Tag: pregnancy

  • Unintended Consequences

    Unintended Consequences

    Before I get started with today’s blog, a few disclaimers:  If you follow the news regularly, you’ve likely heard about a recent state supreme court ruling in Alabama that has had major consequences in the world of IVF. For now, it’s limited to one state, but the precedent it sets could have implications nationwide.  The…

  • What’s in a Name?

    What’s in a Name?

    I haven’t really talked about it too much on the blog, but getting Nick to talk about baby names had been like trying to pull teeth.  Every time I’d bring it up, he didn’t want to talk about it or said he wasn’t ready.  It frustrated me to no end.  I gave him a list…

  • Christmas!

    Christmas!

    One of the nice things about living in Colorado is that we’re centrally located for our family. Nick and I both have siblings on the West Coast and parents in the Midwest, so holidays in Colorado can be a nice compromise.  This year, the Jacksons came out for Christmas with their two pups, Chloe and…

  • Bumpdates!

    Bumpdates!

    So, I haven’t been taking bump photos as regularly as I should, but I have taken a few. In those early weeks, there definitely wasn’t a bump to show off, so I didn’t think to document it.  Even now, Nick is skeptical if there even is a bump. A few times while I’ve been getting…

  • A Heartbeat

    A Heartbeat

    The Monday after Thanksgiving, it was time for our 16-week appointment. This time, there wasn’t an ultrasound, but we finally got to hear what we’d be waiting to hear for so many weeks! It was time to hear Baby Jackson’s heartbeat! This time around, there wasn’t any swishing away, just a strong little heartbeat going…

  • Symptoms

    Symptoms

    It may seem weird to tell you about my symptoms from the first trimester when I’m well into the second. But there was a lot of stuff to catch you up on first.  In the first few weeks of the pregnancy, I felt pretty good. There was some minimal cramping, but no major symptoms.  That…

  • Thanksgiving

    Thanksgiving

    The week of Thanksgiving was special for many reasons. It was our first big holiday with a little one on the way, my whole family was coming to our house to help us celebrate, and we held our gender reveal party! Mom and Dad arrived on Tuesday, and Em, Drea, and the boys arrived on…

  • More Ultrasounds

    More Ultrasounds

    In early October, we had our 8-week appointment and ultrasound at Kaiser. Once again, everything was textbook.  At our first appointment, they’d told us we should be able to hear the heartbeat at the 8- or 9-week mark, so we were excited to possibly hear little peanut’s ticker.  At this 8-week appointment, they said we’d…

  • Trauma

    Trauma

    As I mentioned last week, Baby Jackson is doing great. I don’t want anyone to worry about that when they see this week’s post title. But the title is very appropriate for what I’m going to share.  Sometime between our first couple of ultrasounds, I had a scary flashback.  I went to one of Nick’s…

  • The Details

    The Details

    Since Harvey officially let the cat out of the bag, I can finally share all the details of when everything happened.  I shared about how our frozen embryo transfer went, but I intentionally left out when it happened. While I am trying to give an honest account of this process, I also wanted a little…