This is a monthly check in for the mamas who have made it to the 3rd trimester! (or are getting close to the third tri!)
If you're just joining us please post a:
Mini synopsis in your first post with your EDD
How many babies you are pregnant with
If you know the gender(s)
How you have been feeling going into 3rd trimester.
Please let us know if you need to be added to the list
@wabash15 Team green EDD 8/15
@leilee101 Team blue induction on 8/21
@dukie1001 Team ? EDD 10/9?
Re: 3rd tri August check in
@dukie001 how are you?
AFM: baby seems to have finally settled on being head down. I've been having irregular contractions and am 40 weeks on Thursday so things may be happening very soon!
Diagnosed : unexplained infertility
6 rounds of IUI and a MC 2/2014, rainbow twins 4/2015
TTC #3 5/2016
Restarted Fertility tx
IUI 2 rounds, baby girl 12/17
Way to go making it to 40 weeks! Hope you have good experience delivering your baby! 💕
Other than that everything is how it supposed to go I guess 😊. Getting out of breath and feel like a whale in bed 😄.
AFM baby has up to one more week to bake, induction is officially set at 41 weeks.. though I feel like this kid will come before then.
Diagnosed : unexplained infertility
6 rounds of IUI and a MC 2/2014, rainbow twins 4/2015
TTC #3 5/2016
Restarted Fertility tx
IUI 2 rounds, baby girl 12/17
Diagnosed : unexplained infertility
6 rounds of IUI and a MC 2/2014, rainbow twins 4/2015
TTC #3 5/2016
Restarted Fertility tx
IUI 2 rounds, baby girl 12/17
@wildrainbow I read your comment in other group. So sorry for your loss❤️
I had my MFM appointment today. The baby is measuring 4lbs 11oz and is head down. Got prescribed meds for fasting numbers, will see how it going to work. Next appointment with OB on Friday. I probably will get referral to nutritionist.
@dukie001 I didn’t even realize you had GD .. sorry I’ve been so out of it. That must be so tough, but glad you’re staying on top of it
@leilee101 you are such a rockstar!!! 33 weeks is amazing and the fact they are going to let you have even more time to bake is fantastic. I also bow down to surviving all the bed rest. Learning to crochet is great, learning to knit and do something with my hands was super helpful at one point in my life.
Diagnosed : unexplained infertility
6 rounds of IUI and a MC 2/2014, rainbow twins 4/2015
TTC #3 5/2016
Restarted Fertility tx
IUI 2 rounds, baby girl 12/17
@wabash15 I hear you girl about the maternity leave...it (the law) sucks in US. I’m originally from Russia, still have 1 friend from there I talk to. So she had a son and was allowed to take 1,5 years maternity leave 100% paid plus another 1,5 with 30% pay. Now that is a sufficient time to bond and raise a baby.
How long your work allows you to take? I consider myself lucky as military allows 12 weeks of paid maternity leave, plus I want to take 30 days of my regular leave. Hope my boss will allow me FX but it is a long shot. I just can’t imagine leaving the teeny tiny baby in somebody else’s hands 🥺. Plus after my return from maternity leave I have exactly 6 months and I would have to leave till Jan2021. Ahh.... DH would have to care for the baby on his own.
Diagnosed : unexplained infertility
6 rounds of IUI and a MC 2/2014, rainbow twins 4/2015
TTC #3 5/2016
Restarted Fertility tx
IUI 2 rounds, baby girl 12/17
I have a question: how much fetal movement is too much? If there is such a thing of course. I thought there should be a period of activity and a period of rest. I feel like my baby was constantly on the move yesterday during the day. And this morning, starting around 0800 he began rearranging the furniture in there 😁
Diagnosed : unexplained infertility
6 rounds of IUI and a MC 2/2014, rainbow twins 4/2015
TTC #3 5/2016
Restarted Fertility tx
IUI 2 rounds, baby girl 12/17
When Anne was born, I actually noticed she was moving and sleeping in ways that I remembered from pregnancy (the little kicks to the side, preferences for certain positions, etc). It was pretty cool. And I second what the ladies said -- baby will develop their own patterns over time and it's only when they deviate from those that there is cause for concern. I feel like I've told my story a billion times, but I just felt like something was "off" and while she was meeting the kick counts, something didn't feel right to me. My doctor had me go to Labor and Delivery for a peace of mind scan (I had just had a biophysical profile done earrlier that week which she passed with flying colors so he wasn't really worried) -- while Anne was doing loop de loops in my tummy and happy as a clam, they found my BP was really elevated and she was eventually delivered early a few days after that as the MFM felt I was developing severe pre-eclampsia. So always always trust your gut. You'll know. Your mommy sense is already turned on!
Summer 2015 - no BFP yet, labs normal, referred to RE
Fall 2015 - Summer 2016 - Further testing all normal. 3 IUI's -- BFN. Recommended move to IVF. Planned cycle for fall 2016.
September 2016 - Surprise natural BFP. MMC @ 8 weeks. RE expressed confidence that we just needed the 'right' embryo.
Fall 2016 - Spring 2017 -- Break from TTC
June 2017 - Started IVF; egg retrieval for freeze all cycle. 9 mature eggs retrieved, 5 fertilized. 2 4BB embies on ice.
August 2017 - FET transfer both embies. BFP. Twin pregnancy confirmed by ultrasound. EDD 4/28/18
September 2017 - Twin B stopped developing; Twin A doing perfectly! Graduated from RE @ 10 weeks
March 2018 - Baby Girl born via C/S due to pre-eclampsia -- strong and healthy!
TTC #2
January/Feb 2021 - Freeze-all IVF cycle
March 2021 - FET of 1 PGS normal female embryo. BFP! Beta #1 156, #2 472, #3 1241, #4 5268 EDD 12/5/21 - Christmas baby!
"When all is lost then all is found."
I also got my TDAP vaccine and signed up for breastfeeding class for 21AUG. Need to pick up the list of breast pumps covered by insurance and see what I can order.
Born 8/17 at 12:19 pm weighing in at 4lbs 11 oz. He’s already making his own rules, decided to make his appearance 4 days shy of 34 week goal.
Two nights ago I started cramping and having pink fluid. Then last night it turned into regular contractions and by the time the doctor came in this morning I was 3cm. Labor went so well, it progressed very quickly and I was 10cm within a couple hours, almost couldn’t get the epidural! Shane came out screaming, it was the most amazing noise I have ever heard. They put him on my chest for a few minutes before NICU had to start working on him. His lungs collapsed soon after and they had to intubation him and put him on a ventilator- he is responding extremely well to surfactant and seems to be recovering nicely.
AFM, the placenta was stuck and they couldn’t get it out for a while. They took me into the OR for a D&C but it still would not come out. They decided they would have to cut me open and put me under general anesthesia, then they went out and told my poor husband they would probably have to take out my uterus. Literally as they were about to cut, a small Asian doctor came running in and had hands small enough to reach far inside of me and pull it out like Simba. DH said the entire OR erupted in cheers. I needed a blood transfusion but am recovering well so far .
Sorry for the novel! It’s been a crazy day! But we are soo in love 🥰 he’s absolutely perfect!!!!
You certainly have had a wild ride with this little one! He's perfect! Hopefully he'll continue to respond well to surfactant and be off the vent soon -- you're a champ for being able to keep him baking for so long! I hope you will have a quick recovery and the two of you will be home soon and enjoying all of the excitement of newborn life
Welcome to your new chapter, mommy!
Summer 2015 - no BFP yet, labs normal, referred to RE
Fall 2015 - Summer 2016 - Further testing all normal. 3 IUI's -- BFN. Recommended move to IVF. Planned cycle for fall 2016.
September 2016 - Surprise natural BFP. MMC @ 8 weeks. RE expressed confidence that we just needed the 'right' embryo.
Fall 2016 - Spring 2017 -- Break from TTC
June 2017 - Started IVF; egg retrieval for freeze all cycle. 9 mature eggs retrieved, 5 fertilized. 2 4BB embies on ice.
August 2017 - FET transfer both embies. BFP. Twin pregnancy confirmed by ultrasound. EDD 4/28/18
September 2017 - Twin B stopped developing; Twin A doing perfectly! Graduated from RE @ 10 weeks
March 2018 - Baby Girl born via C/S due to pre-eclampsia -- strong and healthy!
TTC #2
January/Feb 2021 - Freeze-all IVF cycle
March 2021 - FET of 1 PGS normal female embryo. BFP! Beta #1 156, #2 472, #3 1241, #4 5268 EDD 12/5/21 - Christmas baby!
"When all is lost then all is found."
Diagnosed : unexplained infertility
6 rounds of IUI and a MC 2/2014, rainbow twins 4/2015
TTC #3 5/2016
Restarted Fertility tx
IUI 2 rounds, baby girl 12/17
@leilee101 Congrats mama! What a handsome boy! You are a rockstar and I wish you both a speedy recovery and lots of baby snuggles after this crazy journey. Baby Shane is a miracle and you have an incredible birth story to tell him one day 💙
I attended breastfeeding class yesterday, learned a lot, was very beneficial. Also got a script for a breast pump. Which one are you using? Any recommendations?
@dukie001 I have the spectra and I love it. My milk came in quickly and I’m already getting over 20 oz a day at only 5 days in. I’m pumping exclusively since baby is in the Nicu and going back and forth in between the hospital Madela and my spectra, both are great.
@leilee101 have you gotten to hold Shane yet? I'm glad he is such a fighter.
AFM; our sweet boy arrived last week at 40+6. labor was fast and went very smoothly. so far this has been my easiest recovery. trying to soak in every moment as this is our last.
Diagnosed : unexplained infertility
6 rounds of IUI and a MC 2/2014, rainbow twins 4/2015
TTC #3 5/2016
Restarted Fertility tx
IUI 2 rounds, baby girl 12/17
@wabash15 Yey! Congratulations!!! That’s wonderful that you had easy labor and recovery.
AFM: I’ll most likely 99% will get Spectra, since it’s a closed system and there is less chances of bacterial contamination of the tubes.
I have my MFM appointment today for BPP and next week for growth scan. I’ll be 34 weeks in couple of days. It’s getting super uncomfortable to sleep, even propped with pillows I wake up with sore back. But this is not too bad, and my baby can cook in the belly as much as he needs💙
Rant: so my husband started on the nursery back in May and it’s still not done. It is super irritating because if he put 3 -4 full days of work it will be complete. His excuse for me not pressuring him is that he hasn’t failed yet, so I shouldn’t say anything. Jeez.....The worst thing is that before he started I just wanted to put fresh coat of paint and that’s it, more over I already painted the ceiling, closet doors and edged the walls. All he had to do is to paint the walls and trim....but I come home one day, and he pulled the carpet, the Sheetrock on the walls and even peeled the paint on the ceiling 😵 He knee I’ll be in shock, so he wrote on the ceiling with s sharpie “Vicky I love you”. Like that was supposed to help. God give me patience.
Diagnosed : unexplained infertility
6 rounds of IUI and a MC 2/2014, rainbow twins 4/2015
TTC #3 5/2016
Restarted Fertility tx
IUI 2 rounds, baby girl 12/17
I went through the same thing with my husband -- we had to do a two part renovation to turn our former den into a nursery. The first part was easy enough because he just had to hire someone to convert the open wall space into a regular wall with a door. The rest of the work - moving out the furniture, building the nursery furniture, etc, he kept saying he would do. Eventually baby arrived early and he did eventually set up everything over his two month leave.It will work out :-) Baby doesn't need too much at the beginning, just a spot to sleep (in your room likely) and a space to stow changing supplies. We used a towel and the pack n'play for alot at the beginning. Anne also refused to sleep in her bassinet so we set up the crib pretty quickly! She hates sleeping in small spaces still....loves to roll about and take up as much space as possible. I'm so hesitant to put her toddler rail on her crib for that reason -- she's such a roller!
Summer 2015 - no BFP yet, labs normal, referred to RE
Fall 2015 - Summer 2016 - Further testing all normal. 3 IUI's -- BFN. Recommended move to IVF. Planned cycle for fall 2016.
September 2016 - Surprise natural BFP. MMC @ 8 weeks. RE expressed confidence that we just needed the 'right' embryo.
Fall 2016 - Spring 2017 -- Break from TTC
June 2017 - Started IVF; egg retrieval for freeze all cycle. 9 mature eggs retrieved, 5 fertilized. 2 4BB embies on ice.
August 2017 - FET transfer both embies. BFP. Twin pregnancy confirmed by ultrasound. EDD 4/28/18
September 2017 - Twin B stopped developing; Twin A doing perfectly! Graduated from RE @ 10 weeks
March 2018 - Baby Girl born via C/S due to pre-eclampsia -- strong and healthy!
TTC #2
January/Feb 2021 - Freeze-all IVF cycle
March 2021 - FET of 1 PGS normal female embryo. BFP! Beta #1 156, #2 472, #3 1241, #4 5268 EDD 12/5/21 - Christmas baby!
"When all is lost then all is found."