Something New ♥

So... this is happening.

 Sprout! We found out in September, but finally made it public the other day. Look at it! Like a little alien teddy bear in there! This is an ultrasound from October.

Here's my most recent. Sprout measured 11 weeks 5 days in this picture. I already love the little polliwog.

Things have been going relatively well. Along with the fetus (it's officially a 'fetus' at this point!) they also found a tumor on my left, and only, ovary. It looks to be calcified in some places, which isn't great, but the doctor isn't worried. At this point in development, even if I end up losing that ovary in a removal surgery, the placenta would take care of the pregnancy and I wouldn't lose it. That was a big worry in the beginning. I was on pelvic rest for a while because of the whole ordeal, but thankfully that's over and I can start working out again. For those of you who don't know, I lost my right ovary in 2003 due to a large tetratoma. It was bigger than a grapefruit when they found it, and it was torsing and nearly killed me. We didn't even know that I could have children, and who knows how long it would have taken to find this other tumor if I hadn't become pregnant. Thanks, universe. ;)

Being pregnant and having lupus wasn't something that I was looking forward to, and for good reason. I'm exhausted, not just "I'm pregnant and I'm tired" exhausted. Debilitating exhaustion. Not very fun. I can't take any medication for the joint pain, as NSAIDs are off limits while you're pregnant. Other than that, no complaints. I've heard some great stories about how the hormone changes that accompany pregnancy can sometimes end lupus symptoms all together, even after you deliver. Here's hopin'!

We're very excited. It seems so legit now that everyone knows about it. I sent out some pretty cute "we're expecting" announcements, because I'll use any excuse I can to buy cute paper products.

We're hoping for a boy, but we get what we get. It's a female until it's a male (yeah, I saw Jurassic Park) so for now it's a she.

♥