Best Weekend!

Saturday marked our Six Week Mark and our baby is the size of a lentil bean! I'm back to school today. Tina took our best friends to the airport this morning.  It was sad to see them go, but they are moving to California in February!  Yippee! It's been over ten years since we lived in the same state and I miss them all the time. They are so much fun. We had a very relaxing weekend watching movies and hanging out with their adorable baby. Tina and I got a little glance at what to expect when our baby or babies arrive. They even did a photo shoot with my six week belly. It feels a lot bigger than it looks in the photo, but not as big as I was after my egg retrieval. I was REALLY swollen. Even in my back. I don't feel my ovaries when I walk down the street anymore or when we go over bumps in the car. Thank god, but all my shirts crawl up and show my pooch and I no longer can fit comfortably into my 8s. All my new pants are 10s and they are even tight around the belly! I felt weird and nauseous most of the weekend and our friends noticed that I was breathing hard, like I was out of breath. I hadn't really noticed until they pointed it out, but it's true. As I sit here typing I'm breathing hard. While I was trying to help students today at their computers I sounded like I had just sprinted to class. I put a call into my doctor to see if I'm possibly experiencing a weird side effect from the Progesterone. The IVF coordinator reminded me that I had this symptom right after my egg retrieval. I remember now. That was a little different, however, because I felt like I had broken ribs and couldn't take a deep breath without it hurting. We'll be able to see if my ovaries are smaller in the ultrasound which is in TWO DAYS, but in the meantime we're waiting to see what the doctor thinks.  

Update: Dr. A wanted me to go to Urgent Care. I thought that was a bit extreme, but she was worried when I said shortness of breath. According to the internet shortness of breath is sort of common for new pregnant women because of the extra blood to pump or it could be a side effect from the Progesterone. The Urgent Care doctor thought that I could be experiencing a reaction to all the hormones because my heart was beating faster. He gave me a test of the amount of oxygen that was going to my brain when I breathed and I scored 99. He said that was perfect. Nobody ever gets 100 for some reason. He said my lungs were crystal clear and my heart sounded good. I feel like my IVF coordinator and Dr. A think I'm a wuss. I didn't mean to be complaining I was just making small talk. "Hey I'm good, though I'm breathing harder these days and I'm not even active, but..." Two more days until the ultrasound. I'm nervous and excited. I just hope everything's growing the way it should be.