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[GraceM]

Gracegirl -I hope it is nothing.  Please keep us posted.

 

My dr. is not worried but is sending me for an ultrasound tomorrow for my peace of mind (or so she says).

[SunflowerGirl]

Hi Ladies! I'm jumping in too! My EDD is October 22nd.

Like you all, I'm so nervous - and yes Gracegirl - I check my boobs every day to make sure they're still sore! I've been extra tired and going to bed really early the last week too.

I had an ectopic about a year or so ago, so my mind won't settle until I see the ultrasound. My beta isn't exactly doubling (14dp3dt=242 and 18dp3dt=827), but it is still up there. I go for more bw on Thursday and they'll do an ultrasound too. I'm excited, and totally scared at the same time.

 

I wish you all a happy and healthy 9ish months!

[gracegirl]

Welcome SunflowerGirl!! I think we have the same due date! YAY!

 

update: blood work came back great (up to 7940 at 21dpiui--more than doubling). My clinic just called and said I am welcome to come in for an ultrasound whenever...so, Thursday it is! Thank god...I LOVE my clinic! Don't know how much we will be able to see (it will be 5weeks 2 days) but at least it might put my mind at rest!

[SunflowerGirl]

Hey gracegirl! I'll be 5w2d on Thursday for my ultrasound too! Your numbers are WAY higher than mine though at the same time.

[gracegirl]

I wouldn't worry too much about that Sunflower! All women are so different...I had a friend whose numbers were around 12,000 at this time...she thought she was having twins. Nope, just high numbers.

 

Good luck tomorrow! I'll be thinking of you!

[misty]

Just had my 2nd u/s. (bc I have a history of miscarriage I'm going weekly.) Baby is still there! Yes! Heartbeat was 162 bpm. So far so good!

Welcome to sunflowergirl! looks like January was a very productive month!!!

[GraceM]

Welcome Sunflower and good luck tomorrow Gracegirl.

 

I had my second u/s today.  All was well with a normal heartrate.  I go once again next week and then, assuming all goes well, that should be it until my NT scan.

[Kadie-lee]

Hi girls, thought I join you for the October due date, my EDD is end of Sept, I am in my 9th week of pregnancy...  hope you all have a happy nine months...

 

BTR and stillness, I remember you girls from the jan/feb cycle forum, how's are things? Btr:  how's that yeast infection.. did you go to you GP hun... mb they can do a swab, they did one for me yesterday as I was having some old brown blood, but that passed now thankfully, gave me an awful scare...

[SunflowerGirl]

Good news GraceM and misty!

Welcome Kadie-lee!

 

gracegirl - good luck today! Will be thinking about you. My appt is at 10:10am. I'll update with news afterwards. Fingers crossed for me please! I'm kinda petrified of another ectopic

[gracegirl]

Great news Misty and GraceM!!

 

Welcome Kadie-Lee!

 

Sunflower: your ultrasound is 5 minutes before mine...funny! I too am a bit anxious about another ectopic, but more worried about this pesky brown spotting! I will be thinking of you...keep us posted!

 

Hello to everyone else!

[SunflowerGirl]

I have good news to report! Gestational sac found in my uterus! Nothing found elsewhere (for now)!

No yolk sac yet, but it is very early. The dr on duty was very optimistic. Apparenlty the outside of the sac had a 'glow' that usually equates to a yolk sac.

Dr also felt that my beta numbers over 4 days were still within targets, so not to worry about it. I'm still waiting to hear what today's beta is, results weren't ready before we left - even though we were there for over 2 hours (another story altogether).

So I am in good spirits now!

He understood my wariness over ectopic and has set me up for another u/s next Tuesday.

YAY!!!  (this little banana is my favourite!)

 

OK - gracegirl, you're up! BTW, we must be in different time zones, based on your last post. I'm in Ottawa (EST) I have my fingers crossed for you!

[gracegirl]

Yup, different time zones...I'm in Victoria, BC.

 

Good news for me too!! One little bean measuring right on track...and in my uterus!! Wooohooo! Everything looks really good!

 

But, no workingout, running or other high impact activities until this spotting stops! My doc said spotting is really common and probably due to the sac burrowing into the uterus.

 

I'm so releaved. Due date....Oct 23rd! Next ultrasound in 11 days to see the heartbeat.

[GraceM]

Congrats Sunflower and Gracegirl  That is great.  Amazing news.

 

I don't have much to report except that I got assigned an OB today which is exciting.  I won't see her until 13-14 weeks but hopefully it sticks and I get to see her!

[Loew21]

Hi ladies. Hope it's okay that I join in. Having a tough time with the whole waiting game! I had my one and only beta on 12dp5dt which was 1800! I wish I was having another so I knew everything was okay. Trying not to be paranoid but I really have no symptoms at all! Anyone else with out any symptoms? Also is anyone else continuing with acupuncture for fertility while pregnant?

Hi to everyone!

[GraceM]

Loew21 - Welcome!  I didn't have symptoms (other than some bizarre cramps that felt like a pulled hip on one side) until about 5 weeks. Then I got dizzy spells with sore boobs and then in week 6 I got nauseous (and started taking dicletctin, which is amazing).

 

I am also continuing with accupuncture while pregnant.  My accupuncturist changed the points but I still go.  I will go once a week until I am 14 weeks, an appt at week 20 and appt at week 28.

[TTCAD]

Hi Ladies:  I'm thread crashing but will be here full time soon.  My baby's due on October 13th.  They heard a heart beat today at 116 bpm and I saw the heartbeat on the monitor.  I'm not fully in this thread b/c my Doctors have gotten me paranoid.  I'm still being monitored heavily and I'm having ultrasounds frequently.  Thankfully, an ectopic pregnancy has been ruled out.  They're still in prepare for the worst mode.  I don't know if that's the MO of the Clinic but it freaks me out every time I go there.  

 

Someone asked about morning sickness.  I heard that sometimes it doesn't start for some people until Week 7 and a friend confirmed it last night (that would be in 3 days for me)!  I have a strong sniffer so smells really get to me which can make me feel nauseous.    

 

Bloating - Definitely!  I wear sweat pants all of the time.  I have a belly and did not before.  I'm not sure if the bloating's caused by the IVF meds or a combination of everything and pregnancy!.  

 

In terms of peeing, I have to pee often!  I heard that it's a side effect of the progesterone and also of pregnancy.  The worst is when I have to have a full bladder for my ultrasounds.  I have had 3-4 in the last 2 weeks and I almost had an accident.  It's torture for my bladder and then driving myself to the Clinic is torture.  The 20 minutes feels like 2 hours.  

 

Hello to BTR, Stillness, and kadie_lee from my other thread!    

[gracegirl]

Welcome Loew and TTCAD!

 

Loew: yes, I am continuing with acupuncture. My clinic specializes in pregnancy and fertility. Right now, my treatments are geared towards stopping the spotting (which seems to be working) and the cramping. The aim is to bring nutrients into the uterus for development. I LOVE it and my specialist recommended I keep up with it.

 

As for symptoms...I was told the same thing about morning sickness--it usually shows around 6 or 7 weeks...but some women don't get it at all. I've just been really tired...like fall on my face tired. My back has also been really sore, but that's linked to the cramping.

 

Hello to everyone else!!

 

Enjoy your weekends ladies!

[dylan]

Welcome Kadie-lee, Loew and TTCAD.

 

Loew - I have not continued acupuncture, but I miss it so I may try to get back for few sessions.

 

TTCAD - I had severe bloating with my fresh cycle from all the meds.  When I went for my 13 week ultrasound the tech asked if I had done fertility treatment and said he could tell because my ovaries were still swollen.

 

I've still had no symptoms, other than a bit of tiredness but that drop-dead exhaustion hasn't set in yet.  I've had a few twinges on the right hand side of my uterus - not sure what that is?  I don't recall having twinges with my previous pregnancy.  Of course I worry that it means it's ectopic.  Even though I've no basis for that.  I'm five weeks today and just waiting for my ultrasound to make sure everything looks ok!

 

 

 

[BTR]

Welcome everyone! I love how our group keeps growing and growing (as we grow and grow in size).

My ultrasound is in 4 days and I am going stir crazy. This has been a very tough three weeks as I keep doing checks on my boobs, my underwear and my nausea to make sure I'm still pregnant. I feel crazy. I keep asking my husband to look at my boobs to see if my nipples look bigger or darker and if my boobs look bigger. This morning he said no, and I started to cry saying that maybe I lost the baby. I'm hormone crazy!

I started taking diclectin for my nausea. It had helped a ton! I only take 2 at night and deal with the small bouts of nausea during the day. I find it mildly tolerable, so not worth drugging myself all day and falling over my feet with exhaustion.

Other than GraceM, anyone else on diclectin? Do you find it helps?

Also - I don't remember if I posted here about my yeast infection but I was going totally crazy. Turns out that I may have at one point had a yeast infection, but it was the prometrium suppositories making me so itchy. I got the go-ahead by my RE to take the tablets orally and I'm not itchy at all! I actually feel like a normal human being and am not walking around trying to tear out my privates!

Hope everyone is having a happy Friday and enjoying the pregnancy symptoms!

[Stillness]

Oh the wait wait wait..makes us crazy people! Mine is on Monday but I just called to ask if they could do it tomorrow. I just want to see that heart beat! (or two) I just had a patient with an open would and he was a bit smelly... almost barfed in front of him!

[AlCat24]

Hi everyone,

 

i am hoping to join you. I had my 7 week ultrasound on Thursday so I'm ready to  move on to a due date thread.  Was too scared to join before the u/s.

 

Glad to see so many of us from our cycle buddies thread have made it on to this thread.

 

I'm 7w3d and my due date is Oct 9th, right before my birthday.  This will be the best birthday gift ever!

 

BTR - sorry you've had such bad morning sickness. I've been okay. My stomach feels off but that is it.  I was very worried about this until Thursday but now since the baby is healthy I'll just hope I am one of the lucky ones that don't spend the whole time puking. My sister had terrible sickness right until week 17.  So I thought I was going to be doomed.

[GraceM]

Welcome Alcat 24!

[Stillness]

I really like this website which documents baby's growth week by week with some pics: http://www.fitpregna...er-week-by-week

[Stillness]

Hi everyone,
 
i am hoping to join you. I had my 7 week ultrasound on Thursday so I'm ready to  move on to a due date thread.  Was too scared to join before the u/s.
 
Glad to see so many of us from our cycle buddies thread have made it on to this thread.
 
I'm 7w3d and my due date is Oct 9th, right before my birthday.  This will be the best birthday gift ever!
 
BTR - sorry you've had such bad morning sickness. I've been okay. My stomach feels off but that is it.  I was very worried about this until Thursday but now since the baby is healthy I'll just hope I am one of the lucky ones that don't spend the whole time puking. My sister had terrible sickness right until week 17.  So I thought I was going to be doomed.

Alcat, welcome! So glad you had a good ultrasound. I'm right behind you. My US is Monday. How did u make the little lilypie baby banner?

[AlCat24]

Stilness - lilypie.com/   You create one and then cut and paste the URL link into your signature. 

 

Looks like I may have joined too soon.  I started bleeding this evening and it hasn't stopped.  Bright red and heavy.  Will call the clinic as soon as it opens tomorrow.  So depressed.