Hello,
I have just had a positive result !! Yippee
Would love to start a thread with other newly pg's, so we can talk about our highs, excitement, worries etc.
I have my first scan on the 8th Dec ... hope this 2 weeks will go quicker than the 2ww.
I am feeling very very dizzy and faint today, and have loads of aches and pains. Not sure whether this is normal. I am doing dp's head in already with my anxieties, but i guess its not him feeling all the twinges is it.
I have done 4 hpt's since saturday as I just love seeing the word "pregnant" on the digital hpt ... the euphoria of having a positive result is unbelievable.
Anyway, hope I get some people to join me.
From Sophie-J
Me 33 dp 30
me tubal damage
ist ivf Feb04 -ive
fet July04 -ive
ivf Nov04 +ive twins, but sadly one twin died at 10 weeks gestation. Freya born 21st July 2005. She's amazing!
Welcome welcome welcome. Try to relax and reduce all of the anxiety you're going through right now. So the 3rd time is the charm for you! Congratulations.
So happy to see you over here! There has been a bit of a lull, I think, but it looks like a few will be joining you in the first trimester thread shortly. So happy for you! I also did a few extra HPTs just to see the +ve again
Hoping your pregnancy is extremely smooth and that you can enjoy it thoroughly.
Congratulations Sophie Jane and welcome to the other side. It's a fantastic feeling isn't it? Just try and relax (which is a laugh because I don't think any of us on this side did!). THe first 3 months went really slow for me because of all the worries and anxieties. But after that time has flown (29 weeks with twins now), I have no idea where the time has gone.
Good luck and keep us posted on your progress.
Shellie
DH 37, me 28 with Endometriosis
First attempt at IVF in May, now pregnant with twins. Fingers still crossed.
Can I join too? I know it's a bit early - 11dp5dt, but I've got a (faint) positive on the HPT. I'm in Germany next week so won't be able to get my beta done till week after next.
I hope you are ok and enjoying being pregnant, it is brilliant using that word isn't it -PREGNANT!!!!
I had my scan today and it was amazing. We saw our baby, I still can't believe I am actually saying that! It is 4mm big and it had a strong heartbeat. We had a OB registrar in with us and it was the first time she had seen a 6 week scan. When we came out the room all the nurses wanted to see our scan picture and were congratulating us. Also when we were leaving, the theatre nurse (who looked after me when I was waiting for the ambulance to take me over to maternity overnight following e/c) came over and gave me a massive hug. It just made it such a special moment knowing the staff are so pleased for us.
The nurse who scanned me said it is a really good sign feeling sick, and having a sore chest so early as it means everything is going to plan. I have a scan in 2 weeks and then I will go back to my GP who should then refer me for consultant care. I was able to ask for a particular consultant today which is brilliant. (I need extra care due to high blood pressure and epilepsy). I am still walking round in a state of shock although it does seem more real after seeing the heartbeat.
Your scan is next week isn't it? You will love it.
Take care
Jackie
Me 36 husband 38. Been together for over 16 years.
2000 -2003 Clomid
Sept - Oct 03 IVF abandoned due to poor response.
Dec -Feb 04 IVF early m/c
Sept -Nov 04 IVF ++++
10 July 2005 -Our precious son Joshua James was born.
Jackie,
Thats fantastic. It sounds like it was a fantastic day. I cannot wait for the scan - its a week 2moro ... it seems to be taking forever to get there. Once I have that scan and see the baby I will feel so much more pregnant ... at the moment I worry that it is the projesterone maintaining the pregnancy rather than nature ... if you get what I mean.
You will be 11/12 weeks pregnant for New Year which will be a fantastic hurdle to get to, knowing that you have got through the first trimester.
So pleased .. hopefully my scan day will be as positive as yours.
Best wishes
from Sophie-J
Me 33 dp 30
me tubal damage
ist ivf Feb04 -ive
fet July04 -ive
ivf Nov04 +ive twins, but sadly one twin died at 10 weeks gestation. Freya born 21st July 2005. She's amazing!
Jackie, great to hear your news! One question though, if one isn't feeling sick, does that mean things are not going to plan? I heard that everyone is different and that not everyone is sick so perhaps I'm overreacting. What has me alittle worried today is that I have some very light bleeding-just a streak of brownish-blood, the first time since being pregnant. I am going to call the nurse and see what she says. No cramping.
Anyone else have this? Should I be worried? I'm just after 6 weeks pregnant. I am for the most part staying calm, but that gave me a bit of a shock.
Well, just spoke to the nurse, who doesn;t think there is anything to worry about as it is not bright red and alot. Of course, I find myself checking and so far nothing more. If it changes of course I need to ring her. This isn't anything I don't really know already, but it did me good to hear it from her. Gosh, this just doesn't get easier..
All that being said, SophieJ I'm very excited for us both for our scans! Yours is one day before mine. I won't fully relax until I hear that heartbeat (or two).
Jackie, congratulations again on your litle one's heartbeat. This is what we are all waiting for, isn't it? So pleased for you..
Sorry for lurking on the first trimester thread...it's just so exciting to read about the new pregnancies going on and success stories.
Actually one of my 2nd trimester buddies Alicia (who is now around 17 weeks pregnant with twins) had bleeding as well. Check out her post on Oct/Nov Cycle buddies, page 15. She talks about it.....maybe you can talk to her about it as well. She's soooo great. So....maybe it's twins like Alicia! Anyway, congratulations on your BFP!
It's true. I had bleeding up until 7 weeks, including bright red and a lot of it on a couple of terrifying days. I am at 17 weeks now with twin boys. Yes, it is very scary. But it doesn't necessarily mean anything is wrong. They said one of them might be having a little trouble getting attached correctly, but they're in there good now! It doesn't seem to get any easier does it? My friend who has a 2-year old says this is just the beginning of it Good luck to you for your scan.
Alicia
TTC 2.5 years - Me 38 no tubes; DH 32
1st- IVF June 2004 - early MC
2nd - FET Aug 2004 - Twin boys born April 25, 2005!!!
Thanks so much for that, it really helped to read your posts. My God, Alicia, that must have been tough to get through-it is so great to hear that your twins are doing so well. As for lurking on our thread, I think I can speak safely for myself, Jackie and SophieJ (so far) that any information you former 1st trimesters have for us would be very welcome. Until that first scan , until I actually hear that heartbeat, the wait is almost as excruciating as that other 2 weeks.. For an update, so far no other blood, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it won't happen again. I did forget to mention that sunday evening and all monday morning I had severe vomiting from a 12 hour stomach virus-perhaps this is related to the bit of blood I had this AM?
Hi Elizabeth .. how are you going? All the pregnancy books I am reading all say that a little bleeding in early pregnancy is nothing to worry about. I also have not felt really sick, just more light headed and very sore boobs.
I cannot believe how slowly the time is going before the scan .... I can't really relax until I have the scan and can see that the embryo is alive. My clinic doesn't do blood tests so I don't know about my levels.
I am in such limbo ... I want to get excited but just can't yet.
I will be 10 weeks pg on New Years day, so hoping that I can at least relax abit then, and feel that this pg is actually going to last. Even though sites like this are absolutely fab for support sometimes I think they can also scare you, as you pick up on the negative stories instead of the positive. I.e. if things go wrong in early pg you get to hear about them on the Geberal Forum. I dont tend to read all the positive pg's on this side, as much. It seems to me that over half of the girls m/c.
Anyway, I kow I should have more PMA, so going to go and lie down and visualise my embies growing.
Jackie - .. you must be so excited ..... are you thinking about names already!!!!!
We should have a couple of others joining us from Oct/Nov (Anna and Susan) so congrats to them for their recent BFP's too!!!
All the best
From Sophie-J
Me 33 dp 30
me tubal damage
ist ivf Feb04 -ive
fet July04 -ive
ivf Nov04 +ive twins, but sadly one twin died at 10 weeks gestation. Freya born 21st July 2005. She's amazing!
Hope you are both feeling good and hanging in there -not long now until your scans!!!
Elizabeth -I am sorry if I frightened you when I said that the nurse was pleased with my symptoms, I think it was probably trying to reassure me. I have read many posts from different women and everybody seems to have different symptoms, like everybody has different IVF regimes. I guess thats what makes us unique. I'm glad the nurse was able to put your mind at ease. I think you will start to relax after your scan.
Sophie-J -I was feeling exactly the same as you last week. I was feeling totally in limbo, and I am still petrified my pregnancy won't last. I feel better now I've gone past the 5 week mark -that is when I miscarried last time. I think it will get easier.
My sister-in-law had a baby in July and didn't get her pregnancy confirmed until she was 9 weeks gone so she didn't have to worry, yet we find out at 4 weeks so we have so much more time to panic. But she never got to see her baby at 6 weeks so maybe we do get the better deal!
I have been feeling quite down but today I spent the afternoon with my best friend and her son (he was 3 on Monday) and they are both so excited about me being pregnant. I think it made it all seem that much more real. Her son is adopted so she knows all the heartache involved in fertility treatment so it means so much to her , me being pregnant. She has told so many people and we haven't told anybody apart from her! It is nice when people care that much about you.
I am really fed up with the progesterone shots, my legs are numb when I touch them but really the muscles are really painful. Only 3.5 weeks left. I have injected all my meds and started in September about 13 weeks so far.
Anyway, I have waffled on enough. Hope you are both getting lots of rest and are enjoying your news to the fullest.
Take care
Jackie
Me 36 husband 38. Been together for over 16 years.
2000 -2003 Clomid
Sept - Oct 03 IVF abandoned due to poor response.
Dec -Feb 04 IVF early m/c
Sept -Nov 04 IVF ++++
10 July 2005 -Our precious son Joshua James was born.
Good luck to you for your scan.