August Beach Bumps - 24 Girls, 27 boys, & 2 team yellow! 39 babies born!!

[borr.dg.baby]

I didn't want to tell anyone, but my friend saw me writing here...

A confession: I haven't told OH yet..

I can understand your fear and how you feel. I admire you for keeping it in, I wanted to do something nice for DH when I told him but I just could not hold it in and ended up texting him something fun I knew he would understand.

I'm thinking something like.
"Jingle bells, jingles bells, jingle all the way
This time next years they'll be an extra mouth Christmas day"

Or something with santa

I like this one!

My nurse called me herself.

That's a great nurse and that class sounds fun!!!

I've been searching pinterest for ideas of announcements. I think I'm going to find a chalkboard to use to take pictures with over the weeks. People at work have done that and its really cute. They continue using the chalkboard when the baby is born.

I love pintrest... for telling our parents we gathered them and showed the a blackboard, I copied the idea right off a girl's blog. At first my MIL did not understand and once she did she started crying, it was all very emotional.. I can post a picture of the chalboard and a link to the blog

It's in spanish because we live in South America and speak spanish as a first language. But you get the idea... Plus the link helps...
https://littlebabygarvin.blogspot.com/


(we removed the tests to show the parents)

 

[borr.dg.baby]

Crystal yay!!!

 

[Barhanita]

HCG went from 312 to 1536! No more blood tests now. Ultrasound on Monday morning at 9am.

Yay Crystal!!! Those are great numbers. And it's perfect - you will see your little baby so soon!!

 

[charlie00134]

my pinterest is linked to my fb so I Daren't go on in case I pin by habit lol

 

[borr.dg.baby]

I was wondering something...
We have our first appointment next week and I will be 5+6... do you think I am going to be able to see my baby? I know I implanted early at 7DPO (implantation dip and I swear I could feel it implanting) and had my first faint test at 8DPO. I am thinking because of that I might be able to see my bean... what do you ladies think?

 

[ZooMa]

Holy shyster. My doubling time is 25 hours. Beta went from 653 to 2211 in 43.5 hours. This should be good news, but now I'm freaking myself out that I have a molar pregnancy. I know way too much. Ahhh. Darn medical education.

I put a call into the midwife to see what the next step is. I definitely don't want to prolong this pregnancy with progesterone supplements if it is a molar. I know the likelihood is really slim, but still.... I am also sort of freaking out about the possiblity of twins, too (no history in my family).

I need to remember the bell curve... If a mean doubling time is 48 hours, then there have got to be "normal" d.t's on either side. Does anybody know the standard deviation? Yes, I am too analytical.

Probably, I just have a normal singleton pregnancy (for now), with a borderline low progesterone level normally, and I should have just waited a few weeks before seeing the doc. Still hope to be joining you August Mommas!

 

[borr.dg.baby]

my pinterest is linked to my fb so I Daren't go on in case I pin by habit lol

Cool thing.... now you can create secret boards on pintrest that no one can see but you!!!

 

[mac1979]

my pinterest is linked to my fb so I Daren't go on in case I pin by habit lol

You can set up secret boards now!!

 

[readynwilling]

to all.

I ordered a shirt with red and green owls on it for my DD (21 months) and it says Im going to be a big sister. I will have J wear it christmas day. Other than that i told my boss (becasue there is a lot of changes going on at work right now, and i think it should be taken into consideration) and my best friend. With J i told my parents and IL's right away and BOTH mothers blabbed... so they aren't finding out for a bit yet (more out of spite than anything LOL)

this isn't going to sit well with some and i appologize. But i really beleive that if you are not meant to have this baby, nothing you can do will stop it or cause it. I have never gone through it, nor do i wish it on my worst enemy. And its SOOOO hard not to worry. But if the worst is going to happen, its already in place to happen - i believe. So we are worrying/waiting... and it just causes us to me emotional wrecks. Its really really really hard to do - but everytime i go pee and wipe and i see no blood (or more creamy CM lol) i think "yay im still pregnant!" and that for me kinda balances the worrying in between. Im not downgrading the pain and suffering of having one, im just saying im not sure we can stop it - so we need to find the little bits of joy amoungst the worry.

 

[borr.dg.baby]

this isn't going to sit well with some and i appologize. But i really beleive that if you are not meant to have this baby, nothing you can do will stop it or cause it. I have never gone through it, nor do i wish it on my worst enemy. And its SOOOO hard not to worry. But if the worst is going to happen, its already in place to happen - i believe. So we are worrying/waiting... and it just causes us to me emotional wrecks. Its really really really hard to do - but everytime i go pee and wipe and i see no blood (or more creamy CM lol) i think "yay im still pregnant!" and that for me kinda balances the worrying in between. Im not downgrading the pain and suffering of having one, im just saying im not sure we can stop it - so we need to find the little bits of joy amoungst the worry.

I agree with you, I feel the same way when I wipe every time... and I do it a lot because I pee a lot... I think it's hard not to worry but I think that if something happens it's because it should happen... I know it must be hard for those with mc and I don't ever want to offend. I am thinking I just need to feel positive. I am almost certain I had a chemical last month and that is the way I feel when I think about it, I was sad but I feel that if the baby didn't grow it's nature's way and I accept it.

 

[Ellberry]

readyandwilling- i totally agree with you I do scare myself but im getting better each day (i think its because since meeting my husband we have been so so lucky with everything im convinced that will run out!!) but at lease 3 times a day i think 'im still pregnant!!!'
I'm also not trying to belittle it in any way, but the way i try and look at it is that if it doesnt work out then there was something wrong with little bunch of cells, if thats the case then i dont want them struggling to survive in there!! If its not meant to be then something was already missing at conception, its been decided already!
Please no one take offence to that, its just how I like to look at it personally!!

 

[ZooMa]

Ok, I know too much but know too little. I did more digging, and found this great synopsis at another forum:

https://www.misdiagnosedmiscarriage.com/mycommunity/viewtopic.php?t=15475

Basically, the article shows that hCG does not have a "standard 2 day doubling time until week 10" (or 12, depending on who you read). It increases quickly at first, in the 10-20 DPO time period, but then slows down, and once you are 30+ DPO a 13 day doubling time can still be viable!

This article showed that, with healthy singleton pregnancies, average hCG doubling times were as follows:

10-20 DPO (approx 3W4D to 5W0D): 1.40 days (+ or - 0.40 days)
21-30 DPO (approx 5W1D to 6W3D): 2.40 days (+ or - 3.48 days)
30 + DPO (approx 6W3D +): 7.18 days (+ or - 6.60 days)

In pregnancies that had an ultrasound with a small baby that later went on to miscarry, the average doubling times (or decreasing times, as shown by minus sign), were as follows:

10-20 DPO: 1.57 days (+ or - 0.33 days)
21-30 DPO: 5.44 days (+ or - 7.85 days)
30+ DPO: -1.28 days (+ or - 24.41 days)

This article also reports results from ectopic and non-viable ultrasounds (p.1178).

The link she posted from the article doesn't work, but here's a link to a similar study I found: https://freedownloadb.com/pdf/doubling-time-hcg

 

[mama d]

Crystal - BEAUTIFUL numbers! So happy for you! And I'm so jealous that your scan is Monday. I have to wait unitl the 13th (I'll be 7 weeks)!

Congrats girl, this is your sticky bean!

 

[charlie00134]

iv decided to just enjoy being pregnant now iv sorted my medical apps
thanks for the pinterest info

 

[Quisty]

I have been a bit reluctant to join this thread because I just dont have a great feeling. I am currently 15DPO. I would like to attach a photo of my HPTs but I don't know how. Can someone tell me. I tested at 9DPO, 11DPO, 13DPO and 15DPO. The line is getting darker and today at 15 DPO it is as strong or stronger than the control. The thing is I had a blood test at 13DPO and my hcg was 70 and progesterone 7. These seem way too low. I didn't get to speak to my doctor directly. All the nurse said on the phone was that they could confirm I was pregnant and to re-do blood test in a week. I feel that they suspect I might miscarry but are not saying anything. Does anyone have anything to add about my results - good or bad. I would rather be realistic than live on false hope.

 

[Ellberry]

borrdgbaby, i also am convinced I had a chemical last month as my symptoms were exactly the same, which i have never had before in my life!! It was only because I prob never tested in time that i missed it, but becasue i was the same this month i wrote this one off!!! But now we look back we know that i must have had one!!!
I guess when we eventually have a little one in our arms, we'll be please that egg and that sperm made it through together

 

[readynwilling]

Quisty. Our body's are are so confusing. Do you know for sure what day you O'v are you temping?? cause may you o'd and implanted late causing lower #'s for now.

 

[Ellberry]

zooma and quisty, I'm sorry but I have no idea what you are talking about so I cant help in any way but I really really hope it works out well for you both!!!!!!! xxx

 

[charlie00134]

I upload my images to imageshack first then I can use the image button.
FC your little bean is sticky, I think the result isn't too bad and your next test will show more. nurse's Sony tell me much either, they say it needs to be a clinician

 

[borr.dg.baby]

borrdgbaby, i also am convinced I had a chemical last month as my symptoms were exactly the same, which i have never had before in my life!! It was only because I prob never tested in time that i missed it, but becasue i was the same this month i wrote this one off!!! But now we look back we know that i must have had one!!!
I guess when we eventually have a little one in our arms, we'll be please that egg and that sperm made it through together

I think I had a chemical because the day AF was supposed to arrive it didn't as early in the morning as usual. So I took a test (I was not testing early) and it was a really faint positive, barely there. I got a really painful but light AF and I kept testing for a week and it was still that faint faint positive... about a week later I had blood and HCG was at 0.1.... So I am thinking my tests got the last of my hormone released through my body. I keep looking at those faint tests and other negatives I had two weeks after that and I can't find another explanation... The tests never got dark.