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Pregnant after IF
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**2IF Grad Check-In**
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Congrats to everyone for making it here! This check-in is for graduates of the 2IF board (and any other secondary infertility grads). If you are new to the check-in, please let us know your due date and you will be added for next week. Congrats to KKDragonfly on the birth of her son last week, and Hopingforbaby2, who is having her LO today! And welcome to AlmostWright.... congrats on your bfp!
| Bumpee | Due Date | Team |
| HopingforBaby2 | 12/2 | Green |
| Lauren79 | 12/4 | Pink |
| Kimberm01 | 12/27 | Blue x 2 |
| mlamping | 1/22 | Pink |
| Huskermama | 1/23 | Pink |
| rcnavywife | 3/22 | Green x 3 |
| HopingForMore | 4/20 | TBD |
| tryingyetagain | 4/26 | Pink |
| MJC1116 | 5/1 | Green |
| luckyu317 | 5/27 | TBD |
| gmc222 | 6/21 | TBD |
| cerad5 | 6/25 | TBD |
| uagirl | 7/19 | TBD |
| AlmostWright | 7/22 | TBD |
1. How many weeks along are you?
2. Any medical updates (appointments, ultrasounds, tests/results, etc.)?
3. How are you feeling lately?
4. QOTW: Are your dreams getting more vivid or crazy due to pregnancy hormones? Care to share one or two of your weirdest or scariest dreams?
Me: 42. DH: 46.
1st Pregnancy: MC, 11/19/00.
2nd Pregnancy: DS born 04/10/06.
3rd Pregnancy: CP, 03/11.
4th Pregnancy: MMC, D&C 11/30/11, Genetic testing revealed Trisomy 4.
5th Pregnancy: Ectopic, 2 doses of Methotrexate unsuccessful, surgery 4/10/12, right tube removed.
Tried Letrozole January 2013-July 2013 (including 2 IUIs), all BFN. After 2 1/2 years of trying for child #2, decided to "give up" after July cycle, based on AMA.
August 16, 2013: BFP our first month of "not trying!" Still in shock. Beta #1 (14dpo): 183. Beta #2 (17dpo): 611. Ultrasound 8/30/13: baby measured 6 weeks, 1 day, heart rate of 118 bpm!
Ultrasound 9/13/13: 8 weeks, heart rate of 176!
Baby is due 4/26/14
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Re: **2IF Grad Check-In**
I am 18 weeks along, woohoo! Still hard to believe. I am feeling really good, but can't believe how much my belly is poking out there. I look big already! We had our anatomy scan and amniocentesis on Friday and found out we are having a GIRL! I am thrilled! I was so worried and nervous about them spotting abnormalities in the a/s, but the MFM said LO looked great, and she is optimistic the amnio will come back fine. We won't have the results for about another week and a half. The amnio wasn't fun at all, and I was glad DH was there so I could practically break his fingers while holding his hand!
QOTW: The funniest dream I've had was the our 7 year-old DS got a job at a KFC-type restaurant called "The Chicken Bucket," a made-up place which my sleep brain fabricated. Bad enough that we let our 7 year-old get a job, but then we forgot to pick him up from work and he had to walk home! We realized it too late and then saw him standing in our front yard all by himself when we got home. I felt like the worst mom ever in that dream! I told DH and DS about it, and we all still laugh about it. I think DS thought it was cool, though, that he had a real job!
Me: 42. DH: 46.
1st Pregnancy: MC, 11/19/00.
2nd Pregnancy: DS born 04/10/06.
3rd Pregnancy: CP, 03/11.
4th Pregnancy: MMC, D&C 11/30/11, Genetic testing revealed Trisomy 4.
5th Pregnancy: Ectopic, 2 doses of Methotrexate unsuccessful, surgery 4/10/12, right tube removed.
Tried Letrozole January 2013-July 2013 (including 2 IUIs), all BFN. After 2 1/2 years of trying for child #2, decided to "give up" after July cycle, based on AMA.
August 16, 2013: BFP our first month of "not trying!" Still in shock. Beta #1 (14dpo): 183. Beta #2 (17dpo): 611. Ultrasound 8/30/13: baby measured 6 weeks, 1 day, heart rate of 118 bpm!
Ultrasound 9/13/13: 8 weeks, heart rate of 176!
Baby is due 4/26/14
How many weeks along are you? will be 32 weeks this week.
2. Any medical updates (appointments, ultrasounds, tests/results, etc.)? tomorrow I have my ob and I had an ultrasound, so far so good. She is now 4 pounds and looking great! my c section is Jan 16 at 10 am. 51 days to go.
3. How are you feeling lately? tired, very tired. Taking care of anything is getting very hard. I cannot bend well and getting up and down is very hard. Also a lot of headaches and my eyes hurt laterly.
4. QOTW: Are your dreams getting more vivid or crazy due to pregnancy hormones? Care to share one or two of your weirdest or scariest dreams? A lot of crazy dreams and a lot of sexual dreams. Very weird. Gotta love hormones.
http://svendsenfamilyjournal.wordpress.com/
5/07 - DD conceived naturally cycle #1
8/09 - Started TTC #2
11/10 - BFP!
12/10 - MC (Chemical Pregnancy)
2/11 - IUI #1 with clomid & trigger = BFN
5/11- Switched to a Fertility Specialist, Dx with low progesterone and annovulatory, several rounds of
clomid = BFN's
4/12 - Exploratory Lap, Dx Stage III endo
5/12 - 7/12 - Lupron injections to suppress AF and reduce scar tissue
8/12 - Surgery to remove tissue, uterus and tubes clear!
9/12-12/12 - More BFN's!
1/13 - Referred to an RE
2/13 - IUI #1 with injects and new RE = BFN
3/13 - 4/13 - Break due to cysts
5/13 - IUI #2 with injects (125ml bravelle + trigger) = BFP!!!
EDD - 1/23/14
1. How many weeks along are you? 23 weeks
2. Any medical updates (appointments, ultrasounds, tests/results, etc.)? Nothing this week.
3. How are you feeling lately? Think I've nearly hit the wall. I'm exhausted, my ribs hurt all the time. Sleep is hit or miss. Babies are moving around like crazy, so that makes me happy. Focusing on keeping these babies in for at least 11 more weeks no matter how uncomfortable I am!
4. QOTW: Are your dreams getting more vivid or crazy due to pregnancy hormones? Care to share one or two of your weirdest or scariest dreams? Lots of weird dreams. The funniest one was that I had 6 babies. I felt like I was drowning in babies! Then I woke up and thought, phew, we're only having 3! That was a weird thought. Another dream, I had a fling with the actor that plays Thor (his name escapes me at the moment). That one was much more enjoyable!
First pregnancy - DS 01-Apr-09;
3rd cycle Clomid/IUI after 2 years TTC
TTC #2 since ~June 2010
IUI #1 & 2 - Clomid/IUI - BFN
IUI #3 &4 - Gonal-F/Ovidrel and IUI -- BFN
IUI #5 - Gonal-F/Ovidrel and IUI -- BFP!!
EDD: March 22, 2013
It's triplets!!
Thursday, I had an appt with the MFM to check on baby B's growth. There is definitely a growth discordance. I actually was sent over to l&d for monitoring overnight because my blood pressure was really high and I was having contractions. I had a NST and BPP this morning, which looked good, but I have to be induced Wednesday because of the growth discordance. I'm 35 weeks, so I'm super thankful to have made it this far, but I am freaking out and stressed. Baby A was measuring about 5.5 lbs and B was just under 4. The thought of them being in the nicu kills me, although I know a lot of twin moms would have loved to have made it to this point. My ob is pushing for a vaginal delivery since they are head down and I am 2 cm dilated and 75% effaced. I have no interest in a c section, but Dr. Google says that vaginal births can be stressful for iugr babies. So, of course, that makes me more nervous. Ugh... I knew this pregnancy was going too well! I just hope and pray that they both come out healthy with minimal nicu time.
Qotw: I had crazy dreams in the beginning, but I can't remember any of them! Nothing in my dreams lately, but probably because I barely sleep!!
1. How many weeks along are you? I'm 17 weeks. Still in shock.
2. Any medical updates (appointments, ultrasounds, tests/results, etc.)? My appointment is on Wednesday. Still waiting to hear if it's A/S or if they'll wait for my next one at almost 22 weeks. That seems late.
3. How are you feeling lately? Well aside from this darn cold, I'm feeling pretty good! I'm starting to feel some movements...I think!
4. QOTW: Are your dreams getting more vivid or crazy due to pregnancy hormones? Care to share one or two of your weirdest or scariest dreams? It's so funny that this is the QOTW because I woke up this morning wondering what the hell I'm dreaming about! I've had some pretty crazy dreams. A couple have been sexual, but most of them either stress me out or piss me off! One was about my BIL's wedding and he didn't have anybody walk down the aisle except himself. The whole thing was about him. I woke up so mad...and then realized I'm such a weirdo. He's not even engaged!!
TTC #1 4/2009 - DD 2/5/10
TTC #2 since October 2011
2IF issues
1. How many weeks along are you? 6w2d
2. Any medical updates (appointments, ultrasounds, tests/results, etc.)? The ran more blood work today to see if the progesterone was helping. It's up to 29.8. HCG was over 44,000. The IF nurse doesn't think I need any more blood work! First appt is next Wednesday.
3. How are you feeling lately? So.Nauseous. The nurse called me in zofran tonight. I'm picking it up in the morning. I'm so happy I could cry.
4. QOTW: Are your dreams getting more vivid or crazy due to pregnancy hormones? Care to share one or two of your weirdest or scariest dreams? Nothing really yet. I think I'm too exhausted to dream.
Me: 42. DH: 46.
1st Pregnancy: MC, 11/19/00.
2nd Pregnancy: DS born 04/10/06.
3rd Pregnancy: CP, 03/11.
4th Pregnancy: MMC, D&C 11/30/11, Genetic testing revealed Trisomy 4.
5th Pregnancy: Ectopic, 2 doses of Methotrexate unsuccessful, surgery 4/10/12, right tube removed.
Tried Letrozole January 2013-July 2013 (including 2 IUIs), all BFN. After 2 1/2 years of trying for child #2, decided to "give up" after July cycle, based on AMA.
August 16, 2013: BFP our first month of "not trying!" Still in shock. Beta #1 (14dpo): 183. Beta #2 (17dpo): 611. Ultrasound 8/30/13: baby measured 6 weeks, 1 day, heart rate of 118 bpm!
Ultrasound 9/13/13: 8 weeks, heart rate of 176!
Baby is due 4/26/14
Me: 42. DH: 46.
1st Pregnancy: MC, 11/19/00.
2nd Pregnancy: DS born 04/10/06.
3rd Pregnancy: CP, 03/11.
4th Pregnancy: MMC, D&C 11/30/11, Genetic testing revealed Trisomy 4.
5th Pregnancy: Ectopic, 2 doses of Methotrexate unsuccessful, surgery 4/10/12, right tube removed.
Tried Letrozole January 2013-July 2013 (including 2 IUIs), all BFN. After 2 1/2 years of trying for child #2, decided to "give up" after July cycle, based on AMA.
August 16, 2013: BFP our first month of "not trying!" Still in shock. Beta #1 (14dpo): 183. Beta #2 (17dpo): 611. Ultrasound 8/30/13: baby measured 6 weeks, 1 day, heart rate of 118 bpm!
Ultrasound 9/13/13: 8 weeks, heart rate of 176!
Baby is due 4/26/14
@kimberm0511 good luck Wednesday!
1. How many weeks along are you? 6 weeks
2. Any medical updates (appointments, ultrasounds, tests/results, etc.)? First ultrasound was yesterday and we saw the heartbeat! The tech and dr said everything looks great, but we also saw what is probably a vanishing twin. It was much smaller with just a yolk sac, no fetus or heartbeat visible. Next ultrasound will be Tuesday.
3. How are you feeling lately? A little less anxious and more excited having seen the heartbeat, but also a bit sad and concerned about the vanishing twin. Not really any symptoms yet, but I am sure the nausea will be starting soon.
4. QOTW: Are your dreams getting more vivid or crazy due to pregnancy hormones? Care to share one or two of your weirdest or scariest dreams? It isn't often I actually remember my dreams!
DS born Jan 2010
TTC#2 since Nov 2010 with breaks for DH cancer tx (remission!)
Tube with hydro removed Feb 2013
BFP 11/11/13 IUI#2 clomid+trigger+prometrium
Beta #1 14dpIUI=106; Beta #2 16dpIUI=287; Beta #3 20dpIUI=1158
5w6d 1 hb 109 and 2nd smaller sac; 7w0d 1 hb 125 and confirmed vanishing twin
Next appointment is next Wednesday (12/4). We also have the option of scheduling our elective gender U/S this week or next week.
Feeling pretty great. Still a little tired during the middle of the day, but definitely not as nauseous. And my cold finally seems to be working its way out of my system. Yay!
QOTW: my dreams have definitely become more vivid. One that sticks out is one I had involving my SIL and her hoarding. She has bad hoarding tendencies and she asked if she could come live with us in our new house because she couldn't fit into
her room anymore. She had so much stuff to hide from my MIL that she had to stuff it under her bed, on top of her bed and had cut a hole in her mattress to hide stuff in there too. I woke up scared. I love her but no way would I let her move in.
Me: 42. DH: 46.
1st Pregnancy: MC, 11/19/00.
2nd Pregnancy: DS born 04/10/06.
3rd Pregnancy: CP, 03/11.
4th Pregnancy: MMC, D&C 11/30/11, Genetic testing revealed Trisomy 4.
5th Pregnancy: Ectopic, 2 doses of Methotrexate unsuccessful, surgery 4/10/12, right tube removed.
Tried Letrozole January 2013-July 2013 (including 2 IUIs), all BFN. After 2 1/2 years of trying for child #2, decided to "give up" after July cycle, based on AMA.
August 16, 2013: BFP our first month of "not trying!" Still in shock. Beta #1 (14dpo): 183. Beta #2 (17dpo): 611. Ultrasound 8/30/13: baby measured 6 weeks, 1 day, heart rate of 118 bpm!
Ultrasound 9/13/13: 8 weeks, heart rate of 176!
Baby is due 4/26/14
Congrats to hopingforbaby2 and good luck kimbermom!
I'll be 32 weeks tomorrow and still just trying to take it as easy as possible so I can keep this little girl in until at least 35 or 36 weeks. I had a regular check-up yesterday and my OB is still planning for a C-section at 38 weeks, but so far no date set and we will check the pp again probably at my next appointment at 35 weeks to see if by any miracle things have shifted.
QOTW: Are your dreams getting more vivid or crazy due to pregnancy hormones? Care to share one or two of your weirdest or scariest dreams?
I don't remember a ton of details, but like others many weird sexual dreams, dreams with people from highschool I haven't seen or talked to in 10 or more years, and lots of weird dreams with monsters, zombies etc.
http://svendsenfamilyjournal.wordpress.com/
5/07 - DD conceived naturally cycle #1
8/09 - Started TTC #2
11/10 - BFP!
12/10 - MC (Chemical Pregnancy)
2/11 - IUI #1 with clomid & trigger = BFN
5/11- Switched to a Fertility Specialist, Dx with low progesterone and annovulatory, several rounds of
clomid = BFN's
4/12 - Exploratory Lap, Dx Stage III endo
5/12 - 7/12 - Lupron injections to suppress AF and reduce scar tissue
8/12 - Surgery to remove tissue, uterus and tubes clear!
9/12-12/12 - More BFN's!
1/13 - Referred to an RE
2/13 - IUI #1 with injects and new RE = BFN
3/13 - 4/13 - Break due to cysts
5/13 - IUI #2 with injects (125ml bravelle + trigger) = BFP!!!
EDD - 1/23/14
DS born Jan 2010
TTC#2 since Nov 2010 with breaks for DH cancer tx (remission!)
Tube with hydro removed Feb 2013
BFP 11/11/13 IUI#2 clomid+trigger+prometrium
Beta #1 14dpIUI=106; Beta #2 16dpIUI=287; Beta #3 20dpIUI=1158
5w6d 1 hb 109 and 2nd smaller sac; 7w0d 1 hb 125 and confirmed vanishing twin
Me: 42. DH: 46.
1st Pregnancy: MC, 11/19/00.
2nd Pregnancy: DS born 04/10/06.
3rd Pregnancy: CP, 03/11.
4th Pregnancy: MMC, D&C 11/30/11, Genetic testing revealed Trisomy 4.
5th Pregnancy: Ectopic, 2 doses of Methotrexate unsuccessful, surgery 4/10/12, right tube removed.
Tried Letrozole January 2013-July 2013 (including 2 IUIs), all BFN. After 2 1/2 years of trying for child #2, decided to "give up" after July cycle, based on AMA.
August 16, 2013: BFP our first month of "not trying!" Still in shock. Beta #1 (14dpo): 183. Beta #2 (17dpo): 611. Ultrasound 8/30/13: baby measured 6 weeks, 1 day, heart rate of 118 bpm!
Ultrasound 9/13/13: 8 weeks, heart rate of 176!
Baby is due 4/26/14