BUMPIN' 08 - Fall Mommies

[TwinMommy]

Tina: lol, I wish mine were more piggies! If they eat too much though, it comes right back up...so we can not push food down them like I would like to haha!

Well, I have not been enjoying the great weather outside, sadly! The girls and their naps....what else is new?! Today I will take them on a walk though before dinner....Brooke is annoying the crap out of me!!! She keeps rolling over onto her tummy at night (which is fine) but then at like 5AM she wakes up screaming wanting off! She really needs to learn how to get back onto her back....any ideas on how to teach babies this?! She woke up Kenzie too, mind you Kenzie was in the living room!! Other wise, they would have slept through the night and I would have gotten a full nights rest. I think Brooke got the hint last night that I was annoyed and will not come to her rescue. After I flipped her twice, I made her cry it out the next time she flipped and she passed out. These little girls need to stop waking me up in the middle of the night! lol. It did not help that DH and I were up talking/crying until midnight working out our issues. We needed it though, big time!

Probably in about a week I will move the girls back in the same room for the night. Honestly I only separated them so I would not have to hear Kenzie on the monitor so it is not for waking each other up issues.

[loopie]

mellie what wonderful news! I hope everything goes perfectly!!!

jomae- oh teeth!

Pulman's doing great and looks different every day- he's teething as well, though no actual teeth yet... he's eating his 1st fruits and veg- loves them and loves his cereal -
my milk has almost dried up- i'm still trying, but there's not much left- today I only got 1oz, will try pumping a few more days, but think this is it- still kinda bummed, but nothing to be done about it
more swimming tomorrow- we've missed a couple of weeks -

all for now

loopie

[TwinMommy]

So Brooke, for the past few days, has taken 2, 1.5 hour naps, and one 2 hour nap each day! I have to make sure she is on her back when she falls asleep then when she rolls ever so slowly on her tummy during the nap, she lasts longer! So the trick was to make sure she is on her back when she falls asleep! Lets see how long this lasts!

[Mellie_1233]

Hi Gang! Our thread is slipping so I wanted to bump us up!

My sweetie-pie, who has been sleeping through the night so well, has woken us up 3 nights in a row! I don't know what it is. Hope tonight goes well. I'm so sleepy.

Had an IUI this morning. I am ovulating naturally but we aren't allowed to BD b/c I had a hysteroscopy last Friday. I told Dr. S. that I didn't want to waste an egg and asked if I could do an IUI. I don't think he really has any hope that I'll get pregnant this way but he said it was ok.

Strange being back at the clinic again. Much less stressful this time, though. Hope everyone's weekend is off to a great start!

[CT_Michele]

mellie- maybe you will get pregnant that way. Wouldn't that be nice? So what is your plan? Are you doing ivf? I am on bcp's right now, I will take those until 4/6, and then start stims on 4/10. ER/ET/fresh TESE will all be the week of 4/20, and beta test should be just a few days before mothers day. I am getting excited about starting again. It's weird, I keep having dreams and envisioning that it will either not work this time, or we will get twins. I don't know if I could handle twins, but we would take it as a blessing and we would most likely be done with ivf at that point. I think 3 would be a good size family for us.

[Mellie_1233]

CT_Michele -- Good luck with everything! Sounds like you are on your way! I have to wait one more cycle before I can begin. And, bcp's don't work for me (my lead follicle grows right through them), so I am on an estrogen priming protocol with the max dosage of stims b/c I don't respond well to meds. I think I'll be on stims in May.

So, here's the dilemma. We have 2 more IVF tries with insurance. We have to pay a lot out of pocket even w/insurance b/c we're going to an out-of-network clinic so I don't know if we can try beyond that. B/c I have diminished ovarian reserve and will be 38 in May I am very anxious to get things going soon. One strategy I discussed with Dr. S. was to retrieve in May, freeze everything, wait a couple of months for my body to calm down and retrieve again and do a fresh transfer from that cycle.

The advantage is that I don't run the risk of a miscarriage from the first retrieval pushing back the timing of the second one. I've never had a miscarriage (thank goodness) but it would delay things by a couple of months if I did and I need to get the eggs retrieved soon before my body gets tool "old".

The disadvantage is that if we are successful right away, I would have frozen embryos that we may not need. I'm not really comfortable with that. Any thoughts?

[CT_Michele]

mellie- I find myself in a similar "frozen embies I may not need" scenario. We did not freeze the first time b/c we just could not afford it and knew we had another fresh cycle covered with insurance. But this will be the last time insurance covers anything, so we are in a situation where we want to freeze in case it doesn't work, b/c then we would only have the cost of an FET to pay out of pocket. We actually took out a healthcare loan so we do not have to deal with the stress of whether or not to freeze, but then I think to myself, what if it does work and we still have frosties? I may want more than 2, so I guess that is fine, but what if I get pregnant with twins? or more? I have a feeling at some point in my ivf journey, I am going to have some embies frozen that I don't "need." And I feel the same way, I just don't know how I feel about that.

I guess from the first ivf, I kinda tell myself that they put back the 2 best and only one implanted, so my guess is that the 2 I had to "discard" would not have made it anyway. I am assuming that this time if we are planning on freezing, they will let them grow until day 5 so we will know that they are decent quality. So if I know they are good quality blasts, I feel like at some point I will want to transfer them, to atleast give them a chance, and whatever is meant to happen will happen.

As mad as I was at "octumom," this is the only place I sympathize with her. I still think she is nuts, but I know what she meant by wanting her babies transferred no matter what. It is such a difficult decision, but honestly, I am not taking any chances this time. I can not make my decsions based on what ifs. so we will freeze and cross that road when we get there. I wish I had better advice for you.

[riogirl71]

HI girls! We are still out in Brazil but I wanted to say hi. Bean is getting used to the hot weather and is sweating buckets! He is still 99% breastfed which works here since no one cares if you do it in public and I am not at work. I have been having him try some things like papaya and mild things but he still acts like I am poisoning him and just wants bmilk. He is quite a big boy so so far I think it is ok but when we are back I need to complement his diet since bmilk might not be enough. He went to the beach and hated the cold water (not super cold) but loved the pool. It has been really fun to be the 3 of us (without Skid) the only bummer is my mom is really sick with a kidney problem hopefully she will get better soon. I am with you girls on the weight thing. I lost all my pregnancy weight really fast but not 1 lb more than that. I thought that with bfeeding it would be easier but not! My DH thank God is a saint and tells me I am sexy no mater what. I don't feel it and my sex drive is low so I feel bad for DH. Plus I have some foods here that I don't normally get to have so I am splurging here.
Oh and I read in a magazine here that clinics can now mature eggs in a solution similar to the ovary so basically you don't need to be stimmed, they take the eggs from your ovary directly and they mature in the lab then you go through IVF. I wonder if they do that in the US, imagine not having to be stimmed!
My boobs feel so fricken big from bfeeding my little monster, I feel like a huge cow!

Mellie - great news! Are you going through IVF? How many do you think you will transfer?

Jomae- two teeth already!

Suga - how cool the girls can sit, I can't wait for bean to sit but he refuses, but loves trying to crawl, with his face buried in the bed!

CT- glad your surgery went well and I am praying for you, any thoughts on how many you will transfer. I am still trying to decide when to go for #2

Tina - my bean had the same issue becaus he would not look right or lay on his right side, I spend my nights sleeping next to him and still fighting him so that he can look right, it paid off since doc said it was much better.

kbear- how is the voice box issue - resolving itself?

bean crying have to run, love to all be back soon!

[CT_Michele]

rio- Glad to hear you are having a nice time in brazil. I am sending my best wishes for your mom and hope she gets better soon. That is so interesting about not having to stim...I will have to look into that.

I am planning on transferring 2. We asked RE if 3 was a possibility only because it is our last chance with insurance, and we would rather end up with multiples than nothing, and he said no. He said the only way he would do 3 in someone my age is if on trasnfer day they were all poor quality. He said if I am like last time, they will be great and we will transfer 2. I wouldn't want to do less, too risky for it not too work. I mean, I had everything going for me last time, no issues on my end, only male factor, 8 eggs, transferred 2 perfect 8 celled embies and only 1 took.

I will keep you all updated on how it all works out. As you can see, I added a new ticker to my signature. It is the same design I used for ella, so I hope it is good luck....just a little over a week and I am done with bcp's...and stims soon!

[riogirl71]

Loopie- have fun with pulman in the pool!
Gecko - hope you are feeling better!

CT - it is called - in vitro maturation - here is an article
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3030692.stm I posted in the IVF board to see if anyone heard of it...

[TwinMommy]

The girls are 8 months old on the 5th!! Where has the time gone?!?! Oh wait, I know, sleepless nights hehe But in all seriousness, I can not believe how old they are getting!!! Also we celebrate our 3 year anniversary on the 8th! And it is Easter! I love Easter!

I have heard of the in vitro maturation. Sounds interesting.

CT: How are things?

Rio: When do you get home from your trip?

K well I have to go help little Kenzie she has been put down for a nap for almost 40 minutes now and is still in there talking up a storm. I felt her gums and think I feel something bulging!! I will see when she wakes up from her nap, that is if she ever falls asleep!!!

[loopie]

Hi all-
happy April
well my 1 friend had her boy last week- he's doing great and we are anxiously awaiting the birth of other friend's boy who is now 3 days past due!
it is amazing how big Pulman is compared to that little guy- (and he was a pound and change smaller!!)
we went swimming yesterday, and i am trying to work on art stuff,but even with him being watched by a friend yesterday, i found it difficult to focus b/c i kept thinking i heard him or needed to do something for him- i hope today will be better as i've only left him with her once before, and i pretty much have him w/ me while at home, or dh has him

rio-i am sure you are enjoying Brazil! -

mellie and michele- thinking good baby vibes for you both!

suga- your girls are getting so big! and you are doing an incredible job with them- i know it seems so frustrating sometimes when they wake, and subsequently wake the other girl- but they'll both be on the same cycle soon I'm sure!

jomae, weezie, katie, kbear, tina - how's it going? (and anyone i've forgotten - still have a bit of the baby brain )

Pulman enjoys standing up and is getting so strong- he can almost do it without holding on! and he's digging his solids

that's it from me-

loopie

[CT_Michele]

hey girls,

suga- I know, where does the time go! I can not believe ella is over 7 months old! She is on the brink of so many milestones, crawling, walking, talking, teeth, eating real food! And happy upcoming anniversary...anything special planned? DH and I usually like to go to the poconos every for our anniversary since we honeymooned there. Our anniversary is in october, so the foliage is really nice. Last year we went in april b/c we knew we would have a newborn and wouldn't get to go. This year, I would love to go, but I just can't imagine leaving Ella. So I think it will be a long time before dh and I get away for a weekend.

I am doing pretty good otherwise. Very anxious to get this cycle on it's way. I was supposed to have my baseline/supression check on monday, but they want to repeat the sonohystogram on monday, so supression check will be on tuesday. I guess they want to repeat the sonohyst b/c that is what identified the polyp last time, and want to make sure everything looks clear since the surgery. So monday wil;l be my last bcp, and if everything is clear, injections start a week from tomorrow on good friday!

Ya know, sometimes I wonder how I will handle another. I love ella to pieces, but sometimes she gets so cranky and I am not able to get anything done. I run ragged all day and still don;t have a clean house to show for it. I stay home, don;t go out, but still seems like I can never get everything done. So on days like today, I wonder, how will I do it? And then I just remember, there are people who do it everyday, and with a lot less....so I know I will be fine.

loopie- isn't it crazy to remember how little they were? And how big they seem now? We look at pic of Ella from the first few days, and she looks so weird! Ok course, she was beautiful, but she changes so much! I just can't get over it. I keep monthly pics on her shutterfly site, and it seems like every month, she looks like a new baby.

Ok, I guess I gotta go get some work done, I am so tired. I will talk to you all soon again.

[jomae]

Hi Girls
Sorry this is a very short post alls fine here yep two teeth and number three and four on the way. I took katie to get her ears peirced yesterday my sister took her in as i chickened out but she did exceptionally well and looks so gorgeous with her new bling bling still having troubles with her feeds but hopeing things smooth out the more solids she has.

Ct Michelle good luck with your stimming hers to starting soon

Loopie it's great to leave bub for the first time but i'm sure shell do just fine with your friend

sorry got to go JOMAE

[tinaO]

Hi, girls!! Short post, but wanted to say "hi". We took Noah to the Easter Bunny today. Oh God, it was soooo cute. He smiled so big. It was too funny! You have to take your kiddos to the Easter Bunny. It is so fun.

Ok, I always ask and then forget to post...what is the photobucket site again? I will post this time!!! I promise!

Take care all!!