~~~1st tri Check-In! - 9/15~~~

gsancho

Hello!  Welcome to the 1st tri check-in - congratulations!!  I'll be doing the check-ins on Mondays.  

A warm welcome and congratulations to everyone that has made it to this check-in!  If there are any newcomers, please come on in and join us.  Note your due date, how many beans, and a little background on your IF journey to get here.  

Wishing you all the best! Good luck to all the ladies moving on to the 2nd trimester in the coming week!  Feel free to post your updates here up until the 14th week.

March

@chucktgirl ~ 3/18/15 ~ 1 bean

@KT416 ~ 3/21/15 ~ 1 bean

@poohniki ~ 3/23/15 ~ 1 bean

@Aeml1985 ~ 3/25/15 ~ ? bean(s)

@lib1974 ~ 3/26/15 ~ ? bean(s)

@Lillovebug79 ~ 3-30/15 ~ 1 bean

April

@kflynn81 ~ 4/5/15 ~ 1 bean

@aliciafirewife ~ 4/10/15 ~ 2 beans

@klbarry1215 ~ 4/10/15 ~ 2 beans

@kmc84  ~ 4/11/15 ~ 1 bean

@topaz7777 ~ 4/13/15 ~ 1 bean

@blairlivingstone ~ 4/15/15 ~ 1 bean

@shay062 ~ 4/16/15 ~ 1 bean

@pblge ~ 4/17/15 ~ 1 bean

@jszy10 ~ 4/18/15 ~ 1 bean

@bsanderson2 ~ 4/21/15 ~ 2 beans

@Canuck13 ~4/25/25 ~ 1 bean

@AMShark ~ 4/29/15 ~ 2 beans

@thebrewers2005 ~ 4/30/13 ~ 1 bean

May

@gsancho ~ 5/2/15 ~ 1 bean

@Jamielynn53 ~ 5/4/15 ~ 1 bean

@rella22 ~ 5/5/15 ~ u/s 9/18

@sugar4bri ~5/7/15 ~ 2 beans

@SassFrass ~ 5/12/15 ~ u/s 10/14

@kmdecoux ~ 5/16/15 ~ u/s 9/22

@MrsLolaSky ~ EDD? ~ u/s w/o 9/22

QOTW: What is your go-to movie you could watch over and over again?

gsancho

I've done a couple of posts with my scare yesterday and updates.  But basically I had some spotting and cramping yesterday, u/s today though showed a healthy bean.  Next u/s will be next Monday.  

Between my MS the last couple of days and my cramping today, I've been spending way too much time in bed watching TV.  I think my go-to movie is either something like Bridesmaids or Old School...or an 80s movie like Sixteen Candles.  

jszy10

Glad to see that all is well @gsancho!

Things are good here.  I go for my first appt. with my OB tomorrow!  I'm 9w2d and officially done with PIO and estrogen patches!!!  Nervous as hell about it, but happy to be done.  If all is well we will be sending out 'big cousin' shirts to all of our nieces and nephews next week, so that our siblings find out the news.  We will be holding out for a few more weeks to announce publicly.

QOTW:  I could watch "How to Lose a Guy in 10 days" and "Sex and the City" a million times and not get bored...Bridesmaids is also a goodie!!

poohniki

Go glad it was good news @gsancho! 

I can't believe this is my last check-in here! Totally crazy. I will miss you ladies and see you soon in 2nd tri.

I just got my NT scan results and everything is good. Now I wait for my harmony test results so I can find out what we're having!

QOTW: Not really a classic but I could watch "Crazy, Stupid, Love" about a thousand times... and pretty much any Disney fairytale.

Canuck13

Hi ladies. Can I please join you? My dd is April 25, with one bean. I think most of my history is still in my Siggy although I may have condensed some. I had my first u/s last week at 7w, 3d and all looked well so far. I go back in another week or so to check again. Just kind of holding my breath throughout the first tri. 

QOTW: I love, love "Never Been Kissed" and have watched it many a time...so cute!

pblge

@poohniki - Congrats on graduating to the second tri, and for your great test results!!!

@jszy10‌ - Good luck at your OB tomorrow!

@gsancho - Glad all is well with you!

AFM, we announced this weekend to parents and got some pretty hilarious reactions. My dad emailed the next day about a college fund, and my mom is touring Ireland (with dad of course) and sending me the craziest names. In the meantime I've been having spotting off and on for several days (starting with the pap a week ago) and it's officially pissing me off. It's light and brown, so I know it probably means nothing, but I'm calling my doctor tomorrow anyway. Everything else seems fine, and a perfect u/s was just four days ago.

I think I'm going to try the Doppler tomorrow. Wish me luck!

Qotw: definitely the Colin Firth version of Pride and Prejudice. Would you judge me if I said I recently added Colin to the baby name list?

Hugs to anyone who needs it!

shirleymaeby

@gsancho - So happy everything is okay!!

I am 5w2d today and my edd is 5/16.  Just one more week to my first u/s!!  I'm so excited I can hardly stand it.  

QOTW: The Princess Bride and Ferris Bueller's Day Off.  Memorized both down to the music playing between scenes.  DH can't stand to watch either movie with me.

kmc84

Had my first OB visit today! Got a bunch of labs done for them, got my flu shot, scheduled a/s with MFM, scheduled fetal echo with cardiology..... It was long morning! Baby looked good and was very wiggly! 10w2d today and it wasn't an internal scan!!! Yippy! Going back at 12w5d for my nt scan!

QOTW: bridesmaids, made of honor, princess diaries....it's so hard to choose! And yes, I love those stinking princess diaries movies!

KT416

@gsancho-- So glad everything is okay and happy that you got to hear the heartbeat for your little bean!

Can't believe Saturday is 14 weeks!! I'm hoping that the second tri will be much nicer to me.

I had really bad MS all week last week, and on Friday I ending up throwing up earlier and all my fluids too. I also went on the scale and noticed that I had lost 6 pounds since my last OB appt 2.5 weeks ago, eek. So I called my OB for Zofran and such and they thought I was dehydrated too so I had to go to the ER for fluids.

I wish I went on Zofran a lot sooner because I didn't realize how bad I felt until I started to feel better this week, if that makes sense

Love the QOTD! If you walked into my college apartment, you'd always find me and one of my roommates watching Footloose or Dirty Dancing, but usually Footloose! The Holiday and 27 Dresses are two of my favorites too!  

jamielynn53

@gsancho - Glad everything is okay!!

I am miserable.... I have been having all day sickness and its either one end or the other. I have Zofran and it does take the edge off but I have no appetite. I go to my RE tomorrow so I am sure we will talk about it more there. So excited to hear the heartbeat!

My go to movies are Forrest Gump, You've Got Mail, and Steel Magnolias...

AMShark

Welcome @Canuck13 - It's good to see another Tropical Ovary on this side.

Welcome @sugar4bri - Looks like you're a Giants fan, so, I'm going to automatically assume that you're cool.  If you have boys, will you name one Pierre and the other Paul?  No?  Of course not - that'd be silly.

I had my last u/s at the RE this morning.  It feels really weird to "graduate" to the OB/GYN.  I told the ladies in the office that I felt like Pinocchio turning into a real, live boy.  Maybe soon, I'll just blend in with the normals.

The scan was good.  Both beans are measuring on schedule, with strong heartbeats.  I asked about the blood clot, but RE didn't see it, so I'd like to think it was just absorbed.  I'm really going to miss my weekly scans - but I'm looking forward to getting comfortable with a new team of doctors.  I'm gonna miss my RE's office though.  I believe it would have been 2 years in November.... but, again, so happy to be moving on.

QOTW: So many movies fit into this category - and I've added to my list as I've read everyone's posts.  Singing in the Rain might be my all time favorite movie, I could watch any scene, anytime. But also Planes, Trains & Automobiles, The Princess Bride, The Sound of Music, and Shawshank Redemption..... and Napolean Dynamite.

*** ETA - oh grammar ****

Aeml1985

I really hate that the app doesn't give notifications, I'm always so late to this. Currently 12w6d, first trimester is almost done and I can't believe it! Had take two of our NT scan today and the measurement was well within normal so that's a relief, I have my first OB appointment tomorrow (they don't see patients before 12 weeks) and I'm nervous about a weight gain lecture although I have NO idea how much weight I've gained but I'm definitely showing so I must have put on a few. QOTW: I just LOVE that football movie with Sandra bullock, pregnancy brain has made me forget the name of my favourite movie lol!

MrsLolaSky

Hi ladies! I don't think I've officially joined this thread. I'm 5 weeks and a few days with probably one bean. My first u/s is next week. No MS yet--just bloating and burping! ;P 

And our IF journey in a nutshell: trying for a long time, getting a diagnosis (MFI), trying out some things no one expected to work, and getting incredibly lucky after all. I still can't believe I'm pregnant… just today I peed on a stick I found lying around just to make sure! (hangs head and sighs)

QOTW: I know it's not a movie, but I watch Friends DVDs over and over…. And DH limits me to watching Love Actually only once per year due to previous overindulgences.

gsancho

@MrsLolaSky No Shame in peeing on a stick if it makes you feel better!  I peed on one Sunday, and I bought a few more cheapies yesterday.  I know it's silly, but something about seeing that line puts me at ease.  Keep us posted on your due date once you have your u/s.

@rella22 good luck with your u/s today!!

thebrewers2005

I'm late to the party too!  Busy week!  I'm 8 weeks today.  OB appointment & ultrasound one week from today.  Can't get here fast enough!!  Nothing new to really report though.

QOTW: I love some Never Been Kissed and Wedding Singer.  Classics that make me happy!

Lesliem0901

Hi ladies,
Looking forward to joining you. I'm 5w2d (EDD 5/20). My info is in my siggy but I will provide additional detail. I married later in life (39) and my DH and I had been TTC since our wedding back in June 2012. I immediately started seeing an RE, and did 5 medicated cycles with Femara and 5 IUIs (3 with injectables). After a lot of disappointment and irritation with that RE, I switched to a new facility in July.  I knew I couldn't waste anymore time, given that my odds were only 20% with IVF, so that is what I did. And here I am today, at the ripe young age of 42 (recently turned this month), KTFU with a singleton (aka Sloopy). I had my first 5 week u/s to see the gestational sac today. My beta was 1148.

tache

Hi I would like to join! I haven't introduced myself on the board yet.

I'm just 4w but had a nice good beta yesterday so cautiously optimistic. I go in tomorrow to see if it doubled. My EDD is 5/28.

I don't have a siggy because I never get on not mobile. We are MFI. One 2.5 year old which was a complete surprise after a 0 semen analysis. A year ago we started iui with clomid and trigger when DH'S count got to 5-10 million. Our last one in July was a bust as his number dropped to 0 again. We decided to take a break and we're thinking about donor sperm when-BAM! Huge shock - still can't believe it's true.

I was on the 2IF board until July when I decided to take a bump and TTC break. Guess it wasn't that long of a break!