Any SMEPers!!!! 43 Testers! 22 BFP!!!!

[krystinab]

Angel, do you have normal cycles? That surely helps with smep.

I ended going in for the pressure in my belly. Of course the doctor said it was normal. She did a pelvic exam and listened to the baby's heartbeat, which was thumping away. My cervix was closed so they were not worried. Funny how a pelvic exam hurts but sex doesn't....that's so weird to me. I also did a quad screening. Have any of you ladies done one?

 

[Mariahs Mom]

Hey ladies...Just wanted to pop in, I've been SOOO busy. We finally moved all of our furniture from the other side of the state. We didn't get bac home until 2:30am...Being pregnant while moving makes me no help! Poor DH had to move everything for the most part. So today I officially hit 16wks!!!!!!!! we have an appt on Wednesday to check my cervical length. I am hoping that the stitch is holding in place and I'm not losing any cervical length. I've heard that sometimes can increase your cervical length. I have my Fx'd that I will have that success!!! This will be the first time we've seen the baby since I was 6wks. I can't believe it's been that long. That's my update...

Krystina- I'm glad to hear that everything is ok and your doctor is not worried! Pregnancies can be so tricky. It's a nerve wrecking journey. Can't wait until this week to hear what the gender is!!

 

[snowflakes120]

Dee Dee - Yes, no moving furniture for you! Hooray for 16 weeks. FX for length!

Krystina - If I've learned anything about pregnancy- you get all sorts of weird aches and pains. Never hurts to go in. I did the Quad Screen with Kellan. I am doing it again with this one too. I do the 1st part on Thursday. I may or may not choose to do the Harmony test as well.

Good luck Angel Baby!

Tasha - She has pics of her babies as her avatar and she has a ticker with their age in her signature. I completely understand about school - we waited longer to TTC than I would have liked because was still in undergrad. I don't have gender scan appt yet - I think it will be in Mid-May around hubby's birthday! I am feeling really good but weirdly seem to be starting to get morning sickness this past week around 8pm.

I am getting excited for my scan on Thursday. But I have nerves too. I hope everything is ok and baby is healthy and growing like baby should.

 

[krystinab]

Lisa, girl yes I wish some one would have told me all this stuff. I feel kinda silly calling the doctor all the time...but as much as I pay for insurance I should call daily...LOL Are you excited about your u/s?? Im sure everything is will be perfect.

DeeDee, Oh my, moving does seem stressful! Where did you guys move? Does it feel like your pregnancy is flying by?

Angelbaby, did you get your on? Do you use anything besides SMEP?

Tasha, how's to going lady?

AFM, just cant wait for my scan. I am looking for pediatricians now. We have decided that we are not putting the baby in day care. Instead we will work from home, with DH taking 3 days and me 2...I hope it works out like we hope...LOL

 

[Angelbaby_01]

Sorry for being MIA.

Krystina I have a regular 30 day cycle and usually ov on cd16 or cd17. I haven't tried the SMEP yet. I did chart this month to make sure my cycle is back to normal after d&c in December. I couldn't dtd this month becaus esadly hubby was away during my fertile period. I used opks last month and had my positive on cd15. So ov'd on cd16 or cd17. I had mid-cycle spotting though and started using b-complex. I had a much better month now with af spotting that stopped at cd8 and then started with creamy cm building it's way to sticky and then ewcm on cd16 and cd17. Creamy again on cd18. So seems normal for me Af should arrive on the 12th and my ov date is the 29th.

 

[Mariahs Mom]

Lisa, girl yes I wish some one would have told me all this stuff. I feel kinda silly calling the doctor all the time...but as much as I pay for insurance I should call daily...LOL Are you excited about your u/s?? Im sure everything is will be perfect.

DeeDee, Oh my, moving does seem stressful! Where did you guys move? Does it feel like your pregnancy is flying by?

Angelbaby, did you get your on? Do you use anything besides SMEP?

Tasha, how's to going lady?

AFM, just cant wait for my scan. I am looking for pediatricians now. We have decided that we are not putting the baby in day care. Instead we will work from home, with DH taking 3 days and me 2...I hope it works out like we hope...LOL

Girlllll!!! Yes I feel like this pregnancy is flying by lol...my scan is actually April 15th. Can't wait. I want a girl and DH wants a boy, of course lol...how did your scan go??? I kno it was this week, yesterday right?

Oh and we just moved to Pittsburgh!!

 

[Mariahs Mom]

Hey everyone! How are things???

I've been great. I have my anatomy scan on Tuesday, the 15th. So 6 more days!!! So excited!

Krystina how did the scan go? Where have you been girl? How are things Tasha?

 

[krystinab]

HEY LADIES Sorry I have been MIA...hope everyones doing well...Im sure yall are just taking care of babies/bumps and/or preparing to make a baby

Mariah, I was soooo anxious about my scan too!! Are you finding out the gender???

I had my scan last Friday...it was awesome besides the fact we brought our moms along. The were so abnoxious. I swear I saw smoke coming out of DH's ears...For some reason my MIL thought we were going to let her find out the sex of the baby even though we didnt want to know. Can yall believe this bitch started crying and even asked the sonographer to tell her...Luckily the sonograpger told her NO! Anywho, I am sure this baby is a boy...he looks just like DH....

 

[Mariahs Mom]

HEY LADIES Sorry I have been MIA...hope everyones doing well...Im sure yall are just taking care of babies/bumps and/or preparing to make a baby

Mariah, I was soooo anxious about my scan too!! Are you finding out the gender???

I had my scan last Friday...it was awesome besides the fact we brought our moms along. The were so abnoxious. I swear I saw smoke coming out of DH's ears...For some reason my MIL thought we were going to let her find out the sex of the baby even though we didnt want to know. Can yall believe this bitch started crying and even asked the sonographer to tell her...Luckily the sonograpger told her NO! Anywho, I am sure this baby is a boy...he looks just like DH....

Hey I'm anxious abt mine too. They are also checking my cervical length to make sure my stitch is doing it's job...and I'm def finding out the gender. Me and DH are not patient lol...

And WTF your MIL is a trip. Who does that??? That's not cool at all to cause a scene like that. The scan is supposed to be a happy experience and I would've snapped if someone came and ruined it smh...that's crazy...DH wants a boy but I want another girl. I guess we'll see in 6 days.

 

[snowflakes120]

Hey girls. Just an update on me. I had my NT scan on Thursday and my measurements didn't turn out very well - which can indicate chromosomal abnormalities. I had the CVS done right away. We got prelim results back on Monday and those came back as normal. We need to wait another week or so for more results and another month for another test to come back. I will also be having additional ultrasounds to check for heart defects. The CVS tests the x/y gene and baby is girl.

 

[krystinab]

Hey girls. Just an update on me. I had my NT scan on Thursday and my measurements didn't turn out very well - which can indicate chromosomal abnormalities. I had the CVS done right away. We got prelim results back on Monday and those came back as normal. We need to wait another week or so for more results and another month for another test to come back. I will also be having additional ultrasounds to check for heart defects. The CVS tests the x/y gene and baby is girl.

Lisa, I wouldnt worry too much I hear of these "fasle +'s" where everything is just fine. Maybe your due date is a little off...Im happy your CVS results came back normal. Did they give you a range with your results? Im so happy you are going to have a girl....a completly healthy one at that too

 

[snowflakes120]

We are praying baby girl is healthy - we still have to wait for more results from the CVS test to know for sure. And then we still have to check out her heart as well. We are not in the clear by any means just crossing things off the long list. I wasn't given a ratio this time (I was with Kellan - and his was 1:270 at 12 weeks) basically he said after this ultrasound that I had a 80-90% chance that things were OK. If I ratio that out it would be a 1:5 - 1:10 chance. So it's not very good. Those are def considered high risk.

 

[Mariahs Mom]

Hey girls. Just an update on me. I had my NT scan on Thursday and my measurements didn't turn out very well - which can indicate chromosomal abnormalities. I had the CVS done right away. We got prelim results back on Monday and those came back as normal. We need to wait another week or so for more results and another month for another test to come back. I will also be having additional ultrasounds to check for heart defects. The CVS tests the x/y gene and baby is girl.

Awwww sorry the doctors gave you a little scare. Like Krystina said, maybe they were just a little off about your due date. My first doctor told me one date, then my new doctor changed my due date by a week. It happens. Fx'd that all the other test come back with good results.

CONGRATS on the girl!!!

 

[Tasha S.]

Lisa: Shucks for the stress!! What are your thoughts on the results? How are you handling this? 1:5 or 1:10 are definitely high ratios when it comes to medical analysis...but if your prelim results came back as normal, that must be good? (I don't know anything about those type of tests, I never took any). My thoughts and prayers are with you!

Krys: BEAUTIFUL scan pics!!!! Oh no for drama in the scan room! Are things still okay between you and your MIL? Girl, you are half way there!!!!!!!!!!! So exciting!

Dee Dee: 4 more days until your scan!!!!!!!!! Woohoo!! I can't wait to find out what you're having!! I really hope your cervix is doing well!! xox

Angelbaby: Is DH back yet?! Anything new with you?

AFM: Ana is doing well! I'm enjoying every bit of her! AF is back in the building! This is the second time (my first cycle was 38 days...it's long, but I'm still breastfeeding, so it's most likely due to that). We're being really careful NOT to get pg because if we did this early on, I'd for sure need to have another c-section...and I DON'T want another one! There has to be at least 18 months between Ana's birth and the next one if I want to avoid a definite repeat c-section. That leaves us at least 2 more months, and then I want to finish my undergrad, which would require another 2 months, so I'm hoping to TTC again in 4 or 5 months! And we'll see what happens!

 

[stacergirl]

Hi ladies!!

Snow-I thjnk the chances of everything being okay are really good! Think positive, sometimes medical is too advanced that it freaks us out for no reason!! Hoping the best for you!!

Krystina-that's hilarious about your mother in law! Hope everything between you guys is okay now! I think by the scan your LO looks like a boy too!

Tasha-that's funny you guys are trying to be careful-we are thinking the same! Even though it took us so long to get pregnant it wouldn't be a good time to get pregnant agsin right now! I would like to wait at least 2 more months-bc as you know I have low egg count so definitely don't want to wait too long! Dh wouldn't mind getting pregnant again now-so I told him he's more than welcome to if he can! Lol

Hope everyone else is doing well!

I've been Mia with a lot going on! Baby boy is 2 months today!! However 2 days after his 1 month bday, we took him to the ER for a high fever (ladies make note: if your infant has a fever greater than 100.4 that you need to take them to the ER). Well when we got there his leg was swollen and the attention was drawn there. They did a spinal tap, urine/blood culture, tried to drain the leg but nothing came out, did 2 ultrasounds and a sedated MRI before they then did orthopedic surgery. After the surgery we thought all was well but while in icu that night his vitals weren't stable bc he went into septic shock. so he had to have a blood transfusion. He was sedated for 2 days and on a breathing machine. Apparently he had a MRSA infection and we have no clue how he got it!! Basically the doctors said I saved his life by bringing him in. Well then after 6 days he was released, and I went to the doctor thinking I had an ingrown hair but it was MRSA, so 3 doctors visits and 2 trips to the ER later I ended up getting admitted for 2 days for IV meds. So that was about 2 weeks ago and things are finally starting to settle down! I'm hoping thiß is behind us and trying to enjoy the last 4 weeks of my maternity leave with my cutie!!

 

[Tasha S.]

Oh my goodness, Stacer!!! I'm so glad you two are okay now!! That must have been SOOOO stressful and scary! Take care of yourself and your little bubba!! xoxox

 

[stacergirl]

Thanks Tasha-I just realized I called you Ana. Sorry sbout that.

 

[Tasha S.]

Thanks Tasha-I just realized I called you Ana. Sorry sbout that.

I found it cute!

 

[Angelbaby_01]

Hubby is home and I am just waiting for af to leave then we will start bd.

 

[Mariahs Mom]

SOOO ladies...I just came back from my appt and it went great. The baby was so active. And ITS A GIRL!!!!! the stitch seems to be working so we're excited abt that...I'm just so excited...other than that it's pretty much uneventful over here. I'll take uneventful any day