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March 2022 Moms
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Weekly Check In 10/18
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GTKY: Share as much or as little of your TTC journey to get to this point as you would like ❤
Re: Weekly Check In 10/18
@morgantu I'm not really feeling anything either yet. I'm hoping maybe by 20 weeks that I start feeling something consistent or at least obvious...it's comforting that we are basically at the same point and that I'm not the only one still feeling pretty much nothing!
Possible TW, just to be safe.
After my loss in Feb 2019, I had the compulsive need to get pregnant. I wanted to be a Mom, to not have empty arms. Hearing docs say to wait at least a year to TTC, I couldn’t handle it. It seemed so far and I was so desperate.
We made one exception though and did the deed near the original due date of our lost one. I ended up with a false positive after that which really messed with me.
Then, however, we started trying when we’d planned to and I got pregnant right away with DS, born May 14, 2020.
After DS turned 1, we decided to TTC again.
We wanted kids close together so they could play together. (DS has never met another baby and only seen his cousins who are 6 and 2.5 respectively a total of 3 times).
July 4th I had been super tired, but chocked it up to taking care of DS as especially at family gatherings like that DH has a habit of going to socialize and enjoy himself while I’m stuck keeping track of the kid. :P
Anyway, took a test the next day because AF was due. I expected a negative, but testing the day AF was due was sort of my routine while TTC.
Lo and behold a BFP appeared before the timer was up to check the test.
Now here we are.
@faithmovesmountains A bowl of cereal
@gayu1107 I am sure baby is fine. Just make sure you are staying hydrated.
@morgantu DD's daycare has been short staffed lately too. We haven't had to keep her home, but it is definitely impacting the communication they are giving us. Hopefully your daycare finds someone soon and you don't need to worry about that happening again!
EDD / Weeks + Days: 20+4, 3/3
Baby is the size of a(n) / interesting fact: Baby is starting to open and close her eyes
Well my story starts when I was a youngin. I never got a period on my own, so when I was 17 my mom took me to see a doctor. After lots of appointments and testing, we found out I have a mosaic for Turners Syndrome (basically only a percentage of my cells are impacted), which was likely the reason I wasn't ovulating or getting a period. My mom had actually suspected it since I was born with a webbed neck (corrected with surgery) and have many of the other physical signs (though I'm average height, which is unusual).
Flash forward to TTC. We knew it would be hard for us, and since I wasn't ovulating we jumped right to Clomid. I did that for 6 cycles and then moved to Letrozole. *TW* I conceived on the second Letrozole cycle, but we lost that baby at 11 weeks due to Trisomy 18. I did Letrozole for 6 more months until I decided to switch to an RE. He added the trigger shot in with monitoring and we conceived DD1 on the first try. It took two years to get pregnant with DD1. Partly because I have long cycles, and partly because I didn't advocate for myself. I should have gone to an RE sooner.
TTC this baby -- started in January 2021 and we conceived in June using Letrozole. I had actually just switched to my RE again and got a positive test before I needed to start treatment with them again.
@rachelredhead I actually love the name Myrtle. It was my great aunt's name and the more I hear it the cooler I think it is!!!
@kgg2241 a friend and coworker of mine never ovulated or had a period. They conceived 2 girls through IVF and then magically at 40 she started getting her period for the first time and ended up conceiving naturally at 42 without even trying! They have 3 girls now:)
Rant, I'm tired of my DH telling me to get some exercise or go for a walk. I know he does it thinking it'll help me as I get bigger, but I hate being told what to do! I should suggest to him alternate things to say like "I'll do the dishes tonight if you want to go for a walk".
It took us 2 years to conceive DD, then only 2 cycles once we decided to try for #2 to get pregnant with DS. This time I was praying for a sign on whether we should foster or have a 3rd (thinking if we decided to have a 3rd we would start trying around now). Surprise! Got our answer.
@rachelredhead I bet you guys will end up nicknaming her "Turtle" now anyways no matter what name you choose 😁
EDD / Weeks + Days: March 21 / 18+0
It didn't take long to conceive DD1. 4 cycles but the timing was TOTALLY off for the first 2. Then 8 cycles to conceive our 14 week loss, followed by 9 cycles to conceive our 10 week loss...then magically we got DD2 our first cycle back trying after our 2nd D&C. This time it took 2 cycles to conceive but it was a CP, then 4 more cycles gave us a 7 week loss...another 4 cycles and we got this little guy. So hoping he'll be coming home with us in a few months ❤
@Panaceia So glad you had a good appointment today!
I am reading everyone’s journeys that have posted and it’s interesting for sure.
Our first was a total surprise, in fact we had only known each other 5 months at the point we found out. DH was told by multiple doctors he wouldn't be able to have natural children without intervention so it was even more of a surprise. I worried we would struggle with secondary infertility when we decided to grow our family. We got pregnant the first cycle after removing my IUD in February but it ended in a MC in April. After one normal cycle post MC we started trying again and landing pregnant with this little one in June. Our story is much less twisty-turny and heartbreaking than many others and I realize how lucky we are. My heart breaks for all the families struggling to fulfill their dreams ❤️
I got pregnant with DS pretty quickly back in 2017. For a couple years after I was team “one and done” but as time went on I realized I wanted to try for one more. I had a CP in May of this year then conceived this one in June.
I have been super MIA and hate that because I was super active in my previous birth group and the support did wonders. I have just been so sick and it’s taking a toll on me mentally but I vowed to myself to do things I enjoy. So here we are.
EDD / Weeks + Days: 18+6, March 16th
- ALWAYS wanted to be a mom
-At 22 had surgery to rescect the intrauterine septum, but there was nothing they could do about the bilateral fallopian tube blockages. But at least IVF would be a possiblity.
- *TW* at 26, had an utter surprise pregnancy, the first time we (now DH) DTD 😅. Spontaneous MC at 7.5 weeks.
- 2 years later, Got pregnant on the first try. MC at 10wks, severe PP hemorrhage, DH thought I would die.
- TTC for 7 months. In November, On EDD for baby #2 (*end TW**) ended up in ER with intense R sided pain, and spotting. Had a large cyst that was causing partial torsion, and as well, US discovered an intrauterine polyp. OB said "it's as effective as an IUD, so you won't be able to get pregnant until 3 months after surgical removal". Which he couldn't fit me in until March.
- stopped putting effort into TTC because I "had an IUD".
- set up a fancy pillow bed, under the Christmas tree fo seduce DH for fun.
- 10 days later, realized I was pregnant with DS 😅
This one...well... Hadn't really started tracking. Used 1 ovulation stick to try to get an idea what was happening. Were planning to start TTC in September.
I only have 1 open tube, and in THEORY, ovulation alternates months.
Well, one night, things got out of hand, and I almost stopped it to be responsible, but thought "meh, it's a R side month, and not really close to O..."
Right after, I realized that I obviously just don't know how to count, and that it was a L side month and I was likely right snack dab in the O window.
I told DH.. "so... FYI I'm gonna be pregnant.."
He replied "it was 20 min ago. There's no way you can know that..."😅
I started POAS 5 days later. Early symptoms of insomnia, vivid dreams, smell aversions and slightly later, breast tenderness. When I'd POAS and it was (- ) my brain would just say "well..it WILL show up, because...I totally am..."
Then at 3+2, DH came home from work at 7 am, and found me on the toilet. He said "what's that?" I picked it up and looked, and said "it's a + pregnancy test" 😂
Also, for the record, I DESPISE when people tell women/couples who are TTC "just relax, it'll happen if you stop stressing!"
It infuriates me, and I was told that multiple times. And it hurts when people say it.
So the irony is not lost on me, that all my pregnancies occured during stress-free sexy times.
@kgg2241 congrats on the new promotion. Sounds like you are in high demand, which is always a nice feeling!
@faithmovesmountains: UTIs suck; I get them on a recurring basis and I HATE taking antibiotics as well, especially while pregnant. I had UTIs with both previous pregnancies although I have never been on antibiotics for such an extended time as they have prescribed you. I now take a woman's probiotic every day which seems to prevent UTIs better for me.
@michelle_bird this is the first I have heard of taking daily asprin. I have never been told that.
EDD / Weeks + Days: 18W 2D
@night_nurse I didn't feel movement with #1 until around 19 weeks, but I think it was around 15 weeks with #2. I joked that he was super strong because the kicks were so hard, but then he really is super strong! Even still at 3! This one I started feeling flips around 13 weeks, so I'm convinced there's a gymnast in there.
If anyone wants to share their experiences with being called back for a second look, it would help to calm my nerves until next week when I return!
Share as much or as little of your TTC journey to get to this point as you would like ❤
Started TTC in 2010. Had a couple early losses, but nothing progressing past 8 weeks. Started with an infertility specialist in 2012. Had a couple more pregnancies, one of which we lost in July 2014 just as we entered the second tri.
Baby had been due January 2015, and we became pregnant again in Feb 2015. Our daughter was born in Nov 2015.
Started trying again at the end of 2015, a couple positive tests but again nothing progressed. Worked with the infertility doc again, which resulted in this baby conceived June 2021.
We are done after this baby - we had already decided we were done if we hadn't conceived by the end of 2021. Feeling thankful for one healthy child, and a second pregnancy, and do not want to go through another 5+ years of treatments.
My little one they couldn’t get a good look at her spine first AS, but all looked good yesterday at my scan.
Wishing you much the same luck with baby boy’s heart.
@morgantu Sounds like the same situation, glad everything went smoothly for you as well.
@Panaceia Lol, I guess it is about getting baby in the right position! Two returns - on a positive note you got to see baby again, but you must have been so anxious between appointments!
well, I’ll share my whole story from my first child til now. I got pregnant within the first month of trying with my oldest. When we tried for our second, we thought it would be just as easy- but it wasn’t lol! It took us 18 months to conceive our second. Now this little baby, my husband and I said if it happens, it happens and we won’t stress it… well this time it only took 2 months! Crazy how our bodies can be all over the place.