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April 2013 Moms
jpierce1030
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Was your pregnancy planned?
jpierce1030
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Hi all! Don't get me wrong, I am super excited to be blessed with this little peanut, but my husband and I were NOT planning for this at all! We were going to wait a couple of years before trying. However, I forgot my pill for a few days (very significant days apparently) and voila! I was just curious if I'm the only one? Also, my OBGYN told me not to worry about it, but before I knew, (ie. first 4 weeks), I was drinking, taking OTC stomach & pain meds, etc. I still can't help but worry that I ate/drank/took something that could have harmed the baby. Any thoughts? Thanks!
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Re: Was your pregnancy planned?
Planned to death and orchestrated by multiple doctors. Heck our baby was conceived back in February and only made it to my uterus in July.
Until there is a placenta and umbilical cord sometime between 8 and 10 weeks, the baby does not share a blood supply with you. This means that it is protected from almost everything (excepting things that would have forced a miscarriage immediately- none of which are things you might accidentally take) that you eat/dring/inhale. Our reproductive system is set up to give new mothers a short buffer period during which they can do very little harm while they figure out that they are pregnant.
Friends for 17 years. Married 10. TTC since Jan 2009.
2013: IVF#3/FET#4 Elisabeth CJ born April 30, 2014
Cerclage, P17, and 3 months of bed rest brought us our Rainbow.
Dum spiro, spero.
July 2012:IUI #6 on 7/28, BFP on 8/9,beta 97, 8/11 189, 8/13 400!! DS born 4/18!
9/30/13 - Miracle BFP, released from RE 10/21, EDD 6/6/14, DD born 5/27!
6/19/16 - Miracle BFP, EDD 2/25/17
Our was a little bit of both. We had been trying since July 2011 and had a miscarriage at 10w in May. July was the first month we weren't avoiding and were just having fun again getting ready for September when we were gonna really start trying again. We are very blessed that it happened again so quickly but I was a little nervous about it being too quick after having a D&C. My OB said that since I had two normal cycles in between that he wasn't concerned. I'm still high risk but that just means we have more covered by insurance.
We were planning on trying in December, so this was a little earlier than expected but not totally unplanned. I was lucky enough to get symptoms (nausea/vomiting/major food aversions) VERY quickly, so I wasn't feeling up to any of the usual bad habits. If I had been drinking or even consuming my usual caffeine intake, I probably would have been pretty freaked out too. I'm also a worrier.
At this point, I think you can probably take a sigh of relief, though. A lot of early problems would have likely already presented by now. Most defects caused by that type of stuff is from prolonged use, not occasional. Also, what's done is done, and all you can do is take good care of yourself and baby from this point on. Baby is just as likely to be negatively affected by hundreds of other things totally out of your control, so do some yoga and try to focus on your inner peace.
This one was planned. June of '08 we were ready for number two and we stopped taking precautions and had sex on a regular basis trying to catch the first egg. It took a year for me to ovulate (I am still nursing), and then two months later I got pregnant. We had to wait 14 months to get what we wanted, but it feels so perfect. My first was unplanned though so I can understand the emotions that happen in that kind of situation.
I have heard that you don't share a blood supply with the baby until 6 weeks or something? So he/she should be safe from anything you did in that time period.
This one was planned. Got off pills after the honeymoon and the next cycle was all it took. I suppose I didn't expect it to happen this fast. Maybe it had to do with the fact that I married someone nearly 9 years younger than I am.
I'm veryhappy about it bc most of my 30-something friends have trouble conceiving and I was worried I would too.
Yep we planned this one. I made the mistake of reading up on the Internet about getting pg after 35 and it was all doom and gloom, and low egg reserve.
Everyone, including my dr said it would be an uphill battle and to expect some help necessary if we didn't get pg in 6 months.
I spent a small fortune on preseed, OPK's, hpt's and a bbt. I had my IUD removed on July 20th, and tracked everything like crazy. We ended up pg the first cycle and found out the first week in August.
Luckily I was able to return a bunch of the unopened things and donate the rest to the women's shelter. They didn't care if the HPTs had been opened.
So I've learned to stop looking at Dr Google, lol ... I had convinced myself this would be a struggle and we were surprised when it worked out right away. I'm happy though, I'll be 38 when the Sea Monkey is born.
My BFP Chart
In a sense. We had been trying for 2 1/2 yrs. Had an early mc the first two months of TTC and then nothing else until this pregnancy. The months prior I had been charting and using OPKs, but the month we got pregnant I actually did not do any of that. I was actually visiting my parents and came back the day before I typicallly O. We BD one time, thats it.
I totally did not think it could happen, I even waited 3 days past my normal period date as I thought there was no way I could be pregnant. I guess I was wrong!
We were not not trying. lol. So kinda wasn't expected but we are ready.
In my first 5 weeks didn't drank but took aleve 3-4 times a week because I was having crazy headaches (now we realize it was thanks to baby). I'm not stressing about it, I didn't know at the time and at this point nothing I can do to change my actions.
You fill me!!! Z! My BFP Chart
DH and I were also planning to wait another year, but bammm...it happended. Though it took us by complete surprise, we are very excited.
IUD.
My first was also not planned,but we had a condom malfunction. And we partied hard one weekend before i got my BFP. My son is perfectly healthy, so don't worry about a few drinks at all.
BFP 10/25/10 Brynn Helen born 7/7/11
Over-40 parents...what we lack in vigor, we make up for with cunning.
Planned. I kind of wish it had taken another month or two to get pregnant but we are very happy. It took us 4 years to get DS.
Married since 8/7/10