DH found this yesterday. I thought it might interest anyone else who had IF issues. I had heard rumors that the HSG made you more fertile for a few months. I didn't think it would work for me, but I had an HSG the cycle I conceived. I don't really understand why it works.
On Saturday morning, after months and months (and months) of taking steps in twos and threes, but nothing more, DS finally decided to start walking. Casually wandering all around the house. Two days after he turned 18 months, and dealing with side eye from people for over 6 months about why he wasn't walking yet. Obviously, he still crawls, too, but the last couple of days the amount he's walking has gone up significantly. Add that to the short term disability insurance appeal approval, and it was a fantastic weekend!!
@bridge-and-wall I've read that before and it's pretty interesting. I can kind of see how it makes sense. My OB wanted to do an HSG in November after 4 months of letrozole but I pushed it off until January so I could use flex money and he let me still use letrozole that next month...and I got pregnant. I had read a bunch about them though and it really did seem to be a common theme.
Hey ladies! Hope everyone had a great weekend! Mine was busy but great! Was at my nieces bday party and I was holding my 2 month old niece and our tiddler, almost 17 months who has never been around little babies, came up and started hugging and kissing her! Seriously my husband and I could not believe it! He never got jealous and loved looking at her. I got a bunch of much needed house work and paperwork done and while doing so found a $600 check! Then while watching a movie with the kids we got a phone call from my MIL asking if we wanted this huge and awesome sectional! Um yeah! It was DHs cousins and is in perfect condition. So all in all great weekend!
Sorry I've been MIA. I started a new position at my work and it has been crazy. Also my classes also started up so I've been swamped with homework too. But thankfully I am having Taco Bell tonight. Mexican pizzas make everything better.
@bridge-and-wall I had an HSG done after a year of infertility after a miscarriage. That was done in November. I was on Follistim injections starting right after Christmas, IUI procedure right after and found out in January that I was pregnant with twins.
We determined we had MFI infertilty, so I don't think the HSG played any role in our conception.
I do have a sister in law that had the HSG done and immediately conceived after two years of infertility. Who knows!
@cmar1006 My SIL conceived my nephew right after her HSG, too. They had been trying for a year and a half. It doesn't seem like it should work, but who knows?
@bridge-and-wall my cousin had a pregnancy after a hsg and a close friend of mine who had struggled for years to conceive had a pregnancy after her hsg.
My random. I'm on vacation! Wish it wasn't so flippin hot, but hey, I'm still on vacation!
H and I took DD (14 months) to Italy for 2 weeks. We may be a little nuts? Anyway, we leave on Friday and I think it is time to get back to our routine at home. She is being a total rockstar, though, considering she is WAY out of her element here.
What are others thinking about swimsuits for the summer? Let the belly hang out in a bikini, or go more modest in a maternity tankini or one piece? I had originally thought I'd just let my belly hang out and wear the bikinis I have, but then I realized there's no way my pregnant boobs will fit in my existing bikinis, so I know I'm going to have to buy something. Just can't decide what...
@Rhubarb7216 I'm buying a tankini, but it's more because I sunburn like crazy, so keeping as much of my pale skin covered as possible is a good thing. If you are comfortable in a bikini (and can rock one without your boobs flying free), I say go for it!
@Rhubarb7216 I'm going with a bikini but I did have to get some larger tops at Target.
To echo off of @ColoradoHiker, my skin does seem to be more sensitive to sunburns since becoming pregnant. I was sitting in the sun for maybe an hour and a half one morning and my legs actually burned pretty bad. Be sure to use a good sunblock and a big floppy hat to protect your skin!
Bathing suits: I'm most comfortable in a tankini. I doubt I'll get many opportunities to go swimming so I'm not going to buy a maternity top. My bottoms still fit. I'm pasty pale, so I think I'm just going to wear a long sleeved SPF shirt. I'm more worried about burning (I call the sun the "evil day star") than I am looking cute, and if I'm in the water I should be plenty cool enough.
This is what happens when the work caf folks like you. One of the guys went to pick up morning catering (there's a big conference room near my desk). I said, if there's any fruit left I want it!
Re: swimsuits. I'm going to do both, depending on where I am. If it's the beach with just the family or close friends I'm going to rock my bikini for as long as I can manage. If it's a water park or pool party with folks I'm not really close with, I'll pull out the tankini. I was handed down a few so I didn't have to go buy one. If I did have to buy one, I might have different thinking!
I will probably get something that covers most of me. If I don't end up wearing a t-shirt and probably some of DHs trunks lol. I've got a really insane amount of stretch marks from my first pregnancy and I wouldn't wish that sight on anyone.
I bought 2 one-pieces from Target's Liz Lange maternity line. One I found in the store on the clearance rack for $15 and then I ordered a second bandeau suit online for $35. They're both cute! And I'm way more comfortable with the extra coverage.
I got a couple maternity bathing suit tops from Old Navy my last pregnancy and just wear them with regular bottoms. I don't think my boobs will fit into my old tops and nobody needs to see that.
Swimsuits: I still fit in my bikini top, but it's the bottoms that I'm a sausage in now. My hips/thighs look huge and my butt hangs out the back. I also lost my curves at my natural waist and now I just feel huge from the boobs down. I'm like COME BACK! I want to look similar to my previous self, just with a belly! The belly is hard to adjust to. That being said, I would wear a tankini if I was around anyone other than my husband. I do not want to subject my father or brother to these body changes......
Me: 27 years old DH: 27 years old Type 1 Diabetes since 2001, MTHFR hetero A1298T Dogs: Raider 4 yrs, Dex 4 yrs
Married in July 2014
TTC #1 since late Feb 2016
BFP #1 3/29/16 MMC: 5/5/16 BFP #2 7/6/16 SCH, D&C 8/4/16 BFP #3 12/26/16 EDD: 9/6/17 My Chart / My Diabetes/Pregnancy Blog My Type 1/TTC/Pregnancy Podcast: Juicebox Podcast Episode 118 A1Cs: 1/12/16 6.7% 5/25/16 6.0% 11/2/16 6.1% 3/22/16 5.8% 4/27/17 5.4% 6/13/17 5.3% "Sugar Fancy Tutu"
I think I might officially hate traveling. Maybe it's just because 90% of the time we are going somewhere to see family? But I'm not sure I'm ready to test that theory by going somewhere new. And I think I'm 4/5 for getting sick on trips in the last year. There are so many places I'd love to visit, but it might have to wait until I can teleport.
I'm going with tankini, I just don't like the way I look in a bikini pregnant, I feel like my bump looks cuter covered? Is that weird? I dunno, more power to you if you have that "I'm cute pregnant even in a bikini" look but I ain't got it
@Carebella going on vacation and getting sick is horrible. We just went to Portland and I spent more than half the trip ill. Home now and still horribly sick.
My parents are staying with us this weekend and last night, my mom brought up how her co-worker's daughter who recently gave birth wanted no visitors for at least a week after they got home with baby. I explained that I don't want anyone staying with us either, and she was totally on the same page, so that's a relief! My parents live 3 hrs away, but she works here part-time. I'm definitely allowing them and ILs at the hospital after birth, but I don't want anyone staying with us at home, since I want the time to bond with DH and LO and not stress about someone else being in my house. Mom is more than willing to come help us when needed, but wants to give us our space. She had an awful experience with her parents "helping" when I was born, which meant them hovering over her and fighting, stressing her out to the point she barely produced any milk. I can tell she's wanted to have this discussion with me and is relieved that we're on the same page, and I am too now!
@MrsVP614 DH and I aren't even letting people wait in the waiting room. Last time his parents made a huge deal about them not being treated well by DH stating he "catered" to my family and ignored them and was rude. I told them that it was ridiculous they made that day all about themselves and their feelings meanwhile I was giving birth and he was stressed to the max because I was in pain and DS was having late decels and my dad is a NICU nurse so that's why he asked my dad a lot of questions. So this time my parents get to watch my DS and be the first to meet DD when she gets here and his parents can just stay home and worry about themselves since that's all they know how to do anyways.
@lap018 That's exactly why I've made it clear I don't want anyone "waiting" on me at the hospital to give birth. I'll let them know when we go, but I don't want to see them/hear from them until baby is born and we're ready for visitors. Mom agreed that no one else needs to be there for birth besides DH, so I'm hoping his parents understand the same concept.
I definitely don't want anyone in the waiting room and don't want any visitors for at least a couple of hours after birth. We need our time together as a family! Plenty of time for other people to visit later.
I don't even want visitors at the hospital. The grandparents... okay... my sister... okay...... but aunt's uncles cousins NO.
DH's cousin gave birth last year and MIL said "okay, we're all going to visit her now!!" And I was like @$#£+×=&'??? Does she even know we're coming? Want us to come?
I felt so bad going. She was clearly uncomfortable recovering from a c section and it was the next freaking day. I was so against it. But I was a "terrible person " for not wanting to go visit family.
Me: 27 years old DH: 27 years old Type 1 Diabetes since 2001, MTHFR hetero A1298T Dogs: Raider 4 yrs, Dex 4 yrs
Married in July 2014
TTC #1 since late Feb 2016
BFP #1 3/29/16 MMC: 5/5/16 BFP #2 7/6/16 SCH, D&C 8/4/16 BFP #3 12/26/16 EDD: 9/6/17 My Chart / My Diabetes/Pregnancy Blog My Type 1/TTC/Pregnancy Podcast: Juicebox Podcast Episode 118 A1Cs: 1/12/16 6.7% 5/25/16 6.0% 11/2/16 6.1% 3/22/16 5.8% 4/27/17 5.4% 6/13/17 5.3% "Sugar Fancy Tutu"
Yeah, no visitors in the delivery room at all. I am ok with people stopping by the hospital, but I can't fathom why anyone would stay for longer than 30-45 min. Do not camp out all day.
Nooooooo! After working hard for over a year to avoid mosquito bites, I have my first mosquito bite in 2 years. Ever since zika started to be a concern I have pretty much avoided being outside for any length of time or worn bug repellant if I knew I'd have to be. I'm a mosquito magnet who lives in the south. There hasn't been any zika reported in my state that didn't come from travel, but it still irritates me.
Re: Weekly Randoms 5/22
https://theconversation.com/study-confirms-flushing-blocked-fallopian-tubes-can-improve-fertility-and-reduce-need-for-ivf-77627
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Me 34 DH 34
PCOS
Baby number 2 due 4/11/20
DS2: EDD- 09.08.17
@bridge-and-wall I've read that before and it's pretty interesting. I can kind of see how it makes sense. My OB wanted to do an HSG in November after 4 months of letrozole but I pushed it off until January so I could use flex money and he let me still use letrozole that next month...and I got pregnant. I had read a bunch about them though and it really did seem to be a common theme.
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Me 34 DH 34
PCOS
Baby number 2 due 4/11/20
We determined we had MFI infertilty, so I don't think the HSG played any role in our conception.
I do have a sister in law that had the HSG done and immediately conceived after two years of infertility. Who knows!
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Me 34 DH 34
PCOS
Baby number 2 due 4/11/20
My random. I'm on vacation! Wish it wasn't so flippin hot, but hey, I'm still on vacation!
DS2: EDD- 09.08.17
To echo off of @ColoradoHiker, my skin does seem to be more sensitive to sunburns since becoming pregnant. I was sitting in the sun for maybe an hour and a half one morning and my legs actually burned pretty bad. Be sure to use a good sunblock and a big floppy hat to protect your skin!
This is the one I got online, in gray.
https://www.target.com/p/maternity-wrap-bandeau-one-piece-d-dd-liz-lange-for-target/-/A-51676546?lnk=rec|adaptpdph1|related_prods_vv|adaptpdph1|51676546|0
That being said, I would wear a tankini if I was around anyone other than my husband. I do not want to subject my father or brother to these body changes......
Type 1 Diabetes since 2001, MTHFR hetero A1298T
Dogs: Raider 4 yrs, Dex 4 yrs
BFP #2 7/6/16 SCH, D&C 8/4/16
BFP #3 12/26/16 EDD: 9/6/17
My Chart / My Diabetes/Pregnancy Blog
My Type 1/TTC/Pregnancy Podcast:
Juicebox Podcast Episode 118
A1Cs:
1/12/16 6.7%
5/25/16 6.0%
11/2/16 6.1%
3/22/16 5.8%
4/27/17 5.4%
6/13/17 5.3%
"Sugar Fancy Tutu"
I can tell she's wanted to have this discussion with me and is relieved that we're on the same page, and I am too now!
ETA: now we just have to deal with MIL
Married: 10.15.16
DS BD: 8.20.17
TTC #2 1.1.19
BFP #2 7.3.19
EDD #2 3.13.20
Eta: luck, not kick.
Married: 10.15.16
DS BD: 8.20.17
TTC #2 1.1.19
BFP #2 7.3.19
EDD #2 3.13.20
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Me 34 DH 34
PCOS
Baby number 2 due 4/11/20
Mom agreed that no one else needs to be there for birth besides DH, so I'm hoping his parents understand the same concept.
Married: 10.15.16
DS BD: 8.20.17
TTC #2 1.1.19
BFP #2 7.3.19
EDD #2 3.13.20
Idk why she thinks she's so special. I only want DH in the delivery room. Good lord. My own mother won't even be there.
Type 1 Diabetes since 2001, MTHFR hetero A1298T
Dogs: Raider 4 yrs, Dex 4 yrs
BFP #2 7/6/16 SCH, D&C 8/4/16
BFP #3 12/26/16 EDD: 9/6/17
My Chart / My Diabetes/Pregnancy Blog
My Type 1/TTC/Pregnancy Podcast:
Juicebox Podcast Episode 118
A1Cs:
1/12/16 6.7%
5/25/16 6.0%
11/2/16 6.1%
3/22/16 5.8%
4/27/17 5.4%
6/13/17 5.3%
"Sugar Fancy Tutu"
DH's cousin gave birth last year and MIL said "okay, we're all going to visit her now!!" And I was like @$#£+×=&'??? Does she even know we're coming? Want us to come?
I felt so bad going. She was clearly uncomfortable recovering from a c section and it was the next freaking day. I was so against it. But I was a "terrible person " for not wanting to go visit family.
Type 1 Diabetes since 2001, MTHFR hetero A1298T
Dogs: Raider 4 yrs, Dex 4 yrs
BFP #2 7/6/16 SCH, D&C 8/4/16
BFP #3 12/26/16 EDD: 9/6/17
My Chart / My Diabetes/Pregnancy Blog
My Type 1/TTC/Pregnancy Podcast:
Juicebox Podcast Episode 118
A1Cs:
1/12/16 6.7%
5/25/16 6.0%
11/2/16 6.1%
3/22/16 5.8%
4/27/17 5.4%
6/13/17 5.3%
"Sugar Fancy Tutu"