Hi Susan --

Congrats on the great NT result - I have my test next Tuesday. We have decided not to do any invasive testing (so no amnio), no matter the results of our sequential screen - but I guess of course if we come back with screen positive then we may have another think about it. But my SIL's ...

Welcome Mayla! Congratulations to you on reaching the huge 12 week milestone! I have about 1.5 weeks to go to hit 12 weeks - my due date is Oct. 26.

I, too, had a loss at 8.5 weeks after our first IVF with ESET and it was really hard to take. It's made me uber nervous for this pregnancy, but as the ...

Katie - Congrats on the progesterone going up! Your little bump sounds like it growing at a great rate. I can't wait until I have a huge belly :-)

Positive - Congrats on seeing the heartbeat. That is just the best, isn't it? I'm sorry about embie #2 -- we also transferred two but we are having a ...

Hi ladies!

Congrats to Gi, Lou, and Ronda for the great news!

Quick update on me - I'm 10 weeks the day after tomorrow! I can't believe I've made it this far. We had our first OB appointment and I 'graduated' from the fertility clinic last week. I was all choked up! I really love those gals at the ...

Hi ladies -

Sounds like everyone is doing wonderfully and having great visits with their doctors! I'm the lone singleton in the group I think :-)

I just wanted to share that we had our first OB visit yesterday. We really, really like the doctor. We didn't do a thorough physical exam - just weight ...

After being an IVF expert for so long - I find I know nothing about how to be pregnant. Can anyone share exactly what happened on their first OB visit?

I'm at 8.5 weeks and my first OB visit I'll be at 9 weeks. We are having a singleton and he/she has a great little heartbeat we've seen twice ...

Hi all! Can I join, too? I've been posting to the Oct Mommies board but this one seems to be the active one! I'm Merri. Just had our 2nd ultrasound at 8 weeks yesterday. Everything looks great. HR at 169 and baby measured at 8 weeks and 1 day. We're delighted. I am released from my RE now! Hurray ...

Hi ladies,

Just wanted to share that I had my 2nd ultrasound today. DH and I were thrilled to see our little's strong heartbeat again. It was thumping away at 169 bpm. The little one measured at 8 weeks and 1 day - a day ahead! We are officially released to the OB, so I need to find one ASAP. We're ...

Hi Karen,

Yes, I'm still avoiding that same list -- only my clinic says only to avoid sex the first 5 days after transfer. I was just wondering about the additional things - along the lines of lunchmeat and mobile phones by the bed?? I'm still not sure when I'll get to go to the OB so I'd like to ...

Hi ladies,

Thanks for everyone writing about getting weaned off PIO, my RE mentioned it last time, but we didn't really talk about it.

I have a question for you all - what are you guys avoiding now that you are preggers? I'm getting tons of advice from family, but I haven't seen an OB yet (I'm ...

Hi ladies,

Sorry I have been away from the board -- DH and I have been on a much delayed, much needed vacation! Finally, we got to go away just the two of us and not be trying to get over some recent heartbreak...It's been 3 years!! So I guess this is my last post on this board! Sorry to see it ...

Sonya,

Words cannot express how truly sorry I am to hear the sad news! I know this must be devastating for you and DH. We're all here for you and ready to listen. I hope you find some healing and a way back to being your sunny self very soon. XOXO

Merri

Congrats Karen! So happy for you. I know you must be over the moon. Hurray! I, too, am released from RE after next week's ultrasound. One more to go!

Merri

Hi ladies,

Good luck Karen on your u/s! I'm sure you'll see two little heartbeats beating away at a furious rate and then you'll finally be able to relax a little more. Poor thing, I'm sure the spotting is not helping - although everything I've read and heard says it's very normal and nothing to be ...

Symptoms -- Ditto on the sense of smell - I think everything smells yuck! The only other symptom I've really had is I've been pretty moody the last week - like pissed off with the world a bit. My acupuncturist says this is due to the fact that we've hit the official start of spring according to the ...