The first picture of Baby A!! Unfortunately, one of the nurses at the clinic made a few dots on the picture with a Sharpie. As I have indicated on the image, the white spot at the bottom of the fetus is the brain developing.
It's been a day and a half since we had the ultrasound. The initial "selfish" disappointment has given way to excitement about Baby A, and possibly Baby B. The nurses at the fertility clinic were not willing to give up on Baby B yet, and we're sure not going to do that either, but we are aware that there is a chance it will be a miscarriage. We're going back in for a third ultrasound in another 2 weeks. That should definitely tell us what the final number is.
Tomorrow I'll spend most of the day in the kitchen. The plan is to bake some breads and gingerbread cookies. I want to make a gingerbread house and decorate it, but we'll see how much time I have. I also plan to make some marsipan.
I am putting on a traditional Norwegian Christmas Dinner in a couple of weeks. 21 guests for a sit down dinner. This involves a lot of preparations, and I will probably have to start this coming week with sourcing the raw materials. The preparations will certainly keep me busy for the next couple of weeks.
4 comments:
Even though we saw the U/S pics on Friday night...it's great to see them again here! Thanks for sharing...we are so excited for you both. Have a wonderful weekend...good luck prepping for your big dinner!
Congratulations!! I'm so sorry about baby B (and C) I have seen MANY woman who got pregnant with IVF who have had a slower growing baby catch up. I'll be thinking of you and looking back here for updates!
Amy.
Thank you for thinking of us. It was interesting that the nurses at the fertility clinic were a lot more hesitant to write off Baby B at this point, compared to the doctor at the ultrasound clinic.
We're still hoping for him/her to pull through, but we are very happy about our situation, having at least one very promising fetus.
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