TW: MMC
BFP1 12/24/14 - EDD 09/07/15 (D/C 8w1d)
BFP2 6/12/15 - EDD 2/22/16 (D/C 10w3d)
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Diagnoses and Treatments
PCOS (myo-inositol, excercize)
Indeterminant levels of APS IgM antibodies (baby aspirin)
Sub-septate uterus (hysteroscopic septoplasty 12/18/15)
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BFP3 05/02/16 EDD 01/09/17 DS born 01/05/17
BFP4 01/28/19 EDD 10/?/19 🤞🙏
Re: PGAL weekly check in 10.31.16
30 weeks and 5 days. EDD is January 4th but being induced Dec 28. Team blue
Heartburn...enough said. Oh and having a tough time sleeping.
4. How are you feeling (anxiety wise)
Pretty good. It is so reassuring to know that he would probably be ok if born now.
5. When is your next appointment?
Tomorrow. We started the two week rotation that's how I know we're getting closer
7. Anything else on your mind?
8. GTKY - who here doesn't like soup?! What's your favorite?
I absolutely LOVE soup. It's a tie for favorite between bean with bacon and chicken noodle. It depends on my mood really.
30w1d. 1/8. Team Pink
Friday I was having contractions all day. Contractions felt like BH since they were irregular and not overly painful, but they just wouldn't stop. My doctor sent me home from work with orders to relax and hydrate. Over the weekend I was feeling okay as long as I was in bed or on the couch (but sitting isn't as comfortable). Overall my uterus is feeling sore, which along with the heaviness of baby isn't helping the situation. Not really sure if I'm still having contractions or if I'm just so sore that if feels like I am.
4. How are you feeling (anxiety wise)
Anxiety is pretty high. I have an appointment tomorrow and am pretty sure I'll be put on bed rest. Hoping they can give me something to stop the contractions. I know she can survive if born now, but I would really like to get another 6 weeks of cooking her to make sure she's healthy and can come home with us vs staying in the NICU. She is extra active when I am having the contractions- so I know she's okay in there. I'm just worried she isn't staying put.
5. When is your next appointment?
Tomorrow for 2 week OB. I scheduled a few weeks ago and am starting to rotate through the different doctors. Tempted to call and see if I can reschedule to see my doctor instead of the other doctor. I keep telling myself the point of rotating is to get familiar with all of the other doctors so that when I am in the hospital I won't be anxious with a stranger.
I wanted to clean and organize so much this weekend and wasn't able to. I had a huge grocery list for DH and was sure that he was going to forget something, or not get enough of things on the list. I wanted extra freezer bags so I can start making freezer meals over the next few weekends so was hoping for 3-4 boxes. Same with getting extra paper plates, trash bags, ect. He did really well and said the cashier at the store was commenting on how much he was buying. When he scanned the store card the cashier, the guy behind DH, and DH were all watching the register to see how much would come off.
7. Anything else on your mind?
MIL's shower is this weekend. They live 4+ hours away and I don't know if the doctor will let me attend. I feel bad with the short notice, but there isn't really anything I can do about it. If we are able to go, I would be reclining in the car the entire way to and from or laying down in the back seat and sitting throughout the shower. I'm just worried about being so far away (and DH's parents live in the middle of no where so it's about an hour to get to the hospital up there). The shower is co-ed so I may still send DH if I am told I cannot go.
8. GTKY - who here doesn't like soup?! What's your favorite?
Love soup! I had DH stock up on soups during his massive grocery trip this weekend. I have plenty of veggie soups and chicken noodles. I am also planning on making a huge batch of beef and veggie stew and chili to freeze for after baby.
BFP#4- 9/26 edd 6/5/18
2. how far along are you? EDD? Team green pink or blue?
27+4 Team Pink due Jan 26
4. How are you feeling (anxiety wise)
5. When is your next appointment?
7. Anything else on your mind?
8. GTKY - who here doesn't like soup?! What's your favorite?
***TW****MC mentioned & BFP mentioned***
TTC#1 since July 2014
AMH 0.1, DOR, Poor responder
Moved to Prague, Czech Republic for IVF
DE attempt in Czech Republic!!
March trip to Prague canceled due to Pancreatitis.
Headed to Prague April 30
3 different donors resulted in 1 PGS tested embryo and 1 fresh embryo
BFP on 5/15/16 at 5dp5dt
My blog: www.wearethehammitts.blogspot.com
30 weeks, January 9, blue!
I think baby found my ribs. Also the heartburn is not my favorite. Oh - sometimes lately I get this odd feeling in my lady bits that feels like I've been riding a bicycle with too hard of a seat on a bumpy road for like 7 hours. It just feels sore and bruised and it makes wearing jeans feels uncomfortable. It comes and goes. Very odd.
4. How are you feeling (anxiety wise)
good!
5. When is your next appointment?
Tomorrow for a glucose test and a cervical length check
7. Anything else on your mind?
8. GTKY - who here doesn't like soup?! What's your favorite?
I could eat chicken tortilla soup every day. This is my go to recipe.
Ingredients:
BFP1 12/24/14 - EDD 09/07/15 (D/C 8w1d)
BFP2 6/12/15 - EDD 2/22/16 (D/C 10w3d)
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Diagnoses and Treatments
PCOS (myo-inositol, excercize)
Indeterminant levels of APS IgM antibodies (baby aspirin)
Sub-septate uterus (hysteroscopic septoplasty 12/18/15)
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BFP3 05/02/16 EDD 01/09/17 DS born 01/05/17
BFP4 01/28/19 EDD 10/?/19 🤞🙏
27+3, late Jan. Blue
Heartburn in the afternoon/evening, tiredness, nipples have gotten sore again, and overall, like a small whale.
4. How are you feeling (anxiety wise)
Good! Little man is moving and kicking all around!
5. When is your next appointment?
Nov 11
With 12 wks left I feel like I have a lot to do and not enough time to do it--with everything, but then I throw baby stuff in there and I'm like holy crap!
7. Anything else on your mind?
How will I not eat all of my son's Halloween candy??
8. GTKY - who here doesn't like soup?! What's your favorite?
I like creamy soups--Panera Broccoli/cheddar in a bread bowl is my fave!
Team Blue ~ Jan. 20
DS born 9/4/12
MMC July 2015
MMC January 2016
30w6d, Jan 4, pink!
Heartburn, sore hips, restless sleep, and solidarity with @ceclarlinetlo on the pubic synthesis pain (at least that's what I'm assuming this is... it feels like I took a swift kick to the vag sometimes.
4. How are you feeling (anxiety wise)
Pretty good. Main fear now is that the random aches and pains I have are bad signs going unnoticed. Going to talk to the OB tomorrow to try to get a better feel for what is normal.
5. When is your next appointment?
Tomorrow morning.
The big project I was trying to get done before baby comes at work has been officially postponed until after I get back from leave. Annoying because I upheld my deadlines, and my boss let things slip through the crack, but relieving, because I can focus on the grant that I'm submitting in December.
7. Anything else on your mind?
8. GTKY - who here doesn't like soup?! What's your favorite?
I lurve soup! My favorite is probably H's tomato tortilini, which I don't actually know the recipe for, but I'm sure it's on Pinterest somewhere.
2. how far along are you? EDD? Team green pink or blue?
29+6; January 10; Team Pink
Sore back, exhausted by like 4pm everyday, heartburn and starting to get sick
4. How are you feeling (anxiety wise)
Pretty good.
5. When is your next appointment?
November 18th is my last monthly then I switch to 2 week appointments. Did my GD test on Friday so just waiting to find out if I passed/failed
A preschool teacher asked if there was any concern I would have a baby between now and Thursday today. Now I know I look pregnant, but I don't think I look THAT pregnant yet. Made me feel like I must be huge!
7. Anything else on your mind?
8. GTKY - who here doesn't like soup?! What's your favorite?
Panera broccoli cheddar. I tried making my own this weekend but I don't think it came out right.
31 weeks! Jan 3. Still rocking green.
Good. Besides all the nonsense from the weekend.
4. How are you feeling (anxiety wise)
Much better than Friday, but I feel on pins and needles due to this cervix issue and I'm getting nervous for my NST tomorrow. I just hope everything looks good like it did before we left the hospital. I've sort of accepted that everything is out of my hands at this point and I just need to stay calm and relaxed.
5. When is your next appointment?
NST tomorrow.
Exhausted from the weekend and very little sleep in the hospital. Happy to have my comfortable bed back
7. Anything else on your mind?
Has anyone heard from Carly? Hope she and baby are doing well.
8. GTKY - who here doesn't like soup?! What's your favorite?
I love pasta fagioli.
@ceclarlinetlo I'm so curious to see how your cervix is measuring. Please update if you feel like sharing. I'm hoping I'm more normal than I think I am!
On a completely different note, my husband bought a Mazda CX5 last November (just a few weeks short of a year) and had been having trouble shifting into gear on Saturday. He took it to the service center yesterday and the transmission is shot and needs to be replaced. Luckily it is covered by the warranty, but the car isn't even a year old yet! Just thought I'd share in case any of you ladies are looking to get a new car. We loved the size for car seats and truck space with having a family in mind when we bought it. He did a little research and found the transmissions are a common issue with many of the newer crossovers.
BFP#4- 9/26 edd 6/5/18
BFP1 12/24/14 - EDD 09/07/15 (D/C 8w1d)
BFP2 6/12/15 - EDD 2/22/16 (D/C 10w3d)
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Diagnoses and Treatments
PCOS (myo-inositol, excercize)
Indeterminant levels of APS IgM antibodies (baby aspirin)
Sub-septate uterus (hysteroscopic septoplasty 12/18/15)
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BFP3 05/02/16 EDD 01/09/17 DS born 01/05/17
BFP4 01/28/19 EDD 10/?/19 🤞🙏
2. how far along are you? EDD? Team green pink or blue?
30w+1, Jan. 10, Pink
Ugh, the sleepless nights are killing me. I only get up once to pee, but just toss and turn and have crazy dreams all night. It's frustrating.
4. How are you feeling (anxiety wise)
Pretty good. Actually starting to get anxious about the labor & delivery part.
5. When is your next appointment?
Ultrasound & doc appointments on 11/10.
Finally picked a paint color for the baby's room. And decided to stick with the furniture we bought. I basically said to DH that I didn't have time or energy to think about different furniture anymore.
7. Anything else on your mind?
I have a sneaking suspicion that there might be a surprise sprinkle this weekend. Which is wonderful, but also tough with all of the concrete plans we already have for the weekend, especially if my MIL, FIL, and Aunt in Law will be staying at our house. I usually have to do a lot of prep for them which DH doesn't realize, and he's playing a gig Saturday night and working all day Sunday.
8. GTKY - who here doesn't like soup?! What's your favorite?
Pasta Fagioli from Olive Garden. I have a shortcut recipe for home:
Pasta Fagioli in the Crockpot~ just like Olive Garden (ish)
2 lbs ground beef
1 onion, chopped
3 carrots, chopped
4 stalks celery, chopped... (or you can do the pre-diced mix of all three, two containers)
2 (28 ounce) cans diced tomatoes, undrained
1 (16 ounce) can red kidney beans, drained
1 (16 ounce) can white kidney beans, drained
3 (10 ounce) cans beef stock
3 teaspoons oregano
2 teaspoons pepper
5 teaspoons parsley
1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce (optional)
1 (20 ounce) jar spaghetti sauce
8 ounces pasta (ditalini)
Directions:
Brown beef in a skillet.
Drain fat from beef and add to crock pot with everything except pasta.
Cook on low 7-8 hours or high 4-5 hours. Add pasta the last 30 minutes. (Or I usually cook the pasta separate and add it to each bowl as I'm serving it. This way the pasta doesn't soak up all the liquid.)
BFP 2/3/16 --> MC 2/13/16
3) I'm pretty good. A little reflux. Knees are achy. My back spawned up pretty good a couple of times, due to overworking myself I think. All in all not too bad.
4) Anxiety is pretty low. I have my 3rd tri GD screen tomorrow. I passed the one in 2nd tri with flying colors, so I'm hoping this one goes well, too.
5) Labwork tomorrow - OB appointment 11/9
6) Twyla's room is officially demolished. Now, to start the process of putting it back together- walls, carpet, etc.
7) This time next week I will be sleeping in HAWAII! Babymoon/anniversary get away in T-minus-6 days! I'm a little nervous about flying, but the doctor said it would be fine to fly up until like 34-36 weeks and I will be exactly 28 weeks... but that I should move around from time to time to help make sure to prevent blood clots. It's a long flight - I've never even been on a plane! - but the trip is overnight so I'm not sure about how much I may be asleep. Anyone with flight during pregnancy tips that you can give me? Im also nervous about leaving my mom with my brother for 4-5 days. I'm sure I'll get grief for it later... sigh. I hope this awesome opportunity/trip is what I'm hoping it will be.
8) I love soup! and Chili! White chicken chili or chicken enchilada soup are probably my favorites. Yum!
We are only going for a long weekend, which seems like SUCH a shame, but it's the first time we've ever taken a vacation where the point of the trip is to RELAX and enjoy ourselves. I did have the forethought to ask for the aisle seat, but told my DH that I may want to look out the window at some point. I haven't had much swelling at all up until this point so I'm hoping that helps in my favor.
Definitely taking note on the water though - especially during the flight back home which will be during "awake time." We are near the west coast, so the flight time is still somewhere in the 7 hour range (plus, one layover). I think I'm finally allowing myself to be excited - instead of just nervous - lol.
I've been on a few flights this pregnancy and found the compression socks to be really helpful and I didn't have any issues with swelling after the flights. I didn't force myself to get up and move on our overnight flight, but did find that I woke up because I was uncomfortable in the small seats and then needed to use the restroom.
Have so much fun!! I would love to get to Hawaii one day but from the east coast it just seems sooo far away
Hi Everyone! Sorry I've been MIA the last few weeks. I've wanted to log on and see how everyone is doing and update everyone on our little one but I hate mobile bumping and haven't had a chance to pull out the laptop (or steal it from my husband). I feel like today is one of the first "normal" days we've had.
Everything is going well. We named our little one Margaret Michael (nn Greta). Greta is 12 days old (30+5) and doing fabulous. Right now it's just a matter of waiting for her to grow. She's getting my milk via a feeding tube and tolerating it well and on a cpap at minimal oxygen. Another week and we will start looking at weaning from the cpap and another 2-3 weeks depending on her cues we will start attempting some nursing. I can't believe it's been almost 2 weeks but glad she's doing well.
My husband went back to work this week. He's working part time in the office and part time from the hospital. We pick up our 2 year old after daycare and he comes up with us for a little bit. Then one of us goes home with Sam and the other stays with Greta. Every 2-3 nights all 3 of us are home. I'm sure this plan will change a few times over the next several weeks but it's working for us now.
I need to read through some threads and get caught up on what everyone is up to, I've been itching to see how things are going.
Team Blue ~ Jan. 20
DS born 9/4/12
MMC July 2015
MMC January 2016
BFP#4- 9/26 edd 6/5/18
BFP1 12/24/14 - EDD 09/07/15 (D/C 8w1d)
BFP2 6/12/15 - EDD 2/22/16 (D/C 10w3d)
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Diagnoses and Treatments
PCOS (myo-inositol, excercize)
Indeterminant levels of APS IgM antibodies (baby aspirin)
Sub-septate uterus (hysteroscopic septoplasty 12/18/15)
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BFP3 05/02/16 EDD 01/09/17 DS born 01/05/17
BFP4 01/28/19 EDD 10/?/19 🤞🙏
***TW****MC mentioned & BFP mentioned***
TTC#1 since July 2014
AMH 0.1, DOR, Poor responder
Moved to Prague, Czech Republic for IVF
DE attempt in Czech Republic!!
March trip to Prague canceled due to Pancreatitis.
Headed to Prague April 30
3 different donors resulted in 1 PGS tested embryo and 1 fresh embryo
BFP on 5/15/16 at 5dp5dt
My blog: www.wearethehammitts.blogspot.com
Me: 26 DH: 29 Married 8/4/2012
BFP #1 8/20/2013 | EDD 5/4/2014 | MMC 10/2/2013 9w3d | D&C 10/8/2013
BFP #2 2/8/2014 (kinda) EDD 10/29/2014 | DS Born 10/8/2014
TTCAL 11/2015 BFP #3 5/12/16 | EDD Jan 2017
BFP1 12/24/14 - EDD 09/07/15 (D/C 8w1d)
BFP2 6/12/15 - EDD 2/22/16 (D/C 10w3d)
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Diagnoses and Treatments
PCOS (myo-inositol, excercize)
Indeterminant levels of APS IgM antibodies (baby aspirin)
Sub-septate uterus (hysteroscopic septoplasty 12/18/15)
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BFP3 05/02/16 EDD 01/09/17 DS born 01/05/17
BFP4 01/28/19 EDD 10/?/19 🤞🙏
BFP#4- 9/26 edd 6/5/18
It's just so fresh right now, while being so different. I'm having a hard day, feeling both sorrowful and joyful about the new opportunity that I've been given that will be here before we can blink. Thank you all for giving me a place to word vomit out my emotions. I hope I haven't really upset anyone today. I needed somewhere to post about this where it may be understood.
@cjs260 - I'm so sorry you are having a sad day. With my first loss the exact same thing happened to me. I actually had a harder time with that loss than I did with my second which had an embryo but it stopped at 6 weeks. It just had the extra layer of feeling so betrayed by my body that was an additional sting, and people not understanding that blighted ovums are a loss (I got more than one comment that showed the person didn't even think I was actually pregnant so having to justify your pregnancy as real is another twist of the knife).
I am so glad that little Patton Pending is on her way, and I'm thinking of your first little one today. Big hugs to you!
BFP1 12/24/14 - EDD 09/07/15 (D/C 8w1d)
BFP2 6/12/15 - EDD 2/22/16 (D/C 10w3d)
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Diagnoses and Treatments
PCOS (myo-inositol, excercize)
Indeterminant levels of APS IgM antibodies (baby aspirin)
Sub-septate uterus (hysteroscopic septoplasty 12/18/15)
———
BFP3 05/02/16 EDD 01/09/17 DS born 01/05/17
BFP4 01/28/19 EDD 10/?/19 🤞🙏
***TW****MC mentioned & BFP mentioned***
TTC#1 since July 2014
AMH 0.1, DOR, Poor responder
Moved to Prague, Czech Republic for IVF
DE attempt in Czech Republic!!
March trip to Prague canceled due to Pancreatitis.
Headed to Prague April 30
3 different donors resulted in 1 PGS tested embryo and 1 fresh embryo
BFP on 5/15/16 at 5dp5dt
My blog: www.wearethehammitts.blogspot.com
BFP#4- 9/26 edd 6/5/18
I will, no doubt, be a complete, blubbering mess when this baby is born. I loved my first son when he arrived, but I wasn't very emotional. This time, my lord...no photos will be allowed.
Team Blue ~ Jan. 20
DS born 9/4/12
MMC July 2015
MMC January 2016
I've been having a really rough time lately this situation is so overwhelming. I've just been going through the motions and have been struggling to bond with DD. My son needs me, my husband needs me time and a break and the house is a disaster zone. She is just so tiny and small and I feel like I can't do much to help her. I just started anti-depressents and I hope they start to work quickly. I'm also so worn down and tired I didn't imagine how hard it would be to recover from this. My body hurts and I'm struggling to get my stamina back. I know I need to be careful so I don't mess with my incision too much or end up hurting myself. It's hard to stay patient and give myself time and space to heal.
TLDR: just complaining
Me: 26 DH: 29 Married 8/4/2012
BFP #1 8/20/2013 | EDD 5/4/2014 | MMC 10/2/2013 9w3d | D&C 10/8/2013
BFP #2 2/8/2014 (kinda) EDD 10/29/2014 | DS Born 10/8/2014
TTCAL 11/2015 BFP #3 5/12/16 | EDD Jan 2017