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Almost 10 weeks!

So, I will give myself my last progesterone-in-oil injection tomorrow at 12:30pm. I'm not gonna lie... I am a little nervous. I'm sure everything will be fine, but I've been told multiple times the last 6+ weeks that these meds are what is keeping this pregnancy going so one can imagine it will be hard to let go of them. I will continue with progesterone suppositories for about another 2 weeks. Also, I will see my regular OBGYN on Monday. I have "graduated" from the fertility clinic and so now this is about to turn into a normal pregnancy.

It's all still weird to think about.

Also! The state university came to talk to my class about doing a special pathway program they offer the community college students so they can easily get their BSN degree after graduating with their ADN. I still need to take microbiology and I am trying to figure out when I will be able to do that with a wee baby. I've easily met all the other requirements, so I suppose I'm lucky that I only need one class. Some of my classmates aren't so lucky. Although, the application deadline for a Fall 2019 start date is March 1st of this year.... so in, like, 3 weeks! I don't incur any penalties if I apply and then decide not to go, so I will definitely be applying. I imagine I can take microbiology the summer before I would start the BSN program. I generally dislike summer courses because of how condensed they are, but it's really my only option and I won't be taking anything else at the same time.

I thank my lucky stars I have a super supportive husband who knows how important all this stuff is to me.

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