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[mikihope]

Wish- Yay for your punctual AF! So exciting, you get to start your cycle! I’m thinking very good thoughts for you for this cycle. Thanks, I’m glad you can see the 2nd line in my picture. I’m so nervous about tomorrow!

Taurus- Thanks! I guess it is equivalent to 12dpo, if I add up the numbers.

TTC- Thanks, I hope so!

MsR- How wonderful that your mom was so excited, and that the anatomy scan went well! Just reading your positive news has put me in a much happier space. I was kind of descending into negativity this morning… Thanks for the “endorsement” of the darkness of the 2nd line, I think I’ll refrain from peeking at your test as I went down the rabbit hole of looking online at test line darkness last night. It drove me crazy!

Terri- The cooking class sounds divine! Too bad about your sis, I think I understand how it is as I have that issue with my mom. She is not compassionate and never will be.
Ah, thank you for being the voice of reason! I really needed a jolt back to reality. I am generally such a positive person, I can’t believe how ridiculously worried and down I’ve been over “nothing”. You don’t want to know what sort of crap I googled last night and earlier this morning! I did make an acupuncture appointment, but it’s on Saturday! I told them that I would cancel if Thursday’s beta was negative or too low. Anyway, I’m going to stop these awful thoughts. DH and I are so happy and have so much fun together, and that is something to be so grateful for. I feel happy every single day of my life, looking at all the beauty of the world around me. Whatever the beta number is tomorrow, it will be what it is. I can’t change things by worrying about them!

Ask- Hope you get your BFP!

I’m going to look at my badly drawn picture of my snoozing embie. That picture makes me smile!

 

[TTC74]

Miki - I googled worse case scenarios too in the early days (frankly until I felt baby moving regularly!). It's natural to worry. Try to focus on your little bean snuggling in, though. Stress isn't good foe either of you.

 

[Alita]

Dear ladies
I wrote a few days ago about wanting to try for my third , hoping will be a girl ( have 2 boys already ) I am 41 going on 42 ..
I think i might be pregnant !

I didnt have a pregnancy test handy but only an OPK , I red that they do detect HCG the same though , please take a look at this picture and let me know what u think .It was taken this morning .

I was feeling strange the last week and now my period is late for 2 days which is rare.

 

[Alleke]

Hello again, ladies! I'm still lurking...

Miki... congrats! That's awesome!

As for me... We moved to a new country 6 months ago. I got insurance through my job, which took some time. Then, I found out that it's not really good coverage - only for public hospitals, which have mixed reviews. I'm okay with that for normal things, because I so rarely need care. So then I started looking for a different insurance policy, but all of them required a minimum of 6 months wait before getting pregnant. I would fucking pay for an extra 6 months instead of having this rule. Finally, after asking a lot of people and checking with many insurance companies, I found a policy that has no wait period. It's not as flexible and good as the others, but it works with many private doctors and hospitals, and it appears to be my best bet. I've sent out some questions to the insurance agent who found the policy for me, but we're pretty sure about it.

On that note, I do have a question for those of you with more experience. This policy covers only 10 doctor visits, if I understand correctly. How many visits do you normally have during a pregnancy? Birth and inpatient care are covered, but it seems like even with the policy, I should plan on paying for 5 or so visits in addition. I could use my work insurance at the public hospital for free for some appointments. Alternatively, the work insurance I have will pay a portion of the visits at the private hospital, so it wouldn't be full price to stick with one practitioner/hospital. In that case, I'd have 10 free visits and the rest discounted. Any thoughts or ideas?

So, I feel like I'm finally making it through the swamp of a foreign system in a foreign language, and the first time I'll be Oing, DH will be out of town. Such is life.

But at least I feel that I will be able to TTC soon! Until then, I'll probably keep lurking.

 

[terripeachy]

Miki-good luck today!! Can't wait to hear your number.

Alita-that's a positive opk. I hope it means your pregnant!

Alleke- I wouldn't know. I would just keep trying to get pregnant. Maybe there is a public hospital you can go to once pregnant. I wouldn't think a doc would turn you away. Many ppl have babies without insurance so they must do something. You have to find the ppl without insurance to talk to and see what they do. It's draining though, I'm sure.

 

[TTC74]

Alleke- in the US OBs see their patients once a month for the first 28 weeks. Every other week until week 34. Then, they start weekly visits.

Alita - I can't wait to see what an hpt reveals!

Miki - you e got us all on pins and needles waiting for your first bet! Good luck but I don't think you need it.

 

[MissN8]

Alita - hope it's a sign of your bfp. I am now at 4dpo. Roll on next week.

 

[Wish2BMom]

alita - that's how I found out I was pregnant 2 cycles ago. I didn't have any HPTs laying around, but I had some old OPKs and had read/heard the same as you - that they pick up on HCG. It's totally true! Looks like you're duffed, hon! Congrats!

alleke - I'm with terri - I have no idea but I'd doubt you'd be turned away. Sounds like you've got the best bet going, though, with 10 free and the rest at a discounted rate. The US is worst for insurance so perhaps there is something there that just covers pregnancy altogether. There may be less monitoring and appointments, but again, the US tends to overdo things sometimes. What country are you in? What brought you there?

terri - how fun to be surprised re: the cooking class! Any of those sound fun. Pretty sure you'll have a ball no matter what. Maybe you'll wear a new O's shirt TO the new cooking class!

miki - can't wait for your results today!!

mrsripple - love the ticker this week! HAHA! hotdogs last week, root beer this week - is it the MLB ticker?? hahaha

Not much going on here, but I need to call for acu. I will make time for it. I'm starting to get stomach pains - small radiations that happen every now and then. I think I'm internalizing a lot of stress, and mostly around my kitty who is closing in on the end stages of renal failure. It is ripping my heart apart to think about having to let her go potentially in the coming weeks. I'm up with her numerous times throughout the night, simply b/c they are nocturnal so she's already chatting away, but now she's deaf and mostly blind so she somewhat screeches b/c she can't tell where she is and such. I have to give her different medications 3x a day (syringe of meds in the mouth) and she has a very wobbly walk and loses her balance sometimes. I even had to administer a home enema last weekend and might have to tonight b/c she's not defecating like she should be. So I'm constantly worried about her, but I don't think it's time just yet. She still seems pretty happy, but I'm losing her quicker than I want to. She's 15, she's basically been my first 'daughter', and I'm going to be completely broken when she goes.

 

[Wish2BMom]

and der - mrsripple - I'm SO glad that your scan went so well and your mom was so tickled!! love it!!

 

[Rainshiny]

Wish- so sorry about your cat! Hope she feels a little better and gives you more time. Poor thing. And poor kitty mama.

Congrats, Alita! Fx that it's a sticky bean and a hh 9 months!!

Ask- glad u r feeling better. Mood swings sound promising! Fx for a bfp very soon.

 

[Rainshiny]

Mikki did you get your beta results?? I hope everything is peachy and you're busy googling pregnancy diets.

 

[mikihope]

Thanks, TTC, Terri, Wish! So I finally got in touch with the nurse for the beta results, but it took a while. My cell reception in the lab at work is terrible, and I only just noticed it today! The signal was shifting between one bar and no signal at all. I was a nervous wreck. Somehow the doc managed to leave a voicemail, even though the phone didn’t ring. So, on 9dp5dt, my beta is 215! I know that the second beta is more important, but I was so relieved, because I was worried that my first beta would be below 25!

Wish- So sorry to hear about your sweet kitty, it must be so terribly difficult for you. You’re taking such good care of her, that must help alleviate her suffering. She’s so lucky to have you as her “mother”. My cat Miki (yes, that’s why I chose this screen name) is 11, and she’s been with me since she was a tiny kitten. I can’t imagine going through what you’re going through now. Please take care of yourself, and I agree that you should call to make an acupuncture appointment

TTC- Thanks! How true, I should be focusing on the little snuggling bean. Googling worst case scenarios does us no good!

Congratulations, Alita, looks like you’re pregnant! Are you going to confirm with a pregnancy test?

Thanks, Alleke! I hope you get to start trying soon!

Good luck, MissN8!

Rain- Thanks! I’ve been overwhelmed most of the day, no time for googling! I was so anxious about the beta number, and stressing out about missing the call and the terrible reception.

 

[TTC74]

Congrats Miki! So, is your next beta test on Saturday?

 

[Alleke]

Thank you all for your answers!

I'm so sorry to hear about your kitty, Wish. I know your feelings all too well. Love her and love her some more.

Just when I was feeling comfortable with my plan, I got new information. The hospital I had chosen is not covered for maternity purposes. They only accept the insurance for cancer or cardiology cases. I spent all day yesterday translating a forum like this for local women. They, too, are confused by insurance. I learned that hospitals offer "birth packages" which cover birth or prenatal care and birth. I emailed the hospital I had chosen and they said they would call me with answers. I also contacted another insurance company that women on the board had gotten insurance through without waiting. The third interesting thing I learned was that insurance companies have these rules about waiting 6 or 12 months before getting pregnant AND the second year, the policy price goes up substantially - sometimes double!

Wish, you asked where I am... Turkey, because I accepted a job here. I am having a blast, and there are many nice benefits... Good paid maternity leave and the right to work part time until the child goes to school. But, I'm terrified of the c-section rate. There are different figures depending on the source, but it's supposedly 3rd highest in the world. I've read 50-70%! That is why I'm overly cautious with insurance.

 

[Taurus8484]

Yay Miki....great number!!!!

 

[Rainshiny]

Miki- you are very pregnant!!! The little bean has been busy making itself at home and building all its supporting infrastructure.

Alleke- sounds like a very confusing health care system. what a great idea to find a local board. Do they have midwives or birthing centers?

 

[Vonn]

Miki--CONGRATS!! That is a great number. Can't wait to see the doubling number! What a wonderful feeling. I remember it well.

 

[Wish2BMom]

miki - YAYYY!!!! I'm so happy for you! You have a perfect little bean in there. Now try to sit back, relax and enjoy a bunch of sticky months.

alleke - how exotic! sounds slightly overwhelming at the same time, trying to figure everything out including insurance.

 

[Ask4joy]

Hey ladies - I'm going nuts! Got a vvf line on a FRER this morning...attaching pic. Called RE's to see if I can get a blood test because I think I'm supposed to stop the progesterone if no bfp...im 14dpo.

Congrats Miki!!! You give me hope!

 

[Wish2BMom]

i see something!