Thursday, May 10, 2007

A Breath of Air, A Moment of Joy

Fate kept putting kind people in our path today. Our ultrasound tech, a delightful, funny woman who was just finishing an internship, could not have been more wonderful to us. Within seconds of meeting, we had bonded over our respective miscarriages. A moment later, she smiled broadly and said, "I've got good news! There's a heartbeat!"

Atomic let out a breath that sounded like he'd been holding it for hours.

I got teary, and said, "thank you, thank you, thank you" over and over again.

Our little one looks, in the words of both the ultrasound folks and Dr. Reallynice, "perfect." The heart rate was around 160, and the wee one measured 7 weeks, 3 days (on average -- they took several measurements, which ranged from 7w2d to 7w4d).

Everything looks just great in there, including my ovaries, which have returned to a more or less normal size. We have now "graduated" from the RE's care, and now I get to go to a normal OB like, well, a normal pregnant person. How weird is that?

Oh, and one funny thing -- there was a sizable corpus luteum on my right side. The gigantic Ricochet follicle was on my left. So maybe we have a Droopalong after all.

And maybe, just maybe, we're going to have a really wonderful Christmas.

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

oh sweetie such wonderful news! (my cell doesn´t work yet)... I am so so happy. --elizabeth

Anonymous said...

Huzzah!

KZ

Anonymous said...

Yay Binky!!!!!

Anonymous said...

Yay Binky!!!!!

Anonymous said...

I couldn't be happier for you both. Sending all the happy thoughts your direction- Tracey

Unknown said...

How beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.

Lollipop Goldstein said...

Yay! Yay! Yay! That is fantastic news. Here's to only smooth sailing from here.

Anonymous said...

ohhhhhh YES!!! Get along with you and your bad NPP self!

Hope4future said...

I am so happy for you!!

Sunny said...

WONDERFUL NEWS!!!!!!

Lollipop Goldstein said...

Ooops--I'm back with the root beer float. And I've sent some drinks over to Pretty Kitty. You're a fun drunk!

Tina / Anxious Changer said...

What great news! Will be hoping and praying that the good news keeps on coming for you!