Pregnant after Infertility Tribe - Page 19

[gumby74]

Congrats CRM! Your pregnancy is flying by.......for me

[Pearl1]

congrats, crm!! what happy, exciting news!!

~ sarah

[Sri Radha]

Congrats CRM! Girls are wonderful.

I have been diagnosed with gestational diabetes. It sucks, but I guess I should just be happy I am pregnant at all. I just hope everything is ok with the little one. It worries me.

[LibbyLou]

I've been MIA for a bit, but I wanted to check in and say Congratulations to Julia'sMom and I hope everyone is having wonderful, uneventful pregnancies!

AF returned a few days ago, which was very suprising since my dd nurses around the clock still. My only hope is that maybe pregnancy has regulated my cycles a bit (I have PCOS and didn't ovulate regularly on my own before getting pregnant). Being a part of the Infertility board was invaluable to me while TTC, but it would be incredible to not go through all of that again when we're ready for #2.

And because I'm so ridiculously in love with dd, I just have to share a picture.

[SimplyRochelle]

I don't belong here but I just had to say what an adorable little girl you have! She is precious!

[Jelinifer]

Congrats Libby- she's gorgeous!!!

[nummies]

Congrats CRM!!!

Libby- She is adorable!!!!! I love that picture!

How is everyone else doing? I'm hanging in there! 37 weeks today!

[Perdita_in_Ontario]

Mandie - 37 weeks!! Good for you! How are you feeling?

Libby - your DD is so sweet.

Me - almost 33 weeks, and hanging in there. Definitely slowing down, beginning to prepare birth supplies, etc. Once the distraction of the holidays is over, I'll be nesting in earnest.

[Pookietooth]

Libby, she is so cute!

[LibbyLou]

Thanks everyone! I can't wait to see pictures of all of the adorable little ones that you ladies are cooking!

[gumby74]

Libby: That is one adorable daughter you have!!!

Happy Holidays to everyone. I hope the Holidays feel extra special to everyone on this board! You've come a long way ladies!!!! Enjoy!

[Julia'sMom]

CRM - Congrats on the girl!

LIbby - She's adorable!

Nummies - COngrats on making it to 37 weeks! THat is awesome!

Sri Rahda - SOrry about the G.D. diagnosis. Hopefully you'll keep it under control and still have a beautiful birth and baby.

AFM - Sarah gave me a great CHristmas present. SHe has now gone over 24 hours without a bottle, only receiving the best food ever straight from the source. : Benjamin is still getting weekly weight checks as he's not gaining very well at all. He's still almost completely bottle fed, but my supply is almost enough to cover all of his bottles. By the new year I hope to be done with formula forever and hopefully will sooon be nursing him as well. Oh, and I've lost 50 pounds since my last ob appt. : It's marvelous to not be that pregnant. Tee hee hee.

[crazyrunningmama]

Hey Everybody!!! How'd we all do over the holidays? Well, we still have New Years, but I doubt many of us will be whooping it up into the wee hours, for me it will be bed early as usual. Thanks everyone for the girl congratulations, I am still processing a bit (I was so, so sure it was a boy). And starting to think I should probably do some organizing and shopping for the few things we will need, cause holy cow, I'm 24 weeks!! The holidays were good for a distraction, that snuck up on me!

Juliasmom - so glad Sarah is nursing well, I hope by now Benjamin is catching up. Yay!!!! for a good supply!!! I also hope you are getting some sleep!!!!

Perdita and Nummies, both getting so close!! I am so glad for you getting this far with twins, Nummies, we'll be looking for your update soon.

Cutie girl, thanks for sharing LibbyLou!!

Sri Rahda, I hope you are doing alright. GD is a big pain. I know what you mean, like because we are so happy to finally be pg we should never complain or don't have the right to complain. But on the other hand, I sort of feel like I went through so much to get here, it should all be smooth sailing. I wish it was for you too. Take good care and let us know how you're doing.

I hope things are going well for you abeecharmer. I'm still stalking your blog, hope the trip home was better and the visit was worth it all.

take care folks and Happy 2010!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[JoyfulLioness]

Can I join in here? I'm 5 weeks pregnant from our first IVF after 3.5 years of trying! So excited but still in a lot of shock. I don't think I ever thought it would happen to me!

A question for those of you who went through IVF: how much monitoring did your RE do in the first trimester? My RE wants to do weekly ultrasounds, which I think is excessive! I've read a bit about some problems linked to ultrasounds so it concerns me quite a bit. What did your RE do, or did they refer you to an OB/midwife straight away?

[crazyrunningmama]

hi JoyfulLioness, congratulations!!!!! You are most welcome here! I've been stalking the Fall IVF board and was very happy to hear your news.

My RE just did two betas (one week apart to confirm that the numbers were rising appropriately), then one obstetrical ultrasound at 7 weeks to confirm the heartbeat (and see if there were one or two in there, since we always transferred 2 or 3 embryos) and that was it, I was off to find a midwife or OB. Weekly u/s's seem excessive to me too, did he explain why? You can always refuse them, don't forget. If something were to go wrong (God forbid), you would just find out a bit later, but avoiding u/s's makes sense to me.

[Pearl1]

Edited by Pearl1 - 2/7/11 at 4:00pm

[crazyrunningmama]

Happy New Year, mamas!!!!

Well, I'm off to bed now...

[nyteacher]

Originally Posted by JoyfulLioness

Can I join in here? I'm 5 weeks pregnant from our first IVF after 3.5 years of trying! So excited but still in a lot of shock. I don't think I ever thought it would happen to me!

A question for those of you who went through IVF: how much monitoring did your RE do in the first trimester? My RE wants to do weekly ultrasounds, which I think is excessive! I've read a bit about some problems linked to ultrasounds so it concerns me quite a bit. What did your RE do, or did they refer you to an OB/midwife straight away?

I'll start with my story since this is my first time in this thread:
Since I have been in the infertility threads until my recent confirmation of pregnancy, I thought I'd join. I do not get my own periods and have been diagnosed with PCOS. I concieved on injectables and IUI.

Last week, I had a blood test 12/20 and another 12/22 both showed increasing HCG and confirmed pregnancy. i went this week at 5.5 weeks for an ultrasound to check that implantation occurred properly. It did and there were two viable sacs. TWINS! I am shocked and excited at the same time. i knew with fertility meds it was possible but still makes you shocked.

My RE is doing another ultrasound next week at 6.5 weeks to see the heartbeat of baby A and baby B.

It sounds like my RE will monitor me weekly as well for awhile before releasign me to my OB. They did say if I couldnt make ti every week i could go every other or as to be released to my OB early. I would talk to you RE, and ask about options. I was told to see my ob at 10 weeks.

[poetgirl]

WELCOME Joyful Lioness and NYteacher! I'm so happy to see you join us!
I don't think we've had a new member since I got preg about 4.5 mths ago, so I'm thrilled to see you find success! Best of luck with your pregnancies.

NyTeacher, Twins! Wow! Amazing to go from trying so hard to having two, I would imagine. We have two twins ladies here, one gave birth not too long ago and the other is any day now.

CRM, Congrats on news of your little girl! Two girls sounds so lovely. I love sisters.

J's Mom, I hope the twin management and feedings are progressing nicely! I think of you so often! I know you're super busy but know we wish you all the best, day by day!

Yikes Sarah! What a traveling tribulation. What a hero for enduring that, and inlaws to boot. I had an exhausting inlaw visit and it was so blissful to get home.

Who's getting close? Perdita, Nummies, Sri? Lots of love to you all.

I'm having the big u/s on Tuesday and a bit nervous about it. We haven't seen the little one since 8.5 wks and I haven't been able to feel movement yet. We have heard movement on the doppler though, flips and lots of activity. My belly is really hard. I had pretty strong ab muscles, so I'm thinking maybe that has something to do with it.

A very happy blessed new year to everyone here.

[Pookietooth]

Anyone know if women over 40 have any luck with their own frozen embryos?