OB appointment

Had my appointment with my OB. My BP was 124/78. My Dr. wants me to wait to get the flu shot till next month. I will plan on going before or after my next appointment. He advised me to take a 24 hour allergy medication like Alavert or Zyrtec to decrease the allergy symptoms. He said I could also take a Benadryl at bedtime IF NEEDED. They did a quick check of Jeremias on the portable ultrasound machine. He was wiggling around and his little heartbeat looked good - so cute. Next appointment will be the sonogram (I should get more pictures) - it is scheduled for November 26 and I will meet with Dr.'s nurse practitioner afterwards. I see Dr. S____ again on December 30. During the last appointment with the nurse midwife, he mentioned probably doing an ultrasound around 32 weeks to determine the baby's size. If the baby was small in weight, we could do a vaginal birth after cesarean, if the baby was heavy - a c-section would be recommended. Today, I discussed this with Dr. S____. He asked if this was the last time I was going to be pregnant. I said yes. He recommended a scheduled c-section so we would not have possible complications with a vaginal birth after cesarean. He would be the one performing this. He presented Thursday, April 10th, 2014 as the birth date. I would be 39 weeks on this day. I asked the daddies if they have any opinions on this and will this date work for them both. We might just have birth date. I also completed blood work for my thyroid levels as I have an appointment with my endocrinologist next week. Moving right along. :)

15.5 weeks preggo pic

Here I am ! I am feeling great, except for allergies. I am suffering despite the hard frosts we have had. I am SO over sneezing, itchy eyes, and foggy head from taking medications. I have an OB appt tomorrow AM. I am loving my pregnancy curves! Hope everyone is well!

Happy Halloween from the pregnant Evil Queen

The kids and I went to a Halloween party this evening. We were all SNow White characters. I am currently 15.5 weeks. Feeling good.

2nd trimester and Skype

I will be 14 weeks Thursday.  :)  I need to get another belly pic soon.  Feeling good, except for allergies.   Ready for some frost to kill stuff.  The guys and I did a Skype call last night.  It was nice seeing them.  Everything is well.  Just growing this baby boy!

1st pre-natal appt. and 11.5 weeks belly pic!

Met up with some girlfriends for dinner, so took advantage of the hair and makeup done to get a decent pic of the belly!  Being my 5th pregnancy, my belly popped out pretty early.....so, ummm, yeah....I am ONLY 11.5 weeks, there is only 1 lil' guy in there, and I look like I am 6 months preggo!

On Wednesday of last week, I met with an OB nurse and went through my history and got blood work completed.  Thursday, I met with a midwife.  Baby Jeremias is looking good.  Due to having a bacterial infection, I am to start taking an antibiotic in a couple of weeks, when I reach 2nd trimester.  Everything else is looking good.  I return to see my OB in one month.

Proud Surrogate at Pride Event

The whole family went to the local GLBTQA Pride Event this past weekend. I wore my Proud Surrogate shirt - got a few compliments. Since the kids were with us, we missed out on the drag shows that happened later in the evening. They are always so much fun. The kids had fun playing games.

Iris

belly dancers - really sexy

Gareth

Zane

The whole family

3rd ultrasound

Well, here is lil' Jeremias growing big and strong.  I am considered 8 weeks.  My due date is APril 16, 2014.  I am feeling pregnant.  I might be forgetting, but I think I have a touch more nausea this time around.  Just a general, low nauseous feeling, nothing extreme, no actual vomiting, but enough to want to keep something on my belly.  The last few days, nothing has seemed appetizing to me.  Jeremias is using my energy to grow, leaving me a bit tired.  My youngest started back to pre-school, so I sometimes use the afternoon, while she is at school, to catch a quick rest.  I have also suffered from allergies this past week.  There is a lot of pollen in the air right now.  The fertility clinic said it was alright to manage it with Alavert and Benadryl, so have been taking these medications minimally to help.  Benadryl makes me sleepy so I tend to only take this at bedtime.  I look forward to the first frost to kill all that pollen.  I also look forward to my belly popping out more, as right now, I just feel pudgy.  I love the fullness of a pregnant body.  :)  

I am done with the fertility clinic and my local reproductive medicine monitoring clinic.  I am officially released to my OB physician.  I look forward to filling him in on all the details of this surrogacy.  My first appointments are later this month.   

I am supposed to continue the 2 estradiol patches every other day and my progeterone vaginal inserts until Sept. 21st.  

Grow, lil' guy, grow!  :)