No Baby...

So - sorry we got everyone all hyped, but it turns out I'm not as pregnant as we would have wanted. I started bleeding yesterday, had an ultrasound today, and there's just a little empty gestational sac. The ultrasound report says it was probably a "blighted ovum" - a fertilized egg that implanted and started growing a placenta, but had so many chromosomal problems that the embryo itself didn't grow. Google says that this usually only happens once to any particular woman (I wish it hadn't been with the first, but I guess we don't get to decide these things) and that it's the cause of about 50% of first trimester miscarriages. The ultrasound also found some cysts on both my ovaries, but hopefully that will resolve once my hormones go back to normal (I haven't actually talked to a Dr. yet about anything, just nurses and technologists who have been very helpful and kind, but can't tell you what the next steps are).

I figured everything was going too perfect - got pregnant right when we wanted to, hardly sick, etc. it was just too good to be true.

But we'll keep you posted on future hopeful developments.