Hi ladies!!! Haha, Annie you caught me creeping the forum earlier!!
I was just about to head to the doctors so I wanted to wait till I got back before writing.
How are you guys doing??? I am trying to get a bit caught up on where things are at. Seems like overall things are going great for you guys! Annie, congratulations on the baby girl!!! Truth be told, I want a girl for my first
I'm sure it's tough to deal with the disappointment when you are expecting a boy, but I know you will grow to be excited about things. Think of how fun it will be to get to know your daughter!
Bexxc, HUGE congrats on finishing your MEd project (I think I read that a few pages back??)!!! That must feel amazing!!!! What's next for you? Are you going to continue teaching in the same school after your mat leave? Or do something different? What's going on with Morgan and his job?
Things with me...I FINALLY have some things to update!! It's been busy...I've been to Toronto twice this month...lots of travel...Got hired at my university to instruct a workshop (2-3 times a year), so I went down to Vancouver to do some training. Just got back last Friday and we went camping for the long weekend. Lots of fun! Other things- we are looking at buying a new car :S a little nervous, but ours seems to be in pretty bad shape and we're planning on taking a drive up to the Yukon (right next to Alaska) this summer so we want good wheels! So we're looking at some options for buying vs. leasing...
OK, so the more interesting stuff. LOL. I went for my blood tests 2 weeks ago when I was in Vancouver and had to wait 2 FREAKING HOURS in the waiting room to get them done. Argh! They took about 8 vials of blood and I thought I was going to faint...the nurse asked me to lay down afterward.
Today I finally was able to see my doctor to get the results. And the results are...
1. Our baby was a genetically normal baby boy.
I don't know why but it was very important for me to hear that it was a little boy.
2. My blood tests revealed that I am 100%, completely, totally normal and healthy. YEAH. My blood profile is perfect, I have no known clotting issues or immune issues, thyroid hormone was normal, and progesterone was 34 (normal). My iron level was on the low end of normal, but it was still within the normal range.
Soooo...the doctor basically said there's no real explanation for what happened and that the only thing we can really say right now is that it was probably bad luck. #*$^Y%(! BUT he said that my tests all came back normal is VERY good news and means that chances are very good that we'll be able to carry pregnancies to term in the future.
We talked about it quite a bit and he offered to refer me to a specialist (out of town) who might be able to give some further insight or do some other fringe testing. But we both kind of agreed that there's a good chance that they aren't going to find anything, since we found nothing on the tests, and because I have had many ultrasounds before (so unlikely to be structural problem). In the end, the plan is that he will (a) refer us to the specialist, but that we should feel free to start trying, and that if we (b) get pregnant in the meantime, we will just monitor it really closely, and he will put me on progesterone and baby aspirin as a precautionary measure.
PHEW!
So, overall, good news. Kind of frustrating that there is no simple solution, but I am SO happy to know that there is nothing "wrong" with me like that other b*tchy doctor tried to tell me without knowing anything. LOL.
i think next summer we're going to brave the 11 hour plane trip with a 7 month old to go visit him. he's within spitting distance of pretty much any european country you'd ever want to visit, so it would be a really fun trip. and we'd pretty much only have to pay for our airfare over there.
and i chose not to teach summer school this year, so i have the whole summer off!!! so far i've been working to get the house back in order after a year and a half of neglect and now that that's mostly taken care of, we're going to start working on the nursery (as soon as my dad gets back from massachusetts). morgan's new job is wonderful. he's working on call so his schedule was very irregular, but he's getting between 6 and 18 eight hour shifts a month and the pay is great. 
