We Graduated!

We had our nine week ultrasound on Monday and everything looked great. The baby measured perfectly and had a strong heartbeat, so the specialist has released me to begin care with my regular OB. We graduated from the fertility center! My first appointment is next Tuesday and I'm hoping we'll continue on to have a healthy new baby at the end of March.

I'm finally starting to feel a little excitement (instead of just fear) for this pregnancy. It feels so great to know there's a healthy baby in there, and while I'm not quite ready to start decorating the nursery, I'm starting to believe we just might get that baby we've been waiting for.

We decided to wait until the end of the first trimester to tell Claire about it, but I'm really looking forward to that conversation. She loves babies and she's started asking a lot of questions about families lately. She often asks Josh and me questions like "Who is your mommy?", "Who is your daddy?", "Who is your brother/sister?".

A few weeks ago, we were having one of those conversations at dinner and she suddenly dropped her fork on her plate, looked around with concern, and asked, "Where is my brother and sister?". We explained that she didn't have any brothers or sisters and she immediately insisted, "But I need a brother and sister!" (Glad I'm not feeling any pregnancy pressures from my kid!) It took awhile to convince her that not everyone has brothers and sisters and it's okay if you don't, but I really want the chance to change that for her. I know she would love to be a big sister and I really hope this baby is the little brother or sister she's going to grow up with. All I can do is pray, pray, pray!