I took a big gulp and posted a picture and pregnancy announcement today on Facebook.
Hopefully this won't kill the baby.
I wasn't inclined to do this, but it seemed strange to just start posting baby pics 6 weeks from now. Especially after our loooonnnng infertility struggles, people wouldn't be way out of line for wondering if we'd just finally stolen a baby.
Which of course we've considered, but luckily (oh so luckily!), it looks like we won't have to do.
Assuming she makes it out ok. Which is something I still worry about a fair amount, but try not to dwell on.
She is alive right now - I can feel her squirming around. She passed her non-stress test with flying colors this morning. My blood glucose fasting numbers still seem really not ok to me...so am waiting for a call back about that...but hopefully she'll hang in there regardless.
I will be 34 weeks pregnant tomorrow.
I can't believe it.
And I really can't believe that it seems like we're going to have a baby in a little over a month.
How did we ever get so lucky?
Mo
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I'm just thrilled for you and Will.
ReplyDeleteYour gratitude in this post is beautiful. And using the term 'lucky' is so kind (over the oft used and blechy 'blessed'). I still see so many women who do cross over (and yes, I'm counting you as crossing over--woot!) that still moan and complain about infertility. Now, I understand that previous history is ALWAYS a part of who you are and it ALWAYS sucks to go through IF (hello? Five IVFs, not one success, I get it) but at some point, gratitude is such a much lovelier emotion.
ReplyDeleteHooray for you and baby girl!
Oh I just re-read my comment and realized it might have sounded like I was implying you haven't been grateful up until now, which is NOT the case at all.
ReplyDeleteI did not post a single thing on facebook - took down my wall, even - until DD was in my arms, and then I posted a brief birth announcement with a lot of exclamation points. I got a lot of "I didn't even know you were pregnant," but I decided in advance that I'd be okay with that. Our friends and family knew and that was enough for me.
ReplyDeleteSo, you are way braver than I am :) and HOOFREAKINGRAY, 34 WEEKS!!!
MTL, didn't read it that way at all. thanks for your sentiments. Not lamenting our past at all, which is funny, maybe, but hey, I'll take it. Just filled with awe at the wonderful turn things have finally taken : )
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I popped over to your blog from my reader and saw your ticker showing 43 days to go. I thought getting under 100 was something, but to see you with under 50 days to go is really something.
ReplyDeleteAs a long time follower, I could not be happier for what is about to dawn in your life.
I am sure that your FB friends were over the moon with happiness for you and Will.
Are you ready? It happens, with infertility especially, that we focus so much on getting then staying pregnant, that we don't focus on life with baby. I hope you've been able to spend some time in that space (as foreign as it may seem to you now).
Yea for 34 weeks! I am just so happy for you!
ReplyDeleteWoohoo! I am SO excited for you! What a lucky little girl you have to be so desired and sought after.
ReplyDeleteYes - the sadness of infertility still jumps out at you after you've had a baby - a Facebook post from a friend who is younger than me but has a 13 year old was enough to make me feel wistful at the years we lost. BUT - the happy, grateful, lucky feelings are BIG - and they keep you going through the hard stuff about early motherhood. Even at 3am with a screaming baby, there's a bit of you that knows that you are d*mned lucky to be dealing with this and that there are others who'd give anything to be doing it.
ReplyDeleteWow... congrats you guys! Keep the great news coming!
ReplyDeleteForty-three days left... I keep thinking about the post where you said the crib at a family member's house was taken apart...is that ringing any bells? Soon, you'll need it back together again!
I can't believe you're already 34 weeks - has this not been the quickest pregnancy ever???
ReplyDeleteCan't wait!
So fabulous! <3
ReplyDeleteIt's telling us we "might also like" an old post of yours about the crib in your ILs' house upstate. A much sadder post. But hooray! Time to reassemble it!!
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YOU ARE BRAVE!!! I literally didn't come out on FB until I went into the hopsital to have my daughter...and the post was simply HFS I'm gonna have a baby....everyone thought I was just pregnant....oops....
ReplyDeleteI can't believe you're almost there!! How exciting! May the next 43 days go by as quickly or as slowly as you want them to.
34 weeks - WOW! Okay girl, it's time to start buying stuff! You ARE having this baby, and I'm telling you it takes a bloody long time to get even just the basics together. So excited for you, you are almost there!
ReplyDeleteI love reading your blog, Mo. So incredibly happy for you, you have no idea. You too have been through hell and back and I am so happy to see you are totally making it, only a few more weeks, incredible! So so happy for you! xo
ReplyDelete34 weeks already!? WOW! I am SO happy for you & Will. I have been following your blog for a LONG time :-)
ReplyDeleteYou got this lucky by working your arse off to have this sweet little baby who is already keeping you up! So so so excited for you Mo. Did people on FB freak out a little?
ReplyDeleteI had a FB friend who didn't post until her son was on the outside and so it made me wonder if they'd had trouble conceiving or if they'd used a surrogate, or if she'd just been a little self conscious about her body image... it doesn't seem like something appropriate to ask, so I just post about how cute her son is.
ReplyDeleteSo glad that you're able to 'come out' on Facebook-- that's WONDERFUL!
Both of my cousin's babies were born at 34 weeks (preeclampsia) and they were and are both totally fine. They just needed a little extra attention for a couple days for being small.
ReplyDeleteIf this were a marathon, you'd have run 26 miles already. Just that 0.2 remaining!
Your post just made me smile so big! I am very, very happy for you both. 34 weeks - wow, it won't be long before you're holding that beautiful baby in your arms.
ReplyDelete34 weeks! That's fantastic. Cant begin to tell you how great having a baby (or three!) is and so much sweeter for the rocky road before. Such great news x
ReplyDeleteI had a family member who showed up at a holiday gathering very pregnant. Now I actually had known she was expecting and had not realized others didn't ... I'm not even sure the mom-to-be realized that not everyone knew (those of us who had been told earlier had initially been sworn to secrecy and I think the ban had been lifted but that we hadn't actually been told it was OK to speak of this!). So, you're not alone!
ReplyDeleteIt's wonderful to see you here.
In contrast with @Newbie, above, my basic experience was there's almost nothing beyond the obvious basics (somewhere to sleep, a car seat, some onesies, some diapers) that you need with a brand new baby, and then again that there are ~2 things you will suddenly realize you desperately need at some point in the first 3 months or so (for me one such item was a battery-powered mobile for the crib), but that happily, it turns out, for those, there's Amazon. So I wouldn't worry about buying stuff, myself.
I am SO happy for you, this is going to be one loved baby.
ReplyDeleteAs always your honesty and humor are like a breath of fresh air! It is exciting that you are so close now!
ReplyDeleteBTW- as a nurse who cares for new moms and babies (the dads too!), I think what you are feeling is very normal...Sometimes the parents act that stunned even after the babe has arrived! "They trust us to take the baby home? They know we've never done this before?!?" are common questions that make me laugh as I give swaddling lessons, diaper changing tutorials, and burping refreshers...
You are going to be great!!!
I'm thinking we have followed each other for so long, we should be FB friends. :) If you want, mine is on my blog. :) I'm so excited for you guys!! Almost time!
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