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Weekly Check In 3/4
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Happy March Ladies!
How far along are you?
How are you feeling?
Any baby news (tests results/scans/upcoming appointments?)
Rants/Raves/Questions:
GTKY: While pregnancy and motherhood are a big part of what define us right now, we got to take some extra time to get here as geriatric mama's (I say with affection)
What defines you outside of motherhood? In yoga we call the path of our life our dharma (different them karma) and since we took some extra time to unfold our path before having children, what exquisite lessons did we get to learn about ourself before becoming a parent?
How far along are you?
How are you feeling?
Any baby news (tests results/scans/upcoming appointments?)
Rants/Raves/Questions:
GTKY: While pregnancy and motherhood are a big part of what define us right now, we got to take some extra time to get here as geriatric mama's (I say with affection)
What defines you outside of motherhood? In yoga we call the path of our life our dharma (different them karma) and since we took some extra time to unfold our path before having children, what exquisite lessons did we get to learn about ourself before becoming a parent?
Re: Weekly Check In 3/4
How far along are you? 29 weeks
How are you feeling? Petty good for the most part, but definitely more tired than usual and starting to get very uncomfortable.
Any baby news (tests results/scans/upcoming appointments?) Passed glucose test!
Rants/Raves/Questions: My rant is walking. I have about a 15 minute walk to/from work everyday and is slowly starting to kill me! I am used to walking fast, but have had to slow down for a while now. I am getting cramping and out of breath pretty easily.
GTKY: While pregnancy and motherhood are a big part of what define us right now, we got to take some extra time to get here as geriatric mama's (I say with affection)
What defines you outside of motherhood? In yoga we call the path of our life our dharma (different them karma) and since we took some extra time to unfold our path before having children, what exquisite lessons did we get to learn about ourself before becoming a parent?
I didn't really take any extra time to have children, as this is #3 for me. Whatever lessons I learned in the past, the most important one is actually that I was made to be a mom! I know it may sound corny and trust me there are days I want to rip my hair out, but this is what I was made to do! My children are the greatest joy of my life.
How far along are you? 14w 4d - where is the time going?
How are you feeling? Tired, a little heartburn. Otherwise, I'm feeling GREAT! I'm finally NOT sick (knock on wood it lasts) and I'm so happy about that.
Any baby news (tests results/scans/upcoming appointments?) Anxiously awaiting the Harmony test results. My hubby wants me to call and ask. It's been a week. They told me 5-10 days. I told him to chill out. Saw my OB this week and we dopplered and heard the heartbeats. I'm going with we heard both, even though they were quite similar and it could have been one twin.
Rants/Raves/Questions: Kind of a rave. I was going to wait for the Harmony results to officially announce on Facebook and at work (I may have mentioned before we have a "Baby Train" in our break room and every pregnant mama gets a train car (there are well over 200 female nurses, NPs, MDs, and support staff in my unit so the train can get pretty long). But, I think I'm just going to put my train car up this weekend because there is NO HIDING my bump anymore. HOLY MOLY, it has grown exponentially in the past week!!
GTKY: While pregnancy and motherhood are a big part of what define us right now, we got to take some extra time to get here as geriatric mama's (I say with affection)
What defines you outside of motherhood? In yoga we call the path of our life our dharma (different them karma) and since we took some extra time to unfold our path before having children, what exquisite lessons did we get to learn about ourself before becoming a parent?
I spent my pre-marriage/pre-parent time with a small group of girlfriends who are freaking amazing! We travelled, I've been to nearly every major league baseball stadium (big baseball fan), I got to enjoy my nieces and nephews births and childhoods. I have amazing friends and family and I was so lucky to get to enjoy them before becoming entrenched in being a mama. Is that really a lesson? I guess it's mine. I had dinner with two of my dearest friends last night and I worried I was talking too much about being a mama, but they seemed equally interested in hearing about that as I did about their single escapades dating and traveling.
12w 4d
How are you feeling?
Pretty good. I actually feel really, really normal, other than that I can feel that my uterus is getting bigger/heavier and when I move too quickly, I get RLP. But my appetite is normal, my sleep is normal for me, and I have a relatively good amount of energy. I'll take it!
Any baby news (tests results/scans/upcoming appointments?)
Had my appointment on Monday, so now the countdown begins to March 28 for my 16 week. And, I'm with @emsmama15 ! Where is the time going? I heard all the STMs say how much faster subsequent pregnancies went and the first few weeks of this one, I didn't believe them. But it's true! This feels like it is flying by! I'm okay with that until I get to feel baby. Then, I want to slow down time and savor that, and savor time with my son, and just enjoy the process.
Rants/Raves/Questions:
Not really. I guess I kind of included one above. Whoops!
GTKY: While pregnancy and motherhood are a big part of what define us right now, we got to take some extra time to get here as geriatric mama's (I say with affection)
What defines you outside of motherhood? In yoga we call the path of our life our dharma (different them karma) and since we took some extra time to unfold our path before having children, what exquisite lessons did we get to learn about ourself before becoming a parent?
I did a lot of traveling, visiting friends all over the country, hobbies, reading, etc. before I got married. I think I learned that I can handle more than I think I can by doing a lot of things on my own that people thought I was crazy to do (driving across the country solo, owning a home, stuff like that). I'm so glad I got to do all of that. I'm so glad that I feel confident in myself and my abilities. And I am so glad that I can bring all of that into a partnership with my DH as we raise our family. I want to instill both an adventuring, confident spirit AND a sense of interdependence in my kiddos. I was blessed with that by my parents and I feel like it was a real gift.
How are you feeling? I have developed one of those delightful side-effects of pregnancy known as a hemorrhoid, which is putting a damper on things. I'm not even constipated so it really took me by surprise. I'm kinda bummed out about that, but otherwise I feel good so I can't complain!
Any baby news (tests results/scans/upcoming appointments?) Nothing for a few weeks.
Rants/Raves/Questions: My hair is turning gray! Seriously, I just noticed this. I had like 1-2 hairs before getting pregnant, and now I have dozens.
GTKY: Honestly, I'm still trying to fit "mother" into the definition of who I am!
Career has been huge for me, and not in a workaholic type of way. I think I was born a scientist - I've been curious about finding out how and why the world works since I was a small child, and I pursued that passion relentlessly. I've been a perpetual student - 4 years of college, 4 years of medical school, 4 years of graduate school, 5 years of post-doctoral training. I do biomedical research for a living now and I can't imagine doing anything else.
Also, I spent most of my adult life living alone and being entirely financially independent (despite the poverty associated with student stipends), and I value this greatly. Like @Sporty1216 I did lots of things alone that no one else would have! I was almost 35 when I met my husband, and by then I had traveled the world, had two doctorate degrees, and was fully confident in who I was. I adore my husband's companionship, but I also like knowing that I would be just fine if I had to be alone again.
Married 5/30/15
TTC #1 June 2015
BFP #1 9/28/15, EDD 6/10/16. DS born 5/23/16!
TTC #2 May 2017
BFP #2 m/c 11/18/17 5w5d
BFP #3 12/17/17 EDD 8/25/18. It's a boy!
How are you feeling? Tired. Cranky. Crampy. Lethargic. Like I need to clean ALL THE THINGS!!
Any baby news (tests results/scans/upcoming appointments?) I had some high blood pressure readings at my appointment on Monday, and got sent over to L&D for a NST. Baby looked great, and all BP readings taken there were perfect. I went back to my clinic yesterday so they could take my BP, and it was a solid 120/78. I have also taken my blood pressure at home every day since Monday, and it has been right where it should be. It seems like everything is fine, but now I'm a bit on edge waiting for the other shoe to drop. Hopefully, it won't!
Rants/Raves/Questions: Got nothin. Too tired to rant or rave about much this week.
GTKY: While pregnancy and motherhood are a big part of what define us right now, we got to take some extra time to get here as geriatric mama's (I say with affection)
What defines you outside of motherhood? In yoga we call the path of our life our dharma (different them karma) and since we took some extra time to unfold our path before having children, what exquisite lessons did we get to learn about ourself before becoming a parent?
My path to this point has been bit different than most, since I had 2 children in my very early twenties. When they were born (at 22 and 24) I hadn't really done much in my life, and I was very busy being a mom to two under two. When my sons were preschool age, I got divorced. Since my children's dad took care of them multiple nights a week, I was able to begin to pursue my own interests. I went to college and dabbled in a few different majors till I found one that fit. I dated. I traveled. And I eventually met someone who I had a lot of common interests with. I discovered that it's possible to be an individual who has interests while also being a mom.
When my (current) husband finally decided that he did want to have a child of his own, I was 36. I was used to having a lot of freedom, and my kids were in middle school. I had been working and continuing my education, as well as pursuing a few goals that involved long distance hiking and mountaineering. We had also had the means to travel overseas as a family for months at a time. While preparing to go through IVF to conceive this baby, I knew that I couldn't approach being a mom of a little one with the attitude that life as I knew it was now over. Pregnancy and infancy don't last forever, and children DO grow up and become self-sufficient. Even if there are a few years where I don't do much other than BF on the couch all day, or spend months of my life desperately attempting to potty-train a four-year-old, that's fine. It's not forever. I made a conscious decision that I wanted to continue to be the type of person who rides waves, not who fights them. And I think that's what I've learned about myself-- that I have control over some aspects of my life, but not others, and that this is normal life.
How are you feeling? Physically pretty okay, emotionally awful (I'm sure you've seen my sleeping arrangements post.) Oh and @redheadbride15 I've had a hemorrhoid for over a month and I wasn't constipated either. It's smaller and less of a nuisance now, thanks to some cream from the drug store, but I don't think it will go away until after the pregnancy.
Any baby news: She's moving around in there a little more.
Rants/Raves/Questions: I think I ranted enough in my other post.
GTKY: I decided pretty young that I didn't want to coast through life until a man came along to provide for me. I bought my first house at 24 and started working for myself at 27. I lived alone for over 10 years. My mom was always a little jealous of that. She went straight from her parents' house to marrying my dad, so she says she never had that time to be independent and put herself first. --Letting go of that independence was hard, but now I find myself so attached to my husband that sleeping without him feels like the end of the world.
@mthoomom, I like what you said about pregnancy and infancy not lasting forever (which I keep having to remind myself) and especially being the type of person who rides waves instead of fighting them. I feel like I've been trying to swim against them lately. Something to work on.
BFP 2/19/15 • MMC found at 9 wks • D&E at 11 wks (age 36)
BFP 8/29/15 • CP (age 37)
TTC#2 since May 2017
BFP 10/18/17 • MMC found at 8 wks • Misoprostal at 10.5 wks (age 39)
BFP 2/16/18 • CP (age 39)
BFP 4/13/18 • CP (age 39)
BFP 5/07/18 • MMC found at 10.5 wks • D&E at 11.5 wks • Testing showed it was a girl with Trisomy 22. (age 39/40)
9/5/18 Diagnosed with diminished ovarian reserve (4-5 follicles, one ovary had none and was very atrophied)
RE says the low egg count is likely causing my recurrent pregnancy loss. Less eggs results in more aneuploidy.
BFP 9/24/18 • CP (age 40)
How far along are you? 22 weeks 2 days
How are you feeling? Today, I felt kind of like ass. I woke up with some extra painful RLP and have had some really intense gas for the last couple of days, My whole abdomen feels tight and then when it finally works itself out, what a beautiful but albiet stinky thing it is!
@redheadbride15 and anyone else having hemorrhoid issues: (I posted about this on another thread, but I'll post it here too) I have had trouble with the dreaded 'rhoids for years. Prolapsed, they bleed, usually got worse around my period.. I changed toilet paper, wipe with a little coconut oil on the paper, and when I have a flare-up, I use an over-the-counter cream. Ever since I changed TP, I've had fewer flare-ups and issues. Even as a pregnant lady, the rhoid is much better! When I had a wicked flare up, I'd use a sitz bath. Sometimes, I feel like I am just in a lull with the rhoid and it will rear (pun intended) it's ugly head again as the baby gets larger and my pelvic floor/girdle muscles relax and stretch.
Any baby news (tests results/scans/upcoming appointments?) Had a great US and scan on Monday and a Fetal Echo coming up next Wednesday. On Thursday I have my monthly OB/Midwife appointment after which I will need to make an appointment for my Glucose test etc.
Rants/Raves/Questions: Grateful for the beautiful weather, it's make Blue Hills hiking awesome! Looking forward to restaurant week in Boston this week when an old friend of mine and I are going out to a fancy dinner at Gaslight. I have a girls' weekend planned soon, my sister and her boyfriend are coming to visit to help me sort thru some more of my stuff to make room for baby, and Easter is coming which is always a hilarious time with my family. DH and I have an off season trip to the Cape planned and also a trip to Ogunquit, ME for some quality walking around the Marginal Way. I can't wait!
Also, really appreciating my dogs this week. DH and I have 2 English Mastiffs, Rufus and Reggie and they have been providing me with loads of entertainment and laughter: they prance around when they want food and have been extra snuggly, draping their slobbery jowls all over my belly. As I type this, Amy Jo is kicking me and Reggie is resting his head on my lap.
GTKY: While pregnancy and motherhood are a big part of what define us right now, we got to take some extra time to get here as geriatric mama's (I say with affection)
What defines you outside of motherhood? In yoga we call the path of our life our dharma (different them karma) and since we took some extra time to unfold our path before having children, what exquisite lessons did we get to learn about yourself before becoming a parent? This is a tough one for me. I feel like everyday I learn something new about myself. The most important thing in the world to me is that I have good friends and good family around me who I love and support me and who I can love and support. For 18 years I was in a platonic but emotionally abusive relationship with someone who I considered a good friend. It took me a long time to reconcile my feelings about this and to realize that I was allowing myself to be constantly sucked into the drama. Once I finally put my foot down and cut off ties with this person (which was incredibly difficult) I felt like a huge weight was lifted from me and I could finally focus on the things I really needed and wanted to focus on. I keep a fairly open mind and have been able to channel my empathy away from an emotional vampire and into a robust, meaningful, and rewarding career. I think I really needed to come to terms with this, let it go, and move on before I could start my family.
@mthoomom, love love your philosophy on riding the waves, I so agree with that, sometimes when you're stuck in the moment it's tough to see there is an end in sight.
im 25+4
im feeling decent. Things are happening much sooner this time around, I bought kinestheseology tape, I know that spelling is wrong, anyway, I read a bunch of articles and watched videos, I put it under my belly as the pressure was killing me, it WORKS!! Pain is much better and now I can continue to workout, though much more low impact, need to face reality on that one.
big baby week this week. Have my fetal echo on Wednesday to check on baby girl, my mom is flying in for 3 days so I can go to multiple dr's appointments, love that woman. Have my regular check up on Friday and will hopefully schedule my RCS.
life lessons: I can safely say I did everything in my life that I wanted, aside from travel the world, before I got married and had children. I lived on both coasts, got my masters degree, dated total assholes, dated total nice guys. Thought I found the one a couple times, but thank heavens everyday I never settled because I never believed in soul mates, but now I do. Cheesey but true. Long story short, I met my hubs when I was 29, he was 22, dated for 3 weeks, it didn't work, and 6 years later, I quit my job to start something completely different and was now working in the city. We ran into each other on our city bus, living only blocks from each other. By the time we finally talked it was his last day of work and he was moving home, so I never would've seen him again. I guess I didn't answer the question. One of the things I love about myself is I'm a truly loyal friend, the people in my life have been in it for at least 30 years, and I think of my friends as family. Though I don't open up easily, when I do it's for life. And on that same note, if you screw me over I rarely give second chances, I've learned how to cut 'the fat' in life as I've gotten older.
@lillebowski23Look at those dogs!!! I love that their dog bed is an actual bed! ETA: Or maybe that's not THEIR bed?
How far along are you? 10 weeks and 3 or 4 days.
How are you feeling? I'm enjoying eating vegetables again and the mild nausea seems to have passed. Smells are really getting to me though. Car exhaust is the worst and makes me gag.
Any baby news (tests results/scans/upcoming appointments?) I have an ultrasound Monday and go for the Harmony test on Wednesday. on Monday I graduated from the RE. Baby looked great on the ultrasound, measured a day ahead, and heartbeat was 178. My uterus had a strange shape this time and my RE recommended getting another ultrasound at the maternal-perinatal center . She said she wasn't worried about it, the baby looked good, it was in a good spot etc so I'm trying not to think too much about it. TRYING not to...a bit of googling and worrying is definitely happening though. I haven't told my family that I'm pregnant. I was going to tell them this week, but now I want to wait until at least after Monday's scan.
Rants/Raves/Questions: I have an extremely hard time finding bras in my size and the only luck I've had is with a company on the east coast. So it takes forever for my order to arrive and if I have to make an exchange it's another week of waiting. I wish it were easier, especially now that my size may change several more times!
GTKY: Another great question @createillumination! I'm enjoying reading these answers.
I've always been a late bloomer. I think I've accomplished a good amount so far (travel, education,work etc), but have a feeling that I'll have a career/hobby surge in my 50's & 60's. Maybe because I saw this happen with my mom. I love reading about people that had new successes later in life.
@bernierae I love the idea of reinventing yourself later in life, too. Someday I plan to try to transition from graphic design to fine art.
BFP 2/19/15 • MMC found at 9 wks • D&E at 11 wks (age 36)
BFP 8/29/15 • CP (age 37)
TTC#2 since May 2017
BFP 10/18/17 • MMC found at 8 wks • Misoprostal at 10.5 wks (age 39)
BFP 2/16/18 • CP (age 39)
BFP 4/13/18 • CP (age 39)
BFP 5/07/18 • MMC found at 10.5 wks • D&E at 11.5 wks • Testing showed it was a girl with Trisomy 22. (age 39/40)
9/5/18 Diagnosed with diminished ovarian reserve (4-5 follicles, one ovary had none and was very atrophied)
RE says the low egg count is likely causing my recurrent pregnancy loss. Less eggs results in more aneuploidy.
BFP 9/24/18 • CP (age 40)
also I love the Blue Hills!!! DH and I hike the skyline trail a whole bunch, and we use Ponkapoag Pond loop as training for backpacking - just load up the pack with weight and walk that loop as many times as we need to reach the mileage we think we'll do. I like it for snowshoeing too, but alas none of that this year...
Married 5/30/15
TTC #1 June 2015
BFP #1 9/28/15, EDD 6/10/16. DS born 5/23/16!
TTC #2 May 2017
BFP #2 m/c 11/18/17 5w5d
BFP #3 12/17/17 EDD 8/25/18. It's a boy!
I've only recently started hiking here but plan to bring the LO as soon as I can. Hoping that we'll have some bice weather in the fall, by then she should be big enough to fit in the Osprey pack I got for this purpose!
Married 5/30/15
TTC #1 June 2015
BFP #1 9/28/15, EDD 6/10/16. DS born 5/23/16!
TTC #2 May 2017
BFP #2 m/c 11/18/17 5w5d
BFP #3 12/17/17 EDD 8/25/18. It's a boy!
How are you feeling? Pretty good, still napping almost everyday and I had a lot of cramping this past week and I feel much bigger in my belly, hopefully that means baby is growing!
Any baby news (tests results/scans/upcoming appointments?) Still waiting for 1st tri screening results to come back before I can do NIPT (we will have to pay $800 to do it but california pays for the NIPT if you get any sort of positive on the 1st tri screening, so I figure it's best to wait and see if california will pay.)
Rants/Raves/Questions: We are going to tell my mom today about the pregnancy and she has been obsessed with us having a child since I was 30 or so (who am I kidding, she has been obsessed since I was 20!) I'm hoping we can at least surprise her, we have an elaborate plan that involves donuts.
GTKY: I loved reading everyones stories and journeys! You guys are some amazing women and I am so happy that I get to be a part of your journey.
Like a lot of you my top priority in my early 20's and 30's was travel and independence! I told my DH when I meet him that I wouldn't take a 10 hour plane ride unless we stayed at that location for at least 3 weeks. He totally laughed at me at the time, but since we have been together we have found ways to take 3,4,5 and even 6 week vacations. Our last big journey is when we went to india together to do our yoga teacher training. It was a big turning point in our relationship and we have really started to walk a more similar cohesive path since then.
I knew around age 25 that I was being called into the field of being a healer. I had a pivotal encounter while I was living in portugal teaching english. One of my students was a homeopathic doctor and we spent many hours talking about alternative healing. So I came back to the states and went through 5 years of acupuncture school and countless other trainings in a lot of different types of healing work. I've had a practice since 2009 and I have worked with some of my clients for a lot of years now, which is pretty cool.
I think the statement that best sums up my dharma is that I am always looking for the next level of mastery in my life. I was very surprised to find out that one of the most important things that needs to be a part of my life is a daily spiritual practice, or in yoga we call it a sadhana. For me that looks like meditation and yoga, and I was lucky to find a teacher who was able to help me learn how to make it a part of my daily life. I know it will be a struggle once LO arrives that I won't have the same sort of space and quiet to do my meditation like I do pre-LO. My work is to stay always in the light, working to keep the love in my heart so that I might uplift all those I come in contact with.
feeling well. Some minors aches and pains, but overall symptom free at the moment.
just waiting for my 16 week appointment next week. It will have been 4 weeks since I heard LO's hb, so looking forward to that reassurance.
my grandma finally passed away a few days ago, so it's been an emotional time for me. About 10 years ago, I spent several days with her video recording her while she told our family history. I looked at some of the videos again yesterday and it just reinforces for me the importance of family and how glad and lucky I am to be adding to ours.
My DP and I met when we were in our early 20s as peace corps volunteers. For most of my adult life I didn't want children, and was focused instead on women's rights and social justice activism. As a feminist, it was important to me to make my own path in life, have a fulfilling career and be able to take care of myself despite having DP in my life. I've learned over the years, that having a supportive and equal partner as well as having a family, in no way undermines the other parts of myself. They only make me stronger. I worried for a long time that having children would mean I would be defined solely by motherhood and would lose the other parts of me that have always made me me. Instead, I've found that I am a more compassionate person and can make an even greater impact by instilling in my children the values that I hold dear. I fight harder for the things I believe in because I want a more just, tolerant world for my kids.
Im feeling brave, so I'll post my first bump shot, taken in our very classy office bathroom.
@Mamafesto I'm so sorry about your grandmother
Married 5/30/15
TTC #1 June 2015
BFP #1 9/28/15, EDD 6/10/16. DS born 5/23/16!
TTC #2 May 2017
BFP #2 m/c 11/18/17 5w5d
BFP #3 12/17/17 EDD 8/25/18. It's a boy!
Looking good @Mamafesto.
@Glow360 that is rough I have spent there pregnancies carrying barf bags in my purse and glovebox. I know it sucks, dint sorry about enjoying pregnancy just worth about getting through it at this point
today I had a scare, the lab wanted to retest my blood as one strain of my hemoglobin was high, which may lead to me having some form of thalesmia, may be I just panicking but any of you guys have any info on this which may be of any help. The Internet has some scary stuff which I opted not to read...how serious is this and is it harmful for the baby...just want to be out of this nervous phase...
Married 5/30/15
TTC #1 June 2015
BFP #1 9/28/15, EDD 6/10/16. DS born 5/23/16!
TTC #2 May 2017
BFP #2 m/c 11/18/17 5w5d
BFP #3 12/17/17 EDD 8/25/18. It's a boy!
when is your due date? I'm due 9/12, but will likely have a repeat c-section on 9/7 (unless baby surprises us and decides to come early!)
take care.
@Sporty1216, according to my u/s it's 12 Sep, according to my ivf specialist it's 14th, my doctor says she will decide on a c-section only closer to my due date...even if it's a normal delivery, an epidural is now allowed and used in India by doctors, which is kind of a relief... Can't wait to get this bloodwork result out of the way...
fingers crossed, good luck and take care
How are you feeling? Great until this morning, woke up at 2am and finally feel sleep around 5am before having to wake up at 6am. Had menstrual like cramps during those hours for a bit that finally went away. No bueno.
Any baby news (tests results/scans/upcoming appointments?) 3D/4D appt was AMAZING! The technology now, even from 3 years ago when we did it with DS, is unbelievable. I cant imagine 10 years from now.
Rants/Raves/Questions: I need sleep and to not feel nauseous!!!!
GTKY: I'm glad I waited to get married and was able to travel a ton and really experience life before a husband and child. I'm a lot more confident and secure in my late thirties than I ever was in my twenties and taking the time to be single and getting to know myself had a lot to do with that.
@sporty1216 thanks! I wish this heartburn wasn't keeping me up right now! It would be great to sleep!
BFP 2/19/15 • MMC found at 9 wks • D&E at 11 wks (age 36)
BFP 8/29/15 • CP (age 37)
TTC#2 since May 2017
BFP 10/18/17 • MMC found at 8 wks • Misoprostal at 10.5 wks (age 39)
BFP 2/16/18 • CP (age 39)
BFP 4/13/18 • CP (age 39)
BFP 5/07/18 • MMC found at 10.5 wks • D&E at 11.5 wks • Testing showed it was a girl with Trisomy 22. (age 39/40)
9/5/18 Diagnosed with diminished ovarian reserve (4-5 follicles, one ovary had none and was very atrophied)
RE says the low egg count is likely causing my recurrent pregnancy loss. Less eggs results in more aneuploidy.
BFP 9/24/18 • CP (age 40)
Married 5/30/15
TTC #1 June 2015
BFP #1 9/28/15, EDD 6/10/16. DS born 5/23/16!
TTC #2 May 2017
BFP #2 m/c 11/18/17 5w5d
BFP #3 12/17/17 EDD 8/25/18. It's a boy!
How far along are you? 10w3d
How are you feeling? Good. Still tired but not as tired as I was. I feel bursts of energy.. hopefully this is the 2nd trimester starting early for me.
Any baby news (tests results/scans/upcoming appointments?): Had my exit ultrasound with my RE today. Baby was just a kicking and hi-fiving us during the u/s. It was amazing.. there's a baby inside of me! Also had my blood drawn today for the Maternit21 test today. I have my NT ultrasound appt. on 3/25.
Rants/Raves/Questions: I'm going to WDW tomorrow! I'll be there for a girl's mini vacation / work conference for a week and a half. I cannot wait!
GTKY: I'm not sure how to answer the question as infertility has had quite an effect on me for 8 years (my first RE appointment was in 2008). I have encountered many walls in my life. I find that this quote from Randy Pausch resonates most with what I've faced, "The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people."