Beautiful Bubbles

Today was First Ultrasound day! Sylvia was so nervous all morning, I was afraid we'd have a puke-fest in the car on the way into the RE's office. But luckily for me, we both made it to the office without incident. We met Dr. P in the elevator on the way up to his office, and minutes after walking in the front door I was up on the table waiting for it to begin.

When Dr. P started looking, the nurse motioned to Sylvia for her to come around to my side so she could see, too. We got a great look at the largest gestational sac. He didn't say whether or not he'd seen any other components (e.g. the yolk sac), but he did say that it was in my uterus (yay!) and of an appropriate size for how far along I am (5w5d, based on the IUI date [I'm 6w2d based on LMP, but 5w5d is more technically accurate since our IUI was 3w5d ago]). I was so overwhelmed I completely forgot to ask him any of the many questions I had planned to ask.

He also saw a second sac, much smaller than the first. He said he thinks we have one, maybe two in there. Wow. I am so eager to find out with more certainty, but we have to wait a whole two weeks for our next ultrasound!

Dr. P kindly printed out two copies of the ultrasound image that showed the largest gestational sac. We walked out of the office positively buzzing with happiness!

See that dark spot at the end of the arrow? That's it! (5w5d)

On the way to work from the RE's office, Sylvia called her mother and spilled the beans. Sylvia was trying to explain what we saw, and her mother said "oh, you mean the bubble?" Yes, our bubbles. Our beautiful, beautiful bubbles.