PAIF Support Thread w/o Feb. 19

doula-mama · February 2018

Let's get to know each other. Share with us any IF/loss background you would like to share and how things are going for you now.

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Note: This thread will include discussion of infertility and loss. If these topics are triggering for you, please take care of yourself while reading and posting here.

This thread is for those of us who went through infertility testing and treatments before becoming pregnant. Many of us have had different struggles to get to this place and face different anxiety and concerns now. This thread is for us to support each other, and we hope it will be a safe space. Check in any time during the week you have news to share or need support.

This thread is for those who have experienced infertility. The struggles we discuss may or may not apply to those who became pregnant easily. If you have not experienced infertility, please be considerate and sensitive if you feel the need to post in this thread.

doula-mama · February 2018

Question for everyone - what day do we want this thread to start on? It was randomly assigned to Thursday, but I feel like we can make it any day we want. Thoughts?

pebbledam · February 2018

I personally like weekly check-ins to start on Mondays because otherwise I forget which days they are supposed to start.

kiwi2628 · February 2018

I am with @pebbledam I like weekly stuff to be on Mondays, and the rest of the week to be for questions/fun stuff/etc..

doula-mama · February 2018

Awesome - my preference for weekly threads is also Monday but didn’t want to abuse the power haha... we’ll switch next week unless anyone voices a concern

efavell02 · February 2018

We graduated from our Ivf clinic today! They didn’t tell us the bpm but said it looked good and he is measuring ahead of schedule at 15 mm! It was so emotional. After the dr left the room I just started sobbing. It was like everything we’ve been through had led up to this so far.

zwink1 · February 2018

I agree with Mon.

Great news @efavell02!!!!

I had an ultrasound today and everything looks good, heart rate was 168, which is right in the middle of where they want it. I'm finally starting to let my guard down a little bit here!

I have to figure out what my game plan is. My RE is also an OB, so I could stick with her after I graduate (I don't get released for another 4 weeks until I'm cleared from the progesterone). Or, I could go back to my old OB who is also in the same practice. The problem is that I moved and neither deliver in the hospital near me that I would prefer to deliver in, so now I'm in a conundrum. Switch Drs or switch delivery hospitals...

cirrra · February 2018

@efavell02 Great news! I just graduated as well! Not sure what I'll do with myself without the frequent check-ins..

Is anybody else feeling it's just not REAL? I had my second ultrasound today, and (besides the symptoms), I am having a problem believing there is really a baby in there. I'm glad I got the visual proof, at least... Any tips to help it sink in?

shortstack930 · February 2018

Monday works for me too.

@efavell02 so exciting!!!!

@zwink1 how far from you is the hospital that your RE delivers in? And is it just the distance that bothers you or are you not crazy about the hospital in general?

@cirrra I still feel like that but I'm only a little over 4 weeks. I feel like it'll sink in more when I see the first ultrasound. I've started reading pregnancy books again and that helps it sink in a bit.

AFM: the RE called to schedule my first ultrasound today!! March 13!! It can't get here quick enough.

zwink1 · February 2018

@circa, yeah, me too. I think it hit a little harder today since this was our first US, but it hasn't felt really real at all.

@shortstack930, the one I originally planned on delivering at is 12 miles from our house. The others are 24 or 33 miles, so at least double, but not crazy far either way. It's not just the distance. The one close to me isn't even the closest hospital, but it has a great reputation, isn't crazy busy, and has a lot of options. I admittedly haven't done enough research on the other two, but one is crazy busy all of the time in their LD area (partially because it's very recently remodeled), and the other I know next to nothing about. My RE/current OB's office is super close to my work though, which makes appointments very convenient.

pebbledam · February 2018

@zwink1 - YGPM.

halfanewt · February 2018

@cirrra same here. It really hit when we saw the 1st u/s, but the length between appointments now (2 weeks feels like a long time!) makes it seem less real. I just feel lazy for being so tired, and have to remind myself it’s for a good cause, lol! So, no tips, but I can relate?

northbeach3 · February 2018

@efavell02 so excited for you to see your little bean! Can’t believe you already graduated from your RE. The bigger question.... did you graduate from progesterone?

@cirrra yes I didn’t have the reaction to the us that I thought I would. I can see visual proof but still feels unreal, distant even. Dunno if it’s bc my constant nausea has made it hard to concentrate or enjoy anything. My DH said he smiled when he heard the HB so that makes me happy.

shortstack930 · February 2018

@zwink1 I would say do some more research on the hospitals first. As long as they have a good NICU and good policies regarding laboring and breastfeeding, then I would say stick with whichever doctor you’re more comfortable with.

jennybean80 · February 2018

I’m tired of being sooo tired! I work night shift, so I’m already tired a lot of the time and now it’s to the point where I’m feeling like I don’t contribute to the family. DH is doing so much right now.

But Im booked for an U/S next Thursday, and I’m hoping that will help make the exhaustion and nausea seem worth it - because there will be a “real” baby then (if that makes sense).

shortstack930 · February 2018

@jennybean80 I work night shift too and I feel like it’s going to be totally different doing it while pregnant!

AFM: beta #3 came back at 636 which is more than doubled since Wednesday!!! I’m so relieved!

efavell02 · February 2018

@northbeach3 I graduated from the progesterone! I feel really nervous about it though

anyone else on here stopping progesterone supplements after Ivf or iui?

doula-mama · February 2018

@efavell02 I’m on progesterone until week 10... I wasn’t originally on it though (I was lucky and letrozole and TI worked), but when I had to have surgery at five and a half weeks, they started me on it as a precaution. I still have a couple of weeks to go and am already nervous at the thought of stopping it

MissChanandlerBong622 · February 2018

Hey ladies. I recognize some of you from TTC. I was formally dxd with PCOS in October after 7mos of TTC and two CPs. Was put on Metformin and 4mos later here we are. I’m still very nervous and cautiously optimistic. Hoping for a rainbow at the end of this 11mo storm.

CatWaffles · February 2018

Hey ladies! I’m jumping in here

In short, after more than 9 long years of TTTC, 3 REs, 8-9 IUIs (Clomid, Femara, Injectables, combos of all of those), 2 surgeries, IVF, and 3 failed FETs, we are finally, cautiously expecting or first baby after our 4th FET! Based on transfer date, my EDD is Oct 18th and I’m 6 weeks, 3 days PG.

it does NOT feel real at all. I don’t have any symptoms and am absolutely terrified of MC or that it’s all a mistake and is just going to disappear lol... We have our first sonogram this coming Monday and I’m both nervous and excited!

seethosestars · February 2018

Hi ladies - just wanted to introduce myself here. I've been (semi) active before on both TTGP and TTTC in the past but took a long hiatus when infertility was getting me down. After more than 3 years of trying we got our first BFP February 5 after our FET. Had our first ultrasound on Wednesday and saw our little bean and the flutter of the heartbeat. Still feeling nervous about the whole thing - I'm doing progesterone suppositories and every so often I will get brown tinged discharge (probably from irritation) and it freaks me out. Thankfully I'm still nauseated and tired with sore breasts so I get some reassurance from that!

So glad to have a group of ladies who have struggled to be here and who share the same fears and anxieties as I do about early pregnancy!

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