3 failed IUIs. How do you cope?

[moni77]

summer hopefully your doc wont give you a hard time...

 

[PinkPeony]

Well ladies I had my twins Friday last week. It's been an insane rollercoaster since. My water broke on it's own Friday evening. Went through pretty intense labour which progressed really quickly. It was a pretty rough birth experience - I'll spare you the details. The babies are premature so they'll be in the hospital NICU for a while. One of them needed sugery so she's at the children's hospital while the other one is at a regular hospital across the street. They're both doing well all things considered. I spend all day going in between the two hospitals. It's not exactly how I expected things to go, but everyday I have with them is amazing.

 

[Maverick007]

wow pink!! i thought something must have been happening...i am sorry your girls are in the NICU but it's so amazing that they are here! i will be praying for their health and continued progress so they can come home with you very soon. take care of yourself in the meantime, it sounds like you've been through a lot!

 

[moni77]

Congrats Pink! Sorry about the NICU - but it sounds like they are healthy, considering. How premature were you? Do you have an expected home date?

 

[StayHopeful]

Congrats, Pink! Sorry to hear that your delivery was rough but I'm glad things are improving. Sending you and your wonderful little ones lots of positive thoughts!

 

[Luciola]

Congratulations Pink and don't worry too much about your little princesses! I m sure everything will be fine.
Mav how are you?

We had the first u/s and saw baby s heart beat today! One little bean with 137bpm measures exactly up to date (7w1d), I saw the sac the baby and the heart beat as soon as the monitor lit up. Happy, still cautious, but happy

 

[Maverick007]

Congratulations Pink and don't worry too much about your little princesses! I m sure everything will be fine.
Mav how are you?

We had the first u/s and saw baby s heart beat today! One little bean with 137bpm measures exactly up to date (7w1d), I saw the sac the baby and the heart beat as soon as the monitor lit up. Happy, still cautious, but happy

That's amazing Luciola! Congrats!! You must be so excited. Seeing the hb for the first time is such a surreal experience.

I'm doing OK...my due date is Friday but it seems like the furthest thing away right now - no signs of labor at all and I haven't dilated or anything yet (at least as of last Thursday). I have my 40 wk appt. tomorrow where we will have to decide whether induction is likely or not and get one more u/s to see how big the baby is. I have terrible allergies so I'm feeling pretty awful in that respect but otherwise I feel good!

 

[PinkPeony]

Lol that's what I thought Mav. Even had spent the day at the doctor having tests and ultrasounds. A few hours after getting home - boom! -my waters broke. Hopefully you're starting to showing some signs tomorrow.

 

[StayHopeful]

Same with me, Mav. They didn't check to see if I was dilated or anything, but I had an appointment on Thursday and my water broke Sunday night. FX that your LO comes out soon, I can't wait to hear all about it!

Luciola, great news about your ultrasound!

 

[Maverick007]

Thanks ladies. I'm trying to be patient but was still not dilated today although baby's head was very low. Induction scheduled for May 1-2 if she doesn't decide to make an appearance before then!

 

[Luciola]

Exciting times Mav!!!!

 

[summer2011]

Moving on to IVF!! Big step but I can't wait to join you all if/when it works. My Dr is thinking my problem could be tubal issues so lets hope that's all that's keeping that BFP away.

The IVF clinic I will be visiting (which is all the way across the country!) should be contacting me for a consult in ~5 weeks according to my FS. From there I'm hoping it'll be just a 3 month wait. Right now I'm thinking end of August cycle start. SO EXCITED!!

Congrats to all who have their little babes already, can not wait to be in your shoes

 

[StayHopeful]

Mav, how are you doing? Still hanging in there?

Summer, that's great about your IVF referral! If it's tubal issues, IVF should definitely help. And if it isn't the issue, one nice thing about IVF is it really does give your doctor so much more insight into what's going on. Even if the first cycle doesn't work (though I have every confidence it will!), the doctor can look at so many more factors and adjust for the next time. It takes a lot of the guesswork of IUIs out of it. So excited for you!

 

[Maverick007]

Hi ladies, I gave birth yesterday! We are so in love! My labor experience was pretty traumatic and taxing. I'll spare you the details but it was basically 12 hours of early labor and another 24 of active very painful labor. I ended up not being able to push her out, her head would not come through so we had to have a c-section. The sedative and other drugs they put me out with were so strong that I spent the last day falling asleep hundreds of times after talking complete nonsense to all the nurses and my husband. Sleep deprivation plus strong drugs do not equal a good situation! lol! We will probably be here in the hospital until tomorrow or potentially wednesday but are anxious to get home.

Here is a pic from 1 day old. xo

 

[PinkPeony]

Oh Mav congratulations!! Sorry you had a rough labour. I feel you girl. It super sucks to go through all that labour just to have a c section and to have to deal with recovering from that for the next few weeks. I had about 4 hours of painful active labour before an OR opened up - I seriously can't imagine going through that for 24 hours. You basically rock. She's absolutely beautiful. Amazing what we've been through to finally hold our babies eh.

 

[StayHopeful]

Congratulations, Mav!!! She's beautiful! Sorry to hear about your labor troubles, but so excited that she's here! I hope that you're feeling a little more coherent today. Is your husband going to be able to stay home for a little bit to help while you recover from your C-section? So excited for you

 

[summer2011]

Congrats! She looks so sweet and peaceful

 

[moni77]

Beautiful Mav!!!

 

[summer2011]

OMG!! I had my consult today. Looks like a late June ivf!! So nervous and excited

 

[moni77]

yay summer!!