Any Aussie ladies starting IVF?

[Maddy40]

Ha Maddy that's hilarious, sounds like bra shopping time for you. My boobs feel completely normal, though I'm only 4 weeks 2 days I think so it might be a bit early. Strange that I'm madly hoping for some undelightful symptom like nausea or sore boobs lol

I totally know how that feels. In fact when they did magically inflate overnight and start to get a bit sensitive, I wondered if I'd actually caused it with all the wishful poking

Were your bloods good?

 

[Take2]

Well according to Fertility Friend I would have been 15dpo and my beta was 501..is that good..high..low?? But it was positive anyway..yay!!!

 

[Kirs_t]

Take that is a great beta for 15dpo! Will you be having more blood tests?

Maddy- I wish my boobs would magically inflate it is one of the things I'm most excited about pregnancy!

 

[aleja]

Take that's a great beta result. Well done.

Red that's a good idea about the lay by contribution..
What other things did you get??

Ah yes sore boobies, mine were really tender in 1st trimester... Now my nips are just huge, DH is calling them my pepperonis !!

 

[wishandwait]

That's awesome take!!! My beta was 480 at like 5 weeks.! My dr said she doesn't normally tell ppl what the betas actually are cause they get so obsessed with the numbers.. She said there's no difference with 400 or 4000 as long as its doubling. Congratulations on your official BFP!!!
Maddy those first tri boobs are crazy! I remember rolling over in bed and feeling like I was dragging a two bags of concrete thorns along the bed sheets hahaha! I've been leaking colostrum for a while now and every time I make DH a milo I tell him I put a suprise in it for him hahahaha! He gets so freaked out.

Kirsti how's the sickness? Hope your doing ok love... I remember ordering food at a restraunt and crying cause I wanted to eat it so bad but it made me feel so shit just to look at.

Aleja when your baby shower hun? I got so so much awesome stuff! I used to hate going to other ppls but my friends and family were so beautiful at mine! Hope yours is the same. I even had a sneaky beer.. It was like I was a vampire tasting human blood for the first time hahaha. As for the 4d scan we have a private u/s venue that charge a bit more but do
Long appointments and give you a USB with heaps of photos and videos on it.. Defo worth it!

Red.. Updated bump pic please!

Updates from everyone else?

Afm- paranoia is getting the better of me and I'm going to my dr tomorrow to see about growth on babies cord.. I did something I shouldn't have and googled cord problems now I'm all crazy again.. No more dr google!! Finishing work this week I've become bloody useless.. I shaved one leg and cried cause I couldn't do the other.. 5 weeks yay!

 

[aleja]

Hey wish , the colostrum drink cracked me up!!!

I was just about to google cord growth but decided against it. Dr Google is so evil . Your own OB is a much more reliable source of info. Plus your bubs is fine good size, healthy, smiling etc
My baby showers are at the end of June at 34 weeks. I had been warned to do it earlier due to tiredness but I want it when I'm on mat leave. Did you have a registry ? My friend suggested I write a general list of things id like to give with the invite. I'm not fussed about pressies to be honest. I'd be happy with baby wipes and shampoo.

I am envious you are finishing work this week..and are meeting your girl soon! Do you still have much to do in terms of preparation ?

 

[Take2]

Wish- try not to stress, when I was preg with keyara the ultra sound tech was concerned about her bowel, after all my stressing turned out to be nothing, she's a happy healthy 9 year old.

AFM- because we fell pregnant on our own we're just going to the GP like any regular pregnant person, we don't have private so no OB for me. Got an appointment Monday so will wait and see if I have more bloods or when my scan will be.

 

[wishandwait]

So went to see ob today and she thinks that the radiographer that did my scan was stoopid so going to Melbs in morning for another scan to check out this growth.. Grrr the worry never ends. On the up side my sister brought me a box of alcohol test strips for breast milk hahaha! So wrong.

 

[Take2]

So was the OB concerned wish? or not really? Bloody radiographers!!!

 

[wishandwait]

She said the report didnt make sense to her.. It says there's blood accumulation, like a cluster of vessels..but that abdominal wall is intact? The hospital I'm going for the scan tomorrow an actual doctor does it so hopefully they can tell straight away what it is.. I asked her if it was something that needed to be acted on immediately and she said no, it's for everyone's peace of mind to investigate further.

 

[Take2]

I'm sure it'll turn out to be nothing, I'm hoping that for you anyway mate, keep us updated and good luck x

 

[wishandwait]

Thanks take you guys are all so sweet! X

 

[aleja]

Hi wish,
I'm so glad you are getting it cleared up
ASAP so you can then move on. Ill be thinking of you tomorrow x

Take, it must feel great to just be a preggo chick without the IVF bells and whistles !

Is anybody else watching new season of Offspring tonight?
I'm feeling a little emotional watching Nina's 'infertile' sister as she tries to hold it together whilst there is babies and pregnancy everywhere.
As ditsy as this show is sometimes as least they can highlight this issue which is often such a taboo

 

[Take2]

Yeah aleja I was totally feeling for her too, we've all been in a similar situation at one point and it isn't fun.

This pregnant thing is very surreal because I have absolutely no symptoms yet. I'm just happy its happened no matter how but my fiancé is strutting around with his chest all puffed out lol. He has a daughter from a previous marriage conceived through IVF so he has been through all this before. His specialist overseas told him he had very little chance of conceiving naturally. I'm very proud of him, he has completely changed his diet and started regular exercise and has lost more than 10kg in the last 12 months so we wonder if that helped.

 

[aleja]

Hi Take, your DH should be proud of himself given the grim outlook in the past.
Its interesting about the diet and exercise - that surely made a difference. whatever the case well done to both of you!!

We did ICSI due to my DH's very low sperm count. His brother had the same but went onto conceive 3 children 1 ICSI 2 natural surprise pregnancies.
I hope we have the same luck if we ever plan for a 2nd baby

 

[Miss Redknob]

Hope your appointment goes well Wish xx

Take, like Aleja said your DH should be very proud of himself!! My symptoms didn't really kick in till 6 weeks the only really thing I had was really sore (.)(.) xx

 

[Take2]

So after I got up this morning I had 2 small light brown spots on my underwear (sorry TMI), and a little when I wiped. So in true 'I've taken ages to fall pregnant so I'm an over anxious psycho' style I went to the emergency room at the local hospital.
They were really lovely and did another beta for me which came back at 1527..so it has tripled since Monday and the doctor said its behaving like a viable pregnancy. Phew! Ok going to try to relax a bit lol.

Wish- Any news?

 

[Kirs_t]

Take- that is defn something to be proud of!! I hope it happens to us too one day.
Aleja - we are similar to you... We did icsi because of Dh extremely low sperm count and motility. But we still hope that one day there may be a natural miracle before we try icsi for number 2 at least we never have to worry about protection

Wish- I'm thinking about you! I really hope everything goes well today.

 

[Miss Redknob]

Glad to hear everything was ok Take xx

Happy 11 weeks Kirst xx

I would love to try for a natural bfp but know that we can't without the stress of abnormalities

 

[wishandwait]

Hey ladies, everything is great over here! Had scan done by an obstetrician who was very thorough. She said if she had given me the scan today without any prior knowledge of a detected abnormality she would have said a 100% healthy little girl. She couldn't find a thing wrong! Such a relief. She said bubs is small to average size on the 30th percentile but that was consistent with the other scans. It still blows my mind that she is small because I'm 6ft tall, hubby is almost 6.3 and neither of us are small framed! I guess we will only once she's here. Another day of worry over yay.
Take-sorry about the spotting but those numbers are great- sounds like that lil baby is just burying deep.
Thanks to everyone else for your kind words xx