Week 9 Belated Post

I apologize for disappearing for a while! It's been an eventful two weeks, to say the least. Thursday, April 2nd marked my final appointment with Dr. M, which was somewhat bittersweet. I felt like there wasn't a proper goodbye, like I didn't really have time to express my gratitude for everything he's done. I think I'll write a letter to him once the baby comes complete with photos, etc. I also didn't get a chance to say goodbye to everyone on the staff. It felt sort of incomplete to just disappear from there, but I guess that's how it normally works. I'd like to return with Ziggy in person at some point, so Dr. M. can meet the little person he helped create. What a cool job he has, helping make people's dreams come true :)

Anyway, I had the usual blood draw and ultrasound. The ultrasound showed Ziggy was measuring exactly 9 weeks, which is great, since I was exactly 9 weeks at the time. S/he is growing so fast! The heart rate was 146 bpm. The sonographer also said the umbilical cord is attaching "beautifully." Thankfully the area of bleeding had diminished (yay!), and Dr. M said I was good to go. He did say it was very important that I continue to take the Armoud Thyroid throughout my pregnancy, and that if my new doctor wanted to discontinue it, that I should find a new one. I really hope that's not the case!

Anyway, enough blabbing! I'm finally getting around to posting a photograph of Ziggy. I think it (I can't wait till I can say "he" or "she" instead of "it"!) looks like a little teddy bear, don't you?

PS: I also added week 7 and 8 sonogram images to the previous posts. Amazing how much change there's been! I can't wait to see what Ziggy looks like at week 11!