MAY 2008 BABIES

[woodcliff]

Hayley, glad you got away! Hope you are feeling better today.

Vlada & Cocoa...yes, we all need that U/S ... you know, I don't 'feel' pregnant...just FAT in the belly. And very tired from time to time, I slept 10 hours, at least, for the past 2 days. So happy Monday is a holiday as well...it allows my husband and I to enjoy zzzzzs...I tell him, if all goes well, this is the end of it (unless we get round the clock nannies, which I'm ALL FOR)! I'm too old to not get my sleep ...

I am just concerned re: finding the baby or babies on the U/S...I don't know why I am so worried...prob. cuz I DON'T have any M/sickness...god knows I'll be wishing for these days if or when it hits..
My mom -- who has NO IDEA I'm preggers, she's old and it would put her in a shock -- told me she didn't get M/S...just ill at night sometimes...so I'm hopeful I have inherited that from her.

Enjoy, ladies...

[robinsonpr]

Hey woodcliff when is your U/S? I've got another 2.5 weeks to wait and it seems like such a long time.

My belly feels HUGE at the moment...it's nearly as big as my DH's

Speak soon Hayley xx

[woodcliff]

Hello Hayley (LOVE your name!)...
My U/S is Tuesday (Sept 4) and I'm kind of nerved out for it (as Cocoa and Vlada will affirm, they have theirs on Sept 4, and 5, respectively)...I need the 'proof' before I keep 'jumping ahead' in my mind.

I hear you on the belly...all of the meds, plus I'm upping my food intake for the kid or kiddies...always feel "full" ... ugh. carbs seem to balance me more, which is bad cuz I can't go to the gym...and 'gentle' walks don't cut it for my body! Oh well, this is no time to worry about weight, right ?

G'LUCK!

[robinsonpr]

Hi Woodcliff! Aw that's nice about my name. I have already started thinking of potential names for the little one(s)!!

Are any of you gals going to find out the sex of your embabies?? I'm tempted but my DH says no!

I know I shouldn't be jumping too far down the line but I can't help it!!!

Good luck with your scans this week everyone, I hope it's all good news!!!!

Oh and you're right about the weight! I've just sent the DH out to get a chinese takeaway

Luv Hayley xx

[Vlada]

Hey guys,
Yea, waiting for the ultrasound is very hard becuase i am sure we all just want to know NOW!!!!
I am not showing at all not even the slightest sign of a belly, and i don't have morning sickness either, also, i noticed that when i eat i can't finish my regular portions like iused to, i get full really fast, so i think right now i am actually loosing weight a little bit, wierd huh?
I am going to find out the sex of the baby but right now i am so afraid to jinx anything, that i didin't even put up the ticker yet and i have not told anyone, except my parents and my two friends who went through IVF themselves. I am going to wait untill 12 weeks or longer to tell anyone, unless all of a sudden my belly will pop out , then i will have too!!!
Love to all,
Vlada

[Cocoa]

Hi Girls - Hayley, WC, and Vlada...

Well, back from the beach and what an excursion THAT was. I brought (took??!?) my son and THREE of his friends!!! Imagine THAT - FOUR teenage boys in my car for an hour there and an hour back!!! We met my SIL and her two girls and friends. It was a beautiful day!!! The kids pretty much stayed in the water (except for a huge hole they dug and of course buried themselves into taking turns) and I stayed on the chair. I wound up telling my SIL because I would so much love for us to be pregnant together and she's so fertile that you SAY pregnant around her and she can get pregnant... Anyway, she was happy... We'll see what she and her DH decide...

OK, I AM nauseous but not in a pukey way just not much of an appetite AND once again I say METAL MOUTH... It just makes the thought of food unappealing and it seems ANYTHING I eat doesn't sit right AND it bloats me (no matter how little or what it is). I have a belly!!!! I cannot believe it!!! What's up with THAT? I am very tired right now but then again I have been in the sun all day (not bad at all... it was a warm sunny day and breezy not at all hot), plus I drove and that takes a bit out of one after being in the sun. My bbs are huge and they hurt me at night now to the point where I can wake myself up if I turn the wrong way. And I swear I went to the comode AT LEAST 7 or 8 times during the night. I try not make noise when I do so I don't flush until the morning... well... I HAD to flush at about 4am since the toilet would have gotten clogged if I didn't.

Names... I have had THOSE picked out for 12 years almost!!! I definately want to find out the gender (or genders as it were) because I definately want to be ready. I wasn't ready for it with my son at all... (but we did have a boy's name picked out and not a girl's at the time).

My u/s is on Tuesday morning and it will be a transvaginal u/s so I am assuming they will see the sac(s) clearly but what about a hb??? I may or may not see that at 5w6d right??? I think THAT'S the part that is still a little unnerving for me....

Ok, tell me how your holiday weekend is going. I am going to watch a movie now. My son went to his friend's house...

TTYS,

Cocoa

[kipatte]

Hi All:

Well I am a little late to join this crowd but better late than never. Does anyone have confirmation that they are having twins yet?

My 10 p3dt was 213 and my 13p3dt was 661. The nursed said it could be either way, not necessarily high enough for twins.

I probably won't post as often as all of you but I'll chime in from time to time.

Take care everyone and congratulations!
K

[Vlada]

Hi Kipatte,
CONGRATS!!!!!! 25 years wow long journey!!!!
Vlada

[robinsonpr]

Hi there Kip! Congratulations to you and welcome to the thread!!

Cocoa I think you may be lucky and see a hb. I was reading one of my (many) books last night and it said that the hb comes around 3 weeks (3 weeks gestational I think, so that would be 5 weeks pg, right?). I'll keep everything crossed for you, can't wait to hear your news!!

I've got another 16 days to wait for my scan - I'll be at 7 weeks by then. And I'm literally counting the seconds.

Vlada you are right... I WANT TO KNOW NOW!!!!!

Take care everyone,

Hayley xx

[woodcliff]

Hello, Pregnant women!

Cocoa, amazing! What a day for you...I bow to you, I'd have fallen asleep driving home!!! Sorry about the nausea, but I'm happy it's not "pukey" nauseau...wishing you energy...

I, too, get up so many times in the night I've lost count. (But, hey, I always have, pea-sized bladder here anyhow!)...The good news is I'm so fatigued I go back to sleep, it's like I'm sleepwalking to the bathroom!

Bloating? Yes, same here...Belly? Yes, I've also put on around 3-4 pounds, which I'm not keen on ... and I notice that although I do eat, I am NOT hungry...I just know I need food in me for the Embies and so I don't get nauseous.

No M/S yet, just really, really tired and sometimes queasy, but that's manageable. The fatigue is not fun.

Can not wait to see the embies tomorrow, I do hope they are OK. My fatigue leads me to believe I'm still preggers, and my belly seems to have popped out, not the "POP" I hear about (as in, friends askign "Are YOU pregnant?").

Talk to you Tues or Wed

[woodcliff]

Last night, we went to dinner at a friend's home...I'd forgotten, my husband had told him, and his girlfriend knew. They are really discreet, and you know? It felt like a relief to talk about the IVF, etc.

But I said more than I think my hubby was prepared for me to...he felt guilty, that I had thought his friend knew more than he did (you know guys, "telling" someone is one sentence; for women? It's an hour long conversation filled with details). so HE thought I felt obligated to spill some details.

Not so...I just love the girlfriend of our friend, and she's wonderful, and they were both kind and loving and excited for us.

Oh gosh...maybe it won't be so bad when people know...part of me fears judgment, as we are "older" parents (I'm well into my 40s, he's older)...but then again, I realize, his family is SO CRITICAL (both siblings blew off our June wedding, and the sister and her hubby are STILL being mean as snakes to us, no reasons cited, and it's not like I'm a dance hall gal he picked up, we've been together almost 10 years!)...well, they lose. The wedding was Go-R-G-EOUS and my friends and family were loving and caring.

Bottom line: his family is mean...they'll be critical of our every move regardless ... so I guess I need to detach my emotions from them...

I don't want to take the embies (when they are babies) out to see his parents because the entire family is a mess...mean spirited, critical...we can do no right. My family? ANYTHING I DO IS FINE. They love my hubby and me...it breaks my heart to see his family treat him that way...he is such a kind and generous man.

He says they are just jealous of our life together.

Anyone else have mean-spiritied sister or parents in laws?
Sorry to get off track!

[robinsonpr]

Hi Woodcliff,

My sister came round yesterday and said something a bit weird that upset me a bit... she's got an 18 month year old little girl. I've told her I've been having IVF and she said "You might have twins and then you'll have more than me". Like it was a competition or something. I haven't told my Dad yet. We told my DH's Family at the weekend and they were pleased, though they gave him a bit of a hard time for not telling them earlier. I've told a couple of my close friends and a few people from work, but we'll wait until the scans before going public.

My belly seems even more bloated now and I've been really tired. I had an afternoon nap today

Good luck with the scans tomorrow, I want to hear every last detail, and hope it's all good news xx

[Cocoa]

So WC... I'm confused... WHY in the world would your in-laws dislike the whole union between you two????!?!?? I am always surprised that people can be so mean and judgemental. I mean I have a friend whose brother was married to a woman who had some mental problems. They had children too. It got to the point where the marriage was so unhappy that the husband - my friend's brother - started a relationship with a woman at work. Now this was totally against his upbringing as a good practicing Catholic so you can imagine how his family responded... Well, if the family was truly going to live what they believe they would have to find a way toward forgiveness (and not in an arrogant way as my friend and her parents are totally not arrogant they just love family and their faith). Though it took a lot of understanding and love, the family has reconciled, the brother did divorce and married this woman and he has two young children with her now and he is past 50. The reason I bring this up is that there are many, many scenarios through which many families can go but the MOST important thing, no matter how "bad" it may seem to the ones making a judgement, love and family should come first. I mean look at this scenario I just wrote out - this VERY Catholic family faced a taboo and got through it... what is wrong with your DH's family is self-centeredness, selfishness and arrogance. Sorry, but what else COULD it be because if they truly loved your DH and respected him they could get through ANYTHING no matter what it is!!!! and they would at least learn to respect you and your feelings if they weren't so selfish and arrogant...

Sorry if I insulted your DH's family but they do sound mean-spirited like you said...

Your friend no matter what...

Cocoa

[woodcliff]

Cocoa, I sent you a P/M...sorry it is so long.
The bottom line is that the sister weighs 300 pounds, suffers from severe depression, and has decided that we are the cause of her ills ... It makes No Sense...but she won't let up.
The person who suffers the most is my mother in law, who lives near the sister and is dependent on her care...very sad.
Oh well. Families are nuts.
Mine is not, I have a lovely family who just instructs me to steer clear of his family (not the mother I feel she needs love)...it's just sad! For my hubby.

I never knew people like that existed...mean people. Seriously!

[Vlada]

Dang it, i just had some of kim chee cucumbers and kim chee cabbage and after reading the lables realized that it had MSG in it!!!! It was sooo good , and now i have to through it away because of MSG, i put it in the fridge, just couldn't bring myself to toss it away, it tasted so good, ahhhh i am mad at myself , i should have never eaten this stuff without reading the ingredients!!!
Vlada.