Relieved

We got the results of the amniocentesis a couple of days ago; but, I've been to busy to post anything until now. Both girls are without detectable genetic defects at this point. More than anything else I feel relieved. We have one more check-up in two weeks to take a good look at their hearts. If that turns out well then there should be no more issues to worry about with their health until birth (where the worry is that they'll be too premature.)

At this point I'm having trouble thinking of the girls as anything other than two tiny human beings.

Some Relief

Some good news. We have two embryos that survived thus far. We don't have to worry about being outnumbered by babies anymore. Now we need these two to survive.

One embryo already has a heartbeat, so its strong and growing faster than average. Since this embryo has a heartbeat, its chance of survival dramatically jumps higher right now.

The other embryo doesn't yet have a heartbeat. Heartbeats start on average on day 3 of week 6. We're currently on day 1 of week 6, so there is still a decent chance of survival for the second embryo.

Although we're not out of the woods yet, I'm definitely relieved.

Anxiety climbs higher

So far the symptoms continue. Hirono is still a little sick and always tired. But she's more beautiful than I've ever seen her.

Tomorrow is the sonic scan to see how many embryos survived and are growing. Its clear there is at least one. I'll not be relieved until I hear from the sonic scan. Work and news take me away from the worry sometimes, not that work isn't without its worries.

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So Far So Good

We just finished week five of the pregnancy. So far so good. Hirono's totally wiped out but happier than I've ever seen her. There are a couple more weeks of high probability of miscarriage, then the odds start to move in our favor. We won't know how many embryos survived for a little while yet. Within the month we should start to hear heartbeats.

I'm starting to become very nervous.

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