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We have lift off!!
We had our graduation appointment this week. We heard a heart beat. I have to say it is one of the most amazing things you will ever experience up to this point in your life/journey. That characteristic, 'waw waw' sound of the fetal/embryo? heart beat. Its just astounding. Like I can't get over watching it or hearing it.
You can clearly see the flicker of the little embryonic/fetal heart. Its so freaking cool. Beastie's heart is beating!
We were going through such a range of emotions from excitement to anxiety to shear panic. OMG what if there's more than one heartbeat?! What if there is no heart beat?!
This is about to happen!!
This is nerve wracking!
This is so exciting!
As I said we were released, probably a little early, normally its an 8 week and a 10 week appointment, but because our surrogate is from out of state, they will do ONE appointment mid-way through. It worked out that we were able to slide in to a week 8 appointment.
Now the really real stuff begins. Its definitely taken a different tone. Each milestone has brought us closer to WHOA, this is actually happening. This one took us from this is probably happening to this is actually happening and now we need to think about the next steps for us, now that we're pregnant (and hopefully staying that way).
We had breakfast, but Beastie didn't let our surrogate keep her food. Good thing, but not-so-good either
Saying goodbye to our surrogate and Beastie at the airport. This is the last time that she'll be in town and the last time Beastie will be home until its born!
We're now waiting to breathe for the all-clear for the 10 or 12 week appointment. I think its the end of the first trimester that we can breathe easier and announce it to everyone.
I totally didn't even realize today was national coming out day! We took a picture to mark the occasion. A lot of people post and share their stories today. Sharing their struggles and their triumphs over the hurdles, or even walls, surrounding the ability to live their truths. Dustin and I have very different stories of our coming outs. He's been living his truth for just about a decade before I came out to my family and more importantly to myself. Coming out is not for everyone and today is certainly not meant to give you anxiety about coming out or not. You might find yourself in a variety of situations; from being a public personality, a conservative family, your own fears and so many other possibilities. Its not always easy. For some, yes, its easy, you grow up in a family where you know without a shadow of a doubt that you'll be accepted for who you are. We know, better than most, that its different for everyone. Most of all, you do you, we'll be her
A lot has happened in the last month...seriously A LOT. "So why did you wait so long to post, Ryan?? " Because I was busy! Schedule changes at work, pushing hard to get our renovations finished, baby showers, renovations, traveling...so much happening. Let's start with travel....I don't want to bury the lead story here. We went up to Wisconsin for our 21 week anatomy scan. Dustin flew up on a Wednesday for the Thursday morning appointment. Unfortunately July is a big vacation month for my department, and save for asking co-workers to change their vacation plans with their families...I stayed behind. It was going to be hard, but I kept telling myself that its just pictures. I will have the REST of my life to spend with Beastie. This is a cool appointment, but its just an internal photo shoot. What really sucked was that they wouldn't be able to shoot any pictures or video in the ultrasound room. Fast forward to the morning of the appointment. I tex
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