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.

12 comments:

  1. Yes, it's still early.

    Patience 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. ;)

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    1. Great minds think alike Jeni! Enjoying a glass of Malbec as I write this!!! ;-)

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  2. Still growing is great - having to wait is not : (
    Come on little jelly beans share those heartbeats with your dads.

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  3. 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

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    1. Thinking 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!!!

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  4. You become pros at waiting after a while. Hang in there!

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  5. You've got a long 35 or so weeks ahead. Patience! And if the wine doesn't work... vodka!

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  6. I 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.

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  7. Best wishes!!! Cant wait for next update when those hearts are beating!!!

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  8. Drink lots of good wine and enjoy relaxing. You need to build up a reservoir of it for when the beans come.

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  9. Drink lots of wine and gets lots of rest. You'll need the reservoir buildup for when the beans come.

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  10. Ah patience its over rated! Good luck!! I'm looking forward to further updates

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