@wanderlost - so happy we're adding some familiar ladies to our group!! Congrats on the bfp!! - and for the record, I've been doing the exact same thing, MH doesn't get it lol
I lurked on TTGP for quite a while and finally this month got the balls to introduce myself.... and then I get a BFP. So I’m that asshole. @galentine you’re a very familiar “face” congratulations!!
Looking forward to being in the October BMB with all of you! I’m 4+3 today and got our BFP a week ago (12dpo). I’ve already had 3 beta draws (1/21 = 26, 1/23 = 84, 1/25 = waiting....) and an ultrasound which didn’t show anything I knew we wouldn’t see anything but was just hoping. EDD 10/2. We have another ultrasound this Thursday. Fingers crossed we see something, in the right place!
Hey all! Super Nervously posting here but also so excited! Congratulations to everyone! I also feel like I now need to watch parks & rec. I’ve been thinking about starting & now must be the perfect time! I got my BFP yesterday morning & of course had to POS again this morning. I probably will until I run out of test 😂. My due date is around October 7th!
**TW**
I had a natural miscarriage in October of 2018. I was 12 weeks pregnant. So I’m a little on edge not really believing it’s postive! Definitely not telling anyone anytime soon so I’m so excited to have you guys to share this journey with!
Hello ladies, all of the Leslie Knope GIFs were cracking me up! My husband and I have been watching lots of Parks and Rec, so this feels like a good sign to me! I have been on the Infertility boards, and was planning on starting IVF next cycle when I got my surprise BFP on 12DPO. I am so shocked! First beta 1/23: 57.2 1/25: 131,and I have another on Tuesday. When have people had an US? How is everyone feeling so far?
@annierose3 first off, congrats! How are you feeling?
as for the timing of a first scan, it depends on your provider and insurance. For DS1, I didn’t have a scan until my 18w anatomy scan. He would only do a dating scan if your dates were way off (he would ask LMP and the date of the first positive test) and didn’t offer the NT. If he couldn’t detect a HB with the Doppler at 12w, he’d send a patient for a scan to see what was going on.
With DS2, my MWs did a dating scan around 8w, which is the first time they see low risk patients. They automatically do dating/placement scans at this point unless you’re a RE transfer.
This time around, I’ll have scan sometime in the next 2-3w since they don’t want to go by my charting, and technically, my LMP was in November. I‘m a bit of a SS this time around 🤷🏼♀️
I’ve heard of providers bringing patients in as early as 5/6w, but that hasn’t been my experience.
@cmbt2. Thanks so much, and congratulations to you too! Besides being stunned, I am feeling tiny cramps, sore chest, and occasional feelings of queasiness. I am surprised to be feeling signs so soon, but it makes it feel a little more real. Because I will likely stay with the RE until the end of the first trimester, I think my US might be early. Like 5-6 weeks. I am waiting to tell family until after US. What have to done in the past with announcing? Any advice for me? How is everyone feeling? And a big congratulations to you all!
Congratulations @annierose3! Your beta’s look great!
I’m an acception so I get ultrasounds early and often. You can always ask to get an early one, the worst thing they could do is say “no”. Some insurance companies only pay for a certain amount of them though.
I have been feeling good. A lot more energy than the previous pregnancies. Only complaint is cramping. The normal kind and then the sharp shooting pain ones when I stand up too fast. How are you feeling?
I’ve told my sisters and parents but we are waiting until the next ultrasound to tell the husbands family. I just blurted it out lol nothing too exciting, except the being pregnant part!
@cmbt2. Thanks so much, and congratulations to you too! Besides being stunned, I am feeling tiny cramps, sore chest, and occasional feelings of queasiness. I am surprised to be feeling signs so soon, but it makes it feel a little more real. Because I will likely stay with the RE until the end of the first trimester, I think my US might be early. Like 5-6 weeks. I am waiting to tell family until after US. What have to done in the past with announcing? Any advice for me? How is everyone feeling? And a big congratulations to you all!
I’m full of unsolicited advice. I’m an open book about my experiences so ask away.
I’ll speak directly to the early scans- try not to freak if you don’t see anything outside of a sac at the 5/6w scan. It’s pretty common actually- you should have a follow up 2-3 weeks after to confirm growth and get the HB.
Announcements aren’t even on my radar right now TBH- we won’t tell family until after we detect the HB and no one else outside of work finds out until all our test results are in. My boss will be told once I have a dating scan as it will throw off my inspection schedules. We stuck DS1 in a “promoted to big brother shirt” to tell our families about DS2. We’ll probably do similar for this one.
Yay! Congratulations @emily1052. Thank you for the advice, I think I will ask if I can do the US this Friday, which is a day earlier than they mentioned. Are you also with an RE? Or previous MC? I hope that you don't mind me asking. My husband wanted us to wait to tell our parents until after the US. It is SO hard! I really never thought I would conceive without IVF. And my mom has pretty advanced cancer, so I want to give her the happy news! Plus my brother got engaged yesterday, so we are waiting for a better time to share. Any good announcement ideas?
@annierose3 I hope they agree and give you and the ultrasound! Like @cmbt2 said, you may not get to see much but I hope you do!!
*TW* We had a CP in September ‘17 and an ectopic in January ‘18 which resulted in the loss of my right tube. We met with an RE but was told that we could most likely conceive naturally. We decided to give it a year and it took us 9 months. And I don’t mind sharing
How long have you been working with the RE?
Sorry to hear about your mother I bet an engagement followed by a grand baby will cheer her up!
Sorry i I don’t have any good announcement ideas... maybe look on Instagram. I’ve thought about getting one of those shirts that says “I like to think that wine misses me too”
Also, @annierose3, the rule of thumb for being able to do and see something on an u/s was betas at 2000 4/5 years ago. I’m not sure if that’s changed or not, though.
Hey all, Just got my BFP Saturday, 14dpo. Absolute and utter shock. We've been trying for 9 months and just had an appointment with an IVF specialist 2.5 weeks ago, thinking there must be something wrong (I'm just shy of 39, so it was a pretty reasonable assumption). This was our last shot before going through all that hell. I'd been having cramps all last week, so I figured we were out of the running again. On a whim, I tested Saturday morning, not even sure why and I almost fell over when I got two VERY dark lines on the little cheapy strip test! Used an FRER next, same thing. Coolest part, since we were at the IVF appt, I got to see the follicle that was about to pop just a few days beforehand on an ultrasound. First (half)baby picture! Congrats everyone!
P.S. Cut down to 1.5 cups of coffee, already fiending for caffeine...
I was also about to start with an RE next month and figure out if we wanted to do IUI or IVF. It looks like we are in a similar boat, @annierose3@tinybluesprite I hope everyone is feeling well today!
TTC History
Me: 38 DH: 52
Started trying June 2018
BFP Jan 2019 DD born October 2019
TTC July 2021 BFP, ended in MMC August 2021
TTC October 2021
BFP January 2022
MMC March 2022
Beginning May 2022 under the supervision of an RE - Benched while undergoing testing
Guys, I was a nervous wreck calling my provider to schedule my first appointment. I've spent the majority of my adult life trying NOT to get pregnant, and that mindset is so ingrained. I had this irrational fear they were going to yell at me or tell me I'm not allowed to be pregnant. Like, am I really allowed to do this? I need an adult.
@galentine I’m always a nervous wreck making that first appointment. Don’t worry, they won’t yell at you! The worst they may do is ask if it was planned during your first app.
i still wonder sometimes why anyone would ever allow me to parent so.. 🤷🏼♀️
When is everyone's first appointment?? I'm a nervous wreck waiting for mine on 2/11. I have had betas and progesterone pulled, numbers looking good, so that reassuring, sort of lol.
@cdnrunning, my first appointment is 2/27, I will be 8 weeks and change. I specifically mentioned I'd had a recent CP in the hopes they would want me to come in for betas, but nope. I feel like a month is SO far away with no reassurance until then. ☹
When is everyone's first appointment?? I'm a nervous wreck waiting for mine on 2/11. I have had betas and progesterone pulled, numbers looking good, so that reassuring, sort of lol.
I’ve been in twice already and go back Thursday. We’ll decide then when to do a dating scan, sometime in the next 2-3 weeks. Then I basically have an app every 2 weeks starting at 12w.
Hi everyone! Congratulations to all of you! I got my BFP last Friday and am due on October 1st! I've been lurking regularly on the TTGP board since September/October. I never really posted but found it super helpful nonetheless. TW----------I had a CP last month so I'm just very grateful to be here and looking forward to participating along with everyone. Reading everyone's posts makes me so excited for our BMB to get up and running. Who agrees that October is the best month of the year?! Seriously.
@MrsJP20082015 I've also been thinking about starting Parks & Rec. I've seen a few random episodes and think it's hilarious, but I'm in the middle of binging on Mad Men right now so I'm gonna have to ride that one out before starting anything new. (Any Mad Men fans here?)
@annierose3 we announced pretty casually on social media last time and I think this time I want to do something a little cuter and more thought out. Not because I want to post it to social media necessarily, but I think it will be really fun to look back on. I'm open to announcement ideas too! Also wanted to say I'm sorry to hear that your mom is going through cancer. So tough, but your great news I'm sure will be such a bright spot!
@emily1052@cdnrunning I was about to pour myself a glass of wine the other night and it seriously took me 10 seconds to be like..."wait, no...I'm pregnant."
@cdnrunning so glad you're betas are looking good! My first appointment is on February 19th when I'll be 8 weeks! Not sure if it'll just be a doppler or a u/s but either way it CAN'T COME FAST ENOUGH.
@cmbt2 it stinks, doesn't it? It feels impossible to relax and "enjoy" the pregnancy. I am looking forward to getting to know the group and supporting one another as we jump on this crazy roller coaster ride!
@theearlymajority congrats! Just a heads up, providers won’t usually start Doppler checks until 12w. It’s extremely difficult and time consuming to pick up the HB before that on a Doppler.
@cdnrunning it does suck. I’m sorry you are in this boat, too. I’m ready for the next 2 months to be over with already
Hi everyone! I really really really can't believe this but the 4 tests that I found to pee on say I go here. I'm crying and have to be normal at work tomorrow.
@galentine hey i wondered where you went! Weren't you not temping this month either? EOD?
I promise to come back here when I'm not mobile bumping to tag more, but everyone seems so nice. Happy to "meet" you.
A little about me: we're going to be FTPs but have 2 of the most adorable fur babies. I come from a really large, loving family and work in the legal field. Can't wait to get to know everyone more.
@marbellie, AHHHHHHH! So excited to see you here!! Congratulations! I did not temp while TTC. Just opks and frequent HIO. What dpo did you start testing?
@emily1052 my first beta at 11dpo was 55.6 and my second beta was 170.7. Progesterone at 11dpo was 36 or 37 and they didn't mention the second reading at 13dpo but said it was really good. I've been on 200mg of progesterone since 4dpo and we were about to start additional fertility testing next month. I've had a LPD for quite sometime and without progesterone my LP is about 7-8 days.
@marbellie - hiiiiiiii!!! Congrats on your BFP and joining the cool October club I have three fur babies here. My house is a total circus lol
Good morning ladies, I will write a more detailed message as soon as I have more time. I just had a third beta drawn, and I am waiting for the results. I am SO anxious!! At what point will I feel like I can take a deep breath??
Good morning ladies, I will write a more detailed message as soon as I have more time. I just had a third beta drawn, and I am waiting for the results. I am SO anxious!! At what point will I feel like I can take a deep breath??
I was finally able to breathe after all the screenings were done with my other two, so 14-18w for me.
@galentine actually I'm so late to test because work has been insane. My last post yesterday on TWW looks crazy (but practical) in hindsight because I was talking about being sure this cycle didn't work and what I would do next one.
I tested last night at 14ish DPO and it was a beautiful dark second line
@marbellie, I think I asked you this once before but can't remember. Is your SN at all related to the Marbella hotel in the Jane the Virgin tv show? Because I think of it everytime I see your SN!
@marbellie, haha oh well, we can pretend. And we can still bond over sloths! If you have a Trader Joe's near you, check out their greeting cards, because they have a super cute sloth one right now. I used it to to "announce" the pregnancy to my H! 😊
@annierose3, I used this calculator online and got a doubling time of 48.96 hours for you which I believe is well within the normal range. I'm not a medical professional, though. What does your doctor say about the numbers?
@galentine thank you so much for the reassurance! That is just the calculator that I was using. I am waiting for a call back from the RE now. It is hard not to be anxious!
@cdnrunning My first proper appointment with my midwife isn't until March 12th, but I had already booked a PCP appointment as a follow-up to check on my vitamin levels (had low D and too high B12) so now I'll have them check my HCG too! Plus I'm trying to get in to see my endo, I have mild hypothyroidism. So many doctors...
Re: October 2019 BMB Waiting Room
I lurked on TTGP for quite a while and finally this month got the balls to introduce myself.... and then I get a BFP. So I’m that asshole. @galentine you’re a very familiar “face” congratulations!!
Looking forward to being in the October BMB with all of you! I’m 4+3 today and got our BFP a week ago (12dpo). I’ve already had 3 beta draws (1/21 = 26, 1/23 = 84, 1/25 = waiting....) and an ultrasound which didn’t show anything
**TW**
I had a natural miscarriage in October of 2018. I was 12 weeks pregnant. So I’m a little on edge not really believing it’s postive! Definitely not telling anyone anytime soon so I’m so excited to have you guys to share this journey with!
I have been on the Infertility boards, and was planning on starting IVF next cycle when I got my surprise BFP on 12DPO. I am so shocked! First beta 1/23: 57.2 1/25: 131,and I have another on Tuesday. When have people had an US? How is everyone feeling so far?
as for the timing of a first scan, it depends on your provider and insurance. For DS1, I didn’t have a scan until my 18w anatomy scan. He would only do a dating scan if your dates were way off (he would ask LMP and the date of the first positive test) and didn’t offer the NT. If he couldn’t detect a HB with the Doppler at 12w, he’d send a patient for a scan to see what was going on.
With DS2, my MWs did a dating scan around 8w, which is the first time they see low risk patients. They automatically do dating/placement scans at this point unless you’re a RE transfer.
This time around, I’ll have scan sometime in the next 2-3w since they don’t want to go by my charting, and technically, my LMP was in November. I‘m a bit of a SS this time around 🤷🏼♀️
I’ve heard of providers bringing patients in as early as 5/6w, but that hasn’t been my experience.
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BFP #2 5/4/14, EDD 1/15/15, DS1 1/19/15
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I’m an acception so I get ultrasounds early and often. You can always ask to get an early one, the worst thing they could do is say “no”. Some insurance companies only pay for a certain amount of them though.
I have been feeling good. A lot more energy than the previous pregnancies. Only complaint is cramping. The normal kind and then the sharp shooting pain ones when I stand up too fast. How are you feeling?
I’ve told my sisters and parents but we are waiting until the next ultrasound to tell the husbands family. I just blurted it out lol nothing too exciting, except the being pregnant part!
I’ll speak directly to the early scans- try not to freak if you don’t see anything outside of a sac at the 5/6w scan. It’s pretty common actually- you should have a follow up 2-3 weeks after to confirm growth and get the HB.
Announcements aren’t even on my radar right now TBH- we won’t tell family until after we detect the HB and no one else outside of work finds out until all our test results are in. My boss will be told once I have a dating scan as it will throw off my inspection schedules. We stuck DS1 in a “promoted to big brother shirt” to tell our families about DS2. We’ll probably do similar for this one.
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BFP #2 5/4/14, EDD 1/15/15, DS1 1/19/15
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*TW* We had a CP in September ‘17 and an ectopic in January ‘18 which resulted in the loss of my right tube. We met with an RE but was told that we could most likely conceive naturally. We decided to give it a year and it took us 9 months. And I don’t mind sharing
How long have you been working with the RE?
Sorry to hear about your mother
Sorry i I don’t have any good announcement ideas... maybe look on Instagram. I’ve thought about getting one of those shirts that says “I like to think that wine misses me too”
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BFP #2 5/4/14, EDD 1/15/15, DS1 1/19/15
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Just got my BFP Saturday, 14dpo. Absolute and utter shock. We've been trying for 9 months and just had an appointment with an IVF specialist 2.5 weeks ago, thinking there must be something wrong (I'm just shy of 39, so it was a pretty reasonable assumption). This was our last shot before going through all that hell. I'd been having cramps all last week, so I figured we were out of the running again. On a whim, I tested Saturday morning, not even sure why and I almost fell over when I got two VERY dark lines on the little cheapy strip test! Used an FRER next, same thing. Coolest part, since we were at the IVF appt, I got to see the follicle that was about to pop just a few days beforehand on an ultrasound. First (half)baby picture! Congrats everyone!
P.S. Cut down to 1.5 cups of coffee, already fiending for caffeine...
Guys, I was a nervous wreck calling my provider to schedule my first appointment. I've spent the majority of my adult life trying NOT to get pregnant, and that mindset is so ingrained. I had this irrational fear they were going to yell at me or tell me I'm not allowed to be pregnant. Like, am I really allowed to do this? I need an adult.
i still wonder sometimes why anyone would ever allow me to parent so.. 🤷🏼♀️
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BFP #2 5/4/14, EDD 1/15/15, DS1 1/19/15
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in the next 2-3 weeks. Then I basically have an app every 2 weeks starting at 12w.
I’m also high risk, so I go in early and often 😪
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BFP #2 5/4/14, EDD 1/15/15, DS1 1/19/15
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@MrsJP20082015 I've also been thinking about starting Parks & Rec. I've seen a few random episodes and think it's hilarious, but I'm in the middle of binging on Mad Men right now so I'm gonna have to ride that one out before starting anything new. (Any Mad Men fans here?)
@annierose3 we announced pretty casually on social media last time and I think this time I want to do something a little cuter and more thought out. Not because I want to post it to social media necessarily, but I think it will be really fun to look back on. I'm open to announcement ideas too! Also wanted to say I'm sorry to hear that your mom is going through cancer. So tough, but your great news I'm sure will be such a bright spot!
@emily1052 @cdnrunning I was about to pour myself a glass of wine the other night and it seriously took me 10 seconds to be like..."wait, no...I'm pregnant."
@cdnrunning so glad you're betas are looking good! My first appointment is on February 19th when I'll be 8 weeks! Not sure if it'll just be a doppler or a u/s but either way it CAN'T COME FAST ENOUGH.
@cdnrunning it does suck. I’m sorry you are in this boat, too. I’m ready for the next 2 months to be over with already
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BFP #2 5/4/14, EDD 1/15/15, DS1 1/19/15
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@galentine I’m so glad I’m not the only one that feels like that! eeek!
My first appointment was 1/23. I go back on 1/31 for another appointment. @cmbt2 I’m in the same boat 😢
@cdnrunning Glad to hear all your numbers are looking good! What were your beta’s? If you don’t mind me asking.
@galentine hey i wondered where you went! Weren't you not temping this month either? EOD?
@elle-0409 @cdnrunning hey ladies~
A little about me: we're going to be FTPs but have 2 of the most adorable fur babies. I come from a really large, loving family and work in the legal field. Can't wait to get to know everyone more.
@marbellie - hiiiiiiii!!! Congrats on your BFP and joining the cool October club
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BFP #2 5/4/14, EDD 1/15/15, DS1 1/19/15
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I tested last night at 14ish DPO and it was a beautiful dark second line
@cmbt2 I love love your Avatar, I was obsessed with sailor Moon my entire childhood (and beyond honestly)
@cdnrunning yay to making an even grander circus~
1/23: 57.2
1/25: 131
1/29: 510.8, which is not quite at the doubling amount I calculated. Is this a bad result??
https://www.babymed.com/tools/hcg-calculator