No appointments for me this week. Just waiting to do the CVS now. I'm still miserable and sick all the time. I'm hoping it will go away around 10w like it did with V. On the plus side, I've been getting a lot of knitting done.
I'm 7w1d. The nausea and sleepiness has kicked up another notch and I'm having a hard time. Plus, I now have a sinus infection that is turning into bronchitis. I hope things turn around soon bc I am feeling awful. That's my debby downer for the day.
Last Thursday my RE had me start weaning myself off the progesterone suppositories. I'm down to half, and I'll have follow up blood work tomorrow to make sure my numbers are stable.
Tomorrow is also our first ultrasound. I'm so excited and nervous!
I have an appointment on Tuesday at 9 weeks exactly. It's another ultrasound and an appointment with the dr. They asked me to come in with a list of doctors for my OB care and they'd help me narrow it down. I've decided to use the midwife group my sister used and deliver at a smaller hospital that is incredibly baby/mom friendly. Despite feeling really confident in our decision, I'm kind of afraid my RE/ nurses are going to throw a little shade at going the less conventional route and not delivering at the "baby factory" that everyone else in this city uses. I know I'm being overly sensitive and I need to own this decision, it just seems like such a charged topic and I don't want to have to defend myself. Anyone else considering using a midwife?
My H is going to be out of town all week and will miss the ultrasound. He's rarely traveled at all this year, but the two times he has, it's overlapped with ultrasounds. I'm hoping they take me off PIO and move me to a suppository so I don't have to give myself the shot all week. My sister offered to do it, and I may let her Monday night with the hope that they take me off it on Tuesday. I'm pretty over PIO at this point. How long did you all stay on it if you used it?
ivy - we are using a midwife practice that delivers at a local hospital. I'm so excited to use them bc I've heard nothing but wonderful things. Also, I agree with you... You've just got to own your decision because it's your care!
ivy my P4 was high enough they said I could switch pre beta at 10dp5dt but I had enough to stay on it for a couple of more weeks. I switched to prometrium at 6w.
Post by ginkgoleaf on Jun 21, 2015 12:34:41 GMT -5
ivy, I was going to use a midwife group, but they won't see me with twins. Boo I was excited, it's too bad.
I'm still on PIO at 8w and the RE gave me a weaning schedule, with last day on 7/5. I'm going OOT and DH won't be with me for a few days. I really don't want to take all the meds, needles, etc with me and have to inject myself. The midwife said we could switch to Crinone or Prometrium, which I already have both of, but I'm a little nervous to not do what the RE said to. I'm curious what other people's REs are saying.
My u/s is on Thursday....my u/s is on Thursday!! It's taken forever and I'm so excited and nervous all rolled into one!
I'm 7w2d today and feeling exhausted and nauseous - I haven't gotten sick, it's just an all day feeling of blah...
Oh yes, and the constipation - who is doing what to help with it? I'm drinking tons of water and trying to eat more salads and fiber rich cereals in the morning, but I feel like I may need to take it up a notch
My u/s is on Thursday....my u/s is on Thursday!! It's taken forever and I'm so excited and nervous all rolled into one!
I'm 7w2d today and feeling exhausted and nauseous - I haven't gotten sick, it's just an all day feeling of blah...
Oh yes, and the constipation - who is doing what to help with it? I'm drinking tons of water and trying to eat more salads and fiber rich cereals in the morning, but I feel like I may need to take it up a notch
My RE and OB both said that colace and miralax were okay. They're stool softeners, not laxatives. I was doing fine on the colace until my OB put me on iron, then I had to take it up a notch with the miralax. I also eat lots of peaches and pears and strawberries, and drink pear juice. I avoid bananas and have cut down on the cheese.
And I was on suppositories to start, never did PIO with any treatment cycle.
I'll be early term this week, 37 weeks on Wednesday! Woohoo! I'll get my GBS results this week but am otherwise expecting a routine OB appointment (BP, weight, fundal measurement, Doppler check). Not sure if she'll do another cervical check. I was 1 cm and 25% effaced last week, but I know it doesn't mean much.
We're in the homestretch in my house. Got my and baby's hospital bags packed (DH will take like 5 min), carseat in the car, crib and PNP set up, newborn and 0-3m clothes washed. Need to clean the guest room and put sheets on the bed. I learned that my boss is floating a nurse to our unit to cover me on leave, so I'm less worried about work. I just want to get through 4th of July weekend and I'll be wanting him to come anytime after that.
ivy one thing to consider since you will be high risk with twins is whether your hospital has Mfm s that deliver there and what level Nicu they have. We are debating this right now we are between the baby factory that is the #1 hospital in the country for obstetrics or the local hospital were we had planed to deliver dd but ended up at the factory. The factory is like home to us now but is 20 min farther away and will be silly if we have an uneventful pregnancy. But I want my level three Nicu with the bridge to children's.
I'll be early term this week, 37 weeks on Wednesday! Woohoo! I'll get my GBS results this week but am otherwise expecting a routine OB appointment (BP, weight, fundal measurement, Doppler check). Not sure if she'll do another cervical check. I was 1 cm and 25% effaced last week, but I know it doesn't mean much.
We're in the homestretch in my house. Got my and baby's hospital bags packed (DH will take like 5 min), carseat in the car, crib and PNP set up, newborn and 0-3m clothes washed. Need to clean the guest room and put sheets on the bed. I learned that my boss is floating a nurse to our unit to cover me on leave, so I'm less worried about work. I just want to get through 4th of July weekend and I'll be wanting him to come anytime after that.
Your sooooo close! Are you the next TTTC grad to be due? I'm getting excited that you are down to just a couple more weeks until your little guy is here!
I'll be early term this week, 37 weeks on Wednesday! Woohoo! I'll get my GBS results this week but am otherwise expecting a routine OB appointment (BP, weight, fundal measurement, Doppler check). Not sure if she'll do another cervical check. I was 1 cm and 25% effaced last week, but I know it doesn't mean much.
We're in the homestretch in my house. Got my and baby's hospital bags packed (DH will take like 5 min), carseat in the car, crib and PNP set up, newborn and 0-3m clothes washed. Need to clean the guest room and put sheets on the bed. I learned that my boss is floating a nurse to our unit to cover me on leave, so I'm less worried about work. I just want to get through 4th of July weekend and I'll be wanting him to come anytime after that.
Your sooooo close! Are you the next TTTC grad to be due? I'm getting excited that you are down to just a couple more weeks until your little guy is here!
ivy one thing to consider since you will be high risk with twins is whether your hospital has Mfm s that deliver there and what level Nicu they have. We are debating this right now we are between the baby factory that is the #1 hospital in the country for obstetrics or the local hospital were we had planed to deliver dd but ended up at the factory. The factory is like home to us now but is 20 min farther away and will be silly if we have an uneventful pregnancy. But I want my level three Nicu with the bridge to children's.
Just one baby in there, so this shouldn't be high risk
ivy one thing to consider since you will be high risk with twins is whether your hospital has Mfm s that deliver there and what level Nicu they have. We are debating this right now we are between the baby factory that is the #1 hospital in the country for obstetrics or the local hospital were we had planed to deliver dd but ended up at the factory. The factory is like home to us now but is 20 min farther away and will be silly if we have an uneventful pregnancy. But I want my level three Nicu with the bridge to children's.
Just one baby in there, so this shouldn't be high risk
Whoops. Sorry. So many twins I lost track. I need a post it.
Post by belovedbride07 on Jun 21, 2015 17:02:47 GMT -5
I have my next ultrasound (and last with the RE) tomorrow at 9w3d. I'm so nervous!
I'll also have my progesterone level checked, and if it's good I can stop the PIO and suppositories, which I'm looking forward to. I weaned off the dexamethasone, so this just leaves me with heparin and baby aspirin (and my Folgard and supplements, of course).
Bratty brain dump ahead: I found out out today that SIL is pregnant, about a week behind me. I'm feeling kind of weird about it. DH and I spent the last three years feeling "less than" with his family because SIL was the super special one who gave them a grandkid, and now that it's our turn to be in the spotlight, we have to share! And I already knew MIL was going to be weird about comparing our babies to niece and our parenting to SIL's, and now it's just going to be so much worse. I'm happy for SIL, and I know I'll get over it; basically, I'm preemptively annoyed at MIL (and SIL hasn't even told her yet!).
Also, I've felt like crap since I woke up early this morning, so that's not helping my sour attitude. And I have work I need to do to get ahead for the week since I'll be out half of tomorrow. I feel so awful that I keep putting it off, but the hours keep ticking by on the clock and it's making me anxious thinking about it.
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 would have the same feelings in that situation belovedbride07. That's such a bummer. Do I recall correctly that they aren't local? Maybe that will help ease the comparisons. I'm just glad that you got pregnant before she did so you don't have to deal with the complicated IF feelings around announcements like these.
I hope you feel better soon, and good luck at your appt tomorrow!
Cautiously posting over here for the first time. My first beta is Tuesday (14dp5dt). I'm trying to be hopeful rather than panicked. I have POAS every day just to watch the line get darker since it didn't on my last IVF. It's going to be a long week.
Post by swiftlyirun on Jun 21, 2015 18:05:07 GMT -5
Hey friends! The family just left from father's day lunch. Fun, but exhausting!
Meanwhile I've been freaking out all day because I inadvertently dove into the pool a couple times last night playing with neighborhood kids, it hit me that I was an idiot for doing that and immediately freaked out. Growing up a swimmer it's just second nauture, ugh. I hope I didn't totally mess this all up.
We have our first ultrasound at 6 weeks on Tuesday an it's about to be the longest 36 hours ever .
Post by ginkgoleaf on Jun 21, 2015 18:16:18 GMT -5
We told my ILs, including SIL, last night. Told my brother earlier this week. We aren't close but he was super sweet about it. Just waiting on second appointment on 7/7, which will be my first OB appt.
Oh! And we told DS. We got him some books and he asked what they were called. When DH said one was "I'm a Big Brother" his eyes got all wide and asked why he was getting the book. So we told him and he was so cute about it! He gave us big hugs and said he's always wanted to be a be brother. Of course that made me cry. He's very interested in the size of the baby and wants to see the pictures in our pregnancy apps, asks what the baby can do, how it breathes, etc. we just told him there's one, but maybe 2. Said we'd know at the next appointment. It makes us feel a litter safer telling him at 8w just in case something were to happen. Must be the TTTC brain making that rational to us.
Cautiously posting over here for the first time. My first beta is Tuesday (14dp5dt). I'm trying to be hopeful rather than panicked. I have POAS every day just to watch the line get darker since it didn't on my last IVF. It's going to be a long week.
Wow you're way behind me! I think you transferred 2 days after me and I'll be on my third beta tomorrow. Of course, my numbers were low, so maybe your practice has the right idea!
Yeah, my practice doesn't do betas until 14 days past transfer. I'm actually glad. If the number is low, there is no denying this isn't viable. If it is within normal range I have some hope until my u/s.
belovedbride07, I can understand not wanting to share this moment, but you are doing somethng SIL has never done before- twins! You are going to do things differently, regardless, and I hope MIL learns to bite her tongue. It will be nice to have all those cousins so close in age. Have a good appt tomorrow!
Post by belovedbride07 on Jun 21, 2015 20:51:51 GMT -5
Thanks, ivy and Muddled. Yes, they're on the opposite coast. DH and I had already been laughing about him one-upping his sister with twins (not that we really feel that way, but since he's the younger sibling he's always been compared to her so we joke when he scores "points"). I know his parents don't do it with any ill intentions; MIL is just...a typical MIL sometimes!
In related news, I'm super hormonal today and cried at a Dove commercial and a Buzzfeed video about kittens.
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!
My u/s is on Thursday....my u/s is on Thursday!! It's taken forever and I'm so excited and nervous all rolled into one!
I'm 7w2d today and feeling exhausted and nauseous - I haven't gotten sick, it's just an all day feeling of blah...
Oh yes, and the constipation - who is doing what to help with it? I'm drinking tons of water and trying to eat more salads and fiber rich cereals in the morning, but I feel like I may need to take it up a notch
Colace never worked for me so I just did Miralex. Mix it with apple juice and it'll work wonders (and you won't taste it).
ivy one thing to consider since you will be high risk with twins is whether your hospital has Mfm s that deliver there and what level Nicu they have. We are debating this right now we are between the baby factory that is the #1 hospital in the country for obstetrics or the local hospital were we had planed to deliver dd but ended up at the factory. The factory is like home to us now but is 20 min farther away and will be silly if we have an uneventful pregnancy. But I want my level three Nicu with the bridge to children's.
I'm with you in wanting the biggest hospital possible, with the best connections to everything. Our situations were obviously very different, but one thing that happens when things go very wrong is you also start to worry about all the other things that could go wrong. I feel like I'm not 'safe' from anything.
Hey friends! The family just left from father's day lunch. Fun, but exhausting!
Meanwhile I've been freaking out all day because I inadvertently dove into the pool a couple times last night playing with neighborhood kids, it hit me that I was an idiot for doing that and immediately freaked out. Growing up a swimmer it's just second nature, ugh. I hope I didn't totally mess this all up.
We have our first ultrasound at 6 weeks on Tuesday and it's about to be the longest 36 hours ever .
I keep trying to tell myself that some pregnancies just roll on and on no matter what their mothers do! There may be nothing you can do to shake that baby out!It's
It's true, but I just don't want to be the "bad" mom. I feel like there are so many rules and with barely feeling PG esp. it's hard to remember them all. I'm bound to screw up at some point!