Welcome to the PAIF 1st tri check-in. Please let me know if you'd like to be added, your EDD, and how many beans are cooking if you know. The check-in will be posted weekly on Monday (read: late Sunday night so I don't forget).
A few questions to get you started: How far are you now? How are you feeling? What and when is your next appointment? Anything else you'd like to share or discuss?
How far are you now? 5w2d How are you feeling? Well the m/s finally kicked in. I've found if I drink a glass of juice the second I wake up it does the trick, but if I drink it too late, I'm in for a rough morning. Also really freaking exhausted even though I've been sleeping 9-10 hrs per night. What and when is your next appointment? 2/16 for my first u/s Anything else you'd like to share or discuss? Hope everyone is doing well this week, seems like we had a lot of crappy symptoms as a group last week.
QOTW: Not really. We've come up w/ a few ideas, but haven't committed to anything yet.
DX: MFI TTC April 2011 BFP #1 7/15/11, EDD 3/22/12 - CP Varicocelectomy surgery 9/4/12 - T improved to normal, but still MFI IVF #1 w/ ICSI Jan 2015 - 11R/6M/6F, ET of a 3AB expanded blast w/ none to freeze.
Post by ginnyjones82 on Feb 9, 2015 10:09:46 GMT -5
I hope everyone is feeling better this week!! Smootiepie, hit it when saying that as a group, we had a crappy symptom week! Although, as much as it sucks, it's nice to know that we are all not alone!!
AFM..... How far are you now? 6w6d
How are you feeling? I ate breakfast this morning, then an hour later, I heated up 2 slices of leftover pizza! So, today I'm go so far!!
What and when is your next appointment? My first OB appointment is tomorrow (2/10). I'm so nervous!!
Anything else you'd like to share or discuss? I'm starting to get all emotional. DH and I were driving home from the new house last night, and I was bumming about packing up my closet. I have tons of clothes in my next size down, that now I wont be able to wear as soon as I thought. (Not that I mind the reason!) But, I was bumming anyways. I was pouting about getting fat, and DH told me I would not be fat. And I told him, yes I will be! He said no, "you'll be baby beautiful"!! Yeah, cue the tears!! And then again this morning, I've been binge-watching Friends while i'm out of work, and I'm on the last season. When Monica and Chandler got the call that they were picked to adopt a baby, yup, I lost it again!! Oh yeah, and I added the book 'Love you Forever' to the amazon cart this morning. It's officially the first baby thing we've purchased!
QOTW: Any special Valentine's Day plans? I did a boudoir photo shoot for DH as a Valentine's gift. I'm supposed to pick up the CD this week. Not sure what he got me yet. We want to go out to eat, but he's going to be working at the new house all weekend, and I'm gonna be home dog sitting my in-laws dog, and packing up things at the current house. I'm also supposed to have my niece most of the week since it's her school vacation. So I'm not to sure when we will actually be celebrating.
Me: 33 DH: 34 Unexplained Infertility Off BCP Sept 2012. Referred to RE Oct 2013 Testing done Nov/Dec 2013 *IUI #1-#4 2/14-7/14 7/2014- DH and I decided to stop TTC and focus on us. 1/24/15- Surprise BFP!!!! Little E born 10/7/15!!
I'm 7w2d today. My next appointment that I know about is 3/2 with the OB's office. I'm going to try to get another u/s with the RE before then. I still have to track down the size of the SCH from the first u/s. Have I mentioned how frustrating the local clinics/hospital can be?
I'm tired, occasionally nauseated, and feel like I'm eating constantly. Oh, and I don't sleep well after my first nightly bathroom run. I really don't get why I'm so hungry all the time. Is my body really doing that much?
DH told our jujutsu club, his older son, and his mom about the pregnancy. His mom nearly burst with excitement and the jujutsu club gave a big round of applause. I'm not sure if the applause was because I'm pregnant or because DH got me pregnant (they don't know about the IVF)... DH's son had a neutral reaction. We advised him that for future reference, the proper response is usually congratulations.
QOTW: No plans yet. I asked you all in hopes of getting some ideas :-P. DH's mom showed us an ad for heart-shaped lasagna at Buca di Beppo. That looks pretty good, but I'd be just as happy with regular square lasagna, especially if it is home-made.
ETA: I had a bit of brown spotting over the weekend, so I hope that is the SCH clearing up.
Post by ginnyjones82 on Feb 9, 2015 10:31:35 GMT -5
nomnom, I had lasagna the other night! I told DH I was craving it, then friends of ours asked if we wanted to go out to this local italian place! I was so excited!! Hopefully you guys come up with something nice to do. Maybe home-made lasagna and some juice in wine glasses??
Me: 33 DH: 34 Unexplained Infertility Off BCP Sept 2012. Referred to RE Oct 2013 Testing done Nov/Dec 2013 *IUI #1-#4 2/14-7/14 7/2014- DH and I decided to stop TTC and focus on us. 1/24/15- Surprise BFP!!!! Little E born 10/7/15!!
good morning ladies...how did I get to the top of the list already???
How far are you now? 10 weeks 4 days How are you feeling? pretty good...just tired, I got really nauseous last night which was weird because I don't normally. What and when is your next appointment? tomorrow morning first OB appt!!! no ultrasound though =( Anything else you'd like to share or discuss? just trucking along...so ready to be out of first tri!
QOTW: Any special Valentine's Day plans? we have some friends that throw an annual party that we are going to...we may go out to dinner just the two of us one night this week to celebrate us but nothing big...we just celebrated an anniversary.
Hi everyone, sorry that I have been MIA. We were supposed to be in Mexico for vacation this week but had an unexpected death in the family on Friday so we had a flurry of activity changing plans and I head out of town tonight for services over the next few days. I'm super sad, and work has been really hard for the past few weeks and I have a migraine that I can't treat with my regular meds so today is a definite Monday for me.
I'll try to keep up with the thread better but might not be great at it this week. I'm thinking about all of you guys a ton though!
How far are you now? 6w2d How are you feeling? Very tired but that's about it. Luckily no m/s yet. What and when is your next appointment? Another u/s on 2/19. Anything else you'd like to share or discuss? I had my first u/s last Friday, which looked great but was hard to focus on because we had just found out about the death in the family on the drive in. No fetal heartbeat yet but it was a little early and to be expected. Our doctor was really pleased.
QOTW: Any special Valentine's Day plans? We're supposed to see the Beach Boys!
ETA: nomnom, can you add me to the list? EDD 10/3.
Seems like we should have a lot of first ultrasounds this week, looking forward to hearing everyone's results!!
Afm, I'm 5weeks 3 days. Feeling pretty good aside from some cramps and almost passing out in the grocery store! Happy to report that my bleeding has gotten much much lighter in recent days! Next appointment is Friday morning, our first ultrasound. I am soo nervous, it's going to be a long week!!
Qotw: hopefully splurging on a few baby related items, pending good results from our ultrasound. Maybe it's not romantic, but I'm so looking forward to it!
DX: MFI TTC April 2011 BFP #1 7/15/11, EDD 3/22/12 - CP Varicocelectomy surgery 9/4/12 - T improved to normal, but still MFI IVF #1 w/ ICSI Jan 2015 - 11R/6M/6F, ET of a 3AB expanded blast w/ none to freeze.
Me: 33 DH: 34 Unexplained Infertility Off BCP Sept 2012. Referred to RE Oct 2013 Testing done Nov/Dec 2013 *IUI #1-#4 2/14-7/14 7/2014- DH and I decided to stop TTC and focus on us. 1/24/15- Surprise BFP!!!! Little E born 10/7/15!!
Hi ladies, I'm new here, can I join? @tweetykicks, please add me too!
After 3 years of trying, we saw our first positive ever on Friday night!
I am 4 weeks, two days. I had some pretty impressive first tri symptoms during the tww & over the weekend, but today has been smooth sailing (leading to a minor freak out this morning until I got my first beta results this afternoon)! I have some cramping, sore bbs, and I want ALL THE FOODS! The oddest change has been sleep - I'm normally a night owl, and now I'm up at 5:30 am?!?
My next appointment is a 2nd beta on Wednesday - fingers crossed!
No big Valentines plans...we will probably we staying in & grilling steaks.
I am 6 weeks today and just had my first ultrasound and we have one healthy bean - heartbeat was 106.
I feel like a terrible person even typing this but, is it wrong my first reaction was to be bummed it wasn't two? I don't know why I had convinced myself it was two so I guess it was just a little bit of a shock. I'm so grateful and happy we have a healthy baby on the way and I hate that my first reaction wasn't total happiness.
I can't stand the US tech at my RE's office. She is a total know it all and tends to overstep. Today she asked how I was feeling and I told her pretty miserable as I was dry heaving all morning and hadn't been able to eat anything solid all day. She told me that it must be my medication making me sick because there was no way I would be feeling pregnancy symptoms already. SERIOUSLY?
I'm 6 weeks, 2 days and my next appointment is tomorrow morning for our first u/s! I'm hoping that hearing the hb will help make this feel real. For some reason the worsening m/s isn't enough to make it really sink in. I'm crazy tempted to go buy another pregnancy test, just to see a fresh line.
QOTW: I hope we'll do something, but we're both the worst at that kind of thing. We at least remember our anniversary, but just barely. Maybe tonight we'll work on planning something? I did see that the Biltmore estate has costumes from Downton Abbey on show through May, so maybe we'll do a romantic trip in March or April and just chill this Saturday.
jro1602, that tech sounds like she needs a slap upside the head. I would be seriously tempting to tell her to keep her opinions to herself until she gets an md behind her name.
@sewfie Seeing the heart beat helped, but I still don't feel like it's completely real. MH says that will fully happen only when I have a baby (or two) in my arms.
jro1602 Don't feel bad that you're disappointed there was only one. You don't have to be happy about everything even if you are grateful for what you have. Oh, and the u/s tech is full of shit. I've been nauseated since 5w3d (or something like that) and you can be too!
I'm six weeks today! First ultrasound is this Thursday and I'm very excited about it and a little nervous of course since it's another milestone. I'm still feeling great, and I almost feel guilty to report that I haven't had any m/s at all. I still get a bit light headed but nothing major.
Winnifred, are you having spells of feeling lightheaded? Mine seems to always slightly be there but I haven't felt like passing out.
I've been increasingly hungry the past couple of days but I'm still walking every day so hopefully I can keep things in check. My in laws arrived today and my MIL brought a home made crumb cake that I have been eyeballing all afternoon - it's only a matter of time before I get into it!
doves654, I'm so sorry for your loss ((hugs)) jro1602, I would totally be annoyed at your u/s tech as well, and I'm sorry you're disappointed. Do you have any frozens so you could try for another child later? juneroses, welcome and congrats!!! I've been wondering when you would arrive here, I was stalking the other board and saw your bfp! nomnom, I really just want to snuggle with your kitty! She looks so fluffy and soft.
vballbaby We do - we are very lucky to have five embies frozen. I think I just felt like two would take some of the pressure off. I'm just a worrier and can't help but worry that we got lucky this time that one stuck but it may not be as easy next time... I need to just stop worrying about the future and be excited about the now - we have a healthy baby on the way!
vballbaby - I read online that dizziness and fainting can be normal symptoms. Mine hit me suddenly while we'd been standing in line for a while, but other than that i haven't felt light headed.
I am 7 weeks 2 days today. I still got this nasty ear infection/sinus infection thing going on, so I'm feeling kinda gross. Saturday it was accompanied by a massive migraine. I pretty much didn't get out of bed.
Some days I feel like I have 2 tapeworms. I ate my entire lunch and all my snacks by 9:30 this morning. Luckily, one of the girls brought in homemade Indian food for us, or I would have been heading somewhere looking for lunch.
I'm meeting with my first potential OB this Thursday! FX
QOTW: MH decided to go for overtime on Valentine's Day. Seriously?! I'll probably be a good wife and bring him lunch and eat with him on his break. Then he owes me on a great dinner!
How far are you now? 6 weeks How are you feeling? Depends on the moment. I seem to be doing better in the first half of the day. What and when is your next appointment? US Wednesday morning and first OB appointment Friday morning. Hooray! Anything else you'd like to share or discuss? Still praying for 2!!
I am 6 weeks today and just had my first ultrasound and we have one healthy bean - heartbeat was 106.
I feel like a terrible person even typing this but, is it wrong my first reaction was to be bummed it wasn't two? I don't know why I had convinced myself it was two so I guess it was just a little bit of a shock. I'm so grateful and happy we have a healthy baby on the way and I hate that my first reaction wasn't total happiness.
I can't stand the US tech at my RE's office. She is a total know it all and tends to overstep. Today she asked how I was feeling and I told her pretty miserable as I was dry heaving all morning and hadn't been able to eat anything solid all day. She told me that it must be my medication making me sick because there was no way I would be feeling pregnancy symptoms already. SERIOUSLY?
Congrats on your healthy bean! So glad things are good! You are not a terrible person at all for being disappointed that there weren't two. I understand exactly how you feel. I want 2 so badly and I'm so sure there's 2 in there right now that I know I will be hugely let down if there's only 1. But I also know that I will still be so unbelievably grateful for 1 anyway. DH told me I'm not allowed to cry if there's not 2. Well, honestly, I'll probably cry either way. But if there's 1, it'll be both happiness and disappointment. So if you're a terrible person, then so am I. But I don't think we are. I think we've just been through so much, tried so hard and have so much love to give.
And F that US tech. Don't listen to her. You're in good company having symptoms.
nomnom, I'm pro extra u/s! How are things going with the SS (see what I did there?) doves654 ((((((hugs))))))) jro1602, I know it's tough, bc you want the possibility of siblings without having to do this all.over.again. But statistically, a singleton pregnancy is much safer, etc. that's what I'll be telling myself tomorrow to if I only have 1. To be fair, my mantra has been 2, but if not 2, then 1. I'm ascared of more than 2. ginnyjones82, sewfie2 yay for u/s buddies. vballbaby, how was that crumb cake? bunnybun, 1st ob appt is a big step! cml112, hm, maybe my tapeworm ate yours? Winnifred hey my bloody buddy. (Some spotting humor). I ALMOST went 24 hours without bleeding. So close...
How far are you now? 6 weeks 3 days How are you feeling? not nauseous per se. More cautious. I smell all the smells. A kid had chips and it smelled like meat. Weird. And canned cat food is...overwhelming. What and when is your next appointment? tomorrow is my u/s. I'm terrified of not seeing a hb. Anything else you'd like to share or discuss? nope.
QOTW: Any special Valentine's Day plans? what's with all the DH's working? Mine is on call, but chained to his computer, so I guess we'll go out later for dinner? Things will depend on my scan. If it's bad...i can't imagine vday will be great.
lilyharper, i'm know you've been super worried, so hope you see a HB and everything's fine... fx, fx, fx, fx!!!
doves654, i'm so sorry for your loss! (but glad the ultrasound went well)
cml112, love the description of having tapeworms... it's 8:42 and I'm already counting down until lunch! Trying to make it until 11 at least.
jro1602, what a stupid thing to say.... especially since we KNOW that nausea is one of the first symptoms for some people. And I echo the others that you are absolutely not terrible, and it's natural to be a little disappointed when it wasn't what you were mentally prepped for. and
nomnom, I'm hungry all the time too, and I know you aren't supposed to really gain weight in the first tri...
AFM.... chugging along. No nausea yet, which makes me feel alternately thankful and worried. We have our HB ultrasound on Thursday (same as vballbaby,), so if that goes well, hopefully I will settle down. Biggest challenge right now is that I feel like I already have carpal tunnel in my wrists and mouse finger (apparently a byproduct of the relaxant hormone... also making PIO squats look amazing). Aaaand.... I'm struggling to keep my diet clean, unprocessed, and low sodium.
QOTD: my husband is not big into Valentine's Day... and I refuse to go to a restaurant where it will be prix fixe and overpriced.... so I usually cook. This year I'm making an herb-crusted pork tenderloin and green beans. (I'm craving aaaall the meats).
shytimes, I understand why they have prix fixe menus, but I still hate that crap. It always seems to end up that I want main course a, but 1 side dish from meal b.
I just got into my office about 30 minutes ago from my u/s. We saw the bean! It's .64 cm today. We also saw and heard the hb (122)! Well, I heard static, but at least I did see it beating. That is really freaky! I still have some fluid in my ovaries from retrieval, but nothing too bad. We'll be staying with our RE (and continue with the PIO shots and appts every 10-14 days) until we're at 12 weeks, then we'll be transferred back to the ob that recommended her to us after my hsg. And we finally got cleared for some sexy times! Thank goodness too, because my hormones are absolutely raging!
sewfie2 so glad it went well! Does 0.64 seem big or small? (I oscillate between feeling like our bean is super small vs. how is it so big already). Looks like you guys will be having a romantic Valentine's!!!
shytimes, our RE was pretty happy with the size and hb, she said it was on target. Of course, I'm going to google the hell out of averages and statistics later lol.
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