An anniversary!

[jenn_unplugged]

Guess what I was doing one year ago today?

Recovering from egg retrieval surgery. It's weird to think that was a year ago, and that the random sperm (out of millions) selected by the embryologist that was injected into one of the 17 eggs that were retrieved, and that grew into one of 11 embryos, and that then was one of the two embryos picked to be transferred back into me, and was the one that survived -- all of that randomness resulted in the baby who is sleeping next to me. I had no idea what I was in for then. I thought the hard part was over, and that I would then just be pregnant and get to feel normal, at long last.

Heh.

Speaking of that baby, it took me three hours to get him to settle down to sleep tonight. I think he's teething, actually. He's drooling and chewing on things, and I think I feel some little bumps on his top gums. It seems way too early for that, but maybe not. He was really fussy tonight, and nothing would settle him down. He liked sucking on my finger as I massaged his gums, though. Ai-yi-yi, teeth on the way...

Comments

[wordplay.livejournal.com]

So the thing about teething is that it takes FOREVER, and you're never sure it really has started b/c it seems like it keeps starting, over and over again, and I was still never really COMPLETELY sure it was happening until the tooth actually poked through.

Oh, cranky baby, good times. :D

[sweetest-novemb.livejournal.com]

Wow. I didn't know all that. That really in incredible to think of how much has occured in just one year.

[saltygoodness24.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! The past year has certainly been tough and you have endured some of the most challenging circumstances I could ever imagine. But you've gone on, and you thrive, and you now have your dreams turned into reality. I say, celebrate yourself, hug that bundle of love and squeeze your wonderful husband. In my view, it was all worth it.

And yes, the seeming randomness of it all is mind boggling, right? Any change in the process that happened one year ago, even the slightest random modification would have resulted in a different mini person lying next to you. Astonishing. :)

[sassywoman.livejournal.com]

It's always so interesting to think about what you were doing a year ago during your babies first year.

Oh, and welcome to teething hell - LOL!