosting The View tomorrow and Tuesday so that is on the list along with the Whitney Houston interview on Oprah. Should be juicy!! She's such a whack job. I'm also thinking Happy Joe's pizza may be in order. Hmm....what should I get? Taco Supreme, BLT, Old Fashioned Garden....er, or maybe some of each. Decisions, decisions!

Today I'm getting everything ready for work on Tuesday since I won't be able to do any of that tomorrow. Cookies are baked, laundry is done, mine and Dave's lunches are packed, my clothes are laid out, etc. I'm am a teensy bit OCD so if I don't have this stuff done, I won't be able to relax!

I think I'm feeling pretty calm about everything so far. The hardest part is going to be waiting for the pregnancy test on September 26th. I'm going to need things to keep my mind occupied til then. That will probably the longest 12 days of my life. Dave and I were looking at the baby name book today. I just couldn't help it. I'm trying not to get ahead of myself but it's so hard!

I definitely won't be posting tomorrow in my bed-ridden state but will be sure to update you all as soon as I can. Thanks to all of you for keeping up with our progress and keeping us in your thoughts and prayers. Hopefully we will have some good news to share soon!

Spiderman!

As promised, I attempted the Spiderman cake this week. I have to admit, I was pretty impressed by the results. As I began decorating, I realized that I picked a pretty intricate cake to begin my foray into the cake business but overall, I think it turned out pretty well. I learned a few lessons for next time though - I will definitely be sure to grease every inch of the cake pan to ensure that all of the indentations that serve as guidelines when frosting show up on the cake when I remove it from the pan. Also, the star tip I had was a little bigger than the one they recommended so I think I'll be picking up the smaller version. The whole thing took me between 3 and 4 hours, from baking, making frosting, coloring frosting, and decorating. I'm not sure what to charge or how lucrative it will be but either way, I enjoyed doing it and felt quite accomplished when I was finished. I only had a few seconds to take pictures though and then Dave swooped in and ate Spiderman's head.

Good news!

After what seemed like literally 50 phone calls checking the patient information line, we finally got our fertilization report this afternoon. We were hoping for a day 5 transfer and we got our wish!! I don't want to get too scientific but a day 5 transfer means they believe some of our eggs will reach the blastocyst phase which is stronger and more advanced than they would be at day 3 so your odds are better. We ended up with nine fertilized eggs, two which were frozen at what is called the pronuclear stage. The other seven are being cultured in hopes that they reach the blastocyst phase. Then they will implant one or two - one if we have a blastocyst and two if we do not have a blastocyst. Of the remaning five or six that have been cultured, they will freeze the rest that have made it to day five (blastocyst). I know, it's so hard to understand all of this. Trust me, we have asked a lot of questions and done lots of reading!!! So, now the transfer is our next hurdle to get over which should be pretty painless. Then our next and biggest hurdle so far is the pregnancy test on September 26th. Thank God that's a Saturday because there is no way I could be at work that day waiting for the results. There are such big things happening every day now so it's so exciting!!

I'm looking forward to enjoying the weekend with my family and friends. Lindsay is staying at my house for the weekend because other relatives are in town for cousin-to-be Beth's bridal shower who will be staying at my parents. I'm looking forward to having her! We are of course doing the cupcakes for the bridal shower so we'll be up late tomorrow night working on them. I'll be sure to post pics!! Later on Saturday Dave and I will be heading to my friend Aimee's wedding! So excited and it sounds like the weather should be nice. Cross your fingers!! So, we have lots to keep us busy before our next big day on Monday! Oh but get this...I totally could have had two tickets to the Britney Spears Circus concert in Des Moines Friday night for $100! What a deal. Seriously, Britney is definitely on my top 5 concerts to see and quite possibly number one on the list because I really can't think of another concert I'd rather go to. I wouldn't think about going to that concert with anyone other than Lindsay though and she won't be getting into town til about 9:00 tomorrow night so there's just no way it would have worked. Darn, I so wanted to get in the zone.

Retrieval Day

Today was a big day for us....retrieval day. I was really nervous about the whole procedure but it turned out the worst part about it was not being able to eat after midnight last night! The drive to Iowa City was super foggy this morning but we arrived by 8:00 a.m. for our appointment. I couldn't relax the whole way there because I was nervous about being under anesthesia and how I was going to feel when it was all over but without even trying, Dave made me forget about my nerves by getting stuck in the elevator on the way up to the fourth floor. This was all due to his impatience because the elevator was taking too long so he thought he could get into an elevator going down and make it go up. Of course it was going to go down and the doors started closing on him and down he went. The second the doors closed in the elevator he was on, the next elevator stopped right where I was to take me upstairs. I decided to wait there and see if he came back to the floor I was on. In the meantime, a hospital worker was waiting for the elevators and was telling me how they have been having problems with those elevators for the past week. We noticed one of the elevators about to stop at our floor and the doors slightly opened and then closed again and we heard someone inside let out a "Nooooooooooo!!!!!" Turns out that was Dave! Hilarious. By the time we both arrived on the fourth floor we were laughing so hard we had tears in our eyes. Apparently he somehow pried the doors open. Seriously, who knows?? But yeah, so after that debacle, I was pretty well relaxed and ready to get on with my appointment. I don't remember much of the ordeal, just that they told me to go to a happy place and I said I was going to the mall. I believe I was perusing the Coach store looking for that yellow Maggie bag that they seemed to have discontinued.....hmmm. After that, I woke up in the recovery room and it was all over. I just had minimal pain - nothing that a few Tylenol wouldn't fix. The results of the procedure - they retrieved 21 eggs, 16 of which were mature. That was a very good outcome! Immediately following the procedure, they fertilized the eggs and we will call tomorrow for a fertilization report and to find out if the embryo transfer will take place on Saturday or Monday. After we got home, I just laid on the couch for most of the day watching Room Raiders (did you know that show was still on?) and Dr. Phil and other daytime shows I don't get to enjoy very often. Still trying to take it easy but for the most part I feel pretty much back to normal. I'm just so happy that we have made it over another hurdle and are one step closer. Keep us in your prayers....we're almost there! :)

Zucchini Lasagna

Since I’m always trying to watch my diet and Dave can pretty much eat anything he wants without gaining an ounce, I’m always looking for recipes that are healthy in disguise! Last night I tried this recipe for Zucchini Lasagna and it was YUM-tastic!! I would highly recommend it. I didn’t use the optional ingredients of spinach and mushrooms because they were at the very bottom of my recipe and I didn’t see them til it was out of the oven but I think I would throw them in next time. I’ve moved them up to the main list of ingredients so you don’t forget about them like I did. Seriously, try this. You won’t even notice there aren’t any noodles in it!!

ZUCCHINI LASAGNA, serves 10
Adapted from myrecipes.com
All you need:
4 cups water
6 cups zucchini (about 3 medium), sliced lengthwise in ¼-inch slices.
1 pound ground round or ground turkey
3 garlic cloves, minced
2 cups spaghetti sauce (we used Classico spicy red pepper)
½ teaspoon salt
½-1 teaspoon dried basil
½-1 teaspoon dried oregano
2 cups fat-free cottage cheese or ricotta cheese
1 tablespoon dried parsley or 3 tablespoons fresh parsley
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
Cooking spray
½ cup dry breadcrumbs, divided
1¾ cups (3½ ounces) shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese, divided
(Optional: Use whole jar of sauce, add mushrooms and drained, frozen spinach to one layer.)

All you do:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Bring water to a boil. Slice zucchini lengthwise. Cook in boiling water 3 minutes or until crisp-tender. Don’t overcook! Dry on paper towels.
3. Place the beef and garlic in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Cook until browned, stirring to crumble. Drain. Stir in spaghetti sauce, salt, basil, and oregano; cook for 1 minute.
4. Combine cottage or ricotta cheese, parsley, and eggs in a medium bowl.
5. Arrange ½ of the zucchini slices in a 9x13 pan coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle the zucchini with half of the breadcrumbs. Spread half of cottage cheese mixture over breadcrumbs; cover with half of the meat mixture and 1 cup mozzarella. Repeat layers, except mozzarella.
6. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes. Sprinkle with remaining mozzarella, and bake an additional 5 minutes or until cheese melts.
Per serving: 210 calories, 7g fat, 15g carb, 554mg sodium, 21g protein, 2g fiber.

Now you can bake Sugar B's cookies at home!

Now you can bake your own Sugar B's cookies! Just add vanilla, butter, and eggs! Cute, right?

Big Days Coming Up!

Well, it's Labor Day weekend and it has been quite an eventful weekend as far as our IVF schedule is concerned. Yesterday morning we were up bright and early to head to our 9:30 appointment in Iowa City. Things couldn't have gone better! They estimated that I would need two ultrasounds prior to the retrieval but judging by this first one, I am just about ready to go so they have scheduled the retrieval for this coming Wednesday, with the implantation then to follow on either Saturday or Monday. That is like one week away!! Then I will have a pregnancy test on either Thursday the 24th or Saturday the 26th of September, depending on which day they do the implantation. I can't believe we have come to this point. I'm excited but also super nervous. This whole thing is just so stressful. Some days I feel so positive and then other days all I can think about is how hard it will be if it doesn't work the first time around. I know we will try it again if it doesn't work but then you ask yourself how many times you're willing to try? I'm not ready to go there yet so we'll just hope for the best during the coming weeks! :)

Things are moving along...

As I mentioned, Friday morning I had a blood draw and they called with the results in the afternoon. Things seem to be moving in the right direction because we have our first appointment for an ultrasound tomorrow morning. Can you believe on a Sunday? But, it's all about timing so it doesn't matter what day of the week it is. From what I gather, they will be able to determine the date for the egg retrieval at tomorrow's appointment. I'm thinking it will probably be some time towards the end of next week. So exciting! I'm glad the appointment is tomorrow instead of today because the hospital is right across from Kinnick Stadium where Iowa (GO HAWKS!) was playing against UNI today so it would have been chaos! Anyways, I am on four shots a day right now and besides being a little sore, I'm not really feeling too many side effects - lucky for Dave! I've been pretty much taking it easy the last couple of days per doctor's orders so Dave has been doing the vacuuming, laundry, etc. which I can't say I have any complaints about.

Right now I'm just enjoying this beautiful Labor Day weekend. I picked up the Spiderman cake pan this afternoon and plan on taking a stab at that at some point this weekend. I also have another project in the works. I am helping to plan a bridal shower for next weekend and I'm going to make up some jars of basically ready-made cookie dough, minus the wet ingredients. I found the idea on www.Bakerella.com, my favorite baking blog! Check it out. They are super cute. Hopefully mine turn out as cute as hers! No worries, I will be posting pics for sure!

Have a happy and safe Labor Day weekend!!

Baptism Cupcakes

I kind of think the baptism cupcakes turned out pretty cute. I tried a new frosting technique and was quite happy with the results! I hope my client likes them! :)

Sugar B's makes it's blog debut...

Most of you probably know that my sister Lindsay and I have a little side business called Sugar B's Bakery. We mainly do cupcakes and cookies but we've had a lot of requests for cakes recently so I’m thinking it might be time to branch out. I took a cake decorating class at Michael’s awhile back so I don’t think my decorating a cake worthy of selling is a completely hopeless situation. The other day a friend mentioned that her son is having a Spiderman themed birthday party in a couple of weeks so I guess I'll start with a Spiderman cake. I like to challenge myself and I hate to turn down business! I also am doing cupcakes this weekend for a friend's daughter's baptism. I will post pictures of all of the yummy goodness!! Anyone want to come over to my house and help devour the Spiderman cake? Or rather, help wrestle the Spiderman cake away from me? I guarantee it will taste good even if my cake decorating skills aren’t quite up to par! Oh, so I’m kind of obsessed with Cake Boss on TLC lately – if you’ve never seen it you would be blown away. I seriously think if I ever end up in Hoboken, New Jersey I am making a pit stop at Carlos Bakery. Maybe I could apply for a job and Buddy would hire me and I could be his protégé or something. I’m telling you, this guy could make a life sized Spiderman cake…no kidding. It would probably even shoot that stuff out of his hand or whatever it is that Spiderman does. You know what I’m talking about. I have a lot to learn before I get to that point...

The latest and some other ramblings...

This morning I was up bright and early to have my blood work done. Even with having an early morning appointment I still managed to be to work earlier than usual! The good news is, the drugs are working...I will stay on one of the meds, decrease my dosage on another one, and introduce a new med. The bad news is...three shots a day. It's really not that bad but I still can't believe those people on Intervention do this to themselves voluntarily! Anyways, I will go on Friday to get my blood drawn again and then we'll find out what's next. From what we were told at our last appointment and depending on how I respond to the meds, we are looking at retrieving the eggs between September 10th and 12th and then implantation three to five days later. Do the math...I could be pregnant in less than three weeks! Quite frankly, I already feel pregnant considering my diet has been out the window with all of the stress and I think the meds must increase my appetite. ;) They really should add "increased appetite" under the list of possible side effects. That and the fact that I can't drink while on the meds, I'm practically a pro at being pregnant already. Dave was in a wedding this past weekend and I'm pretty sure it was the first wedding I haven't drank at since I was like 18, er, I mean 21. I started off the night drinking a glass of Diet Pepsi out of a straw in a koozie because you know, you just kind of need a drink to sip on or something. Four glasses of DP later, I realized you can only drink so much soda. After the wedding we went to Champp's for a night cap and I ordered myself a virgin Bloody Mary! Mmmmm....not quite the same as the real thing but an acceptable substitute under the circumstances! And I must say, I was quite proud of myself for staying out that late in a non-alcohol induced state.

Family is the best!

So, this morning my Dad called me to say that with everything we have going on, if we need him to do any yard work while we are in Iowa City or whatever, that he will take care of it for us. How thoughtful was that? I'll pretty much cry at the drop of a pin these days so of course, I hung up the phone with tears in my eyes. I love my dad and I feel so lucky to have such a loving, supportive family!

Three shots tonight and bloodwork first thing tomorrow morning and based on that, my medications may be altered and an ultrasound scheduled.

Really???

Okay, I'm honestly not posting this here thinking poor little me. It's just like, really??