i had a second round of bloodwork done this week (monday august 10th to be exact) to check in on my HCG levels and they came in at 62,467, which seems right on target. the HCG levels start to slow down once they reach a certain level. so at this point an ultrasound will provide us with more useful information on how the pregnancy is progressing.
as of today, i believe to be 7 weeks 1 day pregnant, but the ultrasound came back to show we are a few days farther along, coming in at 7 weeks 4 days! this puts the estimated due date at march 28, 2016, which also happens to be jarad's birthday. he is super excited about this!
if you look inside the black circle, there is a smaller circle, that is the yolk sac, which will eventually turn into the placenta. and the green bean looking thing to the left is baby berk! there was a strong and healthy heartbeat of 147 per minute! this was the perfect start to our weekend! i am feeling so happy and a bit relieved. here is a link to the video of the heartbeat!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5dT6kw9x8jDNHR0RXZHWnlVRTQ/view
this week my hunger has really kicked in! i feel like a high school teenage boy going through a growth spurt who is on the football team. i can not satisfy my hunger! i am more tired than normal and have had two days in the last week where i felt nauseous, but never threw up. i have also noticed that my workouts are becoming harder and i get out of breath easily. but all and all i feel good and as long as i get good rest and enough food, i am good to go!
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| 7 weeks is the size of a blueberry! |
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