So, we took a deep breath and actually showed up for our ultrasound appointment this morning. I didn't mention we'd scheduled this one in case I chickened out again.
We were scared, shaking a little, actually.
It was easy to imagine a good or bad outcome. Good, because the numbers have been so promising, Bad, because, well, we've had a lot of practice with hearing bad news over the past five years.
Luckily, the news was good.
Oh, oh, so good.
It appears that we are actually pregnant.
The blob with the plus signs around it (in the top picture) is the embryo. The round ball on the top of the embryo is the yolk sac. Embryo is measuring 7 wks 1 day, with a heartbeat of 127 beats per minute, which we were able to listen to.
I don't think it's sunk in yet.
But this is decidedly excellent news.
I can't believe it!
Mo
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YAY!!! I HAVE TEARS OF JOY IN MY EYES FOR YOU RIGHT NOW! I've been checking all morning hoping for a post. Words can't even express how happy I am for you!!! This is GREAT!!!!!!!
i have never ever commented but i had to because i'm SO SO SO happy for you and will! i've been reading along for ages and am so thrilled for you!
SO EXCITED!!!! WoooHoooo!!!!!
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!! :D
That is one beautiful looking embryo Mo and Will! So happy for you guys. Keep breathing and doing what you're doing.
xoxo
OCGal
Great news!!! Great news!!!! Amazing news!!
Delighted for you!. Sending you lots of love and joy.
Sarah.
WOOOOHOOOOO! I literally just yelled out loud! So excited for you. I am a long time reader but I rarely comment. Grow little baby, grow!
More congratulations from a lurker who's been following you with fingers crossed for ages---
Such wonderful news!
Sitting at my kitchen table with tears streaming down my face. So very happy for you that the only thing I can think to do is cry! Very, very happy for you, dear Mo.
I am thrilled for you!!! Here's to many more months of great news!
That is wonderful news. Congrats.
WOW mo!
one day at a time, but for this day...
yippee! hurray! halleluuyah! hurrah! hi hip hurray! woohoo! yeehah! and...
CONGRATULATIONS!
a heartbeat! a wonderful, sweet sounding heartbeat! and a yolk sac! a beautiful round yolk sac!
hugs and kisses all around! this is a wonderful day for you and will... i hope you both are basking in the glory of a wonderful u/s.
smiles from here to there for you!
YES!!! So thrilled for you!
That is REALLY REALLY great news. SO happy for you!
Woohoo!!
Tears here, too. That is just gorgeous! Over the moon for you.
3 days ahead! An overachiever! xoxo to all 3 of you.
ah! had to post 2ce in one minute because i am so thrilled for you! this is so exciting, i want to shout it from the rooftops. so happy for you both, i mean, for the 3 of you :)
Hurray! I am so excited for you and Will. Beautiful looking US. Grow,grow,grow little one your mom and dad are excited to meet you later this year
Oh, tears here too, and so, so happy for you.
I also rarely comment but I am sooo excited for you!!!! I really believe this is it and that is why all your other options that you have been contemplating this last few months haven't worked out!!
OMG, THIS IS THE BEST POSSIBLE NEWS EVER!
Yay, yay, yay!
Yippee! Mo & Will are pregnant. Mo & Will are pregnant.
Such a huge relief, I am sure and I am hoping that you can bask in the glory of it for at least the next 48 hours.
Congrats!
YES YES YES!!!! So so happy for you.
That is the most beautiful embryo I have ever seen! Getting all choked up over here for you! I am so happy for you!!!
Awesome! Congratulations, I'm so, so happy for you guys (aren't ya glad you showed up? *g*)
What a wonderful gift for you on this International Woman's Day! I'll continue to keep my fingers crossed for you, but it looks like you'll get your take home baby this time! Congratulations, Mo and Will!
So so so so amazing. Congrats :)
I am so excited for you both!!!! Amazing to see that heartbeat!!!
AHHHHHH! I am SO FRIGGING HAPPY for you right now! YES!
Just stare at that gorgeous picture until your eyes fall out whenever you feel worried. And you are measuring *ahead* of time - that is amazing!
I know this is a totally meaningless thing to say, but I've had a good feeling about this pregnancy for you ever since you got your BFP. This is IT, girl!
EEEEEEEE!!!! So exciting! YAY!
So glad you were brave and for the food. Was we were all hoping for!!! YAY!!!!
WONDERFUL news!!! :) :) :)
I am SOOOOOO unbelieveably excited for you all!!!
DUDE!! You are ahead!! That is such a good sign!!That has always been my dream when I go in for one of these things but its never materialized yet.
This looks freaking awesome!!!
Omg I hate auto correct...so glad it was the good news we were hoping for!!! Sorry for the previous post. I'm on my phone...YAY for good news!!!!!
I have followed your blog for years (seriously) and never posted. Our family has struggled for years with IF and I happened onto your blog way back. You have fought the battle of IF like a true warrior. I have such respect for you and your husband. Never give up on your dream of having a family because I know you will make the best parents......strong, compassionate, patient, kind and loving....lucky kid(s). Congratulations! Marie Q.
Oh my goodness, YAY!
Tears of joy for you and Will!!!! Have a great day celebrating!!!!
Seriously have chills. Congrats!
Jennifer
Woohooooooo!!!!
Yay!!!!!!!
So friggin' happy for you! Teary, too! Grow grow grow little nugget!
Delighted to see such good news! Good strong heartbeat, beautiful u/s! Hello lucky #7! So glad to see you!
Best news I've had since I got tenure! Yahoo!!!!!!!!! Congrats! And I guess you're growing a not-so-tiny embryo :)
So wonderful!!
Beautiful numbers, beautiful heartbeat, beautiful embryo!
Today is an amazing day!
I've been lurking for quite a while now, and I just wanted to say how very excited I am for you both. I'm sending lots of sticky baby dust your way! I can't wait to watch your little one grow and grow.
Congratulations!!!!
I never really comment but YAY! I have tears in my eyes. So happy for you and Will.
I have actual tears in my eyes! I'm delurking for this FANTASTIC news. Congratulations, Mo & Will. This has made my day!!
I am so so incredibly happy for you, and I will be checking back (as I have been for almost 3 years now!) to see how all progresses. You give me so much hope, as I move toward my 7th IVF cycle - back to CC.RM... Thank you for writing such an honest, and informative blog. It is so appreciated.
YAY YAY YAY!! Best news ever!
I am sooooo completely thrilled about this. I cannot even describe how big my smile is! I'm going to continue staying positive for you both!!!!! Congrats. These pics are gorgeous!!!!!
I don't think I've been this excited about a pregnancy since it was my own!!! YAY!!!! This is the best possible news you could ever hope for and everything looks absolutely perfect - better than perfect!! 3 days ahead!! I'm so excited that very soon, all of your struggles will be a distant memory with a wonderful outcome.
This is such awesome news!
I am so happy for both of you. I wish you an uneventful pregnancy with a beautiful baby at term!
What wonderful news...it made my day. Congratulations!
AHHHH!! YAY!!! So so so SO happy for you! What a gorgeous little baby! Grinning from ear to ear!
SO SO SO happy for you both!!
Wonderful news!!!!
And 7 weeks 1 day! An overachiever!
Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes YES!
That's all.
I am so glad you were able to have such a good appt! I am thrilled for you both. Here is to many more visit of nothing but good news!
Erica
YOWZERS !!! hAPPY dANCE (/)(|)(\) So happy for you guys. Best. News. Ever. Grow lil Mo, grow !!
So so happy for you!!! keeping you in my thoughts you brave girl!! Keep up the courage!!!
YES!!!!
Sending happiness from Denver !
So, so, so very happy for you!!!!!!
YIPPEEE!!!!!!! I am crying happy tears for you right now!!!!
We are thrilled for all 3 of you!!!!!! This is such wonderful news!!!! yeay yeay yeay!!!! You know what you absolutely have to do in the next few days? Simply enjoy! Not pay as close of an attention to any symptoms, not read into anything - just enjoy! Easier said that done, but please try! We are so so happy for you guys!!! Hugs!
Wonderful news! I have been a long time lurker but couldn't be happier for you two!!!
Yay! So happy for you. Congrats!!
Congrats!!! New to your blog and catching up on your history. So happy for you. I have my fingers & toes crossed.
Crying crying crying!!!! I've never met you IRL, but I'm overcome with happiness for you!!!! I hope you can enjoy this to the fullest, Mo & Will! Congratulations!!!
I'm so happy for you two... well I should say for you three! Yay!
Feelie
Best news!!! Awesome. Hoping and praying for continued good news!!!
This is the BEST news I've heard all day. Congratulations! And now for my guess: I think it's a boy :). Not that you care one bit what it is. Enjoy this news my dear!
Been following you for a couple years now and I am so freaking happy for you!!!
CONGRATS!! I'm a lurker but also had a good feeling about this pregnancy...even when you were talking about donors, etc I kept thinking that if you did go for it this cycle that it would be your take home baby. So happy for you and tons of vibes :)
Awesome news Mo! Keep it coming!!
I opened this on my phone and the very first thing I saw was the yolk sac- I'm just another stranger who found your blog, but I almost teared up when I saw that. I didn't know I could be this happy for a total stranger:) sending all the good vibes in the universe to you for continued good news.
What wonderful news. We don’t even know each other but I have been sitting on this side of the screen holding my breath. Sending up lots of prayers too. Will keep it up. I am a long time reader just don’t comment much. So happy for you two, I mean three :o)
MindyE
The sweetest sound I EVER heard was my twins'heartbeat for the very first time. So happy you got to experience this too! Jumping for joy!
Oh Mo, I am so happy for you. What a beautiful day! I have a smile from ear to ear right now. And such a beautiful little bean!!!!
Delurking to say YAY!!! What wonderful news!!!
mo,
what is the next step?
does ccrm have you going for weekly u/s? what is your plan?
so happy for you!
anonymous,
I actually don't know! I have an OB appointment next thursday...I know CCRM wants more bloodwork - probably early next week, but otherwise, not sure...I've been getting my info on a need to know basis, I guess! Mo
YIPEEEEEE!!!!!!! Just keep breathing and little bean Just keep growing!
Seriously... I can't tell you how many times I've checked this week to see if you've posted an update.
Delurking from Ireland.Delighted for all of you.
So, so happy and relieved for you. I pray the good news continues!
Halleluja! NBHHY!
Congratulations, Mo and Will. That is one beautiful little peanut!
The only post that could possibly bring more joy is seeing a picture of this baby in your arms this fall.
I'm imagining you checking your phone as you work today, enjoying all the happy, tearful comments pouring in. You have an awesome cheering section! :-)
I am so happy for you, and relieved! Congratulations!!! And an extra congrats for being brave and going to the ultrasound.
Hooray! Oh I'm sitting here on the other side of the world with a big 'ol grin on my face. I'm so incredibly happy for you that this is good news. :) best wishes and long long long may the good news continue :)
YAY MO!!! Awesome news! So, so happy for you!
SO happy for you! Congrats! Your baby pics are absolutely beautiful. Agh, so glad to hear this!
Smiling and crying at the same time for you. I can't tell you how happy I am for you.
HOOOOOORAY!!!! YIPPPPPPIE!!! WAAAAHOOOOOOOO!!!! I love me some pretty u/s like that one. And measuring ahead with a nice strong hb? Icing on the happy cake.
Enjoy this great news!! And stare at those pictures all day long!! :)
Lookin' good! Congrats!
I hope and pray baby petridish hangs in there- 30+ more weeks!!!
So happy!! Grow little beanie, grow! He/she is beautiful! <3 Continued prayers for you!!
Wonderful news! I'm new to your blog & the world of infertility, but I am so happy for you!
www.ontheroadtobabyh.blogspot.com
YAAAAAY Mo and Will! Grow baby grow!
OMG! OMG! OMG!!!!! Oh Mo! I'm over the freakin' moon for you guys! Oh how wonderful is this!?!? And what an amazing sound isn't it? Nothing in the world like it. I bet you were reduced to tears huh? Regardless, I am dancing a huge happy dance for you and Will right now! CONGRATS!
Just so happy to hear your great news! 3 days ahead, that is amazing.!
I obsessively check here for good news and was just thinking that today is Thursday and their clinic did ask for an US at the end of the week so I wonder... And I am SO happy to see your wonderful news posted. Grow Baby GROW!
Sending love, Mo and Will! What gorgeous pictures! :)
This is such wonderful news! Look at that little baby growing in there! And measuring ahead even!! So so happy for you.
OH MY!!!! I HAVE TEARS for you!!!! I went to pick up the phone to call you and said wait I don't know her although I feel like I do. REALLY, TRULY, SINCERELY HAPPY FOR YOU!!!!!
Oh my ... this is positively the best news I've received all week long! I am so happy for you both!! Congratulations!
BEST NEWS EVER.
chills, happyteary, relieved, and so insanely happy for you and Will.
Looks pretty darned perfect from here.
Sweet Mo, I wish on you a bit of reveling.
revel.
xox
Kate
Well that is just fantastic! So pleased for you xxx
CONGRATULATIONS! I have been thinking about you guys a lot these past couple of weeks, and so glad that you got some fantastic news today.
Coming out of lurkdom to say CONGRATS!!!
This is such wonderful news, Mo! Congrats to you and Will! I'm so glad you got to hear its little heart beat - that's the best sound ever!!!
So much joy for you - and all kinds of prayers and hope for the months to come!
Awesome!!!!
Hello little embryo! Stick around for a long, long time! You have good people!
everytime I click on your blog in my reader I hold my breath. I don't think I have ever let it out that deeply before. I am so happy for you both, happy for that little embryo that is going to have some pretty awesome parents. sending you lots of love from Nebraska :)
Yeah! What a beautiful blob!
Yes! So so so happy for you, what a perfect looking embryo, PHEW! Enjoy the happy happy news!
I have no words to express the profound happiness I have for you in this moment. No words...but I just want to HUG you right now!!
Huzzah!!!!!
Amazing news! So happy for you!!!
So happy for you! Long time coming, but here you are! YIPPEE!
I am mostly a silent lurker on your blog but I am sooooo excited for you!!!! I hope this turns out to be a really great 9 months for you!
I only just discovered your blog a few weeks ago but have been following along (and reading back) ever since. Congrats on your great scan today. I'm thrilled for you both.
I've had three losses and am gearing up for my next FET later this month. My RE is willing to let me try the antihistamine protocol this time. Curious when you started the Claritin, Pepcid and Prednisone. I've read differing things (some start two days before transfer and some two days after). Just curious what worked for you. Thanks!!
anonymous - i started a week before. wanted to be sure it had a chance to take full effect prior to the transfer.
mo
Congrats!! Now take a deep breath and enjoy this moment, you most definitely deserve it. And here's to a hopefully uneventful 33 more weeks!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!! I am so happy for you guys! Tears of joy flowing for you! :)
FABULOUS news! Now you can cross one more hurdle off the list. Things are off to a wonderful start!!!!
Amazing news! Never thought I could feel so much concern and happiness for a complete stranger.
So very excited and happy for you three! :) Have been a long time reader and have been wishing, hoping, and praying for this great news. All the very best!
Such great news!!! I am so happy for you both and hope that you can take some time to enjoy it. How great to measure ahead as well. I am having the same scan on tues, I hope I have similar results.
Holy cannoli! I just happened to pop in today and what absolutely AMAZING news!!!! OMG that is an awesome looking embryo. Congratulations to you and Will!
Whoooooooooooooooooooooooop!!!!
What a big hurdle cleared. So happy for you guys.
I'm so, so happy for you! Grow baby, grow!
Fabulous!! I'm so thrilled for you!!
Oh my goodness!!!!! This is the best news ever and to hear that heart beating so strongly this early!!!! You are truly blessed.
I've been out of town all day and am late to the game of congratulating you on your little embryo with a heartbeat!!! Yeah!! So happy for you and Will! What a relief!
So, so happy for you!!!
Huge congratulations!!!
So happy for you, congratulations!
Another longtime lurker popping in to congratulate you. I'm praying for continued success on this road to baby!
I couldn't be happier for you both! Grow, baby, grow!!!
AMAAAAAZING. That was the point--at that stage with numbers like that--that our RE told us to relax. We didn't, but it was nice to know that someone thought we could :)
Congratulations :) So happy for you!
Fabulous, amazing, wonderful news - congratulations!!! I am so super happy for you both!
Wonderful wonderful news! I'm so happy for you guys!
wonderful and most wonderful and yet again! congratulations and hoping for a very sticky and healthy baby
Yay, I am so happy for you!!!! What wonderful news!
hooray!!!!!
Yay!!! so happy for you guys!!! I have had fingers crossed for you for days!
Elaine :)
So wonderful! Congratulations on your fantastic news!
That is one seriously kick butt awesome ultrasound!!! Seriously!! I'd be over the moon too...instead I am over the moon for YOU!!
Nice! So excited for you both. I know the fear probably set back in as soon as you got home again, or will come back soon. I hope you can relish the sound of that lovely heartbeat. And I'll be praying that the next ultrasound is just as good.
Best news I've had all day!!!
Thrilled for you! I KNEW it wasn't your eggs but some weird immune thing which you seem to have conquered! Hooray!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YES! Such great news! I have happiness goosebumps after reading your post, and I can't stop smiling.
So, so thrilled for you both!!! So worth the fight to get to this point in my book! I will continue to send many, many prayers your way every day.
Wow. Just beyond happy for you. Enjoy this moment!
Yay yay yay! Wonderful news! So excited for you and Will. :-)
Great news! So happy for you!!
Yay!!! Wonderful news!!
I am brimming over with happiness and hope! Grow baby grow!!!
CONGRATULATIONS!! I have been reading for a few years and I've never commented. I've been holding my breath waiting for the news. I'm really happy for you both.
I am thrilled for you! Yea!
Just over the moon!
Yea!! Congratulations!!! I'm so happy for you and Will. Those pictures look great, and that is a wonderful, strong heart rate for 6w5d. Congrats again!!
Congratulations!
My little one looked just like that at 6w5d (only measured smaller). I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it means something and will continue to do so
wonderful news!
Congratulations!!!!! Sooooo amped for you and your husband!!!! I will continue to pray that these months fly by and your pregnancy is uneventful.
Congrats!!!! Wishing you much continued, great news!!!!!
Angie
Natenang654.blogspot
Yeehaw!!
Wow, wow, wow! Delurking here to offer my sincerest congratulations on your pregnancy... so very happy for you!
Hooray!! What a wonderful sight! Congratulations. :)
so thrilled for you!! hoping for smooth sailing ahead. much love and congratulations
Hi..I have been following your blog for a short time but it really hit home with me... I had 6 losses prior to having my daughter (via IUI)... The losses were so unbelievably hard, not knowing if I would ever carry a child to term... I am so happy for your news and that sweet heartbeat you heard... I went on to have two more miscarriages before getting pregnant (via IVF) with triplets only to miscarry one of the triplets... I bled up until week 18..It was so hard thinking I might lose the twins at anytime... I am so pleased to say I had my boy/girl twin at 38 weeks 1 day! Don't give up!!! praying for continued growth of your baby and peace and comfort to you during your pregnancy!!!
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS This is the best friday ever!
Yay!!! Such beautiful baby pics to start the babybook :) I also find your betas SO reassuring for a singleton! (heck, they'd be reassuring for twins!!!) so happy for you and Will.
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i don't think i can claim my eyes are watering from allergies if i'm making little sobbing noises, can i?
oh, oh, oh! just so happy for you both and your little heartbeat.
I know it feels that there are eleventh billion steps to go from here, but this is your real BFP. Take a breath and enjoy it. It's a perfect number and a perfect start. You can do this. Your body can do this. Focus on each day if it gets overwhelming. I am over the moon for you right now and will be here to follow you all the way. It's time, Mo. Your time!
I'm pretty sure I'm not the only person who has cried at work for you between today and yesterday. Congratulations!
I am over the moon for you! And I can't believe how far down I had to scroll to leave my comment - it must feel wonderful to know that so many people are cheering your little bean on. Hooray!!!
What can I say?!? HOOOOOOORRRAYYY! :)
Mo, Will and ?....we are so happy here in the great white north. Keep up the good work!
This news warms my heart so much! I truly could not be happier for you guys!!! Sending you a big smile from the West Coast :)
Fantastic news! Praying so hard that the new cocktail mix of meds will bring you your LO this time.
Congratulations a hundred times over!!!
Yay!!!!! Congrats Mo! I just knew based on all those healthy hormone levels that things were (and ARE) going to be okay. I can relate to that feeling of disbelief that you are likely now feeling. Can't wait to comment on the adorable pics of your Little Will-and-Mo!!!! You did it!
I am so pleased! I thought it would be fine, but I'm aware that I'm coming from a much better place of hope than you. May the good news keep rolling in!
yeah baby yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Seriously so excited for you!!!
Congratulations!!!!
mo, you have so many comments here- you are very well loved and hoped-for :)
do you have some nice plans to get out of the city this weekend?
i love looking at your u/s photo! its such a nice yolk sac :)
have a great weekend! still smiling ear to ear from your news!
I just KNEW that it was your time!! I'm so excited for you that it hurts. What beautiful ultrasounds those are. There's a little bean in there!! I'm gonna say boy! Congratulations Mo and Will...I cannot wait to see pics in 8 months of your takehome baby!!
Yahoo!!!!,! You are gonna be a mama!
Amazing.
AWESOME!!!!! Super happy for you MO!!!!!
Nicki
Delurking to say YAY!!!!!!!!! I've been following you for a long time, and I was so thrilled to read this post. Heather
So so so excited to read this. Sorry, only emerging now from newborn chaos! LOL.
Can't wait to pass it on to you!!!
Wonderful!!!
Heartiest Congratulations from India. :)
Huge, huge congrats to you both. I am so excited for you, it has been such a long road. I hope the rest of the pregnancy is absolutely boring and uneventful. Wishing you lots more good news.
YAY!!!! I am so, so, so excited for you guys! What a beautiful ultrasound picture, and a lovely heartbeat!
Late to the party as usual but I just wanted to chime in and saw how happy I am for you both. Just keep taking it one day at a time (something I know you're well used to doing). Even when you don't feel positive about things, know that there are clearly many others who will do all the positive thinking for you. :)
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