Dialing it Down

Just been back from the consultant.  Although he wasn't too keen, he did a very quick scan for us.  Both twins are alive and well (although it did take a minute to find the CVS twins' heartbeat, and for once the CVS twin wasn't re-enacting the Night Fever scene from Saturday Night Live, but the heartbeat was there and the doc said the baby was just sleeping and in an awkward position, that it all looked fine and there is loads of amniotic fluid cushioning both Lemonheads.  I'll go with that.)

So a recap.

IVf cycle - passed.

Lowest number of eggs in the history of lowest number of eggs - passed.

Pregnancy test - passed.

First scan and the drama thereafter - passed. 

Second scan and continuing little dramas - passed.

Nuchal scan - passed.

First trimester - passed.

CVS - passed.

Miscarriage risk post-CVS - passed.

I am now - honestly, for better or for worse - going to calm down and try to go with the flow of this pregnancy.  I'm aiming for boring.  Boring will be nice. 

I'm so, so grateful for all of your comments and wishes.  Thank you.

And now, time to relax for a good long while.

Comments

[justme]

I am so happy for you that the tests came out well for you! And congrats for "coming out"! Enjoy the fun (haha) that is pregnancy!

[Sara]

Great news! I'm so glad everything came out OK.

[Cheryl]

That is awesome, I think we all will have a collective sigh of relief! Now sit back and enjoy the ride! I read your other site too and thanks for the morning cry! Smooches

[Ice Queen]

I've been rooting for so long! Woo hoo! I'm so very happy for you! It's about time your dreams all came true. You deserve all the happiness in the world.

[Jen(aside)]

I am so freaking excited for you. Really.

[Mina Wolf]

Enjoy it. You have so many things to look forward to now. The first movement, the hiccups, etc etc. Now you can be ecstatic about them without constantly worrying. Make sure you keep track of all your symptoms too. Otherwise you'll be like my mom who keeps telling me "I don't know, it's been 30 years!"

[Teresa]

Boring would be nice, wouldn't it?

I am so happy for you. Last night my husband jokingly says to me "christ Teresa, you'd think you were the one pregnant with twins." Those Lemonheads already have 'fans' all over the world!!

[canape]

That is so cool. I wish I didn't have anything to do today so I could just sit and read. The garden shots are great, and I am totally in lurve with your dog after just that one really joyous photo.
Thanks for the link :)

[becky(priss/lola)]

i really hope it's smooth sailing for you from this point on. congrats again that the cvs came back okay.

[Becks]

I am absolutely over the moon for you - you've had a rough ride up to now so its time to kick back and relax. Enjoy it and I look forward to watching your story and belly grow.

[caltechgirl]

I hope you are bored out of your skull between now and when the Lemonheads start punching you in the bladder and kidneys :-)

[waiting line]

yes, boring = good!

[watson]

Yay for boring!

Yay for easy...you deserve it, girl.

May the next few months be delightfully uneventful for you and the Lemonheads!!

Much love to you...

[Tracey]

I love Boring!! I wish you, Aiden and the lemonheads a BORING rest of pregnancy.

So glad all is going well!!

[Tinker]

How nice to finally not have anything to really worry about.

And I checked briefly into your other blog. Wow! What a project in the garden (a gorgeous garden to begin with)! So lovely and green -- here, we're just getting past brown grass and finally seeing buds on the trees.

[Carol]

I vote for boring too!

That's great that you came out on your other blog. I too have another blog, that we use as our public place to keep family and friends up to date on our lives. We recently came out on that blog about the pregnancy and the twins - but I've never said anything on there about the IVF.

[isabel]

May your days be as boring as all get out. I raise my glass and wish you boring!

Happy for you: so, so happy.