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[TTC74]

Wish --- oooooh! I bet you're growing twins inside that belly! Can't wait to find out!

 

[terripeachy]

Wow Wish-845 is ridonkulous, but I love it. Now I wonder if it's because you had two embies or that thyroid medicine that you took. Eek. That reminds me that I was supposed to go in for blood work. I'll do it tomorrow morning because I'm going to a late breakfast. I'm so excited for your upcoming scans. How was the trip? Did you tell your friends?

Thanks everyone. The ball was a lot of fun. My dad hadn't seen some of his friends in 20-30 years because they are all over the country but many had great stories to share. Our bday week is over and now we are just catching up on things that went by the wayside the past few weeks.

Ttc-any update on your brother? Did you go see him? You kind of dropped that info and never updated. How is your family doing as a result?

Miki-when is your next scan?

Hi to everyone else!!

 

[TTC74]

Thanks for asking Terri. I'm going to visit Thursday. My understanding is that he's not well at all. sometimes he gets so confused as to what is going on that they have to assure him that he's not crazy - just sick. He actually forgets that he is sick and dying. So, they think it has gone to his brain.

Our mom just left to go stay with him and his wife until he passes so that she can shop and whatnot without worrying about leaving him alone.

 

[mikihope]

That's an incredible beta number, Wish! I'm so happy for you! Twins? So exciting! Yeah, DH is a saint. He also cleans the litter box of our two cats. Wish I weren't a lump around the house, but it's been so tough. It sounds like you are already getting the nausea and exhaustion too. Poor thing, I hope it remains at manageable levels.

TTC- I'm so sorry about your brother. I hope that his suffering is kept to a minimum. It must be so difficult for you and your family, I can't imagine what you're going through
About the exhaustion, thanks for asking, because it has been crazy bad! At the 4 week mark, I was basically incapacitated by exhaustion at work. But now I seem to be more used to it!

Rain- Thanks, I hope the nausea lets up too. I am so not used to this. I
normally don't get motion sick and I am super greedy and everything always looks delicious to me. This is so hard for me to get used to.

MsR- Thanks for the suggestions. I haven't heard about Zoloft, but the RE suggested Digeclis (sp? I can't spell it too!). I think the Unisom is helping for now. I think I'm more bothered by the nausea than I should be, because I'm simply not used to being queasy, and I'm afraid of the sensation. Also, I work in the lab, and I have to constantly move around and concentrate on stuff that I'm handling. I also have to focus on microscopes and computer screens. All this just makes me more nauseated! I do think I'm getting more used to it, though. And my boss is very understanding, so that helps!

Terri- That is a lovely photo of you and your dad! It's so sweet, and both of you look gorgeous! I'm glad you had fun. Oh, I had my scan today!

I saw my gummy bear on the screen, and I laughed so hard when I saw the little nubby arms. So cute! DH was delighted too. Gummy was measuring 9 weeks (I'm 8 weeks and 5 days, so yay!) and the heartbeat was 172 bpm. I'm so glad the scan went well, now I can "enjoy" my nausea

 

[Vonn]

Wish--that number looks like double trouble to me!! Can't wait for the second beta and esp the scan. Glad NOLA was fun. What was your favorite thing that you did this time? What part of town did you stay in?

Terri--love the pic! You look beautiful, that dress is perfect. And your dad, so dashing. What a lovely evening for you both. I've never heard of a birthday station before; it sounds fabulous because it implies multiple birthday goodies!

Miki--yay for the great scan!

TTC--I hope the conversation goes well. Thinking of your family and esp your brother...so sad.

Rain--I love that you know the anniversary of your bfp!

Lee--what's Lily up to?

AFM--biggest news for me is that my sister is pregnant! They transferred one embryo (only ended up with 2) & she had her second beta today, with good doubling results. I am so happy and relieved.

We've put offers on two houses so far and lost out on both. The market is so tight. Everything seems to go for like $10,000 over asking, or more. When we look at houses that are $10,000 less so that we can overbid, they are just crap houses. We are starting to look into renting for the short term. The rental market is super tight also, but at least there's not the pressure of a long term commitment.

 

[TTC74]

Vonn - Yay for your sister! The housing market situation stinks. Hope you find something.

 

[Taurus8484]

Oh how pretty you are Peachy!!!

Wish...mine with James was 771 at 16pdo so on the high side but Im guessing there are 2 in there.

My oldest turns 4 tomorrow.....have no idea where that 4 years went lol

 

[Wish2BMom]

I'm wondering about twins too, but could have just been an early implanter. I had a strong dizzy spell the night of transfer but that would be impossible, right?? Anyway - best thing in nola this time - 2 things. Segway tour and there was a musicfest going on called the Bayou Boogaloo. It was so fun, even though we just walked around. Oh and we saw John Boutte again and I bought these awesome pieces of art. Tough to nail down which I loved most!!

Miki - congrats on the awesome scan!! I'm thinking girl for you!! Are you going to find out gender or wait?

Taurus - whew, thanks for that! We'll see. Though I told DH that a high number could mean twins and he went into 'freaking out about money' mode.

TTC - gosh I'm sorry about your brother. That sounds awful to watch him go through. I'm sure he'll find so much comfort in your visiting when you get there. I hope you do too. Hug him tight.

Terri - we didn't tell friends but it was clearly obvious. I had told my bestie that I will have just gone through another procedure and couldn't drink so she knows something is up. And her husband found a wine bar for me and I didn't have any. Which is SO not like me. But they were respectful and didn't ask any questions!

Vonn - omg congrats to your sister!! Finally!! And the cousins, is all goes well for her, will be so close in age!!
That stinks about the houses but I'm not surprised. From what I understand, it's nuts out there!!

 

[Wish2BMom]

Vonn I never answered your Nola questions - The Saint hotel is right on Canal, closer to Rampart, the top border of the FQ. It was perfect and super cool inside. Had a saint/sinner theme. And we did a Segway tour that was fun and went to this free, huge music fest called the Bayou Boogaloo. It was awesome!

So 2nd beta was...2282!!! I believe Rain said it best with 'holy guacamole!!' Progesterone is at 25 so that's fine. Next test is next Thurs. first scan will be in about 2-2.5 weeks. Then we'll finally get to see if we're growing 1 or 2.
I'm in shock and not feeling as connected as I'd like or expect. Is this normal?? I guess being LTTTC, I'm just expecting things to go wrong. So I feel like I'm talking about someone else when I'm giving these positive updates.

 

[Wish2BMom]

Omg I'm an idiot. I did already respond about Nola!! I thought I had. Oh well, double dose

 

[mikihope]

Wow, Wish, that is a super high Beta!! Congratulations! Maybe it’s shock, and the reality hasn’t sunk in? It’s ok, we can be super excited for you! Are you thinking it could be twins? Funny you should mention girl for me, because DH said two days ago that he hoped for a girl for me. He said that he felt I could bring up a girl to be sweet and wonderful like me, haha. I told him a boy could be sweet too. So he agreed that any gender would be a blessing!

Happy birthday to your eldest, Taurus!

And congrats to your sister, Vonn!

I just got an invite to go to a friend’s house for a small gathering of a bunch of friends. Normally I’d be happy, but I was stressed out as I can’t imagine socializing these days due to feeling so crappy and nauseated and exhausted. Luckily we managed to push the date to a month from now, where I’ll be (if all goes well) already done with the 1st trimester. I’d have to let them know I’m pregnant because it would be completely out of character for me not to drink!

We don’t socialize as much since we moved from Singapore to California over 2 years ago. Back in Singapore, we would be with friends at a pub at least once a week, plus gatherings for beer/BBQ/sports very often. And we used to go for sporting events and concerts. Plus my family and relatives are in Singapore, so I would have tons of family commitments and gatherings. Here, it’s mostly just DH and me. We both have long commutes and he works on the weekends (which sucks, but he’s still looking for another job), and so we don’t get to do the things that we used to do. I’m actually kind of glad we’re way more mellow now, it seems to be a good time for that, now that I’m finally pregnant!

 

[Spudtastic]

Ttc - I'm thinking about you and your family x x

Wish - oh yay so many congratulations. I really hope you have twins he he. At 17dpo my hcg was 880. I never tested my hcg again after that.

Miki - im waving from singapore. what's your favourites thing to do here? We've had 3 nights already and have 5 more. I've been here before and we've done a few things. Though I've never been to sentosa so we are going there tomorrow. My husband's cousin lives here.

Vonn - I'm super stoked for your sister too. It will be so nice for your kids to be close in age.

 

[Vonn]

Wish--great increase on the beta!! Have the nurses said anything about how high those numbers have been when they've called you? NOLA sounds like it was a blast, you did lots of fun stuff. I think it's natural to be cautious and sort of feeling like something just might go wrong at any moment. I know I've mentioned this before (probably multiple times...sorry for being the repetitive bore!), but the therapist who runs the support group I used to go to calls it reproductive trauma. It just clicked for me, hearing that the first time. That idea just made sense. I will say that I fully expected to feel that way all throughout my pregnancy, but I've been pleased and surprised to have been able to relax and not constantly expect something to go wrong. I hope the same for you!

Miki--what brought you and DH from Singapore to Cali?

AFM--thanks for all the well wishes about my sister. It would/will be awesome for there to be cousins close in age since there's a decent chance we only end up with one. It's kind of ironic we may/will have our firsts so close together given that my sister and I are 7 yrs apart. I'm older, but she's been married 10 yrs, while I've only been married 3.

 

[Wish2BMom]

Miki - thank you! Yes, shock and YES, Vonn - I agree with the 'trauma' assessment as well. Totally and completely.

And yes, the first nurse to call with the 845, after I went 'woah...' goes, "yes, that's on the high side but it doesn't point to multiples entirely...and your OTD was really yesterday so you're a day later...oh, but even if it was half yesterday...Well, don't fret about twins just yet. Can't tell until the ultrasound!"
All of my home office nurses are giggling at me and said they'd babysit (I told them to keep it up or they'd be helping to).
And the nurse that called with the 2282 said 'it may not be multiples but...well, you get what you get and you don't get upset!'
So sounds like there is validity to the high #=multiples, but they've all also said not to think about it til the u/s.
my blood nurse said to just not encourage education with both of them! Lol just send them to Tech schools. She kills me!

 

[mikihope]

Wish, it's all so exciting, I'm so encouraged by your super strong betas... I can't wait for your ultrasound!

Spud- Wow, you're in Singapore! Interesting that you have a relative living there. Well, my favorite thing to do there is typical of the locals -- EATING! I highly recommend eating the food in the hawker centres. I like the East Coast Lagoon food centre by the beach. I used to do a lot of road cycling near the East Coast and Changi beaches. Maybe you all could rent bikes at East Coast Park and cycle on the bike paths by the beach. I do think the zoo is worth visiting. It's in a tropical/foresty setting, and the animals are housed in large and open areas. My sister is a vet there, and she says that the monkeys actually leave their islands when visitors are not around and roam the zoo. And the local wild monkeys in the surrounding area actually choose to go in to the exhibits to join the zoo monkeys! The night safari is quite interesting, I think. My gripe about Singapore is that it's sooo hot during the day. So doing things at night is good. Oh yes, there is a little stretch of beach on Sentosa that has a couple of bars on the beach. DH and I used to like to go there to have dinner and drinks. I hope you're enjoying your stay in Singapore... what do you enjoy doing there?

Vonn- It's so cool that you and your sister would have kids close in age! I am close to my sister, and it is a regret of mine that I had to leave her and her kids back in Singapore. I actually lived in the Bay Area back in the 90s, when I came here for college. I fell in love with Berkeley and San Francisco and the surrounding areas. But I went back to Singapore to see if I could stomach living back in my home country, because my family was there. I met DH (who's from Mauritius) while I was back in Singapore. Both of us couldn't imagine living the rest of our lives there, so I applied for and got a job here. Two months later, we had brought our belongings and our 2 cats over here with us. That's the long-winded explanation! We're deliriously happy to be here, even though we're sad we left our friends and my family behind.

I hope everyone is having a fabulous weekend!

 

[Spudtastic]

Wish - you get what you get and you don't get upset - isla taught me that one and now I use that on her at dinner time ha ha. I'm really looking forward to your scan.

Miki - dhs cousin married a Japanese man and they have a 4 year old through ivf. 3 years ago they had a job opportunity here but may be leaving at the end of the year.
The lagoon hawker stall is right up my alley. We went to la pau sat last night and I'm still stuffed. We used to enjoy staying at the changi village hotel and eating at the hawker stall there. We've been to palau ubin a few times too which is my favourite. We took the kids to the zoo already so I can't wait to tell them about the monkeys. It's a really good zoo.

 

[Spudtastic]

Miki - I've just googled the east coast lagoon hawker. Oh yum it looks amazing. Sunset beers there would be great.

 

[mikihope]

Oh, so it might be your last chance to eat in Singapore, Spud! Sunset beers and food at East Coast Lagoon should be great, I hope you enjoy that!

It's great that you're already familiar with where to eat nice hawker food. Lau Pa Sat (old market) is definitely a good place to go! They renovated it but kept its old look, so it's still nice and nostalgic when I go there. Changi village food rocks! I used to eat at the coffee shops with the cycling gang, we would cycle from East Coast Park to somewhere past the village, and stop there to eat on the way back. Oh yes, how could I forget Pulau Ubin, it's lovely and much like old Singapore. I hope they never try to modernize it, like they did to the rest of the island! I used to enjoy cycling there, you can bring your own bikes on the boat or rent over there. I bet your kids would love the monkey story. Monkeys are great fun, and they're one aspect of Singapore that I miss.

 

[Ask4joy]

Congrats Wish! At this point I think I'd be thrilled to find out I was having twins...thrilled and terrified lol! I feel like it would be nature's way of saying, "since it took so long and you tried so hard, you get two for the price of one!" DH is hoping for twins but I'm just hoping to get and stay pregnant! So happy for you!

We are onto our 2nd IUI this cycle. My RE double my clomid dose from 50 to 100mg which I started today. We will do 2 more IUIs then move onto IVF most likely.

 

[Wish2BMom]

Wow, Singapore sounds so exotic and adventurous!! Have a great time, spud!!

Ask - I am definitely thrilled and freaked about the prospect of twins! Good luck on this cycle!! I hope it's the one for you, esp with the increased clomid.