Friday, May 11, 2012
And the wait goes on...
Today my little jelly beans have been in the oven for 5weeks and 4 days. Today we were supposed to get confirmation of heartbeats. Unfortunately, the Dr. was unable to see/confirm heartbeats. My first reaction was panic. After consulting Dr. Google and Dr. Shivani and crew, I've learned that we shouldn't be so worried. This seems to be a normal occurance at this stage. From the scans and the dr. notes, my little beans appear to have doubled in size over the last week - just no heartbeats yet. I will say that this entire experience is teaching me a valuable lesson that I never seemed to have mastered in my 40 years: patience. I'm optimistic and hoping for the best. Cheers to hope and another weeklong wait.
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Yes, it's still early.
ReplyDeletePatience is SO difficult. And such a huge part of surrogacy. Fingers crossed that the week goes quickly.
Word on the street is that wine helps patience. ;)
Great minds think alike Jeni! Enjoying a glass of Malbec as I write this!!! ;-)
DeleteStill growing is great - having to wait is not : (
ReplyDeleteCome on little jelly beans share those heartbeats with your dads.
Whoever said patience is a virtue didnt have to go through the waiting that we all in surrogacy land are/have and will continue to endure!!! We got heartbeat confirmation for 2 of our little seedlings but our other surro mummy is a little behind too so we are waiting until next week for heartbeat confirmation. All perfectly normal. Your little jellybeans are growing that is the important thing.Thinking of you guys
ReplyDeleteThinking of you as well... Someone told me that each wait is worse than the last. If this is true, we're gonna be quite the sight in 9 months!!!
DeleteYou become pros at waiting after a while. Hang in there!
ReplyDeleteYou've got a long 35 or so weeks ahead. Patience! And if the wine doesn't work... vodka!
ReplyDeleteI second Jason and Adrian's comment. It's too early for heartbeats. Looking forward to your post a week from now when you're kicking yourself for getting so worked up:) Not to worry, we've all been there.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes!!! Cant wait for next update when those hearts are beating!!!
ReplyDeleteDrink lots of good wine and enjoy relaxing. You need to build up a reservoir of it for when the beans come.
ReplyDeleteDrink lots of wine and gets lots of rest. You'll need the reservoir buildup for when the beans come.
ReplyDeleteAh patience its over rated! Good luck!! I'm looking forward to further updates
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