Think I'll join this happier board!

tvh1982

Hi everyone!

Just wanted to say a quick hello before I start posting.

Am 33yrs old, Dutch but live in Norway and pregnant (wow still unbelievable that I am) of a Danish donor due lack of a DH.

I realise my journey to conceive has been a short one in average, but for me it took a long time and a lot of energy.

I'm about 5 weeks now and am pretty clueless about what being pregnant is. So am happy to read and learn all about it.

Minnie1155

Hi, happy to see you here! I've been learning a lot about pregnancy, and I still can't believe it's happening to me. I've had two ultrasounds so I know it is though! Hope you are doing well!

KidShrink

Congrats and welcome! Glad to see you here! Pregnancy after IF has felt very surreal to me...I'm almost 33 weeks, and still having trouble believing that in less than 2 months, I'll finally have the little baby we wished for for so long. I wish you a happy and healthy pregnancy! 

riveridgional

Welcome and congrats!

tvh1982

Thanx for sharing that you still are learning too @minnie1155. 
I feel so unprepared and thought I should have prepared more.

Its funny how it is so hard to believe for all of us @minnie1155 and @kidshrink. 
I have an us on Monday, and am so afraid that I just made it up. 
Guesa that feeling will stay with us for a long time. 

KidShrink

For whatever reason (they're very conservative with who gets to tell you what here), the tech wouldn't allow me to see anything at our 7 weeks ultrasound (I did get a peek at the sac though between the internal and external ultrasound as she left it on the screen, just couldn't really decipher anything else). At my NT scan (12 weeks), they again wouldn't let me see anything until done with all their measurements, at which point they let DH come in and turned the screen. Needless to say, I started BAWLING when I saw our little guy wiggle. And then I started laughing, because DH was telling me I was being ridiculous. So then my stomach started jumping, and LO looked as though he was jumping on a trampoline (on his bum). I tear up just thinking about that day. Enjoy your ultrasound....they truly are a special moment  

ZoeFer

@tvh1982 I have the exact same feeling of `do i make this up?` I realized that I was feeling almost stupid to be happy, because every month I used to convince myself that I was pregnant then I was getting that BFN. That was making me feel so stupid. Now , I cannot shake that feeling off of me. As if i am not really pregnant and I am making this up myself. Having no symptoms does not help with that feeling. So , you are not the only one FX for the U/S, it is so exciting. I will have mine on 25th

AandDM2014

@tvh1982 I'm so excited for your U/S on Monday!!! Hopefully you'll be able to see lots!! I've always been crap at seeing things on ultrasounds. I was glad when my doc pointed stuff out to me last time. As for feeling like you're making it up: same here. I think because of infertility it just doesn't feel real for us. My DH asked if he could email his boss last Friday after the US and I just finally saw it yesterday. It kinda hit me that maybe I should have told him to wait until after the second US, because what if this is just a dream.

@KidShrink That is super lame that they don't let you see anything! Especially that early. It's not like they're going to see some horrible disfiguration. I can understand not telling you anything if there looks to be a problem and having your doc instead, but not even seeing!? I'd be upset for sure!

tvh1982

@kidshrink, I'm having a 'for-fun-ultrasound' in the Netherlands as they officially don't do one this early, but they have private ultrasound techs that do them. 
They work in hospitals, but have a practice on the side.
I can only imagine how seeing your embabie must have made you emotional.

I do to feel stupid to be this excited @zoefer. I was at the store for a maternitytrousers as due to hormones I look pregnant. But I couldn't buy them, instead a bought a new HPT to POAS to check if I am pregnant.

I never have a clue either on those us @aanddm2014

ZoeFer

Haha @tvh1982 my bras are killing me and DH asks me to go and buy new ones. I just cannot buy them yet, such a weird hesitation. I am so scared to be too happy. And as a surprise i had an u/s yesterday (4w5d). They saw that the sac was on the right place. I am just happy that ectopic is ruled out, bec i had started to worry about that but honestly couldnt feel much.
Fx for your u/s, hopefully we ll accept that we are pregnant at some point

KidShrink

@AandDM2014 : yeah, it's all because of pretty tight rules around professional liability and who is allowed to communicate what information. It's silly, but we weren't even supposed to find out the sex on the day of our anatomy scan. But, it was pretty obvious and I managed to get a confirmation on our guess from the tech. The worst was definitely our first scan at the fertility clinic, where we had to wait for the nurse to see us after the US to tell us if all was well. You never saw two people with such a stressed out face! Glad most other people don't have this kind of experience with their fertility clinic! 

AdorkablePixie

Congratulations and welcome to the board!

I'm 30 weeks pregnant and like @KidShrink sometimes have a hard time believing I am finally going to have the little baby we have been praying for! It is so exciting. I hope you have a happy and healthy 9 months!