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Thanks, Mom.

AbeilleAbeille member
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"Looks like you're going to have a big baby" is what my mom tells me today as she's staring at my my stomach.

I'm 12 1/2 weeks!

Helpful remarks like this are why I wish I could wait to tell her about the pregnancy until after the baby's born. 

Me: 38, PCOS/ DH: 37

DD born 12.21.09, conceived w/ injects and IUI



TTC#2 since Nov 2011

BFP 2.6.12 m/c 6w5d | BFP 5.25.12 c/p

-Back to the RE-

3 medicated IUIs, all BFN

-Taking a break from treatment-

BFP 11.20.12 ~ EDD 7.28.13

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  • HelgaFunkHelgaFunk member

    Ugh, I'm sorry you have to deal with that. It sounds like something my mom would say, which drives my bonkers.

    I think the only thing anyone should ever say to any pregnant woman is, "you look amazing". And they should mean it. We're making humans here, what do they expect?

     
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  • CageyMackCageyMack member
    For what it is worth, I bloated up a ton after injectables and the trigger.  I felt like I waddled around with a beer gut and I didn't even have a baby in me at all.  Stayed that way for quite a while, too, and I started wearing mat. pants right away.  No way was I going to add binding pants to that game.  

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    5/2013 Started TTC #3, DW's turn: 5/2013: Diagnostics (shg) and surgery (polyp rem.) for best chances. July-Oct: IUI # 1-4, medicated, monitored, triggered.  All BFN. IVF in Jan May. Sheesh. Whoop! IVF#1 cycle started 4/2/14. 5/1: 19 eggs retrieved, 8 matured, ICSI'd.  4 fertilized.   Only 2 to transfer/freeze stage. 5/6: Two embryos transferred. 5/15: Beta #1 9dp5dt is 134! BFP! 5/19: Beta #2 13dp5dt is 672! B'erFP! 5/21: Beta #3 15dp5dt is 1853.  Yay!


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  • AbeilleAbeille member

    imageCageyMack:
    For what it is worth, I bloated up a ton after injectables and the trigger.  I felt like I waddled around with a beer gut and I didn't even have a baby in me at all.  Stayed that way for quite a while, too, and I started wearing mat. pants right away.  No way was I going to add binding pants to that game.  

    I used injectables for my 1st pregnancy and I was exactly the same as you.

    This being my 2nd, I'm showing earlier and I haven't had a decent poop in 2 days so I'm a bit bloated. :P

    I probably will have a big baby b/c my 1st was, but no one wants to hear how huge they are. 

    Me: 38, PCOS/ DH: 37

    DD born 12.21.09, conceived w/ injects and IUI



    TTC#2 since Nov 2011

    BFP 2.6.12 m/c 6w5d | BFP 5.25.12 c/p

    -Back to the RE-

    3 medicated IUIs, all BFN

    -Taking a break from treatment-

    BFP 11.20.12 ~ EDD 7.28.13

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    My Chart
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  • danieleandwaynedanieleandwayne member

    Moms can be the best and worst of times for a pregnant woman! I haven't gained ANY weight so far-- in fact, I've lost weight (the amount of which varies from time to time) but my mom just looks at me like I'm "just too fat" and keeps warning me to watch what I eat and make sure I don't eat "anything bad-- it's so hard to stop once you start."

    My grandmother, however, made a point of telling my mom that I look like I've "blossomed" with this pregnancy and that I "look even more beautiful."

    Grandmothers are awesome. I suggest talking to your grandmother and leaving your mother alone. LOL

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  • MT-HeadMT-Head member
    Not all grandmothers are awesome.  Mine blurted out "you have friends?????" when I said DH planned a co-ed "shower" cookout for my first, and DH's grandmother asked me when the baby was due years ago, when I was just a bit fat. 
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