Assisted conception success - due 2018 xx

[3chords]

My boobs have been incredibly sore and I am wondering how they will look when they are even bigger! I have breast implants, which are size 32DDD (which sounds giant but trust me they are normal sized big boobs LOL) I am having a hard time figuring out what size is the next bra size up since I am a unique size. Is it 32E?

You'd be an F for most bra makers. Usually DD = E and DDD = F. That's true for me anyway, I'm a DD with most mainstream bra makers but if I go to the better quality European ones like Chantelle it's always an E.

 

[dogmommy]

Ko-can't wait to hear your results tomorrow!! Will you do a gende reveal for friends and family?

Star-ugh yes I have been having nausea. I know it could be much worse because I'm not puking or anything but it just kind of lingers on and off all day. I had a really good weekend where it wasn't too bad so I was hoping it was almost over but all day today I've had it pretty strong. How has your nausea been?

Ashley-that would be an awesome birthday present if you got to have a scan that day! I would think they probably would because its your first one with your ob. The homeschooling sounds like it would be hard with the twins but maybe if you have family or someone that could help you out you could make it work.

Scooby- Yep I am the 3rd. So its Dancingnurse, KJW and I who are pregnant with twins right? Cuz there are only 2 on the first page.

KJW- Yeah I never imagined I would be pregnant with twins. But I think its Gods way of making up for lost time LOL! I have our first OB appt next friday and he doesn't know I am pregnant with twins yet, so I am wondering if I will get a scan that first appt. Hopefully I can because I got my hubby to take off of work for that. I came up with a list of questions to ask the dr about how he treats twin pregnancies different from singletons.

Koj- Can't wait for the update tomorrow!!!!!

Star- what doppler do you have? I was wondering if I should get one!

AFM- Well we are telling my husbands parents this friday. Then my birthday is next friday (which is also my first ob appt) and we are having a party saturday. We have a small group of close friends and we are gonna announce to them then. Bet it will be tons of waterworks as they all know how long this has taken and that we had to go through IVF.

My boobs have been incredibly sore and I am wondering how they will look when they are even bigger! I have breast implants, which are size 32DDD (which sounds giant but trust me they are normal sized big boobs LOL) I am having a hard time figuring out what size is the next bra size up since I am a unique size. Is it 32E?

I homeschool my sons and have been having anxiety about when the twins come how I will still homeschool them without giving them too much of a break (because it will only be march) or if I will have to put them back in school for the rest of the school year

Sorry bnb won't let me post my own post so I have to reply!

I hope OB does his own ultrasound! My boobs have definitely grown a cup size. Definitely the most noticeable thing for me. You are going to have your hands full with twins so that's a hard decision.

Koj good luck today!!

Star glad you found the heartbeat! I probably wouldn't have a clue where to look.

Scooby glad you got to hear the heartbeat! Do you remember what it was? Can't wait for your anatomy scan!

Kj I'm glad Dr is going to keep a close eye on you. Are you showing already? Probably won't take long now!

AFM Dr appt on Monday. I'll get my blood drawn and will know the gender when it comes back!

 

[Kjw26]

Ko-can't wait to find out if you're team blue or pink today!

Dog mommy-can't wait to hear what you are having too! Monday will be here so soon but I bet the suspense is killing you! Does it take a few days to come back or will you know that day? I have a bit of a bump, it definitely looks bigger at the end of the day but it's probably a lot of food and water lol. Are you starting to show?

 

[AshleyButters]

3c- Thank you for replying!!! A size F? OMG! LOL I may just stick to some XL sports bras lol

Dogmommy- OMG can't wait to find out what you are having!

 

[koj518]

star - you're not long now!! I can't wait for your scan!! and I totally understand looking too high with the doppler! I did that too! glad you found it!!

Ashley - yay!! it's so exciting to reveal to parents & friends!! let me know how your double surprise (twins!) reveal goes!!

kjw - we still haven't decided who to tell yet but when/if we do, it won't be anything fancy since we have an impending move and I can't think about anything beyond that right now! haha

3c - How are you feeling these days??

dogmommy - ooh!! looking forward to your gender results!!! do you know when you'll get it back??

AFM - I am now officially team I was so certain it was a girl, I was shocked!!!

 

[October_baby]

star- I have awful headaches as well, unfortunately. I've been taking Tylenol. It helps a little. I hope they ease up for you. I Can't wait to hear the news from your early scan! Happy to hear you found baby's heartbeat with Doppler!

koj- Congratulations on your baby boy!!! That is so exciting!

dogmommy- Congratulations! Yes, I was excited at 12 weeks, until I found out 2nd trimester began at 14 weeks. Good luck with your appointment on Monday

3chords- Congratulations!

Ashley- Congratulations on your twins!!! Amazing news

Kjw - Congratulations on your twins as well, and graduating from the fertility clinic. It's such a good feeling when you're able to progress forward. I see a high risk dr as well. I enjoy being seen every two weeks.

Afm, this thread has definitely picked up. I am so sorry if I missed anyone. We confirmed with 3D/4D scan that it's a baby girl. We have decided to name her Aria. Other than that I don't have much to report. I just wanted to check in with everyone. Ladies time is truly flying.

 

[star25]

Dogmommy, won't be long til you find out the sex either!

Ko, congratulations on your baby boy! So exciting everyone finding out already

October, thank you, my headache has gone completely after 5 days of torture, fingers crossed it stays away
Congratulations on your baby girl, very exciting news and I LOVE aria!
When is your due date so I can add you to the front page?

 

[Juliet11]

thanks Koj for getting me over here!

it will take me awhile to catch up on the thread, but i am seeing a lot of names i recognize!

got my second beta today, at 540
due date april 21, so excited! first ultrasound is aug 31!

 

[October_baby]

Star- what did you do to get rid of your headaches? Thank you. I heard the name and fell in love. My due date is Jan 28th

Juliet- Congratulations Aug 31st will be here before you know it!

 

[Kjw26]

Koj-congratulations on the baby boy!! So exciting and fun!

October-congratulations on finding out it's a girl!! I bet your 3D ultrasound was so cool to see!

 

[star25]

October, nothing worked, not even having a caffeine coffee which used to work with dd, it went on its own Monday, such a relief but during the night last night it's back!

Kj, I haven't got you on the front page, when is your due date?

Welcome here Juliet! I think you know all of us from the other thread so that's good!

 

[Wish2BMom]

ahhhhh FOUND it!! Scooby referred me over here, said this was a wonderful thread. I hope you ladies don't mind me crashing?

I know a few of you but some are new names. I'll read back to the beginning to catch up!
a little about me - LTTTC for 4 yrs, IVF for 2 (1 mc on first try, 1 CP the following year), ended up going with frozen DE. Got our lot of 6, 5 fertilized. Transferred the first - no dice. Went through 2 rounds of ERA testing (endometrial receptivity assessment) and found we were transferring just right! next transfer - CP. Down to 3 left so figured let's transfer 2 and both buggers took! Currently 16+4 with twins and could NOT be more over the moon!
(also freaked out, overwhelmed, still don't believe it, etc etc...)

congratulations to everyone for your ART success!!!

 

[scoobybeans]

star- I'm so glad you were able to find the heartbeat- what a relief! Have you booked your scan yet?

kj- 37 weeks seems long, I'm surprised they expect you to get that far. Not that it isn't possible though! Wow, you're so tiny to begin with, eating that much will be quite a job lol. How are you managing so far?

koj- Congrats again on Team Blue!! How long did your anatomy scan take?

Ashley- Yup, you are the 3rd! That's so nice that you get to tell people soon. They're going to be very excited and surprised! When will you tell your sons?

dogmommy- I actually didn't ask what the heartbeat was this time. I was so hung up on numbers during stims and then after that it felt kind of good just taking their word for it that all looked good, you know? I'm so excited for you to find out! My blood test was done on a Monday night and they called me the following Tuesday with results, so it was super quick! The brand they used was Natera.

October- Aww, I love the name Aria! Okay here are my headache tips: Tylenol + caffeine + darkness + ice pack. Also there's a pressure point in between your thumb and index finger that you can push to give you relief sometimes. Hope your headaches go away soon!

Juliet- Welcome! It's great to see you over here. That's an awesome 2nd beta! Your 1st ultrasound is the same day as my anatomy scan.

wish- Hooray, you found us! Welcome to the group You're the 4th twin mama on here. dancingnurse, kjw & Ashley are all expecting twins too!

Since y'all were speaking about boobies, I was actually thinking it was weird that mine haven't gotten too much bigger yet. They have been a little more tender and they seem more firm (woohoo!) but I don't see a noticeable difference in size. Should I be worried about that?

 

[star25]

Welcome wish and congratulations! This is a lovely thread with lots of lovely ladies
Do you know what you're having? Very exciting having twins! When is your due date so I can add you to the front page?

Scooby, I haven't booked scan yet as the Tuesday we were free to go they don't do scans anymore on tuesdays, such a pain but we might try for next thurs depending on if she can get someone else to man the phone (he's got a taxi company and thursdays are an awkward day for cover!)
My boobs aren't much different , they just ache when I take my bra off at night but they didn't change a lot with dd either so I wouldn't worry!

 

[koj518]

October - awwww!! great name and so jealous about your 3D scan!! We weren't offered one..

star - thanks!! I hope you get a scan soon! if you get one next week, they might already be able to tell the gender!!

Juliet - yay! glad you've joined us! everyone here is awesome!!

kjw - thanks!! I think things got way more real for DH when we found out the gender because until now, he hasn't really been able to connect with "it" since he's not growing a bump

wish - Hi!! I've definitely seen you on other boards but it's great to be finally connected officially Congrats on your twins!!!! so exciting!!!

scooby - the scan took about 50min. baby would not stop moving the whole scan and it took them a bit longer. He would literally move away from the wand wherever it was. we even saw him flip around and face his back against the wand! it was all so amazing!!!!

afm - in terms of boob talk, mine aren't that different in size either!! they definitely feel heavier but not any bigger. I was really hoping they'd get bigger as mine are teeny tiny..

 

[star25]

Haha ko, teeny tiny here too!

 

[AshleyButters]

October- Yay on being team pink!

Juliet- congrats on your BFP! You must give us some twin tips for surviving the first couple of weeks! How did you do it?

Wish- congrats on your twins BFP! Twin club whoop whoop!

Scooby- boob talk- lol mine haven't gotten any bigger but they are super sore, nips always hard and they feel heavier. I just thought about going up to a bigger size because the underwire in my bras have been making it hard to wear normal bras. I have reverted to wearing sports bras.
So we will tell my sons at my birthday party. I know my oldest will be over the moon, he has asked for years when we would have a baby over here lol. My younger son, well he has been the baby for so long don't know how he will take it at first LOL!

AFM- Today I am feeling good. No nausea, boobs feel okay. And thats just the time when I start being like OMFG is everythingokay. But when I feel sick I am like ugh I wish I didn't feel sick (but I take it as a good sign). LOL vicious cycle!

 

[Wish2BMom]

Thank you everyone for the warm welcome!! I can already tell this is an awesome group! So I'll dive on in with my own boob talk...

Mine have definitely gotten bigger, but not huge. I'm only starting out as a B and I'm either a giant B or a C by now. I actually went out bra shopping this weekend. I'm addicted to the bralettes at Aerie. They are SO comfortable, still look super cute and provide support. They feel like a sports bra but are prettier.
But yeah, they are bigger, heavier, still slightly sore but nothing like first tri, I just noticed the veins the other day, and my nips haven't quit since day 1.

Ashley - yay twin club!! Congrats on yours!

we don't know what we're having yet - anatomy scan is 2 weeks from today! We didn't do the Harmony or MaterniT test or anything b/c my office said it was too complex to determine which twin, and with DE - other genetics involved anyway. So in 2 Fridays, hopefully they, or at least one of them, cooperate!
Our due date is 1/28 so I just usually say 'hopefully sometime in January' and hopefully not during a snowstorm.

 

[Kjw26]

Star-I hope you get your scan soon! I'm sure you can't wait! My due date is not feb 11th! Hoping I can make it close to that.

Scooby-my boobs haven't gotten much bigger maybe just a tiny bit! The diet is a bit of a challenge. I literally feel like I'm constantly eating. I think the past couple days I've hit 130-150 grams of protein but not the 175. She said 2nd trimester is when it's the most important so hopefully I can keep working on it.

Wish-welcome! And congrats on your twins!! I'm currently 11w4d with identical and it's a bit scary but so amazing! How have you been feeling?

Ashley-I know what you mean about the symptoms. They're aweful but kind of comforting. I think my nausea started around 7-8weeks but no vomiting. I heard your symptoms can be stronger with twins so hopefully your nausea won't get too bad!

 

[Juliet11]

I am just excited to be here with you all! I am going to feel A LOT better when I have my ultrasound on the 31st, as I am just nervous something will go wrong. I have mild cramping and just discomfort in my stomach... some gas and related issues.. hoping it's all good signs.

Ashley, it was hard! I was lucky to have both my mom and MIL living nearby so that did help. Our church group provided a bunch of meals.
I slept when the babies slept but it was hard cause I like to get chores done, but the chores just had to wait. I pumped every 3rd hour and found a system that worked for us with the pumping, feeding, changing the twins, etc. LOTS of trial and error in finding what worked best. The double snap n go stroller was great for their doctor appointments and the eventual grocery runs. I also had a side by side stroller for neighborhood walks, nature trails, etc when they were a bit older.