Winter Cycle Friends 2009/2010 - Everyone Welcome!

[katie99]

JG_379 - Jen thanks! I'm on PIO shots 1ml PLUS 1 crinone per day - Ugh my body just seems to be difficult! ooooh, you're so close! you must be getting so excited as well as ready to be done - haha Is your nursery all ready & waiting? Thats the part I'm looking forward to, although i feel clueless as to whats really needed versus what we think we need! Good luck to you and have a quick and painless as possible delivery!

Steph Hee heee! i just picked up 3 bras yesterday thinking I was ok to just go up a size - umm nope! I tried them on this morning and they feel like a Chinese binding garment! So back to the drawing board - now this time i ordered up by two band sizes and 1 cup size! i give up! We're all gonna look like Dolly parton soon I think! I'm normally a 38-40 C and I just ordered a 44 DD! Holy Moley! And they hurt Sooooo much! I'm ready to sleep in a sports bra - but they dont fit either! I hear you on pants length - but for me its always long or tall - they I forget and they end up in the dryer and then they're high waters! Can it please get warmer so I can switch to capris? X'd for your u/s tomorrow!

[katie99]

Steph I just realized that your ticker says - Soon mommy's breasts will be giving Pam Andersons a run for the money!!! Yes, i'm easily amused!

[lou71]

Hello to my happily pregnant friends:

Katie -- Darn your stubborn body for not making progesterone yet! Try not to worry. Your RE will be watching you like a hawk and if he didn't change your meds and doesn't need you back til the 30th, then it doesn't sound like he's worried either. My progesterone was ">80" on Monday when I had my second beta and I'm still one the same dose too. Puzzling. Oh... and a list would be wonderful! Would you? Could you? Right now I'm feeling great... just slightly bloated. I've gained 3 lbs total since starting IVF back in September but it feels like more. I know you're going to laugh and say "I told you so" when my symptoms hit. I'll be sure to let you know when they do!

Stephanie-- u/s tomorrow! How exciting. Haha... I loved your post about your "hobbit" measurements! I laughed really hard because I have a story that involves me getting really mad at a friends boyfriend years back when he called me a hobbit. My friend was 5'10", my DH is 6'5", and my friends bf was about the same. I am 5'4" and proportional so when he said to me "awww... you're kinda cute and small... like a hobbit. Hey, do you live in a tree trunk?" I got mad and it became the joke of the day. "So what would the hobbit like to drink?", etc...

Karen -- Oh... sorry for the spotting scare. You definitely don't need any worries. I'm glad your RE put your mind at ease by letting you know that most often there's no cause for concern. Hope you feel better soon.

Meganlynn -- Welcome! I don't really feel different either. Like you, I just feel a little bloated. I'm glad you posted that because I was worried that I wasn't "normal". Time for you to add a ticker!

AFM -- OK, my belly is bloated feeling and looking and my pants are a wee bit tighter. My bb's are definitely swollen and sore too. But other than that... I keep questioning "am I really pregnant"? For some reason I'm scared to death and my crazy brain interprets the lack of symptoms to mean that it could not be there anymore.... despite the THREE positive pregnancy tests I've taken in the past week! Tell me I'm nuts girls, will ya? My baby couldn't have evaporated, could it? LOL.

Also, I'm going for my second to last acupuncture appointment tonight. Excited about the relaxation "me" time. Anyone else doing acupuncture throughout their first trimester? I've heard it reduces miscarriage rates. How about pregnancy massage? Anyone doing that?

Happy St. Patrick's Day! I'm having corned beef and cabbage for dinner tonight as is our tradition (and neither of us are Irish).

[Arabsrcool]

Meganlynn,

welcome to the thread. Congrats on your pregnancy!

katie,
aka, Pamela Anderson!. isn't it amazing how much the sisters grow and how perky they get?!. I say enjoy it now, because after the milk leaves, they are like deflated ballons!. I always say after my dd's I have 36 C longs!

Steph,
I cannot wait to hear your u/s results. I am thinking TWINS!. I am sure you look great in your babydolls, tell your hubby to look but not touch!. I think I recall you talking about the pelvic rest issue, I just get my dh a subscription to Playboy and tell him to take care of himself. Seems to work ok, not the best solution, but what else ya gonna do?

Hope,

what a thoughtful guy your dh is!. that is wonderful he took ds to see grandma, that is awesome.

lou,

your symptoms sound just like mine and no your baby has not evaporated! I have been feeling kinda "uggy" for lack of a better term, just kinda unsettled.

Ronda

[Hope644]

just a quick note to say that we had our 1st U/S today (6wd3) and we saw one beautiful, healthy heartbeat!! I talked to the nurse about my nausea which seemed to get better yesterday, but has come back with a vengance today. Before noon, I'd already tossed my cookies 4 times and now it's been one more. ugh. so... they called me in some zofran - which is category B for pregnancy - meaning they think it's safe, but they haven't done any specific tests on preggers to know for 100% certain. It's also the med my mom takes during & after chemo - which is a bit scary. I SO don't want to take it, but I'm seriously hurting and today been able to keep nothing down. plus, i've heard zofran can cause headaches. which is worse??

so i'm on my way to the pharmacy to pick it up and hopefully feel better this afternoon. wishing you all lots of love & luck on this beautiful st. patty's day!

[katie99]

I'm gonna attempt to put a list together for us - I'm tired of being so forgetful that I cant remember who has what next and when
I guess just let me know your EDD and what you've got coming up next appt and please tell me if I've forgotten something or worse! someone

Lou No way honey - I dont want to tell you "I told you so" because I wouldnt wish m/s on my worst enemy -ugh! I just hope that you dont push yourself too hard, thats all. Being exhausted on some days is easier to deal with, but all day & all night nausea? Blech! My DH is 6'5" also, I'll bet you have a hard time finding clothes for him too. Tee heee I'm 8.5 weeks and I STILL wondering if its still in there! I guess IVF really did make us crazy in some ways. Hang in there, you'll feel so much better after the u/s. I promise!

Ronda Ha Ha - 36 C longs! you almost made me choke on that one! Too funny! But you're scaring me now... How are your horses? I bet they miss you riding them as much as you miss it. At least you can still pet/ brush/ hang out with them - i'll bet they are gorgeous! How are you feeling, mama?

Hope Hooray for a strong heart beat! Bet that helped you relax a lot, huh? I'm sorry that you've got m/s so badly, I hear you on using a category B med, but the benefits have to outweigh the risks or they wouldnt have given it to you. Maybe if you only use it when you absolutely have to? Feel better, honey. How is your Mom doing?

[hjw]

Hi ladies, sorry for not posting for a while, I've been keeping up to date with you all though!

Positive - welcome and congratulations on your BFP. Wow, those are quite some beta numbers, can't wait to see how many you're cooking in there!

meganlynn - another welcome! Good luck for your u/s on Friday. Don't worry about not feeling anything yet, it's still early days, and you may be lucky and escape morning sickness - although you might wish for lots of pregnancy symptoms now, some of them aren't that fun so enjoy feeling good while it lasts!

Stephanie - yippee, u/s tomorrow! I'm so excited to hear whether you've got one or two 'blobs with heartbeats'!!

ktelise - oh sweetie, I'm sorry about the bleeding, and for your cramps as well. Have the cramps calmed down now? I had a lot of dull aches and starp twinges starting at about 7-8 weeks (all over the place, some low, some to the side and some higher up) and still do in fact - I think it's just our bodies stretching to accomodate the baby, placenta etc, so I try not to worry too much, although that's easier said than done. But if they are accompanied by bleeding at the same time and are painful, I would definitely get checked out each time it happens. I got dizzy a lot as well early on (starting in the 2ww in fact), but it reduces as you get towards the end of the first trimester. I think it's just our bodies starting to increase the blood supply in our systems to support the pregnancies. Headaches I got too - 'fraid there's no magic cure for those, but drinking lots of fluids will help, plus getting an afternoon nap back in once DS is back in school! p.s I'm afraid I don't know about the estrogen and baby aspirin as I wasn't put on either - I was only ever taking Crinone (progesterone vaginal gel) once a day.

Riley - good to see your name pop back up, how are things going?

gi - how are you holding up? I know not having any betas can drive you slightly crazy. Are you building up a little mountain of positive HPT's like I did???

Hope - Yay for a great u/s and a strong heartbeat, you and DH must be over the moon! I have huge sympathy for you with your m/s, it's just so debilitating. I felt the same and threw up a similar amount, but since I lost my job last year in the recession I thankfully didn't have to try and work as well (or look after children!). And the last thing you need is a challenging boss - I hope she's behaving herself more this week... I too got a prescription for my nausea from the doctor at 8 weeks, but like you was pretty scared to take it (it didn't help that when I went to the pharmacy to get the prescription filled, the pharmacist gave me a lecture about how you shouldn't take ANYTHING in the first trimester, which made me feel like an unfit mother...). In the end, I only took the pills if I had something important coming up the next day (mine said to take one pill before going to bed at night, so they were supposed to last for 24 hours), but otherwise I just tried to brave it out, so I only took them about 3 or 4 times in the first trimester (I also worked out that for me, I only needed half or a third of a pill to take the edge off the nausea enough for me to function, so I cut them up so that I was putting less of the drug in my system each time). But if you think you're getting on the verge of being dehydrated because you're not keeping enough down (the fluids are what are important, more so than the food) then taking the tablets may be the lesser of the two evils - it's going to be a balancing act for you and you may decide to have some days when you take them and some days when you don't. (((((hugs))))) p.s. Oh, and what a DH you have, definitely a keeper! I'm sorry to hear about your Mum's battle with lymphoma - I'm sure it gave her a huge lift to see her grandson.

Karen - oh sweetie, I'm so sorry about the bleeding but pleased to hear that both babies are looking strong on the u/s. Poor pooch, making Mummy feel sick! I went through a phase of not being able to be within 6 feet of our dogs otherwise the smell of them (which normally I love!) would cause a vomiting session, it is sooo hard when you see their hurt expressions as you make them try and stay away.

lou - great beta number! Not long now until your u/s... I agree with the general consensus that you should think about taking it easy with the exercise, and as people have said you may not be feeling so bright and normal in a week or two anyway. Don't forget, your body is needing to do a lot to grow that baby, and it's starting to undergo massive changes to support your pregnancy, so you may not have as much excess energy to exercise with as you think! p.s. You'll still be waking up and thinking "am I really pregnant" even at 15 weeks, if you're anything like me. After it takes us so long and we go through such a lot to get to this point, it still feels so surreal that it's actually happening. But I promise you, it is! p.p.s. I'm going to carry on with my acupuncture through the whole pregnancy - in the first trimester it can help with energy and reduce m/s etc, in the second trimester it just supports your system but also deals with any issues which arise and in the third trimester it prepares your body for labour (and can reduce labour time, which I'm all for!!!). Pregnancy massage, no, but one of my neighbours is 24 weeks pregnant and we're thinking of going on a mother-to-be spa day to chill out and be pampered!

Ronda - how are things with you? Counting down the days to your u/s? Hahaha, loved the Playboy story! I find the whole pelvic rest thing interesting - DH and I were advised to abstain until after the 2ww and were told that then it was fine (although honestly I was too scared to do anything until the first u/s when we saw the heartbeat). It's so weird that people get told such wildly different things.

Katie - oooh yes, a list would be FANTASTIC, I'm getting so confused with everyone's schedules, due dates and next scans/tests now that we've got so many people on here! What an angel for keeping us all organised... My relevant info is EDD 7th September, next midwife app't 24th March (16wks1day), next scan sometime around 20 weeks (no date yet). Sorry to hear about your progesterone levels, but from what I understand 25 is still at a perfectly safe level and I'm your body will catch up soon. Poor you with the m/s, I was so hoping you would sail right through and not get it (much as I know you half wanted to get it so that you would 'feel' more pregnant - I think I was that silly once too, and then I got it and spent 7 weeks unable to get out of bed, puking constantly!). Qutie a few pages back, I sent Ashley a note of the things which I found made the m/s slightly more managable, not sure whether you caught it? In the end, though, unless you think it's bad enough to need medication, you just have to wait it out, it will start getting better at the end of the first trimester I promise. In the meantime, every time you get worried about your progesterone and that your body might 'refuse', just remember that they say on the bright side that m/s shows that you've got a strong pregnancy in there. And you are going to LOVE the maternity jeans, I went and bought my first pair today (I'm finally giving up on trying to do up my normal jeans with a hairband!!) and they are sooooo comfortable. I may just stay in them even after I'm no longer pregnant! p.s to answer your question from Friday, my parents are about a 2 hour drive away, so they are close enough that it's not a huge, huge trip but too far to see them just for the day that easily. Although I do realise that you drive 4 hours just for blood work, so that makes me seem a little lazy!

AFM, after having to cancel all my plans for weeks on end while I was laid so low with m/s, I think I'm probably going too far the other way now and doing too much. Since I last posted, Saturday night we travelled into the city to meet friends for dinner and were late home, Sunday I played 18 holes of golf in a competition at our club, Monday I was back and forth to the vets with the dog (who is doing much better now) and catching up on laundry and chores round the house, yesterday I played golf again with some friends and today I went to meet a friend for lunch with her gorgeous new twins and have a wander round the shops. I feel OK during the daytime now, but sick in the evenings still, but overall I just think I'm not allowing myself enough rest time because I'm totally exhausted all the time, and after I got home today I had to go and sleep for 2 hours!

Wow, I think I wrote an essay!

Hazel

[gi]

Hi ladies,

Hi JG thanks and its nice to see you gate crashing cause its usually me!!!! I am feeling grand if a tad nervous, cant believe you are nearly there already!!

Katie it must be exciting buying maternity clothes, the way the steroids are making me eat i wont be far off though i have only put on about 3lbs this ivf cycle but my tummy is very bloated from the clexane injections. The girls are right ghost posted a while back about suppositories not been able to read on your bloods that must be why they dont check them here either though in saying that my old clinic takes you off the progesterone 14 days post transfer!! said your body should be making it but how would they know they never ckd, i asked ghost about it and he said he wouldnt rely on your body till at least 8 wks.

hjw i am actually ok this time with not having betas something less to stress over!! Yeah i am happily poas did another one yesterday and the number of wks increased again so i am very happy but now thats the highest number of wks these tests read (5wks) as after that hcgs escalate, 12 days till ultrasound i want it to come so much and in a funny way i dont as in my head i am pregnant but that could drastically change if no heartbeat (like my 1st pregnancy) ah well may just plod along!!!
Hope sorry to hear you are feeling awful.....send some over here ha ha.... i hope it doesnt last 2 long but congrats on the heart beat thats great news.

Steph good luck with us today xxx

lou i am not a fan of corned beef but do like bacon and cabbage actually i would be happy with a just of bowl of boiled cabbage with some salt and pepper hmmm delicious though stinks the house!!!

Meganlynn hi there, best of luck friday.

Happy St. Patricks Day everyone, its a bank hol here so everyone off work enjoying the parades and lots of beer though obvioulsy i stuck to water and j enjoyed a few pints of Guinness. So far i am ok, bit nausuas yesterday but ok today, i have gone off sweet things completly yuk!! made an apple crumble yesterday and it was awful but j thought it was nicest one ever!! Have my last Intralipid drips tomorrow, i pray this will work....only another 7 weeks till i can relax thats if we get the heartbeat!!! but i am so happy to be pg and count my blessings everyday as there is many women who would love to be in my postition Killer cells or not.

gi xxx

[katie99]

Hazel- midwife appt on 3/24 - next u/s at 20 weeks - EDD is Sept 7
Lou u/s on 3/29
Ronda u/s on 3/29
Hope Yay! saw a strong HB! - EDD is Nov 7
Gi- u/s on 3/29?
Ktelise-
Meganlynn-
Jacqueline-
Stephanie u/s 3/18
Katie b/w on 3/30 - EDD is Oct 24
Positive thinking



Ashley -
Karen-

[Stephanieford78]

Katie - I say the list is a idea. Looks cute! I am still just bearly fitting in my 36 C's... I know I am a D easily though and should be buying a new one soon which will certainly be a DD. DH will love it... but I am not really complaining about them. lol

Hope - I was given the same thing for my belly blah. It is the generic version Ondansetron but in perentheses it says Zofran. It is the kind you stick on your tongue and let disolve. They gave it to me in the ER too. I have been trying to stay away from having to take it, my symptoms aren't that bad. Just sitting there taunting me, threatening to come up at times. Glad to hear about the healthy heartbeat! Gives me better feelings about mine tomorrow.

Ronda - DH really is hoping for twins and I wouldn't mind it just as long as whatever I have is healthy. lol I am leaning towards thinking only one though just because I didn't see anything in the second blob and I don't want to get my hopes up thinking there are two in there just to find out that second blob didn't make it, you know? We will see tomorrow though. I am nervous! As far as the pelvic rest, first thanks for answering on the subject, I appreciate it! Second, if only playboy would work for me... DH wouldn't accept that knowing my hormones might turn against him one of these days. lol Not to mention we have a nosey 10 year old. However, it isn't him that is having the issue... it is ME! haha I help him when he needs it, but it's not fair I get nothing. I just can't wait till I can at least have a little fun and I have no idea when that will be.

Lou - Thanks. lol I have been called many things, being only 5 foot nothing... hobbit, munchkin, midget, half pint, etc. Not to mention all the blonde and pollock jokes. It's interesting to see the looks on some people's faces when they discover I am intelegent and actually have a high IQ. It's as if I am Moses parting the Red Sea, as if someone as little and dumb looking as me has a brain? Eh... I have chosen to use those disatvantages as an advantage. lol I love telling people who want to dish out pollock jokes that they were initiated by Nazi's during the holocaust against the Polish Jews, then ask them.. if they support the holocaust. You should see the looks I get. I am all for jokes, but to those who feel like they need to keep going and going, yeah I can get them to stop in a quick like hurry. I love how some people will talk about a "stupid blonde" or make fun of how "short" someone is and then turn and look at me and say, "No offence." Well I wasn't offended until you turned to me and said that. This tells me they weren't only talking about someone else, but that I was in their thoughts as well during the derogatory statement. Anyway... I think I got a bit off track.

Hazel - Thanks! Glad to see you back and to read your essay! lol

GI - I bet it is busy around there today. Maybe you can drink some green lemonade while j drinks his Guinness. My US is tomorrow yet for me. I'm sure the time difference is confusing at times. I can't wait and will keep all of you updated. Pins and needles... pins and needles!

Thanks everyone for rooting me on, you all keep me positive. If it wasn't for all of you, I think I might be driving myself crazy going to the ER almost every night and peeing on a bunch of sticks.

[Positivethinking]

Hi everyone... Happy St Patrick's Day... Sorry I have been MIA. Yesterday and today I received two negative replies for my job inteviews "sorry but we hired someone else"...F*uck... and my unemployement benefit just finally ran out...double F*ck...so I have been giving myself a pitty party...how we dont have money and I am bored at home cooking, cleaning...who get the to have 3 interviews in 1 month and cannot get the f*cking job...sorry I am upset... However after ready everyone issue with m/s I have to say you did make me feel better. I am luck enough so far not to have any symptoms and I wonder if I do get a job, how will I feel in 2 or 3 weeks from now?? May be it is for the best...I might ask my mom to pay for a ticket to the south of France (home) and enjoy some relaxing time there with childhood friends and family...Pitty party has to be over...(almost) and I dont want the embies to feel my stress so I have to snap out of it....

Hope: Congrats on seeing the HB. This is great...I am happy for you. I took a training in Reiki (level 1 and 2). It is amazing how it works. If your friend can give you a daily session, it will be the best...I have been giving Reiki to my embies so they can grow strong and healthy...I am sorry about your mother. I will definately pray for her and your family...Your Dh is very sweet.

Katie: love the preggo pants...and the bra size... I am a 34A, so I cannot wait to move up a size or 2 or 3
I have the date for my u/s, it will be on March 31...I know, it is forever, 2 full long weeks...I cannot wait...

Gi: enjoy st patricks day. Nothing special for. I am so tired to go out and cannot drink so I guess I will stay home.. Enjoy for me...great for the hpt that keep going up, the 7 weeks will be there in no time...

Megalynn: welcome... good luck on friday for the u/s

Stephanie: tomorrow is the big day.. whoohoo. Keep us updated....I am sorry about the hobbit size but at least you can cut the jeans... I am too tall and I hate shopping because each pants cost $100 if I want it long enough, same for shirts or sweater, they are always too short on the lenght of the arms...some people buy me XXL thinking that it will be long for me but helloooo I am not 300 lbs.... so My dh does the shopping for me usually because he loooves shopping. I dont even want to deal with the trying on at the store....My walking closet is 2/3 my dh clothes and 1/3 mine...

Karen: the spotting stories are scary. However I am glad you cleared it with the dr and that everything is fine.

Ktelise: I hope you get better with m/s

Lou: enjoy working out but be careful. I wish I had your strenght. I am just lazy. I don't like to work out. My ass is getting flat so I think I will do some "soft" sport like pilates where I can focus on bun and tights...I am a 20min DVD workout for Pilates. I think I need to try that...I dont have any symptoms either..so dont worry, you baby is still there...

Ronda: Hey... how are you? Looks like we have the same symptoms as well so it is a good sign...right on track...

Thanks everyone for the stories... this forum always make me feel better... I hope m/s will be gone soon for all of you. Now I have to be patient until u/s on march 31 (feels like a lifetime away)...EDD (per my calculation) should be nov 14...

[Hope644]

just a quick shout out to steph - good luck tomorrow on your big U/S!!!! Can't wait to hear how it goes!!! I think there may be two!!! hugs!!

[ktelise]

Katie - If you are taking progesterone vaginally my doctor said that when you get your progesterone tested that the amount that is inserted vaginally will not show up on the bloodtest. So, although your number is 25 it really is probably quite higher due to the vaginal inserts you are using.

I hope this helps!!

[Stephanieford78]

Tonight was an eventful night, but not in a good way. I took a bath and started to get ready for bed when I felt a gush. I sat down on the toilet (still being in the bathroom undressed) and saw it was bright red blood. I yelled for DH to get moving, we are going to the ER. We get there and they make me sit and wait while I can feel more blood gush every so often. Of course I am bawling. To make a long story short, I get a room and the doctor does a pelvic, says that my cervix looks closed then does an ultrasound. To answer everyone's question... yes there is twins, though it appears we may be losing one. One baby was clearly seen with a strong heartbeat. The other was far up in the uterus and not very visible. They couldn't see much and definately couldn't find a heartbeat. I am home now and still bleeding red blood. I was told to keep my formal ultrasound today at 1:30. Radiology has better ultrasounds and can tell me more than the ER docs could. They even said that it might have been all three implanted, I am losing one, the other one is just hard to see and then the one they can see well. I don't know, we will see. Oh and my count was over 88,000 something.

So, good news is that one baby looks awesome with a strong heartbeat, and of course the bad news the other is not looking well at all. I am hoping with all my heart and soul that the one makes it without any issues. That his or her little bubble protects from everything that is going on around it. I am not cramping, they say that is a good sign. I am still scared and hope the blood will just stop so I can start feeling a little better. I guess there is no real good way to end this post other than to just say I will let you know more after my US later today.

[hjw]

Oh no Stephanie, what a traumatic night you had. It's going to be a long day for you waiting to go to your planned u/s too, I really hope the bleeding slows down or stops by then. It's good news that you have one really strong one in there, I'm keeping everything crossed for you that if there's a second or a second & third one, they are going to be OK too. Hugs to you, and let us know how you get on later.

H x