1st Trimester Check-in w/o Oct 15

jusgigi · October 2018

I havent seen a new one for this week so....

This is the place for those ladies who got their BFP after IF (who are 12 weeks or less) to get to know others in a similar situation and to give/get support and encouragement.

ETA: if everyone could put their due date as well we can start a list

How far along are you/ EDD

How is everyone feeling?

Any upcoming appointments?

Any thoughts/questions/concerns?

GTKY: When does everyone plan on announcing? Any plans for How you plan to announce?

Griffin5413 · October 2018

Hi ladies... I hope I'm not jumping over too soon. Just had my first beta yesterday at 188. This is round is for baby #2. My son will be 2 in Dec. The boards were a life saver last time around so I'm excited to join you ladies here!

How far along are you/ EDD - Just like 4 weeks. EDD would be June 22 but I will most likely be a c-section since I had to have one last time.

How is everyone feeling? - I am feeling much more irritable this time around. lol. DH thinks that it is going to be a girl this time just b/c of how I'm acting.

Any upcoming appointments? 2nd beta is tomorrow and then I think I would do my 6 week with my RE

Any thoughts/questions/concerns? - Just nervous for the next few weeks.

GTKY: When does everyone plan on announcing? Any plans for How you plan to announce? - Last time around, we blogged through the whole process so there were a lot of our family and friends who knew from the beginning. This time, we haven't told anyone in our family. We wanted to surprise them. We ended up having to tell my MIL & SIL the day after transfer b/c we were meeting up with them for the weekend and I couldn't go swimming which was why we rented the house we did. So now we will prob. tell my parents when they come out to visit at the end of the month. I can't imagine we will put anything on FB or anything like that until end of 1st trimester.

bpietronicco · October 2018

How far along are you/ EDD. 10 weeks 5/15

How is everyone feeling? Feeling okay- still nervous as we were just diagnosed with a small SCH.

Any upcoming appointments? Just had my first appt with the OB- definitely a challenge to go from appts every week and same day blood results to ever 2-4 weeks and results taking 1-2 weeks. Next appt is in 2 weeks to Check on the bleed.

Any thoughts/questions/concerns? Just concerned about the SCH. Just when finally after over 2 years of this journey with the RE things were looking up and my body throws me another curve ball.

GTKY: When does everyone plan on announcing? Any plans for How you plan to announce? I do not know if I will announce on Facebook until after the baby is born. We will see as the pregnancy progresses.

uterusdreams · October 2018

@bpietronicco I'm lurking from 2nd tri, hope that's okay - just wanted to say, I had a SCH as well and it freaked me OUT. My fertility doctor made me feel better about it though, before I 'graduated' from him. He gave me some helpful things to look out for and told me what I could expect and it really helped me calm down about it. Happy to chat more if you want the details but figured I won't go into it all right here just yet.

Congrats on your first OB appointment!

mayflower513 · October 2018

@bpietronicco also lurking from 2nd tri. I also had an SCH - I actually had one initially at 7 weeks, then after a couple of weeks of that staying the same I had an additional one. I was extremely limited activity wise, on pelvic test, and did acupuncture with moxabustion from weeks 7-11 and they went away by 11 weeks. I actually had some red and brown spotting after that in my 12th week which freaked me out but they saw no new bleeds so thought it was them bleeding out. I also was dropping my progesterone so I’m not totally convinced that didn’t cause some or all of my spotting in that week. Either way, I’m now 24 weeks and there has been no trace of my SCHs since that 10th week. FX yours resolve quickly as well. Don’t hesitate to vent or ask any questions!

bpietronicco · October 2018

@uterusdreams thank you so much for lurking! Would love the details if you are willing to share.

@mayflower513 thank you for lurking! It is great to hear positive outcomes. So glad to hear they disappeared for you.

JamieH2000 · October 2018

@bpietronicco- Also lurking to share that I had a large SCH too. I think it got to like 2cm by 3cm by 3cm, which was bigger than baby for a while. I had brown and red spotting off and on from weeks 5-9. Luckily it resolved, but I was terrified too. So far all of us had positive outcomes, so the odds should be in your favor too!

bpietronicco · October 2018

Thanks @JamieH2000. I have had 2 days of brown spotting and so far that’s been it. I am so super nervous and hearing positive stories sure does help relieve some of that. Thanks for sharing!

uterusdreams · October 2018

@bpietronicco My experience was really similar to @JamieH2000. Right after I turned 6 weeks I had some pretty heavy bleeding (felt like my period) and then I went in for an ultrasound which showed the SCH. I believe it was around 3cm. The bleeding got lighter over the next week and at 7w3d I had another ultrasound which showed a strong heartbeat and that's when my fertility doctor told me things were looking great despite the SCH. He said if the bleeding was accompanied by strong cramps, and/or got persistently heavier, to call my OB but otherwise I could expect some regular bleeding and spotting to go on for awhile. He also said at that same appointment that I was clear to work out and have sex, so no restrictions basically. I spotted for several more weeks but just in the past few weeks I've noticed it seems to be gone (which is of course one of those things I'm terrified to say out loud, right?!) or at least very minor at this point.

mbradfo2 · October 2018

@bpietronicco
My sister had SCH and all was well with the baby (natural preg). Bleeding was scary though! They do usually resolve by the end of the first tri/beginning of second. Apparently they are also very common in IVF pregnancies -- probably an interesting avenue of research for any medical researchers around

Since my spotting in the first tri wasn't associated with any specific causes (SCH), my RE was very careful and just had me on light activity and pelvic rest. He wasn't really phased by it though and I suspect SCHs and other spotting are more common than we realize because we aren't OBs or REs who see tons of pregnant ladies every month!

bpietronicco · October 2018

Thanks @uterusdreams and @mbradfo2. I appreciate you sharing. I am weaning if my hormones so I am nervous that may affect the SCH. Definitely harder to go from seeing re every week for a scan to go to the OB where it’s 2 weeks to 4 weeks. I am nervous to leave the house in case I have a big bleed. My OB didn’t give me any restrictions- she said it is recommended for pelvic test for a week after any bleeding and drinking loads of water but other than that there isn’t really anything we can do.

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