Trigger Warning: Good News

I’ve lost a few subscribers here once I revealed I was pregnant again after IVF and I completely understand why. Other people’s fertility journeys can be incredibly triggering, and I just want to say that if getting this in your inbox is making your day even an inch harder, please feel free to unsubscribe - even if we’re friends - I’ve been where you are and I understand it intimately.

But yes. Good news. For the first time on this journey I saw a heartbeat on a screen yesterday. The sonographer wasted very little time before saying congratulations and I wasted very little time in bursting into tears. She let us look for as long as we wanted to.

We are far from out of the woods, but this is good news and very reassuring, and to my surprise, I’ve been able to take it in. (Ok with a little bit of complex statistical analysis of exactly what this means) I’ll be able to get weekly scans thanks to my extremely supportive doctor, and for now I’m feeling ok. I’m trying not to project too far forward at the minute, just allow this moment to be a good moment.