Even closer to the edge of the woods

It's not only alive. It's cute too.

Only waiting for the nuchal translucency scan and blood test. Once those come through clear, I will breathe again.

Out of the woods?

The other day my GP called to let me know she had spoken with my obstetrician, the man I now simply refer to as "The Quack". She had called him to ask his opinion on stopping the aspirin at 12 weeks, which she herself suggested to me and I am all for.

The Quack replied that we should change over from aspirin to a blood thinner that is injected daily (!) plus some progesterone. Why he felt I needed these treatments nobody knows.

So I took matters into my own hands and went to see a different obstetrician that was recommended to me. This one, Dr. Metawa, came to the conclusion that aspirin would probably be a good idea until week 20 just to be safe, but any other medication would be nonsense (ok, he didn't say "nonsense" but that's how I interpreted what he actually said). I am willing to accept that. I will continue the aspirin for a while longer, but I will certainly not be injecting anything or taking any hormones.

Oh, and by the way, he did a quick ultrasound just to see if there was still life. The Minibean measures 11 weeks and 4 days and the heart beats at around 160bpm. Maybe this means we're out of the woods?

Polarities

I'm doing that thing again where one moment I am 100% certain that everything is ok, and the next moment I am eqaually sure that there is no chance EVER that this will be ok. 

Sometimes I get both polarities in the same train of thought.

It's exhausting.