Mixed Reviews

I thought that today I was going to be able to announce to everyone that I'm pregnant and post an ultrasound picture of our baby. But there is no ultrasound picture to share. I should be 7 weeks 1 day today but the gestational sac only measured 6 weeks. There was a yolk sac but no sign of a baby yet.

I am trying to just keep reminding myself that this is good news. I mean, things are still looking good. All my blood work last week came back good and there is a definite chance that the timing was just off. Its just so hard not to think about what has happened in the past.

Because the dates are off, we don't have a due date yet and I had to have some more blood work done tonight. As long as the test results look as good as they have been, then I'll have another ultrasound next week. Hopefully the next ultrasound will show a growing baby with a strong, fast heartbeat.

Walter thinks this is all great news but I am still just trying to stay more realistic, and not get overly optimistic. I think that this was neither good news or bad. It just means we have to wait a little longer for confirmation of what direction we are headed in.