An emotional, early graduation

Buckle up, folks. This is the most emotional and best update yet.

We went in today for our 10-week ultrasound. The plan was to do this ultrasound and another in two weeks at the 12-week period before we would "graduate" from the fertility clinic and go back to Bre's regular OBGYN.

But little Yinglett had other plans in mind.

They've grown perfectly. The doctor said he literally couldn't be happier with the progress that Bre is making in growing this kid. You can see the ultrasound photos and videos on this post; the kid is actually starting to look like a baby. They're dancing around in there, starting to grow hands and feet. It's incredible.

Because the progress of the baby is at an awesome state, the doctor surprised us by telling us that we've "graduated" two weeks early; there's nothing more the fertility clinic would do for us that her OB wouldn't be able to. This is amazing news; it means this baby is most likely going to happen. And that's awesome.

The exact number from this point is that we now have a 96% chance of taking this baby through to term. That's a really truly significant number. At this point, losing this baby would be an anomaly rather than an expectable possibility.

Our clinic at Missouri Fertility is incredible. As we did the discharge process and took a final hormone check blood draw, the entire clinic gathered together and clapped for us as we exited for the final time. Bre got to ring the bell on her way out; we were going to have a baby. It was emotional and beautiful. This staff has watched us ask questions, go through hell, and finally have a truly viable pregnancy.

From here, the fertility clinic hands all of Bre's information off to her OB in Hannibal and now we'll follow the route that any other pregnant woman takes. Periodic checkups and ultrasounds, talking about a birth plan, finding out the gender in about two months, and getting our house ready for a baby. The nurses at Missouri Fertility took such good care of Bre, and the front office staff was the best staff we've ever seen in any healthcare setting. We'll miss these wonderful people at Missouri Fertility and can't wait to bring our baby back to meet them.

Bre is still very much in the first trimester when it comes to food aversion and sickness. For every good day she has where she consumes a healthy amount of food without too much nausea, she has two days where she struggles to keep down even water. While this kid is growing healthily and steadily, Bre has been pushed to her limit to eat enough food to fuel her and Yinglett and not feel immense nausea throughout the day. And unfortunately, the nausea medication that was previously prescribed for her caused some significant side effects that we have to avoid. That remains the main thing we'd ask prayers for; she has been losing some weight over the last four weeks, and we'd like to try and buck that trend over the next few weeks.

Not sure what our next update will be, but we'll make sure to put it on the blog when it comes. Stay tuned!

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