A cautious intro ...

ELF4321 · September 2011

Hi all, I'm cautiously moving over here from 3T :::waves to fellow 3T grads:::

I've been lurking for a while but haven't done an official intro because I was feeling too superstitious about doing it before knowing if this pregnancy was going to make it or not. My betas and progesterone levels have been really strong so far, and we had our second ultrasound today and saw a beautiful heartbeat at 126 bpm, so we're starting to feel a little more hopeful now!

A little background: We've been ttc #1 since December 2009 with one missed miscarriage last fall at 9 weeks. I was diagnosed with DOR and poor egg quality and told that we had less than a 3-5% chance of having a baby on our own and IVF would be our best option. Somehow miraculously we got PG on our last "natural" cycle before doing IVF (we were scheduled for IVF in early October -- I'm so glad we delayed it for a couple of months to get a second opinion before proceeding!) It feels a bit like winning the lottery!

I'm not having a whole lot of symptoms so far other than a major acne outbreak and some serious insomnia, but I'm sure they'll show up in due time. I hope y'all don't mind if I "hang out" here!