April 2009 Babies!

[emfossum]

Hi SilverAngel, My DD is 13, and she is thrilled to have sibling/s. I loved growing up with siblings, and I also never thought there would be such an age gap. We have already discussed how we will set her up with a web cam so she can communicate with her sib/s when she is in college. We think we are having one, but we haven't had an US yet. If we have one in there, we will try again so that the little one grows up with a sibling. How does Sarah feel about twins? She will have a lot of time with the little ones before she is off in college

[ndgo82]

I wanna say congratulations to all those who are pregnant and all those who just found they are having twins. I have to read and catch up to send personals, so I'll do that in a bit.
As for me my U/S was today and they say one heartbeat, then they search some more and say another gestational sac and yolk sac but no heartbeat . They said it could be that one twin got died or it didn't catch up yet. One is measured at 8mm the other at 4mm.
I say it's twins because I felt implantation pains in two differnt weeks, like one week I felt the pain for a couple days then it stopped, they the next week the same pain started but in a differnt spot. So I say it has to catch up.
My fingers and toes are crossed. My next U/S is 9/9, so I'll let yal know what's what
Wow...so many twins on here is awsome.

[TrueBeliever]

Hello Ladies, it is such a great thing to finally get to join a thread of this nature. I found out I was pregnant August 17th officially through beta, even though I had POAS a few days earlier

I began having pains after geting BFP and was diagnosed with moderate OHSS. Sunday, I had and ultrasound to determine the amount of fluid and that's when we were told there were 2 sacs. The fluid was then drained, today I returned to see if any fluid had returned. Some has, but not enough to be drained so my RE was not very concerned. We were able to see yolk sacs today, but no heartbeats. Of course I was a little sad, but the RE said it's normal. I am offically scheduled for my ultrasound Wed, Sept 3rd. I will be 6wk4d. How far along were you all when you saw heartbeat?

I look forward to sharing a wonderful healthy 9 months with you ladies.....

[fullofhope2]

Truebeliever - Don't worry...it's great that you saw the two sacs, but its still early for the HB. With my first pregnancy, my doc said to wait until 7 weeks to do the first u/s and that is when you are sure to hear if there is going to be one. Sure enough, I heard my DD's at 7w1d. This time around, I scheduled my u/s for 6w4d and hope to hear it as well. Please keep us posted ;o)

[SilverAngel679]

Truebeliever: I was 7 weeks exactly when I saw heart beats with my pregnancies.

Emfossum: Sarah is delighted to have 2 on the way. After so long of complaining that she's an only child she finally gets to have 2 little ones. She's even more excited that they are due on her birthday!! I've told her that that possiblilty is slim since there twins and twins usually come early but she's keeping her fingers crossed for two little birthday presents. As for collage, we're still young to be talking about that. For her and for me. It's gonna be a tough time when that happens because we're so protective of her. She's been our only one for so long and we doubted we'd ever have more so the thought of her EVER leaving us is unthinkable. Her father says she's not even allowed to date until she's 35....lol

[kimmysq]

Hi Ladies:
I just wanted to welcome all the new ladies to the board this week.
I haven't felt to many uterine pains yet..
I spoke with my RE today regarding Twin A's hb. She made me feel so much better...told me the babies were only measuring 6 wks 1 day and she was happy that they saw a hb. Will know more next Wednesday.

Baby dust,
Kim

[fullofhope2]

Enfossum - So funny, we are due on the same date and my mom has a very close birthday too! What a small world! My mom's hoping the baby(ies) come on her birthdate! We'll see...I just hoping to get to my first u/s already! The wait is killing me!

[Hopeful in SD]

Kimmysq: My next ultrasound with my clinic is tomorrow, Friday. I spoke with my regular OB's nurse today and explained the situation. They did my IUI's so they know what I have been through. She said they would put in a referral to the radiologist for me just in case. I'm glad your nurse made you feel better today, I'm sure both of your twins will be fine.

Joyanna: thank you.


Congrats to everyone getting good news, hopefully I can follow tomorrow!

[dcdiva]

Thanks ladies for all the well wishes. It's amazing to me sometimes how strong women are. We go through so many things and take it all in stride. I work with all men. None of whom know I am pregnant. Every day is a struggle to go to work with a smile on my face with this nasty morning sickness but we make always make it through no matter what get's thrown our way. I wonder if the tables were turned on men were to have babies and periods and menopause, etc how things would be LOL.

Welcome to all the new ladies to the board.

Hopeful - I can't wait to hear from you tomorrow.

Joyanna congrats on seeing your little beans HB. I know how excited you must of been!

I am doing well. I have my first appt with my OB on Sept 9th. I am not sure if they will do an U/S since I got I already had on at the RE office. I was really bummed when the nurse told me that most pregnancy only get 2-3 ultrasound during their whole pregnancy. One at 8-12 weeks, one at 20 weeks to tell the sex and then one at 35 weeks if needed. Is this the standard? I want to see my baby! How do you get the 3D ultrasound?

[siouxsie]

Just wondering, whether most of you are sharing the news with your friends and family yet? So far, we’ve only shared it with a few close friends and family who knew about the IVF. But, last night one of those friends spilled the beans in front of a gossipy acquaintance. Very awkward indeed. I have mixed feeling because from a personal level I’m not sure I can take it if it goes awry and people keep asking, but from a cultural aspect I think it would be better if more women spoke publicly about their miscarriages and IVF. Thoughts? I guess I will feel much more secure once we hear the heartbeats.

Another question: is anyone doing acupuncture? I did it preceding the ET, then stopped. I’m thinking I should start up again at least for the first trimester.

OB confirmed my due date of 4/21

Dcdiva: I also have my first OB on 9/9. I also have one more U/S at RE on 9/2.

Hopeful in SD: Good luck tomorrow!

TrueBeliever: I can relate. At 5w5d had an u/s which showed only sacs. It is pretty unbearable waiting for the next one on 9/2 at 6w6d. Trying to stay positive.

fullofhope2 I also feel very bloated – and my pants show it, too. I read somewhere that progesterone also causes a lot of bloating, which could be a factor in my case.

[SilverAngel679]

Siouxsie: We haven't told any one but our immediate families and my best friend and her family. We told every one right away last time and the whole thing ended in miscarriage. I had to bear it through a million phone calls of every calling to tell me how sorry they where and see if i was ok. It was all hard enough on me and Tom with out having to do that. Then during the months after, every one would ask when we where going to try again and I just came to the realization that I could not believe how much my personal life was out there for every one to see and comment on so we decided to hide the next cycle from every one.
Not even our close family knew we where doing it until we called to tell them we where pregnant and we're planning on not telling the rest of the world until after 14 weeks. I would suggest doing the same to any one who asks my oppinion because trust me, IT'S HORRIBLE!!

Hopeful in SD: A million positive thoughts out to you and your little one tomorrow. I hope with all my heart every thing turns out ok. Please let us know how everything turns out.

[sweetmomi]

Hi US went great today. 3 strong heartbeats. It ws amazing to see. DH is still talking about it.

Siou- we have only told my mother, my close friend and her husband. We said no one else until 8 weeks. I am 6 weeks and something now. We just wanted time to get used to the whole idea and to make sure things were going ok.

I cannot eat! I want to eat, I am hungry, then when I try it won't go down. My stomach is not having it!

[kimmysq]

Sweetmomi:
So glad you saw all 3 heartbeats! Congrats!!!
My Ob finally Rx'd Zofran for my nausea. I have been on the BRAT diet for a couple of days. I hope you start to feel better!

Ladies: My RE wants me to switch from PIO to a vaginal suppository. I tried these once before and found them extremely irritating. The kind I had was a capusle that I have to put as high as I could in my vag.
Does anyone know of a suppository that has an applicator???
Thanks,
Kim

[antoak]

Hi ladies,
I haven't been able to post all week because now that I am back at work, all I wanna do when I get home is sit on my butt.
Welcome to the new ladies and congrats to all who are getting HBs on u/s days. There are a ton of multiples on this thread:)
Hopeful - I've been thinking about you. Know that you have the strength to get through this and keep positive

As for me, I think I'm just about 8 weeks at this point. My appt. with ob is 9/4. This past week I have had two major headaches...I tried to hold off on medication, but I couldn't take it...so I took one tylenol each day...that's what our clinic told us we could take, but I still get nervous about meds (funny considering all the meds we were on over the summer)
Then yesterday and today I have had this stretching feeling on my left side...It doesn't double me over in pain...it's just uncomfortable. On top of that, I've been dealing with some sciatic pain on the other side. All of my books list these as symptoms at this stage, but I've been a little anxious that it could be something else. Anyone else feeling similar?

I'm thinking more about my symptoms since I just found out that my sil's ivf didn't stick. I am devastated for my bro and sil and am unsure what to do. I've spoken to my bro, but I know sil doesn't want to talk to anyone. Plus, I'm unsure if my bro has even told her about me. I was thinking of sending a thinking about you card. Any thoughts?

Whew...I guess I had a lot to get off my chest. I'll do more personals later. Take care!

[SilverAngel679]

Antoak: Nice to hear from you again. I'm glad things are going well. I have siatica too and know what that feeels like. Thankfully it hasn't acted up in about a year but i feel your pain. As for your SIL, if she doesn't want to talk to any one I would leave her alone. After i lost the baby last year I just wanted to be left alone and everyone kept calling to ask how I was and it was horrible. She'll come around when she's ready.

sweetmomi: Congradulations on your H/B's!!!! Such a relief, isn't it. How is everything else? Are they all mesuring ok? Are they all Fraternal? How do you feel now that the idea of 3 has set in?

kimmysq: As far as the Suppositories, I'm on them as well and mine does have an applicator. It's called "Endometrin" and I think I'm on 100mg 3x a day.
(Ugh, I couldn't imagine doing w/o the applicator)