14w1d! Starting to feel more and more pregnant and excited which is nice. I'm stuck between regular clothes and maternity though. Regular I look really pregnant but in maternity it doesn't even look like I have a bump! So weird.
Have fun on your trip boiler717!! And how exciting you get to meet loira!
So if you had the tech guess at your NT scan, was it when they did a between the legs shot? I'm thinking back to ours where the tech didn't guess and said it could either be a penis or a swollen labia. I was 12w1d so maybe just too early? I'm so impatient! We find out 9/24, assuming baby cooperates.
Post by ginkgoleaf on Sept 7, 2015 21:50:25 GMT -5
bcarp30, my NT scan was side shots, but at that point there's a little nub with a boy or a girl. The US tech said if it's more upright it's a boy, more downwards is a girl. I had no idea even with her description.
At 16w, it was between the legs shot, 3 lines for the girl, butt cheeks and boy part for the boy. She really got in there, lol. It was clear enough that I'll be shocked if they tell us otherwise next week.
Post by cactuscookie on Sept 7, 2015 22:33:46 GMT -5
I had the anatomy scan on Friday. They didn't see anything worrisome, but they couldn't quite get the view of the heart they wanted, so we have to go back in a few weeks.
The baby is stubborn, she didn't want to move to give them the head shots they wanted either. On the other hand, the tech kept saying that she was moving her limbs around so fast it was hard to measure the bone lengths.
Ooh good info ginkgoleaf! My appointment on 9/24 I will be 16w4d so she should be able to get a clear shot then for sure. I'll be curious to hear if your tech says anything different!
Post by cactuscookie on Sept 7, 2015 22:37:03 GMT -5
@cookiemonster03, any updates on feeling the babies move? I know how frustrating and stressful it is when you're not feeling it and you feel like you should be. For me, the movement feels almost exactly like gas bubbles, but kind of in the wrong area (and there's no resulting gas). I wonder if the combination of twins and one anterior placenta confuses the issue of identifying the location of the bubbly feelings.
Hey guys! I've been too scared to really post here...and today's call about betas didn't totally reassure me. So, it was 50 at 11dpiui, and I waited until 15dpiui just based on where the lab is for weekend/holidays. Anyway, it only went up to 174, so the nurse told me to go in again tomorrow. I was already assuming I'd do at least 3 betas, but ugh! I know it's really 48-72 and this is close based on 48, but I just wish it had been more definitive. It was funny, though - the line didn't get any darker between I think days 12-13, and H looked at them (yes, I'm still doing daily Wondfos!) and told me he was sad, but only after he saw the much darker lines on day 14-15. So maybe I'm ramping up? I know, overanalysis.
Love of my life baby boy born 11/11. One and done not by choice; 3 years of TTC yielded 4 MMC and 2 CPs, through 4 IUIs and 2 IVFs. Focusing on making the world a better place instead...and running.
Post by cactuscookie on Sept 8, 2015 12:01:13 GMT -5
Ugh, that's so stressful, Mushe. The number seems okay, but of course we want everything to be at least perfect. I'm glad you're going in tomorrow so you don't have to wait long for more information.
FWIW, I POAS 11, 12, and 13dpo (then stopped), both a FRER and expired Wondfos from the same batch. The FRERs got steadily darker, but the Wondfo on the last morning was significantly lighter than the first two. Of course, those had been expired for a couple months, which might have contributed to the inconsistency.
Thanks, cactuscookie! Hahaha, I thought everyone just kept testing? I legit feel a little neurotic now. I had just bought a pack of 25 Wondfos, so I've been going a bit crazy with them. I'm really really to try not to drive myself crazy with every little twinge or cramp. I know what will be, will be, but dang if, it's hard to tell myself that in the moment.
Love of my life baby boy born 11/11. One and done not by choice; 3 years of TTC yielded 4 MMC and 2 CPs, through 4 IUIs and 2 IVFs. Focusing on making the world a better place instead...and running.
Thanks, cactuscookie! Hahaha, I thought everyone just kept testing? I legit feel a little neurotic now. I had just bought a pack of 25 Wondfos, so I've been going a bit crazy with them. I'm really really to try not to drive myself crazy with every little twinge or cramp. I know what will be, will be, but dang if, it's hard to tell myself that in the moment.
Ha, I don't know, I might be unusual in quitting so soon. I didn't trust the wondfos since they were expired, and I'd used up the 3-pack of FRERs and didn't want to buy more. I had a beta the morning after my last HPT, so I figured that was good enough, and then I went out of town. So it was easy to stop. Although it was fun finally seeing those two lines.
Thanks, cactuscookie! Hahaha, I thought everyone just kept testing? I legit feel a little neurotic now. I had just bought a pack of 25 Wondfos, so I've been going a bit crazy with them. I'm really really to try not to drive myself crazy with every little twinge or cramp. I know what will be, will be, but dang if, it's hard to tell myself that in the moment.
Ha, I don't know, I might be unusual in quitting so soon. I didn't trust the wondfos since they were expired, and I'd used up the 3-pack of FRERs and didn't want to buy more. I had a beta the morning after my last HPT, so I figured that was good enough, and then I went out of town. So it was easy to stop. Although it was fun finally seeing those two lines.
Yes, exactly! This has been such a long time in the making that I'm enjoying my daily pee-in-a-cup.
Love of my life baby boy born 11/11. One and done not by choice; 3 years of TTC yielded 4 MMC and 2 CPs, through 4 IUIs and 2 IVFs. Focusing on making the world a better place instead...and running.
cactuscookie- I tested a few days in a row and then had a freak out when one of them wasn't as dark as the day before, so I stopped testing after that. (After the 5 mins it was as dark if not darker then the previous, I was just impatient and lost it before I should have.)
Post by belovedbride07 on Sept 8, 2015 12:30:59 GMT -5
Mushe, my betas didn't quite double, and I've got two on board! Hang in there.
I think I was an anomaly because I only tested once. I did a FRER at 11dp5dt and that was it. I knew if I tested again and it wasn't as dark I would lose my mind! I just kept staring at the one test in joyful disbelief.
Trying for #3; FET 8/18 -- BFN. Leaving things up to chance for now... After three years, three IVFs, and two FETs, we finally have our miracle babIES!
I think I was an anomaly because I only tested once. I did a FRER at 11dp5dt and that was it. I knew if I tested again and it wasn't as dark I would lose my mind! I just kept staring at the one test in joyful disbelief.
Ha, I kept pulling up the pictures of the tests on my phone at work, just for a little jolt of happiness.
Mushe, my betas didn't quite double, and I've got two on board! Hang in there.
I think I was an anomaly because I only tested once. I did a FRER at 11dp5dt and that was it. I knew if I tested again and it wasn't as dark I would lose my mind! I just kept staring at the one test in joyful disbelief.
Omg, after TTTC, you were able to restrain yourself to testing once? You're awesome!
Love of my life baby boy born 11/11. One and done not by choice; 3 years of TTC yielded 4 MMC and 2 CPs, through 4 IUIs and 2 IVFs. Focusing on making the world a better place instead...and running.
Love of my life baby boy born 11/11. One and done not by choice; 3 years of TTC yielded 4 MMC and 2 CPs, through 4 IUIs and 2 IVFs. Focusing on making the world a better place instead...and running.
I think I was an anomaly because I only tested once. I did a FRER at 11dp5dt and that was it. I knew if I tested again and it wasn't as dark I would lose my mind! I just kept staring at the one test in joyful disbelief.
Ha, I kept pulling up the pictures of the tests on my phone at work, just for a little jolt of happiness.
Love of my life baby boy born 11/11. One and done not by choice; 3 years of TTC yielded 4 MMC and 2 CPs, through 4 IUIs and 2 IVFs. Focusing on making the world a better place instead...and running.
Mushe your numbers sound ok to me for 5dpiui. At the equivalent of 14dpo is when my first beta was and it was 137. Fx crossed for a continuing rising number!
I'll be the weird anomaly. I never POAS with treatments unless I was late. I didn't even test before my beta the last round of IVF. After the nurse said I was pregnant I POAS daily for the next 3 weeks until my first ultrasound. In my defense I did have a massive bag of wondfos that was set to expire a month later so I hated to waste them!
Love of my life baby boy born 11/11. One and done not by choice; 3 years of TTC yielded 4 MMC and 2 CPs, through 4 IUIs and 2 IVFs. Focusing on making the world a better place instead...and running.
I'll be the weird anomaly. I never POAS with treatments unless I was late. I didn't even test before my beta the last round of IVF. After the nurse said I was pregnant I POAS daily for the next 3 weeks until my first ultrasound. In my defense I did have a massive bag of wondfos that was set to expire a month later so I hated to waste them!
I actually didn't plan to test unless I was late (and didn't have a beta scheduled), but when I started spotting Monday night and it was exactly like my normal pre-period spotting, I figured I might as well test Tuesday morning, see the negative, and start the mourning process asap so I move on asap. I was pretty freaking shocked to see the second line.
I only tested once and with this one and DD. I also didn't take a picture or save the test, something I've only done with the pregnancies I've lost. I didn't do it on purpose so it's weird how it worked out. And both of them were the last tests in the box.
ginkgoleaf I drank chocolate milk with DD and it worked really well. My favorite is the Kirkland signature organic boxes from Costco. They don't have to be refrigerated so I can keep one by my bed now if I need to.
Haha, thanks, ssg73! I'm cracking up at the forced team green. I've been trying to convince H to do that for years, and he literally said this weekend, "oh gross, we'd have to go search for gender neutral stuff." Lol.
Love of my life baby boy born 11/11. One and done not by choice; 3 years of TTC yielded 4 MMC and 2 CPs, through 4 IUIs and 2 IVFs. Focusing on making the world a better place instead...and running.