thump thump thump thump thump
February 25, 2008
And more thump thump thump thump thump.
Translation: we saw the heartbeat. Um, whew? Yes. Whew. We even got to see it in 3D. It was...lumpy.
Everything looks fine, if a little on the petite side. Quasimobryo measured at only 5w6d. Which...is exactly how far along we thought I was LAST Monday. An entire week of progress, gone! It's like crossing off every time on your to-do list, only to flip it over and discover it's a two-sided list. Or waking up, showering and getting dressed...and then waking up and realizing it was all a dream and you have to get out of bed AGAIN.
So my due date got pushed back ANOTHER week, to October 22nd. Ish. If this keeps up I will be pregnant until 2009.
Now if you'll excuse me, I am going out back to go all Office Space on that fancy fertility monitor with a baseball bat. Oh, I'm kidding. You know I'm just going to go take a nap.
Yay!! Hearing the heartbeat always made it so very real for me. Congrats!
Yay! I'm so glad all is well.
Hurray for thumping! Many congratulations to you!
We had to have a lot of ultrasounds when I was pregnant with our daughter (and yes, "had to" seems silly to say because I loved peeking in obsessively to see if all was going well), and we had widely different predictions of gestational age based on measurements. Fast forward, reverse, fast forward...you get the idea. The kid ended up being 6 days late, which I'm not really convinced was late at all by the end.
Of course, the ultrasounds had me thinking she would be born 3 weeks before she was, so you can imagine my surprise when I had no signs of labor for days and days.
delurking to say: my birthday is Oct 23 and I highly recommend it :)
I'm so glad you have a good one in there! Congratulations for the thumping, it's such a lovely sound. I thought we were going to be due-date buddies (only in my mind, of course, as you don't have a clue who I am) but apparently it isn't to be.
Congrats on the heartbeat! And I got my date pushed back too and it felt like such a slap in the face. Like, all that 'progress' for nothing? C'mon! But you won't be pregnant until 2009 so that should be some comfort, no?
Big sigh of relief on the thumping. I'm just so excited!!
Thumpdy, Thump, Thump, WAHOO!!!
Don't worry about the size, it's just a cute, petite little girl who can't wait to be dressed up and have pigtails!
:-)
Yay! Congrats on the healthy baby heart!
Lucky ho! Not only is my uber-beloved OB retiring at the end of this month, forcing me to audition a new one, but my appointment and opportunity to hear the thump-thump (which I always think sounds more like "whoosh-whoosh") won't be until I am supposed to be at 10 weeks. 10 WEEKS! (and then they'll proabably knock me back down to 9 1/2 or something, just for spite).
Congrats on confirming the little bugger is in there and doing well. I'm still jealous. My only evidence so far beside the pee stick is constant nausea, frequent urination, and the fact that ALL THE TIME now I look like I just at an entire large pizza. (And how's THAT for a run-on sentence, baybee?)
Woo Hoo! You were on my mind today and I am so happy to hear all is well.
ok well i commented on the announcement that your due date was my birthday but now your new due date is my anniversary. i still feel special & all connected like :-P
Think of it this way, its just one more week to enjoy the fruits of your labor! :)
Happy Thump Day!!!
I think I smell a baby girl in your future!!! Well, really who knows...but it would be great!
I had a great time lurking at the mamapop site last night for the Oscar Party! You were fricking hilarious...actually..I sort of just scrolled through all the posts, only stopping to read the Amalah posts...LOL...
Also, I posted an Oscar Fashion Rounduop on my blog..just sayin'...
You're so cute...well it's good to hear the appointment went well anyway:) I hate that showering dream, i've totally had it!
Congrats! We're about 6 weeks ahead of you....lol...as far as we know... ;-)
It's a girl, and she needs her beauty sleep ;) Congratulations on the healthy thumping!
If you want to go all "Office Space" on that fertility monitor, can you at least video yourself doing it to some nice gangsta rap and post it on YouTube?
October 22 will be here in the blink of an eye.
I'm hoping for Oct 19. It's my younger sisters birthday.
Yeah for hearing the hearbeat. I would save going Office Space on the monitor for when you're having a really bad day.
Yay for Heartbeats! Boo for loosing a week. Thank goodness your not sick or you would be even more upset!
Oh I am so glad everything went well!
I'm happy for the heartbeat. The longer you are pregnant the more Amalah pregnancy stories we get to hear. Although I do want to see baby pictures so please have the Babalah before Christmas.
Congratulations on the Thumpa Thumpa. That is when I actually quit freaking the hell out with my boys. I still freaked out but to a lesser degree. And for that their father was grateful.
So glad you got to see the heartbeat! That is such an amazing experience!
I am about to go Office Space on my monitor and it's only my first month using it. WTF am I getting "high" readings for 5 days in a row, but no pretty little egg yet?!!
sigh. Congrats!
Congratulations Amy! I'm one of the lurkers but this is such great news I wanted to offer my congratulations and best wishes for all of you. I read your site daily (for yrs. now, um, wow) and can't wait to read more about the journey. Great news; so happy for all of you!
horray!
i remember the first time i heard ash's heartbeat, i bawled. reading your entry reminded me of that moment and it turns out that almost 3 years since then, i still cry just thinking about it. yes, i'm lame.
lumpy babies are the best kind.
Yeah for heartbeats!!! Not sure what kind of fertility monitor you have, but I think a baseball bat is a tad big for that project. I'm thinking it's more like a prada pump that needs to be taken to it, I'm just saying....
See, it's NOT just that you're a crazy lady and want to subsist on Thin Mints. We told you so. ;)
The later due date means a different astrological sign. So, in theory, the whole baby's personality just changed entirely. Weird, huh?
Heartbeats=good. Congratulations! What I want to know is this, what exactly happens to that missed week? Is the baby just waiting in limbo? Do you put him on hold for a week? How does this stuff WORK?
Am I the only one that thinks it's hella weird that peeps are already predicting gender? It's like we're your MIL or something!
Congrats and woohoo! for a heartbeat!
My fancy monitor is on my shit list, too. Apparently monitors across America are forgetting they WEREN'T FREE and therefore really shouldn't get away with acting like they came from Wal-Mart. I'm so happy for your heartbeat, though. Again, it just gives me a ridiculous amount of hope.
Yay! I'm very glad everybody is doing good. I should tell you that, as someone who was also born on October 22, it's a great day. I'd be happy to welcome Quasimobryo to the 10/22 birthday club.
Yay on the heartbeat. I hear you on losing a week, but sometime in my second pregnancy I realized that my baby couldn't read a calender and therefore would come out when he was damn good and ready no matter how many weeks I was. Unfortunately he wasn't ready until I was about 89 1/2 weeks. Therefore I was forced to obtain a court order and eviction papers to remove the little shit from my womb. Enough about me though congrats on the thumpa thumpa
yay on thumper. So good.
And yes, you don't know me, but anyway I have to say that October is a grand month to be born. If nothing else, the entire Fish family will be celebrating, because we have our anniversary, BigDaddyFish's birthday, Trout's birthday, FIL's birthday, two uncles and two cousins' birthdays, you get the idea. It's an awesome month.
I say go Office Space, because damn it feels good to be a gangsta, and then take a nap, maybe after some thin mints.
I am one of those folks who has been reading for ages but rarely comments, but I am pregnant too and got to hear the heartbeat last week and it was by far the coolest thing ever! I am due Sept 18th. I am enjoying following your blog as I don't really have any pregnant friends at the moment to talk to so it is nice to read about someone else going through the same thing. And heck I am in the metro area too:>
Anyway congratulations!
Woo hoo! I am so happy for you, especially after your bad dreams about today's appointment.
I was also born on October 23rd. It's the best time of year for a birthday!
Oh, what a lovely, lovely sound that thump, thump is! Congrats!
I didn't get to post in your last one, but a lot of people beat me to my theory that you're carrying a girl this time based on your cravings and difference in symptoms. And yay! for the heartbeat! So exciting!
Yay for little baby heartbeats! We first got to hear our baby's (embryo's-whatever) heartbeat this past Valentine's Day. They also knocked me back TWO weeks and told me I had a vanishing twin. WTF?!
Yeah-Congrats!
Yay, hearbeat!! I'm so glad you have that reassurance!
And I'm sure quasimobryo is just petite... :)
Yeah, Ashley and Valerie, Me too! October 23rd, all the way Amy. Mark it on your calendar! :)
Yay for Quasimobryo, a.k.a. Thumper! So happy you got to see the heartbeat. You all were in my thoughts today, and I was definitely waiting for good news!
Here's what's awesome: if it's a boy, then YEA! BOYS RULE! We know how to do boy!
If it's a girl, then YEA! GIRLS RULE! American Girl catalogs!
I just love a win-win...
Blessing you big time from AZ.
Hey! October 22 is my son's birthday. I think that's a wonderful day to have a baby.
Aww congrats! Nothing's sweeter than hearing that heartbeat.
Well moving UP a due date would probably be sweeter. ;)
congrats and if he or she comes on oct 22 they will have the same due date as my babe but he was born a week late.