"I won't give up on us, even if the skies get rough, I'm giving you all my love, I"m still looking up."
TTC #1 since August 2011 MFI Diagnosis - April 2012
IVF #1 - July 2012 - Stims start 7/2, ER 7/12, 20 retrieved, 16 mature, 13 fertilized!
ET - 7/17 - 1 blast transferred. Beta - 7/26 273, Beta 2 7/30 - 1143. Beta 3 8/6 - 11,597
12/25 - Santa tells us "IT'S A GIRL!" EDD - April 4th
Our Little Easter Bunny has arrived!
Molly Mildred born 03/31/13
TTC A Sibling....... FET #1 11/14/14, Transferred one beautiful blast
Remaining four frosties arrested due to "embryologist error"
Plllllleasssee stick little icicle.....Beta 11/23...BFN
Starting ALL over with a fresh IVF cycle
Stims start 11/28/14, ER December 10th, 13 eggs retrieved, 11 mature, only 4 fertilized
1 Blast Transferred on December 15th..... Beta Christmas Eve... Please Santa, bring me a baby!
Beta #1 345.....Beta #2....750/ First U/S 1/13/15/HB 131....EDD 9/2/2015
Re: A different kind of IF guilt.......
I know just how you feel. Someone else posted something similar the other day, that we deserve to have the normal moans and groans that regular pregnant women have too! We earned it even more!
I often mention how my back hurts or a cramp or I'm tired, etc etc. Honestly I don't even think of it as complaining, moreso just a statement of how I feel at the moment. If someone accuses me of complaining, then I say "Duh, I'm pregnant. I'm allowed to and I love that I actually CAN complain about it!" Just because we wanted to become pregnant SO badly doesn't mean we're immune or not allowed to feel the less than fun symptoms that accompany our condition.
Ditto! Complain away! We are all pregnant and suffering through the aches and pains that come with pregnancy. We shouldn't have to bottle up our emotions just because we've wanted this pregnancy for so long.
Me:40 AMA, DH:36 0% morph, TTC#1;
BFP#1 4/2011, MMC 6/2011 11wks Trisomy 13;
BFP#2 11/2011, CP
FSH: 17.9, AMH: 2.2
IVF#1 w/ICSI: ER 4/3: 5R,4M,4F
ET 4/6 All 4 (1-8A+, 2-8A-, 1-3A) BFP#3
Two weeks of beta hell = Blighted Ovum
IVF#2 Aug/Sept: ER 8/27: 4R,3M,3F
ET 8/30 (1-8A+, 1-6A+)
Beta#1 9/10: 350; Beta#2 9/12: 796; Beta#3 9/20: 9155
Expecting Boy/Girl Twins! My babies were born 4/23/13 at 36w1d!
Baby boy Henry born 2015.
Expecting our capstone baby (boy) early March 2018.
Me:34 Type 1 Diabetes, Ankylosing Spondylitis, Hypothyroid DH:35 Perfect
DX: Unexplained IF
Many IUI's with various meds all BFFN
IVF #1 11/11 canceled due to OHSS
IVF #2 Feb/March 2012 ET of 2 on day 3 4/7 BFP! 5/1 u/s blighted ovum
IVF #3 July 2012 ET of 3 on day 3 7/24 BFP!
Healthy baby girl born at 36w4d on 3/9/13
TTC#3
IVF #5 June 2018- PGS planned, no surviving embryos
IVF #6 August 2018- ET of 2 on day 3 - Chemical pregnancy
IVF #7 August 2019-....?
Do not feel guilty! We've been robbed of so many things a normal pg woman gets to experience. Complaining is totally one of them! Doesn't mean you aren't happy to be pg... means you are enjoying every minute of it... including the part where you get to complain about being uncomfortable!
(I had a post on this yesterday I think
https://community.thebump.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/72175513.aspx )
Positive for HLA-B27, I'm a mutant
Testing - Me ok, gluten issue? DH - borderline count, low motility
4/28/11 IUI#1 = BFP!(5/25), EDD 2/2/12 - m/c 5w3d
7/3, 7/31, 9/25 - IUI#2-4=BFN
IVF#1 - 1 blast = BFP!! (12/30), EDD 9/9/12, confirmed c/p 4w2d
FET#1 3/2/12 - 2 blasts =BFP!! EDD 11/18/12, us#1 = twins! Confirmed m/c 5w6d
4/20-surprise BFP and another c/p 4w2d
FET#2 7/16/12 - 2 blasts = BFN
FET#3 8/20/12 - 1 blast - BFP!! Beta #1-2=177, 354
1st u/s 5w6d, one beautiful little HB , 2nd u/s 146bpm
baby girl born 5/10/13
TTC#2 since 12/17/2014, Cycle 8
Repeat Testing...FSH=12, AMH=3.8, AFC=28.
IUI#5 5/10/15- c/p?
IVF#2 8/19/15 - cancelled due to cysts
IVF#2 take two 10/2015 - 5 blasts frozen
FET#4 12/11/2015 - BFN - 4 blasts remaining
FET#5 2/18/16 - BFP!!! Beta1-3, 126, 250, 745!!
Tons of love and ((hugs)) to my IF sister NMscubagirl
OMG! I went thru this with DH early on... I felt so awful because I was dealing with m/s until around 18-19w and he didn't understand why I never wanted to do anything because I didn't complain about it, so I finally snapped at him and told him "If you felt like you had the flu 24/7 and that you might blow chunks at any second, would you want to go out and socialize and put on a happy face? I doubt it!" I told him I don't complain about it because being pregnant is exactly what we wanted and worked so hard for,but if he really wanted to know what I was feeling all the time, I'd be happy to share with him.
More recently, I've started getting more aches and pains (which are totally to be expected) as well as BH contractions, but luckily they haven't been bad. He's been amazing though... he asks every day, multiple times, how I'm feeling so I tell him, just not in a complaining manner. We actually went to Maroon 5 last night and he must've asked me 5 times throughout the concert if I'm doing ok... started to get on my nerves, but super sweet at the same time!
But I agree with pp... just because we went thru IF and wanted this so badly, it doesn't mean we're immune to all the symptoms that come along with pregnancy.
i somehow had totally missed your post!!
"I won't give up on us, even if the skies get rough, I'm giving you all my love, I"m still looking up."
TTC #1 since August 2011 MFI Diagnosis - April 2012
IVF #1 - July 2012 - Stims start 7/2, ER 7/12, 20 retrieved, 16 mature, 13 fertilized!
ET - 7/17 - 1 blast transferred. Beta - 7/26 273, Beta 2 7/30 - 1143. Beta 3 8/6 - 11,597
12/25 - Santa tells us "IT'S A GIRL!" EDD - April 4th
Our Little Easter Bunny has arrived!
Molly Mildred born 03/31/13
TTC A Sibling....... FET #1 11/14/14, Transferred one beautiful blast
Remaining four frosties arrested due to "embryologist error"
Plllllleasssee stick little icicle.....Beta 11/23...BFN
Starting ALL over with a fresh IVF cycle
Stims start 11/28/14, ER December 10th, 13 eggs retrieved, 11 mature, only 4 fertilized
1 Blast Transferred on December 15th..... Beta Christmas Eve... Please Santa, bring me a baby!
Beta #1 345.....Beta #2....750/ First U/S 1/13/15/HB 131....EDD 9/2/2015
Thanks for the support ladies. I really needed the re-assurance. I have had such an easy pregnancy but the third tri has really kicked my as&.
The lack of energy is absolutely killing me.(I did not have this symptom first tri which I am incredibly grateful for..) I am at the point where I don't have the energy to do anything. Even getting dressed is such a chore. And the tiredness makes me snappy.
Also my feet are constantly swollen - no matter what I do. While this isn't painful or anything, I'm probably going to need new shoes in the future...... Why can't it be flip flop season??? We've also had a horrendous Feb in CT weather wise......a blizzard a couple weekends ago and the forecast of snow every weekend since. It's freezing out and always thinking I am going to fall on snow and ice is not helping matters. Plus a little fresh air on a daily basis and maybe even the ability to go for a walk would just be awesome at this point!
At the end of the day lately I am just questioning how I am ever going to make it 6 more weeks like this!!! Getting bigger each day none the less. Ugh! Totally ready to meet my LO!
"I won't give up on us, even if the skies get rough, I'm giving you all my love, I"m still looking up."
TTC #1 since August 2011 MFI Diagnosis - April 2012
IVF #1 - July 2012 - Stims start 7/2, ER 7/12, 20 retrieved, 16 mature, 13 fertilized!
ET - 7/17 - 1 blast transferred. Beta - 7/26 273, Beta 2 7/30 - 1143. Beta 3 8/6 - 11,597
12/25 - Santa tells us "IT'S A GIRL!" EDD - April 4th
Our Little Easter Bunny has arrived!
Molly Mildred born 03/31/13
TTC A Sibling....... FET #1 11/14/14, Transferred one beautiful blast
Remaining four frosties arrested due to "embryologist error"
Plllllleasssee stick little icicle.....Beta 11/23...BFN
Starting ALL over with a fresh IVF cycle
Stims start 11/28/14, ER December 10th, 13 eggs retrieved, 11 mature, only 4 fertilized
1 Blast Transferred on December 15th..... Beta Christmas Eve... Please Santa, bring me a baby!
Beta #1 345.....Beta #2....750/ First U/S 1/13/15/HB 131....EDD 9/2/2015
Lap&Dye/Hysterscopy Feb 2012: Endo stage 2
April - June 2012: Femera 5 mg & 3 IUIs = All BFN July/August 2012: IVF #1 = C/P
September/October 2012: IVF #2 BFP! Beta 1= 223 Beta 2 = 480 Beta 3 = 11,440
My beautiful daughter was born June 21, 2013
TTC #2 naturally, no luck
IVF #3 April 2015: BFN
IVF #4 July 2015: BFP! Beta 1 9dp5dt = 409, Beta 2 13dp5dt = 1743