Second Beta is 753

[sequins]

I'm so relieved!! Still no way of saying if it's a singleton or multiples. I was hoping to have a scan at 5 weeks but they said no more monitoring till my first u/s at 7 weeks 6 days.  I'm whiny about that. It's going to be a tough 20 days waiting to hear the heartbeat. 

Physically I'm exhausted and I look about 5 months pregnant already. The NP said both are to be expected since this is an IVF and I'm on progesterone supplements. I'm also mildly hyper-stimulated and have so much fluid in my abdomen, so rest as much as you can is the advice. Ugh. I feel like I'm waddling already.

I'm still alternating between being numb and disbelieving and stupidly grinning to myself, lol. I'm so thankful for this but I can't help being nervous as shit. 

When did you guys relax and start enjoying your pregnancy? Anything I should be doing now other than pinning baby clothes?

ETA : Oh and EDD is May 29th!!

[sequins]

Sept 22, 2014 18:55:25 GMT -5 daisyfay25 said:

Hooraaaay!!!!! Im sure the bloat will go down, dont worry!

I just caught up with your post. Congrats on your awesome beta. It's so awesome that you get an u/s soon!!

[feistypants]

Congratulations!! That's a solid second beta number. I'm thrilled for you!!

[sequins]

Sept 22, 2014 18:56:52 GMT -5 @cse1960 said:

YAY! I am so happy for you.

SUE SUE. Gimme advice. What should I be doing in the first eight weeks? Plan? Buy? 

[spankswife]

So exciting!!!!

Honestly at 5 weeks you can only see a sac. Much more worth it to wait until 7 weeks so you can see a heartbeat!

[sequins]

Sept 22, 2014 18:59:14 GMT -5 Lucy Honeychurch said:

Yayyyyy!

And... Sorry, but you kind of freak out and worry throughout the entire pregnancy. With both of mine, towards the end, I'd drink orange juice to make sure they were moving and etc. lol.

At this point I'm ready to take even the nausea. Some sign that the baby is in there and I'm not imagining it. But the NP said as long as there is bloating, it's a good sign, so I'm clinging to my bloat, lol.



I'm going to regret asking for nausea, am I not?

[birdistheword]

So happy to see this great update!

[Deleted]

I'm 16 weeks and I've not done anything yet. Well, I guess I started cleaning out a closet and pinned a bunch of stuff.

Worrying eased a tiny bit after my NT scan.

Congratulations and good luck!

[MixedBerryJam]

Sept 22, 2014 19:02:15 GMT -5 sequins said:

Sept 22, 2014 18:59:14 GMT -5 Lucy Honeychurch said:

Yayyyyy!

And... Sorry, but you kind of freak out and worry throughout the entire pregnancy. With both of mine, towards the end, I'd drink orange juice to make sure they were moving and etc. lol.

At this point I'm ready to take even the nausea. Some sign that the baby is in there and I'm not imagining it. But the NP said as long as there is bloating, it's a good sign, so I'm clinging to my bloat, lol.



I'm going to regret asking for nausea, am I not?

I never had one minute of nausea with either of my kids. Are your boobs sore yet? I never knew if my boobs were sore from pregnancy or from my poking them to see if they were sore.

[sequins]

Sept 22, 2014 19:17:51 GMT -5 MixedBerryJam said:

Sept 22, 2014 19:02:15 GMT -5 sequins said:

At this point I'm ready to take even the nausea. Some sign that the baby is in there and I'm not imagining it. But the NP said as long as there is bloating, it's a good sign, so I'm clinging to my bloat, lol.



I'm going to regret asking for nausea, am I not?

I never had one minute of nausea with either of my kids. Are your boobs sore yet? I never knew if my boobs were sore from pregnancy or from my poking them to see if they were sore.

Boobs hurt but they've been hurting since I started progesterone, so I don't really think it's the pregnancy yet. I also have nausea at night and the NP thinks it's from the fluid in my abdomen. My mom had pretty bad morning sickness, so I'm assuming I've inherited that. 

[SKP82]

So very happy for you, Sequins.

[underwaterrhymes]

YAY, sequins! That's so great!

[Monica Geller]

Yay for a great beta!! I hope you start feeling better soon. I remember someone saying that Gatorade was supposed to help with bloat and hyper-stimulation.

I really didn't start believing this was actually happening until last week at our 12 week u/s when baby "waved" at me. And I'm still nervous, but slowly starting to believe this isn't all in my head.

[kaybee85]

Sept 22, 2014 18:53:19 GMT -5 sequins said:

When did you guys relax and start enjoying your pregnancy? Anything I should be doing now other than pinning baby clothes?

Bwahahahahah welcome to a whole new mindfuck! 

Really, though, the first and beginning of second tri really messed with my mind, and I didn't even have a hard time getting pregnant, so just know that is normal to feel like a crazy, paranoid person. Since I've started feeling her move, I really feel a lot more relaxed, because there is reassurance every once in a while that she's in there beboppin around. That said, I still get nervous every time they do an ultrasound or check for heartbeat. 

[kaybee85]

Sept 22, 2014 19:02:15 GMT -5 sequins said:

Sept 22, 2014 18:59:14 GMT -5 Lucy Honeychurch said:

Yayyyyy!

And... Sorry, but you kind of freak out and worry throughout the entire pregnancy. With both of mine, towards the end, I'd drink orange juice to make sure they were moving and etc. lol.

At this point I'm ready to take even the nausea. Some sign that the baby is in there and I'm not imagining it. But the NP said as long as there is bloating, it's a good sign, so I'm clinging to my bloat, lol.



I'm going to regret asking for nausea, am I not?

God, no don't wish this on yourself. Symptoms come and go, and stronger symptoms do not mean stronger pregnancy!

[sequins]

Sept 22, 2014 19:26:24 GMT -5 kaybee85 said:

Sept 22, 2014 19:02:15 GMT -5 sequins said:

At this point I'm ready to take even the nausea. Some sign that the baby is in there and I'm not imagining it. But the NP said as long as there is bloating, it's a good sign, so I'm clinging to my bloat, lol.



I'm going to regret asking for nausea, am I not?

God, no don't wish this on yourself. Symptoms come and go, and stronger symptoms do not mean stronger pregnancy!

UGH. I can really see how mad I sound!! I'm going to have to work very hard on not wishing for stupid stuff and not making even stupider deals with God. MINDFUCK.

[BaliHai]

Yay! Great news!!

My extreme anxiety abated after my second u/s - my first was at 8w, second at 12, and I was so scared something had happened between those scans. I remained pretty anxious throughout my pregnancy, though in the third trimester I got to a point where I could see a pattern with her movements, so as long as she started kicking and dancing "on schedule", I was good. Sorry if that's not particularly helpful. I hear the worrying never really stops anyway, though. lol.

[lovelovelove]

Congrats!

I never stopped worrying my whole pregnancy so no advice on that.

Fun (to me, haha!) things I did to pass the time between appointments in the first few months:

-started name lists
-looked a week ahead for how the baby was developing
-took prenatal yoga classes
-started looking at lists of what you need for a baby & reading product reviews

[kaybee85]

Sept 22, 2014 19:29:42 GMT -5 sequins said:

Sept 22, 2014 19:26:24 GMT -5 kaybee85 said:

God, no don't wish this on yourself. Symptoms come and go, and stronger symptoms do not mean stronger pregnancy!

UGH. I can really see how mad I sound!! I'm going to have to work very hard on not wishing for stupid stuff and not making even stupider deals with God. MINDFUCK.

I totally get it! The minute my boobs stopped hurting if someone breathed the wrong way near them I freaked out that something was wrong with my baby. Nope. Nothing. It has nothing to do with it! I also never really had morning sickness and she is currently kicking at the laptop, which is apparently annoying her. 

[sparkythelawyer]

Way to go! Thinking sticky thoughts for baby Sequins!

[nadasteph]

Sept 22, 2014 19:20:19 GMT -5 sequins said:

Sept 22, 2014 19:17:51 GMT -5 MixedBerryJam said:

I never had one minute of nausea with either of my kids. Are your boobs sore yet? I never knew if my boobs were sore from pregnancy or from my poking them to see if they were sore.

Boobs hurt but they've been hurting since I started progesterone, so I don't really think it's the pregnancy yet. I also have nausea at night and the NP thinks it's from the fluid in my abdomen. My mom had pretty bad morning sickness, so I'm assuming I've inherited that. 

My mom had zero morning sickness with any of us. My sister was almost hospitalized for dehydration she was so sick with her first and I was slightly sick for my first trimester with my first.   I wouldn't use your mom as an indicator.

[ginandjucie24]

Yay! I am so happy for you.

[cville]

You'll stop freaking out about your pregnancy riiiiiight after s/he is delivered and the doctor says that the baby is healthy . But you'll grow less totally freaked out and disbelieving as you start to show, get more used to the idea, start telling people, etc.

This is exciting!

[ZoeHart]

Yay, grow baby sequins grow.

[mudslide]

Yay! So happy for you!

[JayhawkGirl]

Hooray!!!!!! I am so very happy for you.

[azurely]

Yay! So happy for you. I wish you didn't have to wait so long for an u/s though.

For the record, I barely had any nausea and had a pretty easy first tri. Honestly this whole pregnancy has been pretty easy, and I have a healthy baby kicking me right now at 32 weeks

Also, I had the OHSS bloat after my egg retrieval (we did the transfer a few weeks later). Drink lots of gatorade, eat beef jerky, and rest when you can.

[bania]

Yay that's great news! (((Hugs)))

[whiskeyandwine]

I am so excited for you! I felt slightly better after our first u/s, and literally every day that goes by I feel a little better still. I am fully prepared to never feel totally confident though. Lol.

[jodinia]

That is such a great beta! I am so happy for you!