Its Amazing What Medicine Can Do...

We also found out that our shot days will soon be coming to an end. Yep, that's right. Thanks to a quickly-growing placenta (thank G-D), I'll only need to be on meds and shots until 4/9. Wow. That will be my 8 wk mark, which is the earliest they would take a patient off meds. Given my history, I really thought that I'd be on much longer, as did my doctor, but the body's kicking in to action. I think my organs forgot that those ovaries have been gone for quite some time.

I find all of this truly fascinating...and quite inspiring when you think about it. Here I am, a lady sans ovaries, which are kinda a big deal for women. They control many female hormones as well as the reproduction process. Thanks to medical advancement, we've successfully-sythetically convinced the organs that would be interacting with my ovaries to create a pregnancy, that nothing is out of the ordinary. My uterus is acting just as if this egg came from my ovary and isn't rejecting it. Instead, its making the Little B feel quite comfy and welcome (my plush, couch-like lining prooves this little fact). Together, they're producing the hCG hormone, which is alerting the rest of my body that there's a Little B on Board. When I say alerting, I think they are practically screaming it throughout my body, as the symptoms I'm feeling are intense. I feel preggers in many parts of my body--especially in my chest, my upset stomache, and my brain that just can't concentrate. Then there's the incredibly sleepy factor. My body has even communicated that message loud and clear.