IVF Graduates thread!! - Page 33

[renavoo]

Kewpie, Oh my gosh, HOW ADORABLE! I also love the second one but I can see why it'll be difficult to choose! I was thinking it would be great to have 2 photos of you and DH each holding one of the babies on your announcement. You guys just seem so over the moon. 

Belly, I can't wait to find out with you either!! Just a week and a half more and we will know what you're having. Do you have a preference? Yah for nausea being almost gone but boo to being more tired. I still walk a lot (to work) and sometimes back from work but I am starting to feel it more. I asked my doctor if it is ok to keep walking and he said that I should keep and eye on it but he thinks that by week 24 I will probably end up having to cut it down if not off. I'm just going to keep walking as much as my body allows me but i'll definitely listen to it. i think in a few weeks, I'm going to end up strolling instead of speed walking like i do now! By the way, the insomnia sucks. Definitely the worst part of the pregnancy so far for me!

Blue, when will you get your schedule? I can't remember if you have it already? haha is it bad that i want to program your schedule in my calendar so i can keep track? And i want to keep my figurative fingers crossed as hard as I can for the FET!!

Keria, I know that it's best to get the nursery done before the babies are here but with your and DH's love, THEY don't care, so definitely don't overdo it yourself either! haha I always joke that they could be sleeping right next to us for the next year and not care if they don't have their own space. We want to see more photos of your beauties too! I love seeing your and Kewpie's adorable babies!

[blueyezz4]

Renavoo - you are too cute!!!!!  My RE just guesstimated that my ET might fall sometime around March 8-10ish, but we really aren't sure yet.  The crazy thing is that I started back on the Lupron this past Thurs the 9th and today about 3 hrs ago when I went to the bathroom I had some spotting so now I'm starting to wonder if AF is around the corner maybe.  Who knows.  I'm sure the rest of the weekend will tell.

Keria - LOL.. that is pretty funny. "same barber".  Hope things are going well.  How are YOU feeling?  Are you still pretty sore? Are you limited on lifting right now?

Kewpie - LOVE the new pics of the babes!!!!  So sweet.  I think my fav for like a announcement would be the 4th one b/c you can see more of both of their bodies or the last one is super cute too ( I love them all), but that is just my opinion.  How are you feeling now?  Are you still sore?

Deborah -  Sorry,       No one had told me much about it, so I just wanted to be sure you were aware.   Glad it is down to 1.2 .  How many mg of meds are you on right now? Is your Dr putting you on over-the-counter Vit D now too?

Belly - I can't wait for you to find out what you are having as well!!!!  So exciting!!!!  When is your scan again?  Next Thurs or the Thurs after?  I forget.  Yay, for the m/s subsiding finally but boo for the insomnia.  That sucked, I remember.  I could try to take a little nap after work and sleep ok, but then at night I'd always wake up that the same time like 3am and couldn't get back to sleep.  Hope it goes away!!!  Did you have it w/ DD too?

Lyndi & Bungalow - how are you both doing?????

Tenzi - Where have you been girl????  We haven't seen you around in a long time.  Hope everything is going okay with you!!!  Fill us in when you get a chance.  Thinking of you!!!

[deborahbgkelly]

Belly- My assessment (only relying on anecdotal evidence from my own pregnancy) is that it gets higher in the first tri and levels off later on because babies are now producing their own thyroid hormones.

[renavoo]

Blue,  Can't wait for you to be in the 2ww and on your way to a BFP! I think that breakthrough bleeding can happen on lupron but if it comes full force, maybe ask your RE. But I'm sure it'll be fine. Just thinking of you. :oD

Ladies, hope everyone else is also enjoying the weekend!

[rcr]

Hello all -I just read like 2 pages worth on my phone while DS was watching a movie on my computer, so I wanted to remember everything that I was going to reply when he was done and I could use my computer, but now I forgot. Anyway, just popping in, I guess.

Kewpie - love the pictures.

[lyndiramos]

Hello all!

Just popping in to say hello and see what was going on!!

Kewpie- the babies are sooo cute and I am a huge fan of b&w photos!! Quick qiestion as well. So I have a deit plan for mt GD and ive been following it exactly but my question is if I check my b sugar and its high do I wait to eat or still eat my next meal? Like I ate breakfast and checked 2 hours later and my sugar was still at 178 so ive waited and only eatten sugar free jello this afternoon and now many hours later my sugar is still 174?.... I will call my obgyn tomorrow but im not sure and figure you might have some insight..

[Kristal2146]

Hey ladies! Just stopping by for a moment here.. 

Renavoo- congrats! I hope you know that you have every right to deny the fetal echo if you don't feel its necessary. My midwives made the same recommendation but my IPs are comfortable that the anatomy u/s will detect any heart issues that need to be more thoroughly investigated and we are only doing the echo if the additional scan I have tomorrow (original scan we couldn't get good pics of the heart) 

Kewpie- the babies are SO cute!!! 

AFM- I have had a hell of a week with sick kids, homework I'm falling behind on, getting sick myself, and my brand new van breaking down.. well not much has gotten done around here and I'm feeling way more behind than I originally was. But the van is fixed now, and I have a repeat anatomy ultrasound tomorrow afternoon to get additional views of the heart. 

Don't remember if I told you all.. we're having a girl, and my IPs are absolutely thrilled. 

[Kewpie80]

Definitely still eat!  It's ok if your sugars are high here and there.  It's just when they are high for a long time that it begins to be a problem, so if you have a high, don't fret about it and always eat!  When I have a high like that, I usually go for a walk to bring it back down.  That works really well for me.  No skipping meals!
 

Originally Posted by lyndiramos 

Hello all!
Just popping in to say hello and see what was going on!!
Kewpie- the babies are sooo cute and I am a huge fan of b&w photos!! Quick qiestion as well. So I have a deit plan for mt GD and ive been following it exactly but my question is if I check my b sugar and its high do I wait to eat or still eat my next meal? Like I ate breakfast and checked 2 hours later and my sugar was still at 178 so ive waited and only eatten sugar free jello this afternoon and now many hours later my sugar is still 174?.... I will call my obgyn tomorrow but im not sure and figure you might have some insight..

[lyndiramos]

Thanks Kewpie!!!! Also for the life of me couldnt figure this sugar high thing out... Then I did.. my husband brought me regular jello and I had two cups smh... I was wondering why they tasted so good lol anyway thanks again so much!!!

[renavoo]

Kristal, let us know how the anatomy scan goes! I'm glad everything is now ok but how frustrating it must have been for you. Yah to the girl! Did they tell you if they chose a name? I still think about how wonderful it is that you are fulfilling your IPs' dream. It's an amazing thing. I hope that the heart scan goes well. I know i can refuse but we love seeing our little babies and making sure that they are ok so even if we only get a view of the hearts, it'll still make us feel better. So while i don't think anyone thinks that something will be wrong, we're using it as another excuse. :o) 

Lyndi, I hope it gets easier to navigate GD soon. You're doing great and obviously trying very hard. It'll be over soon! I agree with Kewpie though...if possible, go for a walk. I don't have GD but I know from knowledge about diabetes that exercise helps and walking is a great exercise and one that we can do without worry. (Unless your doctor told you not to!!)

Rcr and Blue, 

Kewpie and Keria, hope you guys got some rest this weekend :oD

AFM, well, i'm sad that yet another weekend is over but i am excited because next weekend, we're going to see my MIL and we have a birthday party to go to. haha the birthday party is still up in the air though because I usually don't decide whether to go to night time parties until the day of. If I'm too tired, I usually just stay home. I feel bad sometimes because I've gotten much more hermit like in the last year or so...TTCing was hard and stressful so I didn't feel like socializing. Now that i'm pregnant, all I want to do is spend time with DH before things get too crazed. I know I should be going out more though and enjoying the time out with friends but I really don't like crowds and NYC is all about crowds!

Anyway, I think I feel a lot more movement from the babies so I love it. I just feel them tumbling about in there. It really is such an amazing thing. I talk to them but still feel a little silly doing it. But i'm going to maybe start reading aloud so they can hear me. 

:o)

HAPPY MONDAY EVERYONE! Hope the week starts off (and ends) smoothly!

[lyndiramos]

Thanks renavoo! I wish I could just take a walk or exercise in general... Im still on bedrest for pre term labor I think it would be much easier if I could walk!!
Glad you are feeling the babies move all the time!! Have fun this next weekend and hopefully your able to make it to the party!! Have a great week!!

[renavoo]

Darn, I forgot you were on bed rest, Lyndi. It'll be ok. Just a couple of months left, right? Big hugs! You're doing so well and your baby definitely appreciates it! 

[lyndiramos]

Renavoo- No problem! and yes im 31 weeks so 8 weeks or less!! Im having a scheduled repeat c section and she will schedule it no later then april 9th. We are getting excited!!

[rcr]

Lyndi - Sorry you are on bedrest (I must have missed that, I don't keep up with this thread as much as the other one). I hope you aren't going too stir-crazy. It will all be worth it in the end

[BellyBean]

Hi ladies!

Lyndi, yay for being so close to meeting your little girl!!  Sounds like something my DH would do (bring me regular jello) glad you got it all sorted out and I hope you are able to keep those levels down without insulin.

Renavoo, infertility and a child has definitely made us more hermit like.  It's nice just spending time at home with your family <3!  I love the slow rolling movements in there...so far this morning everything has been dead center so I don't know which one it is :)  Not that I probably would anyway! 

Kristal, glad the van is fixed, but that does sound like a challenging few days!

Deborah, Bungalow, Tenzi, Mole, and others hope all is going well!

AFM, I spent most of the weekend thinking about the twins.  Inspired by Kewpie and my girlfriend here that just had a baby, I started looking into newborn photography in our area and found a few people I really like, but I'll need to get more information first because a couple didn't have any prices on their website and that makes me worry a little bit/a lot.  Just looking at the different sites I was able to find some really cute ideas on maternity/newborn photos.  It really got me excited about the babies!  I also stubled across a few things I could make for the babies off pinterest and actually finished one crocheting project :)  I have several other things l'd like to make!!!  My next project is in brown so that should work for us no matter what.  Maybe I'll post some pictures once I get a couple things done :)

I have a huge to-do list for today, even though I know i need to take it easy, but luckily DH cleaned the whole house yesterday so it's mostly running errands (which I enjoy much more!)  I might throw a movie in during the day to make sure we spend some time relaxing :)

[deborahbgkelly]

I have an appointment with the OB this afternoon. I'm hoping he'll take a peek at sex organs (I know it's a bit early, but they can sometimes tell as soon as 16 weeks and I am 16 weeks 5 days) We will only tell family members the guess until the 20 week ultrasound or, if we get a percentage likelihood then we will share the guess along with the percentage likelihood. At least, that's my plan. I'm frustrated with left-side sleeping. I've been attempting to sleep on my left side for the last few weeks and, while it is mostly successful, I wake up in a lot of pain on my left side, so I'm not quite sure what to do. It is one of the several questions I will bring up to my OB.

[renavoo]

Lyndi, I'm excited for you and I can't wait to "meet" your daughter online! :oD I think the babies on this thread are so adorable!

Belly, what a fantastic idea! I want to do what you're doing and get an idea of how to take photos of my babies when they are here. I probably won't hire anyone since photography is my hobby and I have a pretty nice camera but I would like to get ideas. haha I'm more used to shooting animals and landscape than people and babies! Ooooh how wonderful is it that your DH cleaned your house! That's such a wonderful thing to do. :oD

Hmm ok, I think I'm going to sign off and try to leave work a little early today!

Hope everyone is doing well!

[TenzinsMama]

Blue and Belly, I'm here... Thanks for inquiring!

I've been following along, I've been really busy lately with a bunch of things (including getting another cold-- thank goodness my little guy and DH were fine-- pregnancy makes your immune system more taxed-- I thought I read that somewhere?) and then yesterday we just came back from a 10 day vacation in Turks and Caicos, and I've just caught up on all the posts (102 since before I left!-- wow!)  I'm loving seeing the babies, Keria and Kewpie, they are so adorable!  And I'm enjoying the pregnancy updates of everyone, too.  Blue, I'm following what's going on with you, too (on this thread only now, since I haven't been going to the other thread)... I hope you can get started with things soon-- you have such patience, waiting for AF to make up her mind about what she is doing!

I've been having some issues with my pelvic floor-- it was a little weak before having my DS, and then I had some problems and it took a year before it got much better and almost to what it was before.  But now, being pregnant, it's giving me some grief.  And, another thing happening with me is that at my 18 week anatomy scan it showed that I had placenta previa, but for some reason the tech didn't switch to doing it trans-vaginal so I don't have much detail on it. On the report it just says "placenta is covering the internal os".  So I don't know if it's marginal, partial, or complete. I'm having another scan at 32 weeks to determine if the placenta has moved away enough from the cervix-- if it hasn't, it means I can't have a homebirth like with my DS and instead I will be having a scheduled c-section.  A lot of women will have scans again at 28 weeks, but my midwife recommended we wait until 32 weeks to give it the extra bit of time to move up and away-- the earlier scan may show it's moved somewhat, but if it's not enough then I'd need another one at 32--to make plans for the birth.  I saw my family doc today and he likes the midwives' plan-- he agrees that it's better to avoid any unnecesscary scans.  Anyway, the vacation eased my anxiety about things a great deal, since it took my mind off things-- I was quite worried because just before we left, a friend of mine (same exact due date as me) who has marginal placenta previa, had a bleeding episode (she said it was quite a lot)after sex which was totally traumatic for her and her DH... All is well with her and baby, thankfully... Apparently, 90% of women with any type of previa will have bleeding to some degree, especially when they hit the third trimester... I  would be so scared, even if I saw a drop of blood.  Anyway, it was good that we had chosen Turks and Caicos as our destination, because they have excellent medical care there, and they air-medivac to Miami if patients need it.  We also had cancellation insurance, just in case... So we went, had a great time, and now I'm just floating on the post-vacation state of relaxation... hopefully it lasts for a good while! 

[renavoo]

Tenzi, so glad to see you! Hope that everything turns out with the placenta :o) It sounds like you've been having a nice relaxing time. Keep it going!

Rushing to work but i just wanted to wish everyone a wonderful Valentine's Day!

[Kewpie80]

Tenzins - SOrry to hear about the placenta previa.  I hope it moves out of the way and you cna have the birth you want!  I'm so jealous of your vacation!  Glad to hear you had a relaxing time!