Assisted conception success - due 2018 xx

[star25]

Wish, I had quite a lazy day Saturday until late afternoon then took dd out to park and trampolines, yesterday we went to an adventure park for 5 hours so was pretty tired last night, we took my newphew and niece too so was a day of needing eyes at the back of my head!
We’ve got a Halloween party tues but not much apart from that

Sounds like you have definitely been busy! Soon to be third Tri, so exciting!

I’m so uncomfortable at night now, my hips just hurt so I turn over about 50 times a night and I’m laid on an extra folded up duvet for more padding
Can’t believe still got 15 weeks til due date but hopefully it will go quick
We’re thinking of going to Disneyland Paris before Xmas but as usual we’ve left it late and it’s all quite expensive so I’ll have to see if anything changes, really annoys me when we see something at a good price, umm and ahh over it then it goes up in price and we still decide to go anyway!

We went last year before Xmas and it’s so lovely with all the lights and everything Christmassy I can’t resist!

Hope all goes well at appointment tomorrow Juliet, I’m sure it will!

 

[scoobybeans]

Hey ladies! In the new office but far from done. We're doing one more truckload tomorrow & then we can start setting up. Whew!

Thanks for all of the great info on pumps wish & 3chords. My insurance offers a bunch of options so I've got to sort through them all. But I'm leaning towards the Spectra S2.

We got hit with that crazy storm yesterday too. There's about 4 more feet of lake in my backyard now lol. Luckily we didn't lose power!

 

[Juliet11]

thanks star and wish!!!
i'll report back tomorrow after my appt! i just need that reassurance that everything is okay. sometimes i actually feel like i can feel baby. some website say baby is size of lemon or apple already! so maybe i do feel baby! but then its radio slient and i dont feel anything, but not worried as i am sure in 4-5 weeks i will truly feel babys movements.

it sounds like everyone is doing pretty well ! we had a halloween-y weekend too... with hubby work, church and neighborhood parties, a little too much actually! 3 things over 2 days... but i do it cause the kids enjoy it. tomorrow is preschool party, and then trick-or-treating.

star, i can't believe you only have 15 weeks left!??!?!? if my first FET had worked out, i think we would've had similar due dates.
my third trimester in last pregnancies i was up all the time and could NOT get comfortable. it wasn't fun, so i can totally relate. what sometimes helped was a pillow between my legs or like on the bed with my higher leg up on it... i actually still do that too. i think my hips got wider with pregnancy, and added some discomfort to sleeping. have you tried body pillows? we got a cheapie first pregnancy and it didn't help much. i just hate spending money on stuff i don't need for long. however, it would be nice to be comfortable!
anyway, that was a bit of tangent, but i am reminiscing those rough nights.
can you try a heat pad on the hips? or i guess those aren't safe during the night.
hope the discomfort improves!!!

when is everyone's nexts appts? someone has a teir GD test soon right??
tomorrow i have doppler, and then nothing till end of Nov anatomy scan/gender!!!!!

 

[Wish2BMom]

woohoo scooby! glad your move is almost done! Look at how quickly October came and went for you and hopefully now you'll be able to cruise through the remainder of the pregnancy. Shower coming up in a couple of weekends too, right?

star - I'm sorry to hear, yet so relieved to hear, that you're uncomfy too. Makes me feel like things are still 'ok' and I'm not being a wimp! What is DD dressing up as tonight?

juliet - what are your kids dressing as tonight? I haven't tried a body pillow yet - I have one of those specialty memory foam ones for my head b/c of prior 'old' pains, then I have my fave squishy pillows on either side of me and then one between my legs. I was trying to make due with that setup for the remainder of the pregnancy b/c I, too, cannot stand buying something I only need for a short time. But I may end up caving and buying the Snoodle pillow or whatever it is. I was up again last night at midnight for a snack, then to the couch, but no sleep b/c babies were up, then back to bed at 2:15 or so and slept until the alarm at 5:50. Doesn't help that DH is sick too, with what I can only determine is the plague. He sounds like crap so I kinda want to avoid him and his germs right now.

appts - I have my next scan this Fri at 10am and then my GD test next Thurs morning. I can't wait to see my crazy buggers! When do they offer the 3D or 4D pic of them, does anyone know? I sorta don't want it b/c they always looks like they are melting to me! But then again, I'd LOVE a sneak peek into our little boys!

 

[star25]

Juliet I took your advice and got the body pillow out, only reason I haven’t been is because I tried it and it made me too hot but last night was good and hips felt better, I didn’t have to buy it as had it from dd which my sister gave to me thankfully

Wish, she’s got a peppa pig Halloween dress and stripey tights but she hasn’t been well since yesterday, so full of cold and a temperature all night, from 5am she was spread out in our bed lol til 7:30 and she’s asleep again now
We’ve carved pumpkins last night and have a big tub of sweets ready so dh and I will give them out later, we’ll probably dh as I always end up too lazy to keep answering the door lol

 

[3chords]

Star - the Peppa Pig dress must be so cute. Henry loves Peppa but I find the voices sooo annoying lol. He is going to be Elmo for Halloween.

Wish - we never had 3D or 4D scans offered, I've only ever had the 2D. If we want 3D/4D we have to go pay extra but they are non-medical, just for pictures basically.

I only have 13 weeks to go since I am going at 37w. That is just insane to me to imagine. And I always find that this time of year goes by really fast as there are so many events and gatherings during the holidays.

 

[star25]

That is insane 3c! But so exciting, I really hope this little boy doesn’t go to 42 weeks like his big sister!

Madeleine has enjoyed saying happy leen to all the trick or treaters and handing out sweets 1 per person haha, luckily dh was there to make them take more otherwise we would be there all night til they ran out!

 

[star25]

These were from a Halloween party last week, her cousins were in the pics with her but I just cropped them out

 

[Juliet11]

hi everyone!
my appt went smoothly... doppler had a 149-150 heartbeat! yay!
we started discussing some of my concerns with both another vbac and a c-sec. i will have to choose one or the other at some point

kids are construction worker, and unicorn princess, and the little one is a dalmation dog to go with my son who was supposed to be a fireman but he changed it to construction worker! kids and their opinions!

3chords, a great time to be preggo and have things go quick! happy for you!

star, good to get the pillow out! you need to feel better soon! i am so making hubby pass out the candy as well. no way am i getting up and dashing to the door! so they celebrate halloween there?? i thought maybe it was mostly US thing.

wish, it is the worse when hubby (or a kid) is sick. sorry for your lack of sleep! you must be exhausted. i'd totally avoid my hubby too if he was sick haha hope you can get a little nap in after work!!!

 

[3chords]

star - she is too cute! Her hair is great, love little pigtails. I can't imagine going to 42 weeks, I only went to 38+6 last time and those last couple of weeks were miserable as it was! You poor thing.

Juliet - which way are you leaning? I never had the option of VBAC due to all my uterine surgeries before pregnancy so I guess that made it easy in the sense that somebody else made the decision for me. I sometimes think it's funny that I may be able to have 2 children without ever having had a single contraction...

 

[Wish2BMom]

omigoodness, star - she's adorable!! I agree, I love the little curls in her hair!! I'm glad she still had fun handing out candy!

juliet - so glad the appt went well!! I wish I could nap after work but I have a hair appt. I'll be crawling to bed, methinks. Thankfully my DH isn't one to have a 'man cold' and require a lot of attention but his sounds are all really loud and germ-filled!
Your kids costumes also sound great! I love the change in plans - so funny.

42 weeks?! nope.
I was just reading up on the stages of birth and labor on What to Expect. Ummmm.... again. I know I can 'do' this but I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN DO THIS!! I'm kinda the type to put those things out of mind until we're at that stage, like worry about it later. Apparently today I thought it was a good time to start educating myself. And our classes start tomorrow night so why not? Yikes.

 

[dogmommy]

Happy Halloween everyone! Sorry I haven't been very good about updating.

Juliet glad your appt went well! It's good you have options. I don't think my sister was given an option after she had one c-section.

Star DD is so adorable!! I hope she has a fun day. And you feel better.

Wish I'm with you on the 3D scans! I think next week which is 24 for me is when they offer them at my clinic. Good luck at your appts this week!

Scooby that's the pump I've been leaning towards too! Glad the move went well!

3c 13 weeks will fly especially with all the holidays!

How's everyone else doing???

I have my fetal echo tomorrow. Looking forward to hearing baby girl tomorrow!

 

[Juliet11]

3chords, honestly i am leaning towards a c-sec
wish, hope hubby and his sounds improve!!!! and yay for hair appt! i need one of those...
dogmom, so excited you have your fetal echo tomorrow!

now i count down till nov. 27...

 

[star25]

Juliet, glad all went well at appointment, definitely felt more comfortable last night and dd has slept throughout 3 nights in a row , heaven! I’ll probab pay for that tonight lol
Halloween is celebrated here but more these days when I was a kid!

3c and wish, 42 weeks was pretty awful but more because I was so impatient that point than uncomfortable lol
Wish, with dd I was the same when it came to thinking about giving birth, in the end I didn’t think about what to expect and just waited til the time came!

Dogmommy, thank you, I hope your appointment goes well today

Well last night I found myself booking Disneyland Paris for 4 days/3 nights
Not sure if this is a good idea haha, going 17th Dec so will be so Christmassy I couldn’t resist, just hope I’m not too uncomfortable to be walking around! We’re going to look at the programmes before we go though so we can arrange what we’re doing and the hotel is right by the park so I can easily rest when dd has a nap (if she does) I think he travelling is the worst but we’re driving so just have to sit in a car for 2 and half hrs to the eurotunnel then 3 hours to Disney

 

[Wish2BMom]

good luck today, dogmommy!! I hope everything looks great!

star - that's wonderful about Disney! I've always wanted to go to Disney around either Halloween or Christmas - the decorations are so outrageous! DD will love it. And sounds like you have a really good plan for if you are tired. It's actually probably a really good thing to have all of that walking in place at that time - keep the exercising up.

juliet - treat yo'self! I was happy to have the hair appt but that will be my last one for awhile. I've spent years going every 10-12 weeks to my same hair dresser but at $150 a pop, I can't do that anymore. So I said that it was probably going to have to be more of a 'treat' and I'd just figure out when I could come next. It's no longer about me, right??

star - we must be on the same schedule bc I slept great last night too!! I think the zombification of myself helped. I'm glad DD is helping you out by sleeping through the night!

we have our first birth class tonight! I can't wait!

 

[3chords]

Yay star! We just got back from WDW in Florida and DS has a great time. He still naps so a couple of days we had him nap in his stroller which wasn't ideal since he would only do 30 mins that way. But it's still so hot in Florida that he was just sweating buckets so you won't have that problem. The other days we would go home at lunch and for him to nap and then hang out in the pool in the afternoon. I have been to Disney now right before Halloween and before Christmas and the time before Christmas is the most magical IMO. Just love it.

Juliet - I like the certainty of the c-section date, it lets me plan my life ahead of time like what to do with my DS, what to do with the dog, when to stop working, etc. The recovery is obviously harder but I didn't find it too bad at all and generally it was a very pleasant experience minus the 5-6 attempts to do my spinal.

dogmommy - how did your fetal echo go today?

 

[star25]

3c, I agree Disney at Christmas is amazing, especially the fireworks and he frozen sing along show, I’m definitely looking forward to that! Glad you had a good time, it’s good to go away when they still nap haha, a nice little break
Planning to get an easy access card for when you’re pregnant so think you get easier access to the shows basically which will help
We’re hoping to go the Florida one ina. Couple of years, been saving air miles!

 

[Juliet11]

3chores, yep i am leaning that way because i like the predictability, and can make sure my other kids have family here to take care of them. i went to 41 weeks with my DD who i had a vbac and it just was awful but it wasn't surgery like the c-sec. so i am still on the fence but leaning.

star, does france disney get super busy and crowded with tons of lines? that is how disneyland here in california is. i haven't taken my kids because i am concerned it will be so crowded and they'll just be bored waiting in long lines.

wish, hair appts can be so pricey!! but i definitely need a trim bad! my hair girl is hard to book though and then finding someone to watch the kids....... mom life!

 

[dogmommy]

My fetal echo went great! They said she cooperated for them and they got all the measurements quickly and everything came back normal. Such a relief! 24 weeks will be here in a couple days and honestly was so overwhelmed today that we've made it this far!

Star sounds so lovely. I love everything about Christmas and Disney is such a blast.

Wish hope your class went well! I'm going to sign up for all the classes I can in the next couple months.

Juliet a hair appt sounds like a great idea! I think I'll make an appt tomorrow.

3c fetal echo was very cool. Do you have to have one?

 

[Juliet11]

dogmom, so glad everything went well! i forget why you are having a fetal echo? i am having one too at 22 weeks because DD had a congenital heart defect.

well off to bed after a long day! DD at the doctor had to get a steroid shot for her lungs, lots of wheezing and coughing, and just wasn't getting better. hoping she feels better in the morning.
excited in a few days to be 16 weeks... things never are flying for me, but i feel like the past couple weeks have gone by a bit quicker!
and i am super excited it is November, and starting to actually feel like fall in California!