Post by nerdykitten on Aug 25, 2016 10:38:05 GMT -5
mustloveerica I thought you might have had multiples with your early symptoms. Congratulstions! It is hard at times, but you can handle it.Just remeber it could have been three
Me: 30 DH: 29; Married: September, 2010 TTC #1: April 2013 Benched: May 2013 Cancer(DH) Off the Bench: September 2014 July 2015 ER low sperm count and motility(radiation side effect). FET September 1,2015. BFP 9/9/15.- 3 on the way.
mustloveerica I thought you might have had multiples with your early symptoms. Congratulstions! It is hard at times, but you can handle it.Just remeber it could have been three
So right after I got my BFP I had this dream that I had triplets. And in the dream I was sitting on the floor sobbing because I couldn't figure out how to get all 3 babies from the nursery upstairs to the living room downstairs.
Do you mind if I join in? Very late to the party I started over on GKU and then moved over to N16 and Pregnancy. Due Nov 13 with two babies courtesy of IUI after four years of IF.
nic1231 I have di/di boy/girl twins. I went every four weeks until 28 weeks for growth scans and cervical length checks (cervical length checks began at 18 weeks for me) and now I'm beginning weekly non stress testing and biweekly growth scans.
Week/Team/Fruit 28w 3d / Purple/ Eggplants (pretty sure they were eggplants a few weeks ago)
Appointments this week? Yesterday. Both babies are 2lbs 11oz, slightly beyond 50th percentile for singleton with heart rates of 132 and 134. Nice long and closed cervix, 33cm fundus, a hefty 35lbs of weight gain since inception. Baby A (boy) is head down and ready to go, Baby B (girl) is breech. Now if only A stays that way.
Rants / Raves / Questions? Ready to talk delivery plans. I know I'm jumping the gun but even the MW said these probably aren't going to be 5lb babies.. So now I'm starting to have concerns about having two 8lbers and I'm not sure I can push that.
GTKY: Any near term things on your to do list? Longer term projects? All of it. Seeing another pediatrician tonight, we'll prob go with him. Look into more daycare options or in home nanny, ask my coworkers/boss if I can work from home 2 days per week after leave (or go part time), move into our house and start setting up nursery and organizing hand me downs, prep meals....
mustloveerica I thought you might have had multiples with your early symptoms. Congratulstions! It is hard at times, but you can handle it.Just remeber it could have been three
So right after I got my BFP I had this dream that I had triplets. And in the dream I was sitting on the floor sobbing because I couldn't figure out how to get all 3 babies from the nursery upstairs to the living room downstairs.
You are basically my hero for raising 3 babies.
MH used to joke about wanting to transfer more than 2 and having triplets. I told him absolutely not because I would be on my own with them a lot and I only have two hands. He now regrets ever thinking multiples would be easy. And we have really good babies.
Post by requiressnacks on Aug 25, 2016 12:53:00 GMT -5
kleigh, a friend carried and successfully delivered twins at 38 weeks that were both 7.5 lbs. It can be done! (She also credits being tall with helping her carry so long, which you are too!)
So right after I got my BFP I had this dream that I had triplets. And in the dream I was sitting on the floor sobbing because I couldn't figure out how to get all 3 babies from the nursery upstairs to the living room downstairs.
You are basically my hero for raising 3 babies.
MH used to joke about wanting to transfer more than 2 and having triplets. I told him absolutely not because I would be on my own with them a lot and I only have two hands. He now regrets ever thinking multiples would be easy. And we have really good babies.
Yeah I'm not going to lie. I had a moment of regret for transferring two embryos. I'm sure everything will be fine but I'm nervous as all hell.
MH used to joke about wanting to transfer more than 2 and having triplets. I told him absolutely not because I would be on my own with them a lot and I only have two hands. He now regrets ever thinking multiples would be easy. And we have really good babies.
Yeah I'm not going to lie. I had a moment of regret for transferring two embryos. I'm sure everything will be fine but I'm nervous as all hell.
I had moments of terror and wondering what I got myself into, especially towards the end when I was so uncomfortable and told to stay off work, but I love having twins now and wouldn't change it. If my body could handle another pregnancy I would do it again in a heartbeat.
OB appointment went well yesterday. Everyone cooperated and passed the BPP quickly, discordance went back down to 24%. OB wants to do a c-section, thanks to B's giganticness and preference to flip between transverse and head down. She seemed to think we'd make it to 36-ish weeks, but not 38.
MFM wasn't so great. The MFM I've seen every visit this pregnancy has taken on a new MFM. I really don't like him. Anyway, the discordance jumped to 28% (after a re-count, where it was 33% at first), which meant he wanted to check placentas and blood flow more closely. Everything checked out, but he's increasing appointments (visit in 2 weeks) and really doesn't think we're going a whole lot farther. A has also dropped farther than they'd like in percentiles and B has more fluid than they'd like.
They measured 4 lbs 4 oz and 5 lbs 14 oz. There's 10 pounds of baby in there.
Anyway, we're nervous we'll be delivering early. Between all that news and the contractions that have been off and on all afternoon (hopefully they'll calm down soon), I'm just nervous.
@wineandcupcakes, I'm 32+4 today, and he scheduled my next appointment for 34+4, so he's fairly confident we'll go that far, at least.
Also, early on was scary for us, too. Going from weekly checks to monthly-ish ones was pretty awful. I stayed as distracted as I could, and starting to feel babies move was a huge relief for me (though you're still a ways off from that). Being PAIF, I found something new to stress about (the lack of ultrasounds, their movement, and now their discordance) every step of the way. Distraction was definitely key early on.
Post by requiressnacks on Aug 25, 2016 15:15:01 GMT -5
piccyami, I'm sorry to hear about the discordance and the new MFM, but it sounds like you've got two healthy babies in there. I hope you can make it to 36 weeks!
@wineandcupcakes, I spent most of my 1st tri and 1/2 of the 2nd tri being a giant ball of anxiety. Now that I can feel the babies and I am visibly pregnant, I feel a lot more confident and secure being excited about this pregnancy. I hope you can get to a place of zen soon! It's so much more fun enjoying pregnancy, I can attest.
Post by nerdykitten on Aug 27, 2016 0:04:16 GMT -5
piccyami I know delivering at 34 weeks is scary, but we only made it to 34 weeks on the day and only had a month long stay in NICU. The girls both used a cpap for a few days, all had to have their body temps regulated for a while and some bili light time. After that it was staying to learn the suck, swallow and breathe. Hopefully your stay will be as uneventful.
Me: 30 DH: 29; Married: September, 2010 TTC #1: April 2013 Benched: May 2013 Cancer(DH) Off the Bench: September 2014 July 2015 ER low sperm count and motility(radiation side effect). FET September 1,2015. BFP 9/9/15.- 3 on the way.
@wineandcupcakes, we weren't "public" until 16 weeks (and man was I showing) and I refused to do ANYTHING in the nursery until 24w, then it was a race before my delivery at 36w. PAIF brain is a bitch. FWIW, we gutted half our house and brought babies home to construction and we all survived, so if you need to wait on projects, its ok!
piccyami, 34 weeks is a big milestone! Significantly reduced NICU stays after that point. I delivered at 36+3 (or 4, I can't remember) and my girl could have left the hospital the next day. I think my boy's total stay in the hospital was under 10 days, and never in the NICU.
mustloveerica the shock is normal and will go away. For me it took about a week and then I started to get used to the idea and even get pretty excited. It resurfaced when I gave birth but I'm already adjusting. Newborn twins are the hardest thing I've ever done but right now I have a sweet adorable girl asleep on my shoulder and a sweet adorable boy snoozing in a bassinet and I feel pretty lucky. :-)
piccyami I'm sorry for the bad appointment, I hope babies stay put a while longer! But you are already far enough along that most babies born at that GA do really well.
Post by bocaburger on Aug 28, 2016 11:25:10 GMT -5
@wineandcupcakes Weeks 12-16 were the worst for my anxiety. After the anatomy scan I really relaxed, and once I could feel them move (18 weeks) it got so much better. Hang in there!
@wineandcupcakes Weeks 12-16 were the worst for my anxiety. After the anatomy scan I really relaxed, and once I could feel them move (18 weeks) it got so much better. Hang in there!
Thanks! I'm 14w1d and my nausea is slowly subsiding and I don't have an u/s for 3 weeks. It's terrifying! I just keep hoping they are still in there. Glad I'm not alone!
I used to cry and say I wish I could cut a little window into my uterus just to make sure they were really in there...
Thank you, nerdykitten, schmella, and bocaburger. We know what our local nicu says and your stories really help. I think H is more worried about nicu time after hearing what his parents went through with him and his sister. However, they were born at 26 and 28 weeks and had some major problems because of when they were born.
As long as I don't feel that there's something wrong, we should make it to nearly 35 weeks at least.
And once again, thank you! It helps so much to hear from people that understand what we're feeling.
I think H is more worried about nicu time after hearing what his parents went through with him and his sister. However, they were born at 26 and 28 weeks and had some major problems because of when they were born.
Umm... not to mention medical technology and hospital policies have come a long long way. Let's just say my pregnancy would not have happened, I would have delivered much earlier, and my children would not have survived at all if it was 30, 20, or even 10 years ago. I know some people with 28 weekers and its nothing like it was when we were born. But literally every single day that they stay in you improves their health on the outside. You're doing great.
I think H is more worried about nicu time after hearing what his parents went through with him and his sister. However, they were born at 26 and 28 weeks and had some major problems because of when they were born.
Umm... not to mention medical technology and hospital policies have come a long long way. Let's just say my pregnancy would not have happened, I would have delivered much earlier, and my children would not have survived at all if it was 30, 20, or even 10 years ago. I know some people with 28 weekers and its nothing like it was when we were born. But literally every single day that they stay in you improves their health on the outside. You're doing great.
Thank you. Yes. He seems to forget this. H's parents, on the other hand, are all "everything's going to be fine" and "if they're born now, they won't need nicu time" because they're like 4 times the size H and SIL were at birth. Because obviously the only problems they could encounter would be breathing problems (and the babies got the "surfactant" shot, so they won't have them) or NEC and they won't have that either.
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