8 Weeks Later
It was 8 weeks ago today when I rushed out of work to head to a doctor’s appointment for my first ultrasound on week 8 day 5 of pregnancy. This day was one I had been looking forward to since the moment I got the positive test. It’s hard to believe 8 weeks have passed since learning that my pregnancy was not viable. It feels like both a lifetime ago and like it was just yesterday. The passage of time seems so uneven lately… either time is crawling or flying by. I haven’t fully gotten back to normal yet, but as 8 weeks have passed, my body has recovered. I am grateful that my hormone levels have dropped to the negative range within the 8-week limit. The journey I have been on has been so surreal from day one. On a rainy day in mid-January, I was driving around to various building departments for work after having had my pregnancy blood test done earlier in the morning. My protocol was to go in for the test 2 weeks after the insemination procedure. I had been texting with friends about h...