I've started weaning off progesterone and I'm feeling all kind of things in my lower abdomen. I don't like it at all but I'm almost 12 weeks so it should be ok. We are finally telling my family this weekend. We haven't told anyone yet. We'll tell my parents and my brother. I'm waiting until NT scan next week to tell anyone else. DH's parents are deceased. It'll be a relief to tell people but it's scary too.
Today was my first day back to work! I'm working from home to bridge a daycare gap (DS starts 2/27, DH will be home with him the 2 weeks after this one). LOL forever that I thought I could do this without childcare. DS was such a happy guy today and I felt SO neglectful. At one point I put him in his bouncer in front of the TV so I could take a 15 minute phone call . I felt so shitty, but I knew it would keep him quiet and entertained. Tomorrow and Thursday my mom is coming over to watch him thank goodness, and my boss is understanding of the situation, but I'm already feeling like a failure as both a mom and an employee. Ugh.
Wednesday DS is getting his tongue and lip ties lasered. Has anyone done this? I'm hoping it helps him eat more efficiently (and sleep longer than 2 hour stretches as a result). He's been rejecting nursing half the time (but will happily take a pumped bottle), and I'm really hoping this will help.
Post by thoseareradishes on Feb 6, 2017 20:08:03 GMT -5
I have an OB appt tomorrow for a regular check up, then Wednesday little girl gets her heart scan. Today is my long day where I'm on my feet a lot, so I came home and drank some OJ just so I could feel her move a little.
There was an accident at a company that houses sperm, eggs, embryos and cord blood (most local people think it's just a sperm bank). Apparently there was a liquid nitrogen leak. Thankfully everything they store there is safe. Before dealing with IF I wouldn't have given what happened yesterday a second thought but now knowing how much women have to go through I'm so glad that they didn't have to call anyone about losing what was being stored. It's still sad because the employee is in critical condition and the first police officer that responded died.
DS slept on his belly the entire night. I thought about flipping him over when I went to bed but didn't want to disrupt him. I was certain that he'd wake up at some point crying because he couldn't get back on his back but he didn't.
Now after everything last week, I think i may have the flu. Really don't want to miss any more days, and I know my partner teacher is getting observed next week. But I also don't want to infect everybody! I was at work today bc my car puking incident felt like a one off pregnancy thing. But I spent a few hours tonight puking, and on the toilet, and laying down with the chills. I can hold down ice chips, but a few sips of Gatorade feels yucky as does sipping water. No fever yet, but this is how I felt (minus the puking) when I had the stomach bug over New year's
We have a shit ton of snow here, it's insane. I holed up at home for today but tomorrow I have errands to do. Hopefully the roads will be ok.
DS is 8 months now and eating a ton! He is losing interest in nursing already, I can't believe it. We also give him formulabut tonight he barely drank any before bed. I guess I'll be weaning sooner than I planned, hopefully I can keep up with the morning nursing session for awhile longer. At the same time, I do look forward to the freedom.
lms, I have no clue. I'm pretty sure my parents have given up on us having a child so my mom may have a heart attack when I tell her. I was thinking of giving them a Valentine's Day card that says "Happy Valentine's Day Grandma and Grandpa" then I thought I might give my brother a onesie saying "I love my uncle" or something like that. But, I'm not sure. Also that is super sad about the accident but I'm glad they didn't lose any of the embryos or eggs. Like you said, it takes so much effort to get them that would have been a tragedy to lose them.
King26, I know what you mean; telling people feels so exciting and then moments later I regret it thinking "what if something goes wrong again?" scm1011, ah! back to work!! that is so crazy. Holy crap, that is insane lms! It is so sad about the officer and crazy to think that something like that could happen. grover, I hope you feel better soon! Jealous of your snow, dellabear.
I am officially 16 weeks. I go from being excited one day to terrified that something is wrong the next. We have an appointment Thursday; I just want to hear a heartbeat again.
I've started weaning off progesterone and I'm feeling all kind of things in my lower abdomen. I don't like it at all but I'm almost 12 weeks so it should be ok. We are finally telling my family this weekend. We haven't told anyone yet. We'll tell my parents and my brother. I'm waiting until NT scan next week to tell anyone else. DH's parents are deceased. It'll be a relief to tell people but it's scary too.
I am so bad about checking this board, so I am late but SOOOO happy to see you posting here! Congratulations!!!! I've been rooting for you.
shauni27 totally understandable. I think I'm going to be a nervous wreck this whole time from what happened with our daughter. Hugs, you're doing great.
King26 that's exciting you get to do a fun announcement. Whatever you choose will be special.
Hope the procedure goes smoothly and it helps with feeding scm1011.
Nothing much here. Just continuing to get bigger. I can't believe we're more than halfway there. People are planning showers and we're going shopping to start working on the nursery this weekend. I'm so excited. P was pretty lazy all weekend (of course, when we were home and people wanted to feel him move), but he's been having a party in there yesterday and today. I love feeling the movement, even when it makes me jump because it surprises me!
So I called nurse line this morning. Got a call back, they want me to go into triage at L&D. They said they can't offer me any thing to help with headache if Tylenol is possibly what's making me puke (the two times I had puke sessions yesterday were after tow of three doses). And they are concerned about dehydration. (Wasn't feeling well enough to eat at dinner time, and then got sick again starting at 7:30.) So basically since then I've had ice chips and a few sips of soda.
H just went to his Dr appt at 11, so I'm waiting for him to get home to take me in.
So my doctor just called and said I have to do my glucose test again. Never mind that I passed the first one just fine. They decided they want me to stop my metformin for one week before taking the test, but of course didn't tell me that before I did the first one. Stopping and restarting the metformin is almost as annoying as doing the test again. The last time I missed several days in a row I had, ahem, intestinal symptoms when I started up again. Blergh.
We went to the pedi GI this morning for S. Doctor doesn't want to do anything for her right now except continue the antibiotics and monitor her. She's gaining weight good. I'm happy she doesn't need surgery right now but also sad she won't get better for a while.
She's a happy baby and I'm stil so in love wit her!!!
Not much here...EM hit 22 weeks yesterday...that's viability for some hospitals! Next big milestone is 24 weeks, which I think will help me breathe a sigh of relief. She has another appointment on the 17th, where we'll see if the placenta moves any (she has placenta previa and is on restricted rest). If not, I think the doctor will start prepping her for the possibility of a C-section at 37 weeks, which is insane how quickly that is!
I also bought the wall decal and the crib mobile for the nursery last night! YAY ETSY!!!
Post by awkwardpenguin on Feb 8, 2017 11:49:56 GMT -5
grover, sorry you're feeling so bad. I had norovirus at 18 weeks and it was awful because I couldn't keep anything down. I hope they get you some fluids and anti-emetics at L&D.
I am 33 weeks 1 day. Uhhhh...6 weeks left, since I'll likely be induced at 39 weeks. I've been having a lot of trouble with low blood sugar (I have GD and am on insulin) so they're completely redoing my insulin dosing - basically starting over. It's annoying, but I feel so much better not being hypoglycemic all the time.
Post by thoseareradishes on Feb 8, 2017 12:39:47 GMT -5
Little girl passed her heart scan! She was so active though that the ultrasound tech had trouble getting all the pictures, but she eventually got them. It was neat to see her heart in so much detail. I'm done with the MFM until April when I go in for a growth scan.
It's so warm here today, and tomorrow we are getting a snow storm. Nuts.
Post by awkwardpenguin on Feb 8, 2017 23:46:25 GMT -5
Ugh, we were finally going to destroy the one vial of sperm we have in storage, but I forgot to call and we got charged quarterly storage on Feb 1st. I wonder if they'll prorate the fee if I cancel now.
Our one remaining vial is an IVF vial and I just can't see either of us doing IVF again. We have one frozen embryo in the freezer that DW has really conflicted feelings about destroying/donating. So we're going to pay another year of storage to give ourselves space on that decision. IF sucks so much financially sometimes.
Post by oneslybookworm on Feb 9, 2017 9:00:15 GMT -5
Ugh...I got the medical results back from the adoption agency from EM's anatomy scan. I have no idea what half the numbers mean...baby seems small. BPD is 29% but HC is 7%? Does that seem normal?
Also, the scan of the four chambers of the heart was sub-optimal due to the baby's position, so there's that too. I can't help being stressed about these things...anyone experience anything similar?
I'm sorry that finances have to play a key part in your decision making, awkwardpenguin. It is such a kick in the fucking teeth. oneslybookworm, I know nothing about this but I am sorry that the anatomy scan did not reassure you. I understand your stress entirely. I would suggest posting over on GP to see if anyone there has an idea? It seems like more people frequent that board. Is there a pediatrician you can call and ask?
Due to the snow today, our appointment was cancelled this afternoon. They got me in first thing tomorrow and then Tuesday afternoon next week. I'm bummed it's not today because I am just so anxious and stressed and want to make sure baby boy is still growing in there, but understand that it is for safety.
Post by awkwardpenguin on Feb 9, 2017 9:54:30 GMT -5
oneslybookworm, if I've learned anything through 1.75 pregnancies and the first 20 months of motherhood, it's that there's a wide range of normal, but that it's also normal to worry with new milestones and information.
We had the same problem on the anatomy scan with the heart visualization. They were able to see the heart had all four chambers, but couldn't get all the detailed information they prefer to get. I did just have a growth scan and they took a quick look at the heart and said all looked normal, and apparently it's fairly common to not get the full detailed look.
As far as smallish numbers, my understanding based on having one kid on the low end and one kid on the high end is that they really only start to worry when you're above or below the 3rd percentile or so. None of this is an exact science, and ultrasound measurements can have a lot of variability.
I suspect it's even harder as an adoptive parent since you only get the report and don't have a follow up OB visit to ask questions at. I know every time I've worried (thanks ultrasound technician for your "this is a big baby!" comment), my OB has been super reassuring. Any chance your own OBGYN might be willing to answer some questions for you? It's an unusual situation, but they might be able to help you interpret the report.
shauni27, I'm sorry you have to wait another day, I know you are on edge and I hope you get some reassurance tomorrow. Stay warm!
Post by oneslybookworm on Feb 9, 2017 10:07:44 GMT -5
awkwardpenguin and shauni27, the problem is I don't have an OB, only a Gyn (never needed an OB, obviously), and my Gyn doesn't do OB. So, I've made an appointment with an OBGYN in town that I've never met before to go over the results, but the appointment isn't until Wednesday next week, so I have nearly a week to think about all the issues that could crop up. Plus, I'm sure it'll be difficult for the OBGYN to give me feedback based on paper records only, having never met the patient or looked at the ultrasound photos.
awkwardpenguin and shauni27 , the problem is I don't have an OB, only a Gyn (never needed an OB, obviously), and my Gyn doesn't do OB. So, I've made an appointment with an OBGYN in town that I've never met before to go over the results, but the appointment isn't until Wednesday next week, so I have nearly a week to think about all the issues that could crop up. Plus, I'm sure it'll be difficult for the OBGYN to give me feedback based on paper records only, having never met the patient or looked at the ultrasound photos.
I'm sorry you have to wait for the appointment, but I actually think talking to an OBGYN will be really helpful. My OB actually only gets the paper report from my ultrasounds, no photos or anything, so I wouldn't worry too much about that.
Hugs lady - there is so much uncertainty in adoption. I'm sorry you have to deal with this as part of it.
Post by thoseareradishes on Feb 9, 2017 11:30:36 GMT -5
I hope you are able to get some reassurance soon oneslybookworm. The heart thing was probably just that baby was too active to get a good picture - I thought we were going to have to go in for another heart scan since little girl was so active yesterday, but the tech ended up with everything she needed.
Glad they were able to get you in tomorrow shauni27!
awkwardpenguin, I hope they work something out with you. We got a bill for storage for H's frozen sperm sample we had from our donor cycle (it was backup in case he couldn't make it to the donor's retrieval). $1200. OMG. We promptly sent up the paperwork to have it donated to research. Dreading the bill for our embryos - it will probably be just as much, and we're planning on keeping them for a while.
Post by cactuscookie on Feb 9, 2017 14:54:02 GMT -5
Ugh, oneslybookworm, I'm sorry you have something to worry about. Not getting a good view of everything due to the baby's position is common, so I wouldn't worry about that. The size, I don't know. Did the EM's doctor say anything about it, as far as you know?
Ugh, oneslybookworm, I'm sorry you have something to worry about. Not getting a good view of everything due to the baby's position is common, so I wouldn't worry about that. The size, I don't know. Did the EM's doctor say anything about it, as far as you know?
As far as I know, nothing was said. She didn't have any "extra" appointments according to the records, so I guess not?