Starting it up this week, since we have so many ladies heading off to the third tri. Good luck girls
Sorry if I am doing it wrong lol
- How far along/EDD?
- How are you feeling this week?
- Rants/Raves? Questions?
- Any upcoming appointments?
- GTKY: In honor of Baby Sussex' name being announced, have you started thinking of names yet? What are they?
- Feel free to share a HDBD!!
Re: 2nd Trimester Check in - week of 5/6
I remember the month leading up to my anatomy scan --- I was basically frozen thinking about all the things that could go wrong. It's so hard to go through years of IF (for us 6 years!) and losses and then transition in "this should be a perfectly normal pregnancy". We get soooo used to bad news. It's awesome that yours went great and the SCH is gone!!!
We announced around week 14 because our 10 year anniversary was that week so it seemed like a good time.
My top boys names were Richard, Alfred, James, Louis and Kenneth (if it had been a boy, I would have probably picked Kenneth). DH vetoed pretty much all of those XD
Summer 2015 - no BFP yet, labs normal, referred to RE
Fall 2015 - Summer 2016 - Further testing all normal. 3 IUI's -- BFN. Recommended move to IVF. Planned cycle for fall 2016.
September 2016 - Surprise natural BFP. MMC @ 8 weeks. RE expressed confidence that we just needed the 'right' embryo.
Fall 2016 - Spring 2017 -- Break from TTC
June 2017 - Started IVF; egg retrieval for freeze all cycle. 9 mature eggs retrieved, 5 fertilized. 2 4BB embies on ice.
August 2017 - FET transfer both embies. BFP. Twin pregnancy confirmed by ultrasound. EDD 4/28/18
September 2017 - Twin B stopped developing; Twin A doing perfectly! Graduated from RE @ 10 weeks
March 2018 - Baby Girl born via C/S due to pre-eclampsia -- strong and healthy!
TTC #2
January/Feb 2021 - Freeze-all IVF cycle
March 2021 - FET of 1 PGS normal female embryo. BFP! Beta #1 156, #2 472, #3 1241, #4 5268 EDD 12/5/21 - Christmas baby!
"When all is lost then all is found."
I didn't buy any maternity clothes yet. Just bought several sporty t-shirts and shorts a size bigger than I used to wear. But on the other hand, I don't need civilian clothes for work, so it is a little easier choice for me.
@dukie001 when you get your scan, be sure to ask where your placenta is located. i believe women with anterior placentas don't begin feeling movement until well past 20 weeks. i didn't have an anterior placenta, but i remember not really being sure about movement until about 21-22 weeks. it's my first, so that may have had something to do with it. the other thing that's been interesting is that the type of movements or the way they feel changes over the course of pregnancy. i guess the "flutters" is pretty true in the beginning... at some point, i thought they felt like little earthquakes/rumbles... other times, it was a jolt, and other times it was a roll. now late in pregnancy, it's just shifts/adjustments.
dx: PCOS, low progesterone; 2 MMC
Sept FET 2018 Spreadsheet
Jan 2 2018 - 1st IVF cycle - 9 retrieved, 7 mature/fertilized, 1 5d transfer + 5 untested snowbabies
Jan 19 2018 - Fresh Transfer #1 one 5dt; BFP 1/25/2018; EDD 10/7/2018; MMC at 8w3d; D&C 3/6/2018
May 16 2018 - FET #1 one 5dt; BFP with 4 betas (6.5, 24.3, 165.5, 2250) - EDD 2/1/2019; MMC at 6w; D&C 6/20/18
Sept 17 2018 - FET #2 one 5dt; BFP 38.9 7dpt, 167 9dpt - EDD 6/5/2019
(3 untested embryos remain)
@dukie001 with the twins I started feeling movement at 15-16 weeks... with DD2 I didn't feel her till well into the third tri (I had an anterior placenta). With this one I have an anterior placenta again but I feel more... so I started feeling an occasional kick or roll around 17-18 weeks but it was super inconsistent and I could go days without feeling anything. I didn't start feeling more regular movement till maybe 24 weeks...
Diagnosed : unexplained infertility
6 rounds of IUI and a MC 2/2014, rainbow twins 4/2015
TTC #3 5/2016
Restarted Fertility tx
IUI 2 rounds, baby girl 12/17
I had my OB appointment with new doctor. He is high risk doctor (maternal-fetal specialist) because I was complaining on uterus pains a lot. I do have normal pains like round ligament pain and gas pains, but those really don’t bother me. What concerns me is that sometimes I get these cramps in the uterus that coming and going and last for almost an hour at the time, it’s like my uterus is a rock. During last appointment I had anatomy scan - my little man is doing good, no issues. My placenta is very close to cervix. The doctor said that 80-85% chance that as uterus grows, the placenta will move in the right place, but they will monitor it. They also addressed my pains. Those might be contractions, the doc said that as long as my cervix is closed and the right lengths then there is no problems and that a lot of women experience it. I’m of course scared. My friend had her cervix stitched up with similar symptoms. I’ll ask about this procedure on next appointment in two weeks.