*** The 1st Trimester Group will need a NEW LEADER in about 1 week since I will be moving into my second trimester next week. Let me know if you are interested in being the leader. All you have to do is start up a chat each week. It’s easy, it’s fun, it’s quick, and it’s a great way for all of us to connect and share our stories!***
This is a weekly check-in for those in their 1st trimester: weeks 1 through the end of week 13. I know we've all gone through a lot to get to this point so congratulations and best of luck to all of you over the next several months!
Please post a little about yourself, your EDD (if it’s not listed below), any upcoming appointments, symptoms, etc. Feel free to also share your IF journey, I know many of us can relate.
QOTW: Is anyone planning a Babymoon before their little nugget arrives? If so, where to and when? How far along will you be? Any suggestions for great Babymoon locations?
Congrats to all of the Mommies to be:
@mechelita44 EDD 7/20/16
@kbear28 EDD 7/24/16
@TerraMae80 EDD 8/4/16
@riveridgional EDD 8/6/16
@poeface EDD 8/8/16
@rshatsky EDD 8/24/16
@ShayLatrice EDD 8/25/16
@emsmama15 EDD 8/29/16
@duchessofravity EDD 9/1/16
@rabeckap EDD ??????
@katie121209 EDD ??????
@ehanssmann EDD ??????
@Annacygirl EDD ??????
Here’s to a WONDERFUL, BABY-FILLED new year!!!
Re: *1st Tri Check-In 1/4 + NEW LEADER NEEDED*
*** Pregnancy & Miscarriage Mentioned***
ME: 34/DH: 33
TTC (On & Off) Since 2008
Diagnosed DOR August 2013
2009-2013 6 Clomid Rounds which resulted in 3 Cysts/Had to take some time off from TTC
10/2014 ~ BFP (Natural Pregnancy) after 3 months Acupuncture/Miscarriage at 10 wks
7/2015 ~ Med Protocol#1: Failed Cycle/Only 1 Egg/Unable to convert to IUI because thin uterus lining
08/2015 ~ Med Protocol #2: Started stims 09/13
ER 10/9 with 6 Eggs Retrieved/3 SNOWFLAKES!!
10/22/15 ~ AF Showed up, waiting for Fibroid removal.
10/28/15 ~ Saline Ultrasound - Fibroids were gone. FET scheduled for December 3rd!
12/08/15 ~ FET of one hatching Embaby
12/21/15 ~ 13dp5dfet Beta 755! I'M PREGNANT!!!/ 12/23/15 ~15dp5dfet Beta 1539!
01/05/16 ~ 1st Ultrasound - 2 little beans and 2 Heartbeats (120 & 125 bpm)
My Fur Baby: Diva Celeste McClendon
(Loss Mentioned and Child Mentioned)
(Loss Mentioned and Child Mentioned)
*** Pregnancy & Miscarriage Mentioned***
ME: 34/DH: 33
TTC (On & Off) Since 2008
Diagnosed DOR August 2013
2009-2013 6 Clomid Rounds which resulted in 3 Cysts/Had to take some time off from TTC
10/2014 ~ BFP (Natural Pregnancy) after 3 months Acupuncture/Miscarriage at 10 wks
7/2015 ~ Med Protocol#1: Failed Cycle/Only 1 Egg/Unable to convert to IUI because thin uterus lining
08/2015 ~ Med Protocol #2: Started stims 09/13
ER 10/9 with 6 Eggs Retrieved/3 SNOWFLAKES!!
10/22/15 ~ AF Showed up, waiting for Fibroid removal.
10/28/15 ~ Saline Ultrasound - Fibroids were gone. FET scheduled for December 3rd!
12/08/15 ~ FET of one hatching Embaby
12/21/15 ~ 13dp5dfet Beta 755! I'M PREGNANT!!!/ 12/23/15 ~15dp5dfet Beta 1539!
01/05/16 ~ 1st Ultrasound - 2 little beans and 2 Heartbeats (120 & 125 bpm)
My Fur Baby: Diva Celeste McClendon
My husband and I have definitely discussed a babymoon, but we're having a hard time figuring out how far from home I'll feel comfortable (mentally v physically) traveling. We'd really love to go to a resort in Mexico. My husband was also thinking about Banff, Canada or Greece, which really makes me nervous distance-wise. I think I will want to just go to a chill, relaxing place, though it's also tempting to travel somewhere we may not be able to go to for a while after delivery. The best time for us to go on a babymoon is also right when my coworker returns from her maternity leave, and I am SO ready for the vacation! Doing 2 full-time jobs is way too taxing and draining, especially in early pregnancy! So, regardless of where we go, I can't wait!!
As far as a babymoon, we had been planning to do a big intnl trip (Asia--we are on the East Coast of the US), and that will fall right at the beginning of second tri, so hopefully will be ok!
ETA my EDD is 8/18...right around my birthday
/loss mentioned/
TTC#1 July 2014
dx: MFI (morphology)
IUI #1 w/Clomid + Ovidrel Sept. 2015 ~ BFN
IUI #2 w/Clomid + Ovidrel Halloween 2015 ~ BFN
IUI #3 w/Clomid + Ovidrel Thanksgiving 2015 ~ BFP!!
hb 146 bpm at 7w5d
1/28/16 ~ began to say goodbye to our beautiful baby at 11w
d&c, followed by cytotec
TTCAL April 2016
IUI #4 w/Clomid + Ovidrel Apr. 2016 ~ BFN
IUI #5 w/Clomid + Ovidrel ~ CP
IUI#6 w/Clomid + Ovidrel ~ BFN
No baby moon planned. My hubby was unemployed for part of 2015, so I'd love to go somewhere, but I really feel like we should be saving instead of spending. My sister did offer to take our DD for a weekend so maybe we'll have a stay-cation or rent a hotel room somewhere nearby.
Regarding a babymoon, my hubby and I are planning to go away in April. I will be at the tail end of my second trimester / just starting my third. If my doctor is OK with me traveling internationally at that time then we are thinking of visiting southern Spain. If that's too far, then maybe the Virgin Islands, Costa Rica, Siesta Key, or somewhere in southern California. My hubby and I aren't good resort / sit on the beach people so planning a vacation while I'm 7 months pregnant has been a little bit of a challenge.
(Loss Mentioned and Child Mentioned)
*** Pregnancy & Miscarriage Mentioned***
ME: 34/DH: 33
TTC (On & Off) Since 2008
Diagnosed DOR August 2013
2009-2013 6 Clomid Rounds which resulted in 3 Cysts/Had to take some time off from TTC
10/2014 ~ BFP (Natural Pregnancy) after 3 months Acupuncture/Miscarriage at 10 wks
7/2015 ~ Med Protocol#1: Failed Cycle/Only 1 Egg/Unable to convert to IUI because thin uterus lining
08/2015 ~ Med Protocol #2: Started stims 09/13
ER 10/9 with 6 Eggs Retrieved/3 SNOWFLAKES!!
10/22/15 ~ AF Showed up, waiting for Fibroid removal.
10/28/15 ~ Saline Ultrasound - Fibroids were gone. FET scheduled for December 3rd!
12/08/15 ~ FET of one hatching Embaby
12/21/15 ~ 13dp5dfet Beta 755! I'M PREGNANT!!!/ 12/23/15 ~15dp5dfet Beta 1539!
01/05/16 ~ 1st Ultrasound - 2 little beans and 2 Heartbeats (120 & 125 bpm)
My Fur Baby: Diva Celeste McClendon
Hubs and I keep putting off a long weekend to Portland so maybe we will do that. He has absolutely no vacation time so we will have to see. Ugh! Changing jobs when he did has been hard. But what you gonna do?
My doc calls me and tells me that there is a new invasive way of doing the screening now for high-risk (old) moms. lol I laugh because I'm high-risk now that I'm 35 and will be 36 when my second is born. So anywho, this new way of testing is by blood. On top of that, I will find out the sex of the baby. OMG! I will only be 12 weeks. It's called Free Cell DNA.
I'm doing some reading up on it. But shoot, if I don't have to bother my baby at all and just give blood I'm all for it. I'm stoked to find the sex of the baby as well, but I'm a little sad I'll miss out on the "It's a ____!" Ultrasound. Ya know?
But how crazy is this!???
(Loss Mentioned and Child Mentioned)
*** Pregnancy & Miscarriage Mentioned***
ME: 34/DH: 33
TTC (On & Off) Since 2008
Diagnosed DOR August 2013
2009-2013 6 Clomid Rounds which resulted in 3 Cysts/Had to take some time off from TTC
10/2014 ~ BFP (Natural Pregnancy) after 3 months Acupuncture/Miscarriage at 10 wks
7/2015 ~ Med Protocol#1: Failed Cycle/Only 1 Egg/Unable to convert to IUI because thin uterus lining
08/2015 ~ Med Protocol #2: Started stims 09/13
ER 10/9 with 6 Eggs Retrieved/3 SNOWFLAKES!!
10/22/15 ~ AF Showed up, waiting for Fibroid removal.
10/28/15 ~ Saline Ultrasound - Fibroids were gone. FET scheduled for December 3rd!
12/08/15 ~ FET of one hatching Embaby
12/21/15 ~ 13dp5dfet Beta 755! I'M PREGNANT!!!/ 12/23/15 ~15dp5dfet Beta 1539!
01/05/16 ~ 1st Ultrasound - 2 little beans and 2 Heartbeats (120 & 125 bpm)
My Fur Baby: Diva Celeste McClendon
(Loss Mentioned and Child Mentioned)
/loss mentioned/
TTC#1 July 2014
dx: MFI (morphology)
IUI #1 w/Clomid + Ovidrel Sept. 2015 ~ BFN
IUI #2 w/Clomid + Ovidrel Halloween 2015 ~ BFN
IUI #3 w/Clomid + Ovidrel Thanksgiving 2015 ~ BFP!!
hb 146 bpm at 7w5d
1/28/16 ~ began to say goodbye to our beautiful baby at 11w
d&c, followed by cytotec
TTCAL April 2016
IUI #4 w/Clomid + Ovidrel Apr. 2016 ~ BFN
IUI #5 w/Clomid + Ovidrel ~ CP
IUI#6 w/Clomid + Ovidrel ~ BFN
I'm planning to do the blood test. @BrightenMySky - call your insurance, but I'm guessing they won't cover it, unless you're high risk for some reason for chromosomal abnormality.
(Loss Mentioned and Child Mentioned)
*** Pregnancy & Miscarriage Mentioned***
ME: 34/DH: 33
TTC (On & Off) Since 2008
Diagnosed DOR August 2013
2009-2013 6 Clomid Rounds which resulted in 3 Cysts/Had to take some time off from TTC
10/2014 ~ BFP (Natural Pregnancy) after 3 months Acupuncture/Miscarriage at 10 wks
7/2015 ~ Med Protocol#1: Failed Cycle/Only 1 Egg/Unable to convert to IUI because thin uterus lining
08/2015 ~ Med Protocol #2: Started stims 09/13
ER 10/9 with 6 Eggs Retrieved/3 SNOWFLAKES!!
10/22/15 ~ AF Showed up, waiting for Fibroid removal.
10/28/15 ~ Saline Ultrasound - Fibroids were gone. FET scheduled for December 3rd!
12/08/15 ~ FET of one hatching Embaby
12/21/15 ~ 13dp5dfet Beta 755! I'M PREGNANT!!!/ 12/23/15 ~15dp5dfet Beta 1539!
01/05/16 ~ 1st Ultrasound - 2 little beans and 2 Heartbeats (120 & 125 bpm)
My Fur Baby: Diva Celeste McClendon