Assisted conception success - due 2018 xx

[Wish2BMom]

juliet - 2.5 weeks and you're already in the 2nd tri! Time will fly soon, I promise! I bet you are already starting to show, simply b/c you've had kids before. I've heard that MANY times, that the 2nd (or 3rd!) shows WAY quicker than the first. Even a friend of mine who is always tiny and cute was showing when we saw her at a wedding - she looked a couple months preg and she was only 6 weeks!!
And yes, I do think I'm ready for some nesting. Unfortunately, I'm away this weekend but I think I'll be going full boat next weekend in the nursery. I can't wait!

koj - I did have a couple names in mind but I did have a solid 6 hrs here at work one day where I went through an EXHAUSTIVE A-Z list on babble.com of boys names. Start there if you have the time. It'll get the juices flowing. We still haven't settled on any but we're closer to understanding what the other likes/doesn't like. And I suggested a couple of middle names and DH goes 'aren't middle names supposed to have meaning?' so then I said let's just use our fathers' middles names. He's not opposed...so perhaps we have half of the equation complete!

prenatal massage last night - was good but not as good as a typical one. The best/worst part about it was she dug into my butt muscles. WOW that was necessary, apparently. Hurt so bad - I have to stretch at home. I haven't been and that really pointed out that I need to.

also weighed myself for the first time in a couple of weeks this morning - 19lbs only! I'm happy, I thought it would be at least 24 or something (which would be completely 100% fine as well). I think I'm viewing myself to be bigger than I really am - I get a lot of 'you have twins in there??', which I understand is probably 95% of people being nice but there are some people you know wouldn't beat around the bush like that and they say it. So I guess I'm doing ok! I eat all the time too, so it's not like I'm holding back.

Good luck with all of the scans and appts tomorrow!! I can't wait to hear how they all go!!

 

[Juliet11]

koj, what is the chest x-ray for? sorry if i missed it. i hope your appt. goes well!!!!

wish, i feel like i eat all the time too... its like nothing sounds good but when something does, i have to have it. and if i have nausea coming on. food helps!! argh!!!! i emailed my OBGYN some questions for my appointment with her in 2 weeks so that is getting me excited.... Yes 2nd tri will be such a relief!!!

HopeBT, welcome to this great group!!!

 

[Wish2BMom]

oh I meant to say welcome and congrats to Hope too! welcome! congrats!

 

[Juliet11]

It was a long, hard day. I just didn't have patience for my kiddos... I was just feeling so tired. And I feel bad when I let them watch Netflix all afternoon but I remind myself that this will only be a short period of time where I am so tired... and the morning and evening we did fun stuff!

Did anyone have little sensations that resemble popping but are probably gas around 8-9 weeks? I have it every now and then and sometimes frequently. Logically I know it's too early for any hiccups or movement... but boy I must be really gassy!
I sent my doctor a lengthy email to get the ball rolling. And found out what blood testing I can do and will also have to do the diabetes testing early because my last baby was big when she was born! Also found out about getting my records of her birth since things are sorta fuzzy and I want to review what went well and what didn't. I did a VBAC so it was a little crazy. Lots to think about but 7 months to think it all through! haha

How is everyone else doing??
Appointment updates for us???

 

[koj518]

wish - great advice! I think I'll take the same approach Thanks! I have a feeling the middle name will be my husband's step dad's name who practically raised him!!

Juliet - I always forget where I've mentioned the xray and where I haven't!! haha. Anyhow, I had a BCG vaccine (for TB) when I was a kid so I always test positive for TB skin tests. so now they want me to get a chest xray to make sure I don't have TB. It's a hospital policy and they won't let me go to the postpartum ward or see my baby if I don't get this done... I thought about switching hospitals but it's such a hassle and because I live in Boston where there's a network of hospitals that basically adopt the same policy and I'd have to call and ask each hospital what their policies are. But from experience, I will never get a clear answer unless I actually make an appointment and talk to a Dr or nurse who know the policy very well....
Ugh...

 

[Wish2BMom]

happy to help! We're still at a standstill but I keep seeing one name over and over again - license plate yesterday! I'll have to suggest and see if it's a keeper.

good job on getting that xray out of the way. Sounds like a hassle and something that's good to just have done now. The xray isn't bad for the baby? I assume you'll be covered in a lead jacket everywhere.

juliet - yes, I was awfully gassy in the first tri. Could be b/c I was eating my weight in food! I think that's why I was so confused when the actual fluttering started - I was sure it was still just gas at first!

 

[star25]

Hi all just a quick update til I'm on later, anatomy scan went well, all looking good and definitely have an anterior placenta boo!
Consultant didn't say much about the strep b, just best to go in as soon as waters break so thats annoying rather than being at home long as possible but whatever is best for baby!

Hope your scan went well 3c

 

[scoobybeans]

wish- Are you going to visit your parents? I'm sure your mom can't wait to see that bump in person! My mom and MIL are constantly asking me for bump pics lol. I think I'm having the opposite issue with registering- DH is so opinionated! He's against the diaper genie and the swing, because he thought the genie was a pain in the ass to use and my stepson never had a swing. Whatever, I added both anyway. It sounds like you are definitely in nesting mode!

star- I'm so glad your scan went well! Not surprised at all to hear you have an anterior placenta. For reference, I felt him first around 18 weeks and then he or the placenta must have moved and I had almost 2 weeks where I barely felt him at all. But now in the 21st week I'm finally feeling him TONS. So I think it'll be very soon for you! Your upcoming vacations sound wonderful. Enjoy!!

October- We do have 2 frontrunner names but we're not sharing them with anyone. I just want one thing to be a surprise, since everyone knows we're having a boy. The middle name was chosen very early though and will be in honor of my brother-in-law who passed away from brain cancer. Okay so the fetal echo- don't stress at ALL. It's only a sonogram that's focusing on the heart. Don't be surprised if you have to move onto your side or get up and walk around so they can get the baby in the right position, because they need to check things from various angles. The doctor who did my scan said there was a study several years back that indicated there was a greater risk of congenital defects in IVF babies so they've made the fetal echo standard protocol for IVF pregnancies. HOWEVER, he also told me that since then Columbia did a study that showed no increase at all. So try not to stress.

hope- Welcome! So great to see you over here. How are you feeling?

Juliet- Awesome that you're getting organized already. I'm slacking on that front lol. This is my first baby but for some reason I showed very early too. I think I was already wearing maternity clothes by 12 weeks.

koj- Good luck at your appointment today! Names are really tough. It's a lot of responsibility to name another person, isn't it? I think it's totally reasonable to take your time and really consider it from all angles before you choose.

3chords- Good luck with your scan today!

AFM, baby is jumping around as I type this lol. I can't believe how much more I feel him now than I did a couple of weeks ago. It's very cool! I had a little scare a couple of days ago with brown spotting but I think everything is ok. I have a doctor's appointment on Monday so I'll bring it up with them then. But I've heard baby's heartbeat 2x since then and felt him moving tons, so that's reassuring. Ever since I hit 21 weeks I've been STARVING. I eat and I'm hungry 2 hours later. I'm trying to supplement with healthy snacks so at least what I'm eating isn't too terrible, even if there's lots of it lol.

 

[star25]

Thank you scooby, so lovely to feel baby moving around so much, I think it will be about another week til I feel movement, was late with dd too so glad I've got the Doppler this time!
I keep getting hungry easily too, wasn't this hungry with dd!

 

[Wish2BMom]

scoob - omg I've been so hungry again too! But only during the day. When I get home, I'm barely interested in dinner but I choke some down. My FIL will buy some premade pasta salads or something to go with dinner and they are so caked in mayo that I'm grossed out. Funny to kinda have food aversions now!
Nice work on the stealthy add of the Genie and swing! I have sworn by the Genie since my sister had one with the girls. That was like #1 on my list. My friend had it too and now uses it for her dog poop!
Yep, heading down to NC tomorrow night after work!! I can't WAIT! My mom is jumping out of her skin with excitement too. I've been sending weekly bump pics as well hahahaha! She asked me today what she should buy for snacks - I'm like, 'um...here's the list of things I eat throughout the day - you can get some of those!' I, too, have been trying to go healthy. I think it's been working since I'm still only gaining about 1lb a week.

star - YAYYY for a good scan!! so happy for you!

I did a teeny little bit more maternity clothes shopping today. I think I should be done now. I just needed a couple more pairs of pants/leggings that I could wear to work b/c my size 10s that I wore yesterday are just too tight. The button was digging into my belly and it sucked. And I got one shirt So I should have 4 pairs now to figure out outfits with and I think my boss just approved us to work from home on our 'on' Fridays, which will help tons!

 

[koj518]

wish - thanks!! yea it's bad for the baby for sure!!! I really didn't want to get it done since it was basically just the hospital covering their butts in the super super crazy off chance that I do have TB (pretty sure I would've been dead by now if that was the case). but they covered me in 4 layers of lead and complete coverage of my belly.

scooby - I KNOW!! So much responsibility!! I had the hardest time picking my dog's name... human baby names are nearly impossible!! haha

star - so happy to hear everything went well!! post pics if you can can't wait to hear the details!!

 

[star25]

Wish, I can't wait to pack my bag when I get close, so exciting!
Do you have much to do with the nursery?

Juliet, she is much better now thank you, the sickness was the worst but luckily over it in time for butlins next week

Hope, so good to see you here too now! Congratulations again

Ko, how did the midwife appointment go?

I think I spoke too soon about the movements as could have imagined it they were so light and haven't felt anything since!

 

[star25]

This was the only pic we got! He wa Staci g the wrong way again and wouldn't move so she gave us a couple of these for free lol, think she felt sorry for us cos I said we didn't get a good pic at the last scan!

 

[Juliet11]

Koj, sounds like a hassle! But you definitely want to be able to go see your baby and be in post partum. Maybe your obgyn can advise you on how to go about everything.

Star, glad your scan went well!!!!! Great pic!

Scooby, yay for movement! That's always reassuring.

Wish, that's really nice to get one day that you can work from home!

Afm, another tiring day. But no nausea for awhile now. Just tired and mood swings and nibbling a lot. Ugh! seriously need hubby to get the maternity clothes down from storage. I can't remember all that I had and will probably get a few simple tops from target and yoga pants. I remember having 2 maternity jeans and so rotate those with yoga pants and maxi skirts I should be good. Almost 10 weeks! My ticker thinks I go up on Fridays but I think it's Saturdays.... either way it's close enough. I go down on more meds Saturday and will only have one last week of PIO shots!

 

[Wish2BMom]

juliet - so funny you said that about the ticker! my day 1 of each new week is Monday but it changes on Sunday. Oh well. I'm glad you're no longer nauseous, that has to be the worst. I can deal with sleepiness and I've been able to maintain composure when I feel a mood swing coming on but nausea would be the pits.

star - great pic! Glad you were able to get one from the nurse No, there isn't much to 'do' per se, to the nursery. But we have just had it as a junk room that no one goes in for awhile, so we have to clean it, move around some of the furniture, get rid of the pile of donations we put in the middle of the room, and I'd like to pick up the crib my friend is giving us and get that set up. Then we can figure out what else needs to be done - get additional crib, stuff for the walls, etc. My shower is a month from today so we can store any gifts/supplies and such in there afterwards. I just want to be organized.

koj - glad you got it done and over with. And yes, , I'd assume you'd have noticed by now if you had TB! Lemme know if you find any good sites for names!

afm - tonight I get on a plane and head down to see my family for the weekend. Can't wait, though I'm kinda freaking myself out lately thinking the boys will come too early and not be viable. Still 2.5 weeks until V Day and it cannot come soon enough. I know that's still WAYYYY too early but it's the next milestone and it seems the closer to get to one, the more freaked I get that we won't make it. I'm feeling more and more RLP in my right side and my hoo-ha is tender. Is all of this normal or should I be worried that I'm feeling these things now vs later?

 

[Wish2BMom]

I guess it's normal to have that pain down there - some have it later, some have it earlier. But it's the relaxin and maybe the pubic bone getting ready to shift. It only hurts when my cat steps on me or something, but sounds like it's going to hurt a whole lot more in about 9 weeks!! yikes!

 

[3chords]

star - good to hear the scan went well! Your guy hates having his photo taken, it's pretty funny.

My scan also went well. Everything looked perfect and she is measuring on track, right around 50th percentile. For me this seems soooo small since my son was always 95-99th percentile in everything, but as we are expecting IUGR to kick in at some point we're just glad with what we have now. Got some ok photos this time.

 

[Wish2BMom]

sooooo cute 3c!! that little foot!!!

 

[Kjw26]

Hope-welcome and congrats again!!

Koj-that is such a bummer that they made you get the chest x ray, especially since you knew it was from the vaccine. At least it is over now and you don't have to think about it anymore!

Scooby-that's so cool you are feeling so much movement now! Sorry you had to deal with the spotting. I know lots of people get it throughout pregnancy but it still always freaks you out. That's nice to have the Doppler on hand to give you peace of mind whenever you feel like it. As far as iron, my prenatals have a pretty high dose (I'm taking Thorne prenatal) and I've been upping my red meat, oatmeal, and beans. I do spinach smoothies every once in awhile but I can't bring myself to eat cooked spinach. If you like cooked spinach, that would be really good too!

Star-beautiful ultrasound pic! So glad your appointment went well! And glad to hear dd is feeling better too.

3chords-love the ultrasound pics! And that foot is so cute

Wish-hope you have a great trip back home! I'm sure your mom can not wait to see you! I know what you mean about getting to 24 weeks. It is just another milestone to give you more peace. I have the same fears as you, and it doesn't help reading too many twin stories online (which I definitely did) I think the pains are probably normal. There's just so much more going on in there more quickly.

Juliet-glad to hear you are feeling better! It won't be long now until the 2nd trimester! That has to be very tiring being pregnant and having your kids at home so the Netflix is just necessary. No shame in that.

Afm: I just had another ultrasound and all was well with both boys. They both are looking bigger! They said my cervix is nice and long still and they confirmed that I have an anterior placenta and that it's low lying (close to the cervix but not covering) she said she wasn't worried about it. We are going back to see family in a couple weeks and I can't wait! I've also been sending my parents weekly bump pics lol. My mom really wants to throw me a baby shower and be a part of everything so I registered which was really fun! It feels kind of early but I can't wait for all of the fun stuff to come like the shower and getting the nursery done. We have our anatomy scan oct 10th and I can't wait for that either. My biggest complaint is my back kills me sometimes. Like my upper back, I think it must be the way I'm sleeping. I will post a pic from our ultrasound today!

 

[Juliet11]

wish, i dont remember when my RLP pain started with my previous pregnancies but i remember having it for what felt like a few months! Can you email your Doctor for reassurance?

kj, thanks for the netflix binge support, my kids only had an hour today so i feel slightly better but tomorrow will be another story as they don't have preschool on fridays... so play outside, then netflix when mommy is tired! just a few weeks till your anatomy scan, how exciting!!!!

3chords, so fun to see pics!

sorry if i forgot anyone....

i have come down with stomach cramps... like aching all over, possible super bloated or something. i had this a couple weekends ago and that was when hubby took the kids away for the day and i slept and watched movies all day waiting out the stomach issue. hoping it's just my body dealing with pregnancy and nothing serious. and hopefully gone by tomorrow as hubby has to be at work. my mum has taken the twins for the night so that will help me get some rest.