Assisted conception success - due 2018 xx

[koj518]

wish - yay Baby A! but so sad about giving up chocolate!!! I wouldn't be able to survive!

3chords - I had no clue!! I guess our hospital is much more lenient in every way! My friend who goes to the same hospital failed her first, but did her 3hr test a few weeks later and passed. She would've only had to monitor if she failed her 3hr one too!

october - good to hear from you! your nursery looks lovely!! and I totally agree about the holidays speeding up time! Good luck on your GTT!

juliet - so good to hear your bleeding has stopped!! I didn't realize heating pad could be bad! I wonder why that is?? I'm always drinking a hot beverage.. I hope that wasn't bad!!!

scooby - yes, it's nice they don't see me as high-risk but at the same time, I wanna see my baby!!! at this rate, I have a feeling I won't get to see him until he's out! Baby stethoscope is interesting. A lot more difficult to hear the heartbeat compared to a doppler but its so cool to think that you can hear the little heart beating through him AND me! haha Love that your baby already has a pattern! Mine doesn't seem to have much of a pattern. Somedays he's moving alllll the time and some days he's just mellow.

dogmommy - hahaha!! omg yes! I still wear my fitbit and monitor my heartrate The countdown is definitely on!! I'm on single digit weekly countdown (8w 2d to go!!)


afm - appt went well. midwife followed up on the bleeding (which has not returned) and said if I bleed again, come right in. She said my belly is measuring on the smaller side so we should keep an eye on that Apparently I have to have my pediatrician picked by my next appt in 3 weeks (eek!) and sign a bunch of birth plan documents. This is getting real..!!

 

[October_baby]

Scooby- I haven’t felt a pattern but I hadn’t really paid close attention. I’m going to try and make a conscious effort of noticing it the next couple of days.

3chords- Thank you. You don’t have much longer. You are half way there. Can’t believe it’s already the middle of November

Wish- thank you. Haha. I was inspired by game of thrones and pretty little liars. Lol... I know it sucks sleeping away from DH but happy to hear the couch is working out for you. I’m thinkng of moving to the recliner and/or moving it to my bedroom. My leg cramps/ aches keep me up at night.

Dogmommy- I ordered the decals from Amazon and I put them on wall. It is a bit of work but I didn’t mind.

 

[Juliet11]

it seems like a heating pad should be okay for my back! but haven't heard from my doctor yet but i'll assume on low setting should be fine. i think when you are going through IVF/FET they discourage heating pads or anything hot to overheat your core... our IVF clinic might be overly cautious about things. although i think i remember my regular obgyn also saying not to take hot baths and stuff. so i just take short shower that are kinda hot but keep them short! haha

3chords, yeah i think i am far along enough to use the heating pad!

wish, hard not to be near DH but good sleep is golden! you need that!

koj, you are getting so close!! how exciting things are coming together!! and so glad your bleeding hasn't returned! it is such a stress...

so last night, after going the whole day without spotting, there was some blood when i wiped, and again this morning. i am a bit bummed but not freaking out this time. i let my doctor know when i asked about the heating pad.
today i took my girls to a indoor play place while my son has an extra day of preschool. i had to move around with them a bit but i think it loosened my back up a little... but then i did want to sit a lot too so i don't overdo it and have more bleeding. next week hubby is off work the whole week for thanksgiving!! he will hopefully have energy to help a lot with kids and stuff around the house.

 

[star25]

Hi all, suddenly got very busy in here!


October, your nursery is gorgeous!!

Scooby, I haven’t noticed a pattern but she feel more in the evenings when I’m resting

Juliet, how is your back now? Sounds painful, sorry the spotting started again, glad you have good support

Ko, the diabetes clinic has said to test 3 times a day , I agree 3c I think the finger pricks hurt!

So tired today and got a bit of a sore throat, just going for a nap before scan this afternoon, midwife appointment went fine this morning and consultant appointment has been changed from today to tues which is a pain as in going today for scan anyway

Hope everyone is well, just a quick update as my eyes are sooontired! Been feeling it more he last week or so for some reason

 

[Wish2BMom]

star - what a pain to move out the appt. How was your scan? I can relate to the fatigue - I could have fallen asleep at 6:30 last night but we had our class to go to. And then of course, I couldn't get to sleep until about 10.

juliet - that's good to know for sure about the heating pad. Girl, your spotting/bleeding is going to make me crazy! Tell it to stop!! I'm so glad you're under really good care, though. I hope it all stops soon.

october - yes! I immediately thought of Aria on GoT. She's one bad-ass character, your little girl is lucky to have a good namesake of sorts. I haven't seen Big Little Liars but I heard it's great.

3 hr GTT tomorrow morning, so still carb-loading per instructions right now. And my regular appt but only a doppler. I thought Baby B flipped last night but alas, I think I still feel a head near my ribs. Oh well.
Today is my Friday so I'll spend tomorrow doing that, starting to clean for my parents' impending visit and Thanksgiving. Anyone have any big plans for the weekend?

 

[Juliet11]

star, how was your scan??? sorry to here about the sore throat... and the tiredness! i know what that's like! lame they changed your appointment as you will already be there today! can't wait to hear about your scan though!!!

wish, SERIOUSLY!! so it stopped again but then a little brown blood which i think means old blood when i wiped a bit ago. i am just so over it. no more bleeding allowed!
yay for weekend!!! yay for thanksgiving!!

so i asked MIL to watch all the kids for a few hours this weekend so we can go to IKEA without the kids and get the kura bunk to try for the twins. we finally have a rain storm (northern california), but that means lots of indoor activities. our neighbors having a "friendsgiving" potluck so we will attend that if i feel well or i send hubby with the kids. my brother who lives out of the country comes this weekend as well for 3 weeks so that will be lovely to catch up with him.

how about everything else?

when did everyone start feeling movement?? i have felt flutters since very early on, but less now and no actual movement yet... seriously need the 27th to come so i can find out gender and see baby is doing good!

 

[star25]

Wish, hope goes well with your gtt tomorrow!

Juliet, I felt movement with dd and this time round bob at 21 weeks and both with anterior placentas though

Scan went well thank you ladies, estimated weight is 2lb 14oz so good so far!

I don’t think I’ve got any plans this weekend, mil has fallen and broken her hip so bil is coming to visit so we will go with him as he doesn’t love close by so will need lifts but maybe do something more fun for dd Sunday, hopefully this sore throat will go as last one I had was only a day or 2 and didnt urn into anything

 

[Juliet11]

Star, YAY scan!! baby growing so nicely!!
poor MIL, that is terrible!!

 

[Wish2BMom]

Hi girls - quick update before the weekend - GTT went smoothly but won’t have results til Monday. I asked if maybe I could just get them on Friday so I could eat what I want on Thursday but everyone laughed at me. Can’t blame a girl for trying!

Star- grwat scan!! Baby’s getting big!

Juliet - think I felt legit movement around 18 weeks

 

[Juliet11]

Ugh my emotions are all over the place. Crying spells and not sure why!!! Still 5 hours till hubby comes home.

 

[Juliet11]

So things finally got better. But this pregnancy has been much more of an emotional roller coaster then my other ones.

how is everyone's weekends?
Ours off to a busy start tonight and probably will be the theme for the weekend, but all the better to get into Thanksgiving week and then anatomy scan

wish, hope you get good results monday!
star, how is MIL doing?

 

[star25]

I’m glad you’re feeling better Juliet, I’m always relieved when dh gets Home ignore dd has been hard work haha , last 2 mornings it’s been a 5:20 start, hoping this pattern changes!
Mil is doing well thank you, still in hospital but we’re seeing her again today

Nothing really planned this weekend, might just go for dinner tomorrow for a change but that’s all at the moment

Hope you all have good weekends

 

[Wish2BMom]

morning, girls!

juliet - so glad your emotions evened back out. Whew you're having a go of it this time, huh? Not that I knew you during your last pregnancies but from the sounds of it, this one is a doozy. Hang in there, hon! How was the rest of your weekend? Bleeding still ceased?
you have a scan tomorrow? or next week? I've lost track, I'm so sorry.

star - that's great that your MIL is doing better. When is she set to get out of the hospital? Is your sore throat gone, I hope?

How's everyone else?

My weekend was pretty good - GTT for 3 hrs on Friday morning, plus a doppler appt. The boys sounded good. Baby B still breech. The doc said I'm measuring small for someone with twins at my gestational 'age' (30 weeks and measuring at 35 weeks). I swear Baby B has been trying to make the shift to upside down but he gets stuck sideways and can't make it further.
Anyway - cleaned and grocery shopped on Saturday, so much that my back was pretty much toast by 4:00. So I just stayed in the recliner basically for the rest of the night. Got up and cleaned a little bit more yesterday before my folks arrived around 5pm. They'll be here for the week to help out with baby stuff and for the holiday. 2.5 days of work this week!! WOO!!

 

[Wish2BMom]

WAHOO!!! no GD!!! passed my test!!! I'm beyond relieved.

 

[Juliet11]

happy Thanksgiving week to those celebrating! and happy week to all !!!! we are all getting closer week by week to our due dates!

Wish, EXCELLENT news! happy for you!!! and nice for a short work week and having family in town!
So my anatomy scan is a week from today! so excited! yes this pregnancy i have been more tired, more issues like headaches and the bleeding, although i bled my first pregnancy as well. and LOTS of crying!!!

so i also cleaned and did projects basically all weekend. we did a big IKEA trip, and container store, and just got two rooms worked on very well. lots of accomplishments, so i feel good! but my back was also killing!!!!

how is everyone else doing? i popped in over the weekend but super quiet. guess we are all getting in holiday mode! oh and we also did some christmas shopping this weekend !!

 

[Wish2BMom]

I usually just try to stay off of BnB over the weekend - that's my quiet reason! I figure I'm probably on too much during the week as it is!

WOW you got a lot done this weekend, juliet!! Good for you!! My mom's goal this week is to get the nursery closer to done, so we are going crib shopping tonight, she's handling washing all of the baby clothes/sheets/etc that we've received so we can see what we still need, etc.

 

[koj518]

October - how did your decal process go?? I got a decal (a world map with animals on it) to go in the nursery but I've never put up a decal and a bit nervous I'll mess up royally!! haha

star - finger pricks sound painful and sorry to hear about MIL! Wow almost 3 lbs!! I wish I could get a growth scan too!!!

Juliet - I started to feel movement around 18 weeks but wasn't sure if it was movement or gas but then around 21, it was undeniable and looking back, movement around 18 weeks was real Have fun at your anatomy scan!!! enjoy every second of it!! PS I LOVE the container store!!!! We have elfa in every closet and it is the BEST!!!!

wish - yay!!!! congrats on passing your 3hr test!!! Sounds like you had a super productive weekend! and YAY for a short week Its so nice of your mom to help wash all the clothes!!

afm - nothing much going on over here. One more day of work and it's turkey time!! I can't wait to stuff my face with food!!!! Unfortunately, i can only eat a little at a time at the moment but I plan on grazing ALLLLL day on Thanksgiving day!!!

 

[3chords]

Wish - yay on passing the GTT! You must be so relieved!

Juliet - I am so jealous of your weekend work. I have to do the exact same thing, go on over to IKEA and get my toddler room sorted out. I am waiting until the painters are done at the end of next week to get my butt in gear. Good luck on the anatomy scan - do you plan on finding out the sex?

 

[Juliet11]

wish, yay for mom to help out!!! you are getting close so a nursery set-up would be good!

koj, elfa is what we were doing! our house had that already in the closets but like the office closet didn't have it going all the way across so things were just stacked and a total mess. we extended the shelving and now things are look so much better! i am so excited for turkey time too!!!! i am in charge of making the rolls and bruschetta for an appetizer... but so excited to eat turkey and mashed potatoes!

3chords, yay ikea trips! despite getting a ton of stuff, we actually didn't spend that much! hubby happy about that, haha. and yes i will know gender on monday!!!!!!!!! so dang excited!

how is everyone else doing?

 

[Wish2BMom]

I kinda wish we had an IKEA closer to us - it would be a full day trip down to South Boston to the closest one. So I have not had the pleasure!

YAYYY for gender scan!! Can't wait to hear!!

Just ordered the cribs and my folks and I went and did a little shopping last night. Turns out we didn't have a ton of pajamas for newborns or a lot of onesies so we got a few more of those, a Diaper Genie, some towels with the little hoods (omg!) and such. I feel quite a bit more prepared now!
Now today is going to be prepping for tomorrow and one last Prep for Birth class tonight. tomorrow is going to be mayhem and Friday will be recuperating!