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AandDM2014
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2nd Tri Check In Week of 12/19
AandDM2014
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This is a weekly check-in for those in their 2nd trimester: weeks 14 through the end of week 27.
Congrats to all the strong ladies who have made it this far! It's such a great feeling and we've all accomplished so much! We are now 1 week closer to the end of this especially long journey we call "infertility".
Please post below a little about yourself, how many beans you have growing inside, if you have found out the sex(es) and what your EDD is. Please also let us know how far you've made it on your journey and when your next appointment is and what for. If I'm missing anyone from this list, please let me know and I will add you.
Mommies to be:
@AandDM2014 EDD 3/10/17 with 2 girls and 1 boy!
@mrygoround EDD 3/28/17 with 1 girl!
@pdbird EDD 3/28/17 with 1 boy!
@2legbaby EDD 4/6/17 with 1 girl!
@jenn6782 EDD 4/7/17 with 1 girl!
@cmm012 EDD 4/9/17 with 1 boy!
@ale9687 EDD 4/11/17 with 1 boy!
@Knottie36622473 EDD 4/13/17 with 1 girl!
@Rachnan EDD 4/13/17 with 1 boy!
@babylonghorn16 EDD 4/16/17 with 1 bean!
@Happydays13 EDD 4/19/17 with 2 girls!
@ADRIANAC1982 EDD 4/28/17 with 1 boy!
@BornReady EDD 4/28/17 with 1 girl!
@Steff_99 EDD 4/30/17 with 1 bean!
@frustrated and ttc EDD 3/27/17 with 2 girls!
@clt2pmw11 EDD 5/1/17 with 1 bean!
@flanenrs1 EDD 5/3/17 with maybe 1 girl!
@BlueEyedDreamer EDD 5/5/17 with 1 boy!
@cato99 EDD 5/9/17 with 1 girl!
@PNW12RN EDD 5/10/17 with 1 girl!
@kelrauh EDD 5/14/17 with 2 beans!
@alaaronson EDD 5/19/17 with 1 boy!
@chickyclg EDD 5/20/17 with 1 bean!
@marissy8 EDD 5/21/17 with 1 girl!
@wifeinraleigh28 EDD 6/3/17 with 1 girl!
@MelD17011 EDD 6/8/17 with 1 boy!
@beckij34 EDD ??? with 1 bean!
@JaneJane EDD 6/14/17 with 2 beans!
@kdanjou EDD 6/19/17 with 1 bean!
QOTW: Do you have any fun plans for Christmas? Do you have any prep work you need to get done this week?
About us:
Me - 28, Lean PCOS
DH - 31
Married June 2010, TTC since March 2014
Blog: ourbinarystar.com
FET cycle #3 Transfer July 28th 2016, Triplets born healthy on February 26th 2017 at 33w1d!
Me - 28, Lean PCOS
DH - 31
Married June 2010, TTC since March 2014
Blog: ourbinarystar.com
FET cycle #3 Transfer July 28th 2016, Triplets born healthy on February 26th 2017 at 33w1d!
Re: 2nd Tri Check In Week of 12/19
Today I am 23+2 and my three littles are doing great, though at 4am this morning someone decided it was a good time to party and got their sibling involved. Fun times. I've mostly been feeling good this week, though I do get heartburn every day. Zantac has been a lifesaver! I don't have an appointments this week, but by the next time I go in I'll have reached viability week (though weight wise they are already viable)!
QOTW: We have a party each day starting Friday. We're bringing rolls and focaccia to Friday and pizza toppings for Saturday (yup, we're having pizza for Christmas Eve dinner this year!). Not sure yet about Sunday, but I'll be finding out today what the plans are. I have to go to the grocery store tomorrow and maybe Wednesday if I don't find everything I need to buy at Sprouts. Then Friday morning I'll start making bread dough!
I hope everyone has a lovely week!
Me - 28, Lean PCOS
DH - 31
Married June 2010, TTC since March 2014
Blog: ourbinarystar.com
FET cycle #3 Transfer July 28th 2016, Triplets born healthy on February 26th 2017 at 33w1d!
weeks! Whoop!
With my incompetent cervix (what a beautiful name) my target is to get to 36/37 weeks when they will take out the Cerclage, so theoretically I'm beyond half-way, but it's still a milestone I feel... now the next big one is viability at 24 weeks.
I just had my follow-up today and cervix is closed and long. Still no travel to Europe allowed, so looking to book lavish Christmas brunches in restaurants across the city.
QOTW: can't prep much for Xmas because I'm not allowed to walk or stand around much. It's quite nice to not have any Xmas hassle- the advantage of being labelled a geriatric pregnancy with incompetent cervix (I should really be seriously offended at how they label my pregnancy, but it just makes me giggle!!)
@AandDM2014 sounds like your 3 are super active! Glad to hear you're doing well! Pizza on Christmas Eve sounds lovely. I think you mentioned last week that you will be at viability on Christmas Eve? That's a great reason to celebrate!
Have a great week everyone
TTC since March 2015 with known PCOS and MIF
IVF in 2015. FET nr 3 in 2016 - BFP. Healthy baby girl born in April 2017.
Trying for nr 2
QOTW: Christmas Eve is also the first night of Hanukkah. We're having dinner at a close friend's house and I'll probably bring my menorah so that it can be a multi-denominational celebration. As for prep work, I'll be adding some ingredients for Hanukah recipes to my shopping list this week! Hanukah food is probably my favorite thing about the season. Once we have little ones though I know I'll be so excited to give them presents each night.
Me: 34, DH: 38 ~ TTC since 2014
IUI #1-3 (Nov 2015, Feb 2016, May 2016) = BFNs
IVF ER (July 2016) = 7 PGS normal embryos
FET #1 (Sept 2016) = BFP! DD born 5/30/17
FET #2 (April 2019) = BFN
FET #3 (July 2019) = BFP! DS born 3/27/20
Qotw: Christmas Eve is at my house, usually I do the 7 fishes but since I can't eat half of them and the other half don't sound appetizing I'm cutting it down to just dinner which luckily I don't prep.
@aanddm2014 it sounds like your little 3 are already having fun together!
@flanners1 so happy to hear of a good follow up apt for you!
@wifeinraleigh28 are you making latkes? Those are my favorite, but I don't remember which holiday they go with.
Me: 34, DH: 38 ~ TTC since 2014
IUI #1-3 (Nov 2015, Feb 2016, May 2016) = BFNs
IVF ER (July 2016) = 7 PGS normal embryos
FET #1 (Sept 2016) = BFP! DD born 5/30/17
FET #2 (April 2019) = BFN
FET #3 (July 2019) = BFP! DS born 3/27/20
@wifeinraleigh28 I still get worried! I think after trying so long and spending so much, we get a pass for our extra worries! How fun to celebrate both! I should have included the other holidays happening this week, naughty me! I don't think I've ever had any Hanukkah food but it sounds good!
@ale9687 what is "the 7 fishes"? I've never heard of that. Sounds like you're going to have an easy day! Yup, their either playing together or kicking each other, it's tough to say!
Me - 28, Lean PCOS
DH - 31
Married June 2010, TTC since March 2014
Blog: ourbinarystar.com
FET cycle #3 Transfer July 28th 2016, Triplets born healthy on February 26th 2017 at 33w1d!
@aanddm2014 it's an Italian American tradition. No meat and you need to incorporate 7 different fishes through all the food. Usually I would get a cold seafood pasta that has about 4-5 different fishes to knock a lot out in one shot haha. It takes a lot of planning to make sure you have 7.
QOTW: Do you have any fun plans for Christmas? Do you have any prep work you need to get done this week?
My parents are supposed to come over for xmas eve, and I'm planning that we will all go out for Chinese food since I don't feel like cooking a big meal. Plus I love Chinese food and I don't get it very often so it's a good excuse. I am going to make some kind of dessert, and of course cookies for Santa with my DD. Then on xmas I'll cook a nice dinner just for us 3. Not sure what it's going to be yet! The day after xmas we will go to the inlaws for presents, etc.
BFP Oct 2011 - DD born July 2012
TTC again since July 2014
First IUI 9/26/16: BFP!
EDD 6/19/2017
It's a girl!
Born 6/26/17, 9lb 5oz
Been feeling the baby moving around A LOT lately. It's so wonderful! Was laying in bed on Saturday and actually saw my stomach move with baby's kicks. So nice to SEE baby is doing okay in there! Next appointment is my gestational diabetes test on Jan 6th. Ugh. NOT looking forward to that.
QOTW: Christmas in Waco with my family. We don't have much to do, other than get a couple of gifts for my immediate family members and my goddaughter! My aunt and uncle host Christmas Eve at their house... all 5 of my mom's siblings along with their kids. It's always a full house! Will be a little different this year as my grandmother passed away in May, so first Christmas without her. I'm hoping my pregnancy will overshadow the loss or at least put a positive spin on it - we lost a life, and then gained one! Just wish my grandmother could've met her great-grandchild!
Me: 28 DH: 33, Married May 2014
3 failed IUIs Dec '15 - Feb '16
IVF April/May 2016 - 1 failed fresh transfer. 11 snow angels.
Lawson arrived on 4/24/2017 at 7lbs 15oz, 21 1/2 inches long!
Surprise pregnancy!! Baby #2 due 10/11/18
@AandDM2014 - My little guy decided to do the hokey pokey or the macarena at 5 AM the other morning and woke me up. I kept telling him "It isn't time to get up" and "It's still dark outside", but he didn't seem to care or listen. But I'm starting to make note of the times he does move around in the middle of the night and remembering that for when he comes out as I believe he will continue that pattern. I can only imagine what your 3 are doing.
@wifeinraleigh28 - The colds that are going around right now SUCK! I hope you feel better soon.
QOTW: You are making me crave some latkas! Hahaha. I have everything prepped and wrapped for Christmas Eve. Now I just need to wrap my son's "Santa" gifts.
10/2009 - TTC#1 Stopped BCP! Let's DO this!
7/8/2016 - FET #2 with Grade B (8 cell - 3 day embryo), fingers crossed this one sticks.
7/19 - Beta was 74. BFP!!!!; 7/21 - Beta was 182; 1st U/S on 8/2; 2nd U/S on 8/16
15+4 | 6/8 EDD
My next appt is next week. I can’t wait as it feel like so long since the last appt!
QOTW: we started our Christmas this past weekend by going to my in-laws. We’ve told everyone that we are waiting until our 20 week appt to find out the gender – so we surprised them with this gift (one that said grandson and one with nephew). Everyone was excited. We are telling my family the same way this week – I know they will go crazy!
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Me: 42 | DH: 39 | Us: Married since April 2014 | TCC 20 months before IVF
Me: unexplained infertility (AMA?) | DH: No issues
1st IVF cycle with ICSI & PGS | ER 1/21/16 | FET 4/26/16, ectopic
2nd FET 09/20/16 | DS born May 2017
3rd FET 09/14/20
@flanners1 - I know how you feel with the geriatric pregnancy bit...I turned 39 last month.
@AandDM2014 - can only imagine what one more set of happy feet would feel like - I think at some point these kicks will get painful, but at this point they just make me grin and giggle.
QOTW: I am working all through Christmas week (so hopefully I will get to be off next year) and then hit 24weeks on the 28th so DH and I decided we wouldn't travel too far from Houston/hospital/NICU after viability week. It's a little sad because we will miss my family's big annual Christmas thing, but it's a 5 hour drive to Glen Rose, TX which will also just be uncomfortable by then.
@babylonghorn16 - we usually drive through Waco on our way from Houston, and all the little towns have such pretty lights around there.
first RE visit 11/15, me - blocked left tube and Low AMH, DH - low count, motility not great
5/16 Lupron, gonal f, menopur, dexamethasone (5/19 suppression check: 13 resting follicles; 5/24: estradiol 457 - decreased menopur;
5/27: estradiol 1417, progesterone 0.18, 5 follicles >15mm, 9 follicles 5-15mm; 5/30: estradiol 2964, progesterone 0.8, 9 follicles
>16mm, 6 follicles 6-11mm; 5/31: estradiol 3149, progesterone 4.1; 6/1 ER)
6/16 egg retrieval 6/1 (15 eggs, 14 mature, 7 fertilized with ICSI); 5 day update (5AB (biopsied and frozen), 4AB/C (biopsied and frozen), 2/3, 3 morula, 1 multicellular); 7 day update (4 frozen and sent for CCS: 5AB, 4AB/C, 5AB, 4BB); CCS results (2 normal, 1 abnormal, 1 inconclusive)
7/16 attempt to retest inconclusive - didn't survive thaw
8/16 transfer day 8/1: 2 5AB hatching blasts, beta 8/10 = 250!!, beta #2 8/12 = 572, ultrasound on 8/24...TWINS!
The US clinic gave us ~ 10 pictures on a CD and also three 10 second videos of the US. I may or may not have yelled a bit when I saw the first video. Little heart beating and baby dancing around. So surreal to think she is growing inside of me!
We don't have any real plans for Christmas. We're heading to an iconic local theater to watch the new Star Wars movie, but that is about it.
Chemo killed my ovaries (along with a BRCA1 mutation, which causes DOR)
4/30/13 ER just prior to chemo: 8 embryos frozen at 2pn. 2 survived to blasts/1 PGS normal
4/16 ER cancelled on CD7: 1 follicle on L/ 0 follicles on R
FET #1 7/13/16 BFN
Super shocker +HPT 9/19
Baby Alyce arrived 5/8/17
Went forward with donor eggs from my sister for baby #2
ER 4/24, 5 eggs fertilized/1 survived to blast and was chromosomally normal.
FET 2/15 (my sister/donor's birthday!). Beta 10dp5dt:172; beta 12dp5dt: 425
My TTC/Cancer/Random thoughts blog: http://www.dinktodiapers.blogspot.com/
Me - 28, Lean PCOS
DH - 31
Married June 2010, TTC since March 2014
Blog: ourbinarystar.com
FET cycle #3 Transfer July 28th 2016, Triplets born healthy on February 26th 2017 at 33w1d!
My 6 yr old really wants to feel the kicks and is so disappointed that it never happens when he puts his hands on my belly. I told him to give it time and hopefully by February he will feel more of the kicks.
10/2009 - TTC#1 Stopped BCP! Let's DO this!
7/8/2016 - FET #2 with Grade B (8 cell - 3 day embryo), fingers crossed this one sticks.
7/19 - Beta was 74. BFP!!!!; 7/21 - Beta was 182; 1st U/S on 8/2; 2nd U/S on 8/16
@babylonghorn16 Seeing and feeling baby kick is so special. It has made me absolutely fall in love with our baby boy! I don't know if you feel this way, but I feel like when he dances around and kicks me, he is saying, "Hey mom! Thinking about you!"
@PNW12RN What a perfect little baby girl! Congratulations on a good anatomy scan.
@AandDM2014 will you update my info to having a boy please? Thank you!
I'm 21+1 today. After our anatomy scan, I had a moment of disappointment. Both hubs and I wanted a girl; I'd always pictured myself raising a daughter. I think the biggest upset was that we had not agreed on a boy name at all. On the way home from the appointment, I suggested a name which hubs turned down in a nasty way. I started to cry, and he finally understood that I needed to name this baby to get excited for a boy. So when we got home, we searched through names and after much deliberating we settled on Charles (we will call him Charlie). For the whole week, we've been trying it out, and at our Christmas party we decided to tell everyone his name. DH is deciding between 2 family related middle names, but now that we know his first name, I am absolutely thrilled! I've decided on a nursery theme, and I can literally feel my heart growing with love for Charlie.
QOTW: Our Christmas is low key, but we just threw our Christmas party. It's a lot of work because I clean all day one day and bake all day the next. So many people flaked this year, which was super lame because doing the cleaning and baking while pregnant was not nearly as fun! We still had a good turnout but I have more leftovers than usual.
Past Treatment: Clomid + Metformin x 3 BFN
Letrozole 5 mg + Trigger shot + IUI = BFP!
Beta confirmed 8/22
EDD 5/1/17
Past Treatment: Clomid + Metformin x 3 BFN
Letrozole 5 mg + Trigger shot + IUI = BFP!
Beta confirmed 8/22
EDD 5/1/17
@PNW12RN Congrats on a good anatomy scan! Sorry about the anterior placenta. I'm half expecting to find out that I have one as well as it seems pretty common and I haven't felt much movement yet. I know it might still just be too early for me but I keep hearing women saying they are feeling kicks at 14 weeks (and I'm 16). Glad to know that all is well though with your little one!
@Happydays13 Sounds like you had a really fun baby moon!
@MelD17011 Aw, love those ornaments!! What a fun way to announce the sex to your family
Lo and behold, my RLP returned with a vengeance this morning. Almost keeled over in pain during our walk this morning. I always feel it on the left side too, so I know exactly what it is when it happens. Also experienced a lot of leg pain in bed last night and had to keep changing positions. I'll admit though, I get a little giddy when my symptoms return
Me: 34, DH: 38 ~ TTC since 2014
IUI #1-3 (Nov 2015, Feb 2016, May 2016) = BFNs
IVF ER (July 2016) = 7 PGS normal embryos
FET #1 (Sept 2016) = BFP! DD born 5/30/17
FET #2 (April 2019) = BFN
FET #3 (July 2019) = BFP! DS born 3/27/20
I had an OB appointment late last week, and everything is looking great. Baby's heartbeat was beautiful, and I am measuring just fine. They want me to keep trying to eat more and are putting me on daily Pepcid around midday to see if that helps any with the nausea (in addition to the Diclegis). I told them that restless legs are keeping me awake at night, and they tested me for anemia to see if that m might be causing it. My hemoglobin looks fine, but they want to do some more blood tests just to make sure. I'm getting pretty worn down between the nausea and the sleeplessness, but I'm hanging in there!
QOTW: We just got back from visiting DH's family and some old friends where we used to live. We had Christmas with his family there, but his sister and our nephews will come to visit after Christmas, too. My family is coming up for Christmas, so I am running around like crazy trying to get ready to host all the festivities. Lots of grocery shopping, baking, cleaning, decorating, and planning still left to do! Plus poor DS woke up with a bad cough this morning. Just what we needed right now... Aaaaahhhh!!!
TTC #1 since March 2011
1 medicated TI cycle & 4 clomid IUIs = all BFNs
DS1 born 2/14
TTC #2 since December 2014
May 2015 unassisted BFP ended in m/c at 7wks
April 2016 FET #1 = BFN
June 2016 FET #2 = c/p
August 2016 FET #3 = BFP!
DS2 born 4/17
QOTW: We had my DH's family Christmas party this past weekend. I was so excited that "santa" brought the babies handmade blankets and a few little things. It is starting to seem real getting things for them. We are traveling a few hours to my family's house to celebrate Christmas on Christmas Eve. Then we are going to DH's dad's house for majority of the day on Christmas. We have a friends Christmas party on Friday that I am hosting and cooking for but it is low key, so I do not have much prep work to do.
@clt2pwm11 - I love the name Charlie! I think it is so classic and cute.
**Trigger warning**
Age: 25 DH: 28 Together since 2011, Married May 2014 and TTC since April 2015
MFI (3% morphology)
3/16 - IUI with femara & ovidrel - BFN
4/16 - IUI with femara & ovidrel - BFN
6/16 IUI with femara & ovidrel - BFN
8/19/16 - IVF -
@kelrauh I couldn't imagine having these symptoms with 2 little ones in there! You must be experiencing my same symptoms x2! I bet you look so cute with your bump!
Me: 34, DH: 38 ~ TTC since 2014
IUI #1-3 (Nov 2015, Feb 2016, May 2016) = BFNs
IVF ER (July 2016) = 7 PGS normal embryos
FET #1 (Sept 2016) = BFP! DD born 5/30/17
FET #2 (April 2019) = BFN
FET #3 (July 2019) = BFP! DS born 3/27/20
I'm currently trying to figure out how/when to phase out of my work. I work in a mental health clinic as a therapist and when I delivered my son early last time I had to abruptly leave and was making phone calls from the NICU trying to get everyone placed with new providers etc. It was a mess. I've decided to stop work much earlier this time in the event I deliver early again. Just trying to figure out when works best? I feel paranoid leaving so early, but really don't want to repeat history of that terrible transition out.
QOTW: We have lots of family stuff to do for Christmas. My husband and I live about 1.5 hours away from where we grew up and our families are about a half hour apart, so thankfully not too much driving. We'll stay at my parents as a home base. Until then I have some baking to do for little gifts for people in my life like co-workers, neighbors etc. I'm baking a bunch of this cranberry bread on Thursday, so hopefully it comes out good!
Here is the recipe I'm using:
https://www.twopeasandtheirpod.com/orange-cranberry-bread/
Me - 28, Lean PCOS
DH - 31
Married June 2010, TTC since March 2014
Blog: ourbinarystar.com
FET cycle #3 Transfer July 28th 2016, Triplets born healthy on February 26th 2017 at 33w1d!
Chemo killed my ovaries (along with a BRCA1 mutation, which causes DOR)
4/30/13 ER just prior to chemo: 8 embryos frozen at 2pn. 2 survived to blasts/1 PGS normal
4/16 ER cancelled on CD7: 1 follicle on L/ 0 follicles on R
FET #1 7/13/16 BFN
Super shocker +HPT 9/19
Baby Alyce arrived 5/8/17
Went forward with donor eggs from my sister for baby #2
ER 4/24, 5 eggs fertilized/1 survived to blast and was chromosomally normal.
FET 2/15 (my sister/donor's birthday!). Beta 10dp5dt:172; beta 12dp5dt: 425
My TTC/Cancer/Random thoughts blog: http://www.dinktodiapers.blogspot.com/
Me: 34, DH: 38 ~ TTC since 2014
IUI #1-3 (Nov 2015, Feb 2016, May 2016) = BFNs
IVF ER (July 2016) = 7 PGS normal embryos
FET #1 (Sept 2016) = BFP! DD born 5/30/17
FET #2 (April 2019) = BFN
FET #3 (July 2019) = BFP! DS born 3/27/20
Me: 34, DH: 38 ~ TTC since 2014
IUI #1-3 (Nov 2015, Feb 2016, May 2016) = BFNs
IVF ER (July 2016) = 7 PGS normal embryos
FET #1 (Sept 2016) = BFP! DD born 5/30/17
FET #2 (April 2019) = BFN
FET #3 (July 2019) = BFP! DS born 3/27/20
Me 39 DH44
1st DE FET 5/16-BFN
2nd DE FET 7/18-BFP
8/17 Baby HR 140/min EDD 4/6/17
Welcome @kdanjou!
QOTW: Plans for Christmas: eat all the cookies.
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah!
**** Trigger warning ****
EDD March 28, 2017
Past Treatment: Clomid + Metformin x 3 BFN
Letrozole 5 mg + Trigger shot + IUI = BFP!
Beta confirmed 8/22
EDD 5/1/17