Queer & Pregnant: September, October & November - Page 18

[burg]

Many, many hugs Milletpuff. I am so sorry for your loss. Take care of yourself and I hope that you will be rejoining us very soon! 

[osker]

Aw, shit. Milletpuff, that sucks. I'm so sorry. 

[justrose13]

millet, no. no. no. no... i'm just so sorry...

[kimlyn32]

Milletpuff- I'm so sorry to hear that. Hugs to you!

[LibraryLady]

Millet~ I've been thinking of you a lot. I hope you're taking time for yourself and will rejoin us soon xooxox

[Beastie]

Milletpuff. This sucks.  Thinking of you.

[Beastie]

Hi all,

I've been restricting my MDC time in an effort to get my research for work under control (with limited success; I'm turning in an overdue essay tomorrow no matter what!), but I miss you all and wanted to check in. I'm way too late for personals, but I've been thinking of you all, and I'm especially excited for all the new arrivals this month!

Things here are good. I'm loving finally looking good and pregnant, and I'm starting to worry a little less about the pregnancy and more about the reality of an actual baby!  I'm feeling tons of reassuring movement and my DP's even felt a few kicks from the outside, so that's exciting and reassuring. I had a good anatomy scan (we didn't find out the sex, but everything else looked great), and joyfully transitioned from my high-risk OB to my low-risk midwife!  The switch was remarkable and really feels like the right choice for us; plus, it feels hard-earned-- we worked to be low risk! We also visited at our birth center and met all of the on-call midwives there, so we're excited about that plan and hoping that there are no complications that prevent us from using the center.

That's about it. Sending lots of love,

Beastie

[Mizyellow]

Hi Ladies, I am hoping I don't jinx myself by joining this thread. Chels and I found out that we are due to have another sweet bundle July 25th! We have a 2 1/2 year old son named Lennon and can't wait to add to our fam. I got pregnant very quickly but have suffered m/c in the past and am hoping hoping hoping that this one sticks! I have taken oh about 1200 pregnancy tests just to watch them get darker. I finally broke and took a digi yesterday, def preggo! So I am excited to get to know you all!

Raegan

[justrose13]

Welcome to Q & P, Raegan! i will add you to the roll call...

for a

[justrose13]

erthe_mama, what's the good word? how's DP? is there a baby yet?!?!?! can't wait to hear the exciting news!!!

[cejae]

Hi all,

I'm finally returning to the boards after taking a break since, oh, last December (when I went from perfectly fertile to facing menopause in a matter of months).  I ended up going through IVF (after a cancelled cycle this summer) in October and, I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm finally pregnant.  With twins.  I'm seven weeks along.  We've seen their heartbeats (whew!).  I had quite a scare last week (the day after we saw their heartbeats!) when I started bleeding and cramping.  Turns out I have a subchorionic hematoma.  Hopefully that will clear up on its own, but I don't like knowing something is wrong!  And, true to form with twins, I've been viciously sick.  So much so that I'm finally on Zofran, which limits the sickness to 0-2 times a day, instead of constantly.  Whew. 

So anyway, it's nice to be back, even though I'm still nervous about Thing 1 and Thing 2 holding on in there! 

Milletpuff, I'm not sure if you are still on this board, but my heart goes out to you.  I followed your journey when I was on this board before and your loss brought me to tears.  Please take care of yourself.

CJ

Edited by cejae - 11/16/10 at 8:28am

[justrose13]

CJ ~ Welcome Back!! AND Congratulations!!!!

[pigirl]

Milletpuff, I'm so sorry.  You have been through far too much heartbreak.  You're in my thoughts.

[Coco99]

Originally Posted by cejae 

Hi all,

I'm finally returning to the boards after taking a break since, oh, last December (when I went from perfectly fertile to facing menopause in a matter of months).  I ended up going through IVF (after a cancelled cycle this summer) in October and, I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm finally pregnant.  With twins.  I'm seven weeks along.  We've seen their heartbeats (whew!).  I had quite a scare last week (the day after we saw their heartbeats!) when I started bleeding and cramping.  Turns out I have a subchorionic hematoma.  Hopefully that will clear up on its own, but I don't like knowing something is wrong!  And, true to form with twins, I've been viciously sick.  So much so that I'm finally on Zofran, which limits the sickness to 0-2 times a day, instead of constantly.  Whew. 

So anyway, it's nice to be back, even though I'm still nervous about Thing 1 and Thing 2 holding on in there! 

Milletpuff, I'm not sure if you are still on this board, but my heart goes out to you.  I followed your journey when I was on this board before and your loss brought me to tears.  Please take care of yourself.

CJ

Hey there CJ !

Congrats !

I can really relate to your story, my DP is pregnant with twins and we also got the scare of our life at 11 weeks with a huge bleed from a subchorionic hematoma. DP was put on bedrest and pelvic rest and given progesterone. I guess you are still on progesterone following IVF ? she was on bedrest for 6 weeks and we couldnt see the hematoma at 17 weeks.

Best hopes to you and your babies !

Coco

xxx

[burg]

Welcome Raegan & welcome back CJ! 

[2moms3kids]

We had our 20 week anatomy ultrasound on tuesday and found out we are having a 3rd GIRL who will be named Shae Virginia! We are very excited to have 3 girls because I honestly don't know what a boy would have done in a house of 4 girls. 19 weeks (or less) until we meet her and we close up the baby shop for GOOD!!

Sarah

[Pearl1]

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

[cejae]

 Thanks for the warm welcomes back . 

I'm starting to feel a little better today.  But then once I feel a little better I start just freaking out that something must be wrong with my hormone levels.   I can't win!

For any of you other twin folks - do you or dp wake up every hour or two to eat at night?  I'm starving/nauseous all night long. 

Coco99:  I'm so sorry you guys had to experience the whole bleeding, freakout hematoma thing.  But glad to hear that things are good now!  My docs have forbiddden me to travel, which is an issue, since a bunch of my income comes from traveling the country and giving talks.  Sigh.  Right now my IVF doc and my midwife are in a battle over how often I should get ultrasounds to monitor the hematoma.  What did your doc recommend?  I'm being torn between the supermedicalized approach and the pregnancy is a normal part of life approach.

2moms3kids: Congrats!

[LibraryLady]

Hey ladies~ So much action around here, and so many twins!! I was a bit disappointed we're only having one, but when I look at how much my insurance is going to go up, maybe it's a good thing.   Seems we're in a lull right now. We had a  spate of babies being born, and now it's tapered off a bit. Who's due next?

Cejae~ I have the opposite problem of your constantly hungry. I'm on an eating plan to make sure I get all the food groups and plenty of protein and I find myself having to force down food that I don't really want simply because I haven't had enough fruit, or something.  I'm sorry you're so very sick, and I hope it'll calm down soon.  The bleeding sounds scary, but I remember Coco's DP going through it and all's well now.  Fingers crossed!

We find out our baby's sex next week. I'm very nervous!

Here's a pic of my giant-seeming belly. This is 18 1/2 weeks. I'm guessing I'll be perfectly round by the end.

[kimlyn32]

Hello all! I've thought about having twins the next time around and how that would be great. DW wants 3 kids and this will be our first. I'm 34 so I don't have much time left to have two more. I got pregnant with no meds but started to wonder if I go on meds next time will it increase my chances? I'm not sure I want to put myself in that position though. Good luck to everyone having twins, I'm hoping for great pregnancies!

I'm not sure who's next but I'm due Dec 15th. I'm hoping she stays in until at least Dec 6th because my shower is sometime the weekend of the 4th/5th. We had our 36wk ultrasound and NST today. The baby weighs 6lbs according to the ultrasound. She's still head down and was facing my back. With a little prodding and turning she turned a bit so we could see her face again. I've been cramping a good bit. Last night, it actually woke me up. A few hours later I got three charlie horses in my right calf. Needless to say we didn't get much sleep. DW is at work dying to get home for a nap!

I hope everyone has a great weekend!