<ul><li>How far along/EDD?</li><li>How are you feeling this week?</li><li>Rants/Raves? Questions?</li><li>Any upcoming appointments?</li><li>GTKY: What's your favourite form of self-care, and how do you make time for it?</li></ul><p>Also! Feel free to post pics of nurseries and bumps.</p><p>Calling!! </p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://forums.thebump.com/profile/angelina1919">@angelina1919</a> EDD 7/29</p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://forums.thebump.com/profile/cashewchicken">@cashewchicken</a> EDD 8/8</p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://forums.thebump.com/profile/businesswife">@businesswife</a> EDD 8/21</p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://forums.thebump.com/profile/31magnolia">@31magnolia</a> EDD 9/8 (Girl)</p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://forums.thebump.com/profile/artemis618">@artemis618</a> EDD 9/2 (Boy)</p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://forums.thebump.com/profile/mtpbadger">@mtpbadger</a> EDD 11/13</p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://forums.thebump.com/profile/omarismyhomeboy">@omarismyhomeboy</a> EDD 12/24</p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://forums.thebump.com/profile/vetgirl2011">@vetgirl2011</a> EDD 11/17</p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://forums.thebump.com/profile/stella_700">@stella_700</a> EDD 12/28</p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://forums.thebump.com/profile/the_road_to_oz">@the_road_to_oz</a> EDD 12/31</p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://forums.thebump.com/profile/callingthestork">@callingthestork</a> EDD 3/3</p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://forums.thebump.com/profile/laurelew">@laurelew</a> EDD 3/4</p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://forums.thebump.com/profile/Kimbrlyg814">@Kimbrlyg814</a> EDD 3/4</p>
Re: All Trimester Check-in July 20th
- How far along/EDD? 32w6d
- How are you feeling this week? Today very bad hip joint pain, so not a lot of sleep happening at night.
- Rants/Raves? Questions? Rant - Had my virtual baby shower this past weekend. It was so nice! My mom and sister went all out and I really appreciated it. Almost everyone who was invited joined in on zoom. And I had to try and stop getting emotional when ppl would talk, but my sis did a good job of loosening things up with the games.
- Any upcoming appointments? OB on 7/28.
- GTKY: What's your favorite form of self-care, and how do you make time for it? Good question. I can't even remember. Lol. I would say when I used to go to the salon, either hair or pedicure or a massage.
@BusinessWife - I'm finally breaking down and getting a prenatal massage, too. I am in so much pain I just have to.@Kimbrlyg814 - I hope the spotting stops soon! Glad you have your next U/S on Monday.
@kimbrlyg814 so much yes, to the lines being blurred. I'm not WFH, but 100% momming from home, which still means there's really no off switch. Sometimes just putting my phone down and clearing my head for a few minutes is the best thing.
@BusinessWife yay for steady weight. I’m sure it’s such a relief. Hoping you can find some self care time too! Sounds like you’re a busy mama!
@31magnolia get that prenatal massage girl! Treat yourself. You deserve it!
Unexplained infertility/AMA, polycystic ovaries, insulin resistance
FET#1(July 2017): eSET of first of 4 PGS-normal embryos, DS born 3/30/2018
FET#2(Oct/Nov 2019): eSET
Thanks for explaining the abbreviations. How early can RPL start? I get a sharp cramp in my lower left side when I roll over in bed, did with the last one too.
I'm afraid I got bad news today. Apparently I had a bit more than a garden variety SCH going on. My endometrium is full of blood, clots, and perhaps fibroids. The RE couldn't get a clear picture with all the stuff going on. She said it didn't look good and sent me to MFM, where the same ultrasound tech who assisted with the embryo transfer did a scan. The tech was so nice. But she told DH and I that there wasn't even a gestational sac anymore.
My RE believes that the embryo was probably perfectly normal but that my uterus just didn't do what it needed to. She isn't against me trying again, but brought up surrogacy for the second time. After a couple months, she wants to do another saline-infused sonogram and go from there (I did have one before this transfer). The whole fibroid thing is a new diagnosis for me. Somehow, this loss seems easier than the surprise mmc at 11 weeks, maybe because I've spent the last two weeks being terrified about losing the pregnancy and now at least the uncertainty is over.
We have 2 embryos left--we did five cycles to get 5 embryos. I will not do more retrievals because I don't want my kids to inherit my endometriosis and crappy immune system, so we'd be looking at donor eggs if we wanted more embryos. I almost feel like it is selfish and morally wrong to try to get pregnant again. But I want to carry and nurse a baby! And it is SO much more affordable than a gestational carrier which just feels freakishly weird but perhaps is the responsible choice? Uggghh this is so frustrating! Anyway. Good luck to all of you! You ladies must carry on!
Unexplained infertility/AMA, polycystic ovaries, insulin resistance
FET#1(July 2017): eSET of first of 4 PGS-normal embryos, DS born 3/30/2018
FET#2(Oct/Nov 2019): eSET
@cashewchicken - You're so close!
Hello ladies,
So very happy to report that Benjamin was born at 36w+6d on July 7th at 10.19 am. My water broke at 4.40 am and by 6.00 am we were at the hospital getting assessed, tested for Covid and getting ready for the OR. Baby spent a week at the NICU for some breathing issues. He was able to breath by himself, but it was too fast, so he needed some help to catch up on the speed. It was so hard to leave him for a few days, but I am thankful it was a short stay.
He has been home for a week now and to say we are exhausted is an understatement. Having him at the NICU had its pros and cons, he came home on a feeding schedule of 3 hours, which is great but still there are so many things going on around the feeding that we basically get 1.5-2 hours of sleep between feedings. He is not latching at all, he got used to the bottle during the hospital stay, so I need to pump after each feeding. It took a while, but I am finally producing almost all the milk he needs per day.
The c-section was as complex as my OB expected it to be. He cut one of my fibroids and I lost a lot of blood, to the point that my blood pressure dropped and I got really nauseous. I am anemic, but on iron supplement and should be back to normal in about a month.
Aside from the exhaustion and surgery, we are so in love with him and still in disbelief!! It was a long road but I can’t describe what happened to my heart the day he was born.
Unexplained infertility/AMA, polycystic ovaries, insulin resistance
FET#1(July 2017): eSET of first of 4 PGS-normal embryos, DS born 3/30/2018
FET#2(Oct/Nov 2019): eSET
Thanks for the consoling words and support. DH and my sister have been awesome as well.
Congratulations to @angelina1919!!!
I wanted to share a silver lining to the Coronavirus crisis for pregnant people: apparently preterm births are WAY down. (New York Times article.) https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/19/health/coronavirus-premature-birth.html
Happy Trails
@2dogsmom Best of luck with your ultrasound tomorrow! Let us know how it goes.
@angelina1919 congratulations!!!!
A couple other fun projects on the go; I plan to diy a few Montessori mobiles for early, days, so that should be super fun if I can pull that off! Oh my, it just occurred to me yesterday how nice it is to just be home and even have the headspace to think about fun little craft projects like that. :) We are getting so close!
I had a doula recommended by a friend, since the other one fell through, who says something about a virtual consult today or first thing tomorrow? Eep! So I may have to get showered and dressed here and figure out if DH can take a few minutes to try that with me??? We are so non virtual tho, omg I have no idea what he's going to say when I pitch this to him! 😅
Unexplained infertility/AMA, polycystic ovaries, insulin resistance
FET#1(July 2017): eSET of first of 4 PGS-normal embryos, DS born 3/30/2018
FET#2(Oct/Nov 2019): eSET