New estimated due date: November 27th, 2010

So, after Doug made a comment that this could be a Valentine's baby I was looking at the calendar and realized that my dates may be off. I may have experienced implantation bleeding in mid-February and perhaps that is why I didn't think I even ovulated. So there was the potential that I was farther along than I anticipated.

At my consultation, which wasn't an actual exam, at the birth center I told the midwife this and she ordered an ultrasound to check the size of my uterus and estimated due date. Also, women with polycystic ovarian syndrom (PCOS) have an increased chance of miscarriage so she wanted to see if the baby was developing correctly first before continuing with plans at the birth center. So the ultrasound was yesterday and we got to see the little black dot that is our baby! It was pretty awesome! After 5 ultrasounds for my bladder, kidneys, ovaries and uterus- it was nice to actually be having one for pregnancy!

The technician said that I actually only measured at 4.5 weeks instead of the 5.5 weeks I had counted (you count from the first day of your last menstrual period). At first I was concerned that perhaps the baby had stopped developing but she said as long as I was still having symptoms to not worry. Most likely I ovulated a week later (3 weeks after instead of 2), which actually makes sense as I only tested for week 2 and then gave up! And I reviewed my calendar again and in Novemeber, my first round on Clomid, I thought I ovulated on week 3- but thought maybe I was just doing it all wrong! So that pushes my due date back a week :(

But the other thing that means is that I got a positive read on home pregnancy test on 7 days past ovulation- which is very rare! Hormones have to be a certain level, usually around 50 mg, to be recognized by the home tests (a blood test can regonize as low as 20). Usually you do not have that high of hormones until two weeks or more past ovulation. What does high hormone level mean, you ask? Well, it could me more than one baby! But only COULD, there are many situations where women have high levels and have only one baby. We won't know for several more weeks. I was a little shocked at that possibility at first. Clomid only increases the chance for twins by less than 10% (it depends on which study you read- some say as low as 4%). I know many women who have conceived on Clomid and none of them have twins, so I didn't even really think about it! Anything over twins is incredibly rare. All I can say, is the more to love- and that we would definitely need a bigger place!

Oh, and my next appointment is for April 27th, at 10 weeks. So far, so good. Just incredibly tired, thinking about carrying around my own port-a-potty and trying to adjust to my new eating schedule of snack sized food every 2 hours. Lol, this baby is already taking over my life! And I couldn't be happier about it!