Pregnancy after Long Term TTC - #4 2009

[smithy]

oh kellyd.. how cute sweety you gave me goosys lol.

[grub17]

kelly d thanks for sharing that post! i'm sitting here grinning like an idiot.
how special for you both and super exciting!!!!

and jen, my wordy yes, I'll be screaming it at you lot! lol.

BDT - i'm relieved that it wasn't something here that upset. but like you say, lets leave it all there ox

and yes newbies (lol) the fun has only begun. I counted down to first BT for BFP, then second test, then 7week scan, then 12 week scan, now it's the 20 week scan lol. By friday i'll be counting down til my 3rd trimeste, then my 34th week when i finish work. DH is going away oct/nov, so will be countng down for when he gets home,,, and then the few weeks for bubs to arrive... at least i'll be able to teach "it'' how to count lol.

afm i'm just feeling so exhausted all the time that it's getting really difficult. i dread waking up cos i'll be tired and by mid arvo i'm a zombie at work. it's killing me and is as bad as the 1st trimester tiredness. i don't even have the energy to exercise

hey, anyone taking any extra precautions with this swine flu thing??? I'm avoiding the shopping centres and only go from work to home. DH is out doing the shopping now. but that's it. It's school hols here so i'd rather stay away anyway. I have a mask (couresty of a friend) but not using it at all.

It's pretty scary stuff.

anyhoo. DH just got home with the food.... must go eat

[grub17]

oh, also, jsut wondering how TWO MUMS is trundling. Haven't heard from you for awhile.

Farmgirl, Neptune, WhereTheresHope - just want to see how you girls are getting along. You are all getting very very close!

And our list leader Alloy - any news???

ox

[theresep]

Oh dear, well, this is not good news from me ladies, and Greenslw, thanks for asking of me. Bleeding continued, my Dr wanted to do an ultrasound, and it showed that i have miscarried. My hcg levels are also now dropping Wish i had a more positive story, but was not to be. Thanks for all your support, we will be doing another egg collection in Oct, so hope to be back in here then (we always manage to find more hope don't we?!)
Best of luck to you all and wishing you the very best for healthy and happy pregnancies.

[smithy]

theresep im so sorry for your loss hunny please take care xx

[Greenslw]

Oh Theresep I am so sorry. I had a MC at 5 weeks last time, it sis so heart breaking. Please keep in touch.

Grub I'm in the same tired place. Swine flu, well my company has a policy because we house young mums and pregnant women (high risk). But mainly lots of washing hands and keeping at a good distance from anyone looking sick. Not much else we can do. Bit scary.

Kaydee I totally think safety in numbers, my exec is a big lady I'll hide behind her.

BabyDreamtime and other twins mums can I ask a question? I want to know do you look more pg in the beginning with twins? One of my friends looks so pg at only 3 months. Doesn't know one or two yet.

31Becc all the waiting is nuts. But I'm sure it's worth it.

KellyD how exciting I want one. But I"m wondering if you can fuzz out the pink/blue bit. I really want a surprise (secretly hoping for pink). I might have to ask my OB. What a wonderful momento.

I survived a mega meeting with VIP's thank goodness, my boss the emotional one is sick and was NO help so I ran the show and did a great job, even if I do say so myself. There was onlly suposed to be 14 people but 22 arrived. I slightly paniced and managed to squeeze them in. And it was pretty cool to pull off. I was awake at 4.25am and didn't sleep so now I'm slightly light headed and ditsy.

[grub17]

oh sweet theresep big hugs for you. take care of yourself. i'm so so sorry it didn't work out for you this time love. hope to see you back here soon. oxoxo

[babydreams]

Oh Theresep I am so sorry to hear that sweetie. You are correct in keeping up the hope. When I mc at 6 weeks with our 1st IVF cycle I took it as a positive, at least I knew I could fall preg and that gave me something to hold onto for the future. Take care of yourself. Hugs

Thanks to everyone else for the well wishes. I too am tired.

I am seeing my Dr tom and have planned to ask about swine flu precautions while I am there as yes it does sound trickier for preg mums. I'll let you know if he has any extra ideas.

KelyD: Wow that scan sound great. How lovely to see your little lady. What a fantastic experience.

Greenslw: Yeah for doing so well in the mtg. Hope you manage to get a better sleep tonight. Have you spoken to the big boss yet? I am sure she'll be happy for you. I am on maternity leave at the moment and I'll have to go in when we reach the magic 3 month mark and ask for another year!!!

Grub17: Yes the counting has just begun. I don't have my first scan until week 8 so have to wait another 3 weeks. Then count til ob, then next scan. It is endless, but fun too.

Jenc77: Yeah on reaching 3rd trimester.

31bec: Yes this preg is going to make us more paitent as it is one long waiting game, but with some great experiences along the way.

Better go as DH has jst finished making dinner.

Take care everyone

[saph204]

theresep i am so sorry for your loss. Take some time to ge3t over this and look forward to the future.

31becc I just wanted to let you know that my numbers in the beginning were very low and did not double like they should to start off with. And look we are now 9 and a bit weeks with a bub with a very strong heart beat. Everyone keep telling me to try and relax I know it is hard but but try but to be honest I dont think I slept until after our 7 week scan.

Hope everyone else is doing well. Will probably be laying low for the next few weeks as back to work and doing a course for the next 4 weeks.

[Kaydee78]

Theresep, so sorry for your loss. Take care of yourself and hope your next cycle brings you some good news once again.

Greenslw, congrats on surviving your mega meeting.

Kelly, your description of your little girl was beautiful. It's amazing to see their features in a 4D scan. So very exciting for you and DH.

Hi to all the other lovelies in here.

AFM, off to have blood tests and a re-test of urine and BP today after Monday's appt that showed some protein in my urine. I'll keep you posted.

Have a great day!

[Laniwantsababy]

Hi All,

I am sorry I have only just noticed this thread. I am currently 19weeks almost at halfway. I have been in my due date group thread but have just noticed there are a few names I recall from the LTTTC thread.
My journey so far has been pretty good. I had minimal bleeding at 5 and 7 weeks which was scary but everything is progressing nicely now.
We have baby #1 on board following our 4th IVF attempt. I had some slight morning sickness and afternoon sickness but nothing that was too bad. I am feeling awesome at the moment the best I have felt in a long long long time. I think Pregnancy agrees with me.
My Due Date is 11 December 2009.
I had my 19-20 week scan on Saturday and everything is going well, bub is measuring a little bigger but they said nothing too worry about at this stage. We also decided to keep the sex a surprise.

Sorry for no personals, I look forward to hearing everyone's stories and experiencing the journey we will all take.

to everyone

[Laniwantsababy]

Hi All,

I am sorry I have only just noticed this thread. I am currently 19weeks almost at halfway. I have been in my due date group thread but have just noticed there are a few names I recall from the LTTTC thread.
My journey so far has been pretty good. I had minimal bleeding at 5 and 7 weeks which was scary but everything is progressing nicely now.
We have baby #1 on board following our 4th IVF attempt. I had some slight morning sickness and afternoon sickness but nothing that was too bad. I am feeling awesome at the moment the best I have felt in a long long long time. I think Pregnancy agrees with me.
My Due Date is 11 December 2009.
I had my 19-20 week scan on Saturday and everything is going well, bub is measuring a little bigger but they said nothing too worry about at this stage. We also decided to keep the sex a surprise.

Sorry for no personals, I look forward to hearing everyone's stories and experiencing the journey we will all take.

to everyone

[Kahlan]

Originally Posted by theresep

Oh dear, well, this is not good news from me ladies, and Greenslw, thanks for asking of me. Bleeding continued, my Dr wanted to do an ultrasound, and it showed that i have miscarried. My hcg levels are also now dropping Wish i had a more positive story, but was not to be. Thanks for all your support, we will be doing another egg collection in Oct, so hope to be back in here then (we always manage to find more hope don't we?!)
Best of luck to you all and wishing you the very best for healthy and happy pregnancies.

So sorry to hear your sad news theresep. You are so very brave and I am glad you are looking into the future.

Kahlan

[smithy]

LANIWANTSABABY= yay welcome to this thread hunny you are more than welcome sounds like all is going well for you

[Murph01]

Hello everyone,
wow! It's going to be a full time job to keep up with everyone. We are exploding in here.

Congrats and to Sammiejam, Babydreams, 31becc and Laniwantsababy...phew...did I get you all in? In case you don't know, on the first page of each new thread, I add the details of the estimated due dates and a bit of fun stuff (like if it's boy or girl and if you have a name or nickname for the bub when you get further along). Lani, I will add your EDD, and after your scans, if the other girls want to let me know your EDDs, I'll add them too. Exciting times ahead for all of you and I look forward to sharing.

theresep, such sad news for you and we are all really feeling for you right now. It is great that you got this far and you know you can do it again. It was very early days and it really is a miracle that these little embies sometimes hang on. I really hope you are back again in October. All the best for those levels going down quickly and for your recovery

Kaydee, thankyou for the info on your scans, that cleared things up with the twins needing more than singletons. I have been wanting to find out about 4D scans but dropped it. that is until KellyD....that is such an amazing description. I want to do it as a surprise for DH but do have to have a reason or can you kind of do it just because iykwim?

Grub, I have one word for you....Noooooooo!!!!! (you can't leave and go to another forum, you're stuck with us.)

Hello to everyone (Smithy, hope you are not too ill, Azz, hope the twins are playing nice, jenc, hope you are recovering from those aches and pains and look forward to hearing all is okay with your levels, BDT, welcome back, love how prepared you are with your names list. By the way I've gone with a grandparent middle name too. I got lucky with DH having a lovely simple Lucy, so our girl is Jasmine Lucy (Jazzy Lu). My Nana was Alma Ivy...hmm, not much to play with there. I can't mention you all, but will write again soon.

AFM, all is on track, still no preggas comments other than "some girls just don't show at all do they?" Grrrrmmphh. It's time to get out the skin tight leotard and tights hey? Meanwhile, believe me, I'm getting feckin huge!!!! Ah well, it's all relative hey?

Jazzy had an allnight disco lastnight and I didn't get any sleep. I had milo after work at 12.30 and she was dancing til way past 2pm and has gone all day.She kicked so hard that DH felt it (got a kick in the back!) when I cuddled up to him. Oh dear, the boots are on and the big kicks are coming. The softies were good while they lasted.

Missmaggie, how you going...any movement yet...any day now.

Hello to everyone not mentioned.xox

[31becc]

Afternoon girls - so hard to keep up! But will attempt

theresep - sorry to hear the news.

Lani - welcome - I am a newby myself!

Saph, Grub , Greenslw and Babydreams - yeah it is all waiting - luckly my dr is allowing a scan at 6 1/2 weeks - so I only have a bit over a week to wait for that one. Going insane though - as I am not a patient person - I guess I will have to learn!

Babydreams - I too am worried about this swine flu - especially all the procautions being thrown around for pregnant women. Does this mean we shouldn't be even going to a bbq or to shops? I am in the early stages still so am concerned about reacting too much if someone has a cough at work, as I see a fair few clients, as I don't want anyone to know yet. Any suggestions??

SammyJ - I think you are about a month a head of me - at this stage i am due around mid March (but will be confirmed after scan!)

Murph - can't wait for that stage of pregnancy (I bet you were saying that too at this early stage!). You can ad me as mid March 2010 at this stage, should have more details when scanned.

all the best girls.

[smithy]

oh MURPH your jazzy is sounding sooo cute hun and thanks for thinking of me too sweety.
im verrrrrrry sick i HAVE NOT stopped vomiting all day cant keep a thing down even water icy poles so mum just bought me one of those vitamin waters to try and im sipping it rite now and its going ok plus dh just popped in from work as a suprise and its made me feel better
a big hello to all you beautiful belly growing mummies to be thinking of you all xxoo

[KellyD]

Hi Lani nd welcome to our group. You are so far along that you have now jumped the queue from some of our other girls in here. Wewlcome and I will enjoy sharing the second half of your pregnancy with you.

Theresep: So sorry about your loss, a lot of the girls in here have also suffered the same as you (including me with 2 previous m/c) and we all know how you are feeling. Hopefully you will have some time to absorb all that has happened and if you are able to take the positive out of it that you can get pregnant and hopefully you will be back here in October with some more good news.

Murph: The 4D scans are not part of the usual scan process. Not all places do them as yet, so check with the current place that you get your ultrasounds done and hopefully they do them for you. All I needed to provided was a referral from my OB and pay the cost of the scan up front ($190 at my ultrasound clinic), you don't get any rebate back from Medicare as the scan is not classified as "diagnostic" it is just something extra offered for parents wanting something a bit extra. They recommend the best time to have the scans is between 26-32 weeks but supposedly getting done closer to 26 weeks is better while there is still a bit of room in there and the baby is not all squashed up. They also rely on the amniotic fluid around the baby to get the pictures (no full bladder required...yay) so if the baby doesn't have much room and the amniotic fluid has started to drop you don't get as good pictures. I am so happy that we got the scan done and DH & I sat up last night and watched the DVD to see our little girl again, it was great as you miss so much when you are getting the scan done that it is nice to be able to view it again in your own time.

Greenslw: In regards to the 4D scan and the blue/pink bits. I asked the sonographer to check the sex for me and she did this in normal 2d ultrasound not in the 3d version and to be honest I have no idea what she was looking at. She did ask in the beginning if we already knew the sex but it seems that they focus the scan mainly on the face area anyway to make sure that you don't see something if you don't want to.

Smithy: Poor you and your m/s. Hopefully as baby Charlee gets bigger the m/s will start to die down for you and you can feel more normal.

Hi to everyone else.

Getting 28 week bloods done tomorrow. I know a week early but this will ensure the results are back before my ob appt next week. I am just having my Gestational Diabetes test via blood test (thank god, I didn't really want to go through the sweet drink stuff) and I think if the blood result come back high then I will have to do the full test. Seems like ages since I've been needle stuck.... Strange when you think how many times we have blood taken during this whole process.