*~*~* Unofficial PAIF check-in *~*~*

Re: *~*~* Unofficial PAIF check-in *~*~*

• whoberry member

  July 2014

  

   

  IF, 5 losses, 1 son, 1 on the way.

   
  

     

  

  Report4 Reply
• Loading the player...
• BrendaW09 member

  July 2014

  Hey ladies! I hope everything is going well with all of you. This is my first check-in with an outside baby, I believe the last check-in was when I was getting induced.
  
  Things are going pretty well with me. Jared will be two weeks tomorrow, seems like time is going by so fast. DH goes back to work on Tuesday, I am going to miss all of his help during the day.
  
  Man is breastfeeding stressful. We first had problems with latching but with the shield we fixed that problem. He still doesn't stay on the breast very long which has me worried that he is not getting enough but he doesn't show any hunger signs after and is making enough wet/dirty diapers. On Monday he was 3 oz above birth weight. I am looking forward to going to a breastfeeding support group on Tuesday to see if he is still gaining weight and to put my mind at ease.
  
  Looking forward to hearing some updates.

  
  

  

    
  

  Married: July 16,2011

  TTC since: July 2012

  Me: 29  CD3 blood work: All normal; Other blood work: Insulin levels high; HSG: All Clear

  DH: 34 SA: Count: Good (27 Mil); Poor motility (25%);Poor morphology (1%)

  DX: PCOS-IR and MFI

  BFP #1 10/9/13 / Beta #1 68 / Beta #2 162 / EDD: 6/19/14

  Jared Lee Born 6/28/14

  Report5 Reply
• twistsandturnsto2 member

  July 2014

  Hi @whoberry‌! Thanks for posting this!
  I hope you are doing well!
  
  All is going ok here. D is 3 1/2 weeks now and growing like a weed! I am getting a little stir crazy these days but I did manage to get out to Target today with D and treated myself to a chick fil a lunch
  
  @BrendaW09‌ congrats on your LO and you are right! Breastfeeding is no joke! I thought I was doing great and then we hit a growth spurt/gas pain/tummy troubles/cluster feeding stretch and I am just at a loss some evenings! All D wants to do is feed but that's when I am home alone so it's a bit of a struggle to get me fed too, lol. I did just manage to get him to latch without a shield for about 15 min so I will take that small victory!
  
  Hope all is well with our SAIF mamas!

  Me: 37, DH: 35 :: TCC since 2/11 SA: Perfect! CD3  HSG = Blocked Right Tube
  

  April- Femara 2.5mg + Trigger + IUI = BFN   May- Femara 5mg = CX - No Response on Left = BFN
  June- Femara 7.5mg + Trigger + IUI = BFN  August- Lap & Hysteroscopy = Blocked & Partially Blocked Tubes
  September- Femara 5mg = CX - No Response on Left = BFN  October- 100mg Clomid + Trigger + TI = BFN
  IVF # 1: Stims 11/30 ER 12/12/12! (10R, 10M, 8F, 2T, 6 F) :: Beta #1- 176  c/p @ 4w4d
  FET #1 February 26th :: Lost 4 to Thaw, Transferred 2 = BFFN
  IVF # 2 Stims 5/10 ER 5/21 (15R, 13M, 13F, 2T, 7F- 6d3 & 1d5) :: Beta # 1- 15 c/p @ 4w
  

  FET #2 Cancelled, Right Tube Developed a Hydro  8/28 Hydro & Scar Tissue Removed  Cleared for FET
  FET #2.2 Scheduled for September 20th
  2 Thawed, 2 Transferred! Beta #1- 96, Beta #2 906! :: EDD June 10th
  2015- 2 failed FET. We are done
  SURPRISE! BFP 8/8/16   EDD 4/1/17
  

  
   
  

  
  
  
  

  Report5 Reply
• katekat8721 member

  July 2014

  Holy crap guys we have babies!
  
  Things are going well here! Today was our first day all alone and I did pretty good! We ran errands and even survived grocery shopping haha.
  
  Biggest stress is definitely BFing/pumping/supplementing. Trying to find what works best for us still 6 weeks later.
  
  I strangely miss being pregnant but I'm terrified of getting pregnant again lol.
  
  The girls are now almost 8 lbs each and finally fit in their newborn clothes

  
  

  Report5 Reply
• CrysW08 member

  July 2014

  I'm still in shock everyday that I actually have a baby! I had a meltdown after coming home from hospital because baby was cluster feeding constantly & I was so exhausted that we started supplementing with formula. I've been just pumping ever since but my supply has dropped so she gets mostly formula & I constantly deal with the guilt of giving up on BF so easily. But other than that & her occasional crying spells, things are pretty good!

  Report3 Reply
• DagnyDoo member

  July 2014

  Hi girls!  Thanks so much for starting this @whoberry -- I've been wondering how everyone's doing but seem to mobile bump in 5 minute increments lately which made me fear I was missing a thread so didn't dare start one.

  
  

  J is one month today! We moved 3 hours away this past week for DH's job, so have been having fun (HA!!) unpacking and getting settled amidst trying to teach LO to sleep.  He's a champion sleeper (5 hour stretches at night) if he's being held, but he has yet to make it more than an hour, and usually more like 15 minutes, once he's put down.  We've tried swaddled, unswaddled RNP, bassinet... nada.  For now we've just given in at night and when he's belligerently exhausted because at least we can sleep holding him (sort of), but DH starts his new job tomorrow and I can't hold this baby 24/7 no matter how much I love him. I keep hoping that he's one of those babies that is just all of a sudden magically okay being put down one day, but it hasn't happened yet.  So for now we practice when the timing is right, and I have the boobs ready to soothe him after it fails.

  
  

  Hope everyone is doing well!  Miss hearing from everyone, but how glorious that we've dropped off because we have teeny tiny babies of our very own to take care of!

  Me: 33, HSG & b/w normal; partial septate uterus   DH: 33, SA good but low morphology (3%)
  Started trying to make a baby Apr'12    Aug'13 DX: Unexplained Infertility
  Sept'13: 50mg Clomid + IUI #1 (13m + 11m post wash) CDs 11&12 + 200mg progesterone 3x daily = BFP!     Beta 16dpIUI = 391 EDD 6.14.14 Delivered 6.13.14

  

  Report4 Reply
• whoberry member

  July 2014

  Good to hear from you guys!
  It feels like LO has been having a growth spurt since he was born. He cluster feeds every day and only naps in 20 minute increments. But he is pretty good at night, we get 3 or 4 decent stretches of sleep between feedings.
  We must be in the 3 week growth spurt now because he has been on my boobs for 7.5 hours so far today and there's still an hour and a half before midnight.
  I couldn't take all the nursing today and had a good cry earlier. It's just hard to be trapped in a chair for so long without being able to do anything. My whole body is sore and I am bored. I can't get much done with only one hand while I am parked on the couch. My boobs are super sore today and I think both nipples are bruised. But I have made it without the nipple shield for a couple days so there's a small victory. And yesterday I got 4 hours away from baby to go to a party and I drank 2 beers! I was nervous because it was the first time bottle feeding him pumped milk for more than a short test, but it went fine. My time away was glorious. .. and then I immediately felt guilty for feeling that way.

   

  IF, 5 losses, 1 son, 1 on the way.

   
  

     

  

  Report3 Reply