{CLOSED GROUP} Journey to BFP and Beyond!

[tcinks]

I wonder why it fluctuates so much in price. My sister had that test said it cost her $25 ...I'm not sure if my office offers it, it'd be nice though...

 

[tcinks]

Hey ladies. 10 week appointment today! Such a relief to know all is going well update and picture are below, just wanted to be sensitive in case anyone doesn't want to see that right now.

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I can't believe how much my little kitten is growing! I was so nervous, I've been feeling less symptoms lately so it's nice to see the little guy/gal
. I was only supposed to hear the heartbeat today but the Doppler couldn't find it, just like I hoped...so we got another ultrasound I have another appointment next week with the high risk specialist we saw a few months ago. Not sure what the appointment is for, she's the one who called for it. Just wants to check in and make sure everything is going well I guess. And then at my 14 week appointment I have a 3d ultrasound! I'm really looking forward to that, especially since that is one week after we lost Ronen.

 

[kdmalk]

Yay, T! Looks like a mini baby in there!!!! Congrats!

 

[Fleur828815]

Jamie, I thought you were moving over the last week. Good luck with the rest of the packing, must be hard when you’re pregnant and have 2 little ones to take care of!

Terrissa, yay, you managed to see the baby again! Isn’t it amazing how much they change! A 3D scan sounds fab, don’t think they exist here. Are you sure your sister had the Harmony test? Maybe it was covered by her insurance policy? I’ve read that it costs around $ 800 in the US.

 

[jlw617]

Jamie, I thought you were moving over the last week. Good luck with the rest of the packing, must be hard when you’re pregnant and have 2 little ones to take care of!

Terrissa, yay, you managed to see the baby again! Isn’t it amazing how much they change! A 3D scan sounds fab, don’t think they exist here. Are you sure your sister had the Harmony test? Maybe it was covered by her insurance policy? I’ve read that it costs around $ 800 in the US.

Nope, we don't have an exact move out date per say, we have to be out of this place by the 10th of May though we are hoping to be out within the next week or so! We only have a few boxes packed so I'm starting to get nervous lol!

Terissa-I've never heard of the harmony test being that low in cost unless you're over 35 when you deliver, hmmm. I'm so glad you got another sneak peak at the baby! My appointment is the following Friday! I thought it was the 27th but I saw the reminder card and it's actually the 24th so that was a pleasant little surprise

 

[tcinks]

Okay maybe I'm thinking of something else. Haha. I am talking about the test that lets find out the gender of your baby early by blood test.

Natalie, how have you been? Haven't seen you around in a while. Hope you're okay

 

[KTJ006]

T - glad your appointment went so well!! I have also heard of the blood test around 12 weeks that can tell you the gender of your baby. I think most OBGYN's keep that part *hush hush* unless there's a medical reason you need to know so early on (anxiety, etc. Or I had a friend who's mom was dying and she wanted to know the gender before she passed). I go back and forth on whether I would want to eventually find out the gender if we have a third. I have a boy and girl now, so it would be neat to not find out until the baby is born, but my crazy planning self likely couldn't wait until then. We shall see...haha.

Jamie - remind me....where are you moving again? It sounds like you guys have to do the packing? I can't imagine moving after being in our house for 7 years. We are good at purging/donating stuff we don't need or use, but still the thought of packing everything myself overwhelms me!!

Fleur - when is your official due date? Is it October or November? Glad things are going well for you!!

Kylee - when are you testing?

Leigh - good to hear from you!! I'm glad the month off helped. How was your girls weekend?

I am waiting to O. But it really doesn't matter. DH is gone until Sunday so this month is a flop for us. I put up some beadboard in the kitchen yesterday and I love it! I'm going to paint it sometime this week so it blends in with the cabinets. We are getting our whole house painted in about a week too...we have to physically move out for a week and stay with my parents. Fun, fun, fun...haha! Chat with you ladies later...

 

[jlw617]

Terissa-nope, you're right, it's a blood test that's mainly used to detect defects but they're also able to tell you the gender with it as well, hmmm I wonder how it was so cheap for her!

Katie, I'm just moving to a different town, we are staying in Maryland though for now and yes to say I'm overwhelmed would be an understatement!!! Though we have (by we I mean mostly me haha) packed and moved a few times, I'm used to the army doing it for us the past 8 years haha. Oh well we will be fine

I love breadboard! You should take a picture and show us! Have fun with the parents

 

[tcinks]

Katie! :wave: That sounds so fun, definitely upload a pic later . Most of the walls on the main level of our house are wood panels, so no painting. But the bedrooms upstairs are typical walls so hopefully we get around to painting those, at least in the nursery. Our house was built in the 1920s so we have had a lot of little projects to do in it to make it look more modern, although we do like some aspects of an old house.

Jamie , when dh and I first got married we barely had anything. It just took a few car loads of stuff really to get moved in. Now 2 and a half years later, we have accumulated so much stuff, I'm dreading the day we decide to move. Maybe we'll leave all the furniture and start fresh

 

[NDH]

So I'm back from the naturopath. I'm in information overload so need to record as much as possible to retain it.

She took a detailed history and then took photos of my eyes to use iridology to determine my overall health.
She showed me each area of my eyes that referred to different body parts.
According to my eyes:
I am low in iron and experiencing a lot of stress/anxiety (The anxiety line made a nearly closed ring around my whole iris). My gut health isn't great - I have low hydrochloric acid so I'm having trouble breaking down the nutrients that I eat.
I am prone to retaining toxins - I don't need to detox, but lymphatic massage to get rid of the toxins stored in my lymph nodes would be a good idea.
I have a good constitution - I don't get sick often but when I do I get ht hard (I think that's pretty accurate). My lungs showed up as having issues, so she's surprised I've never had asthma or bronchitis etc.
I need to get my thyroid (specifically T1) checked as she's concerned abut my thyroid.
Kidneys, pancreas and ovaries ovaries had light bruising (on my eyes) which she said implies they might be overtaxed a bit but she's not too concerned at this stage. More than likely everything else is being affected by my gut right now she thinks.
She was really puzzled by my throat and decided it's probably an emotional thing - something I'm blocking or not voicing rather than something physical.

Then she gave me liquids to hold in my mouth to test for mineral levels and my zinc is crazy low.

So the key things I need to work on are gut health and increasing my zinc and iron levels. She does want me to go get a pap smear soon, before I conceive again as there's something with my cervix she can't identify. And then get a thyroid function test.

Diet changes she wants me to make are to eat pineapple, green apples ad papaya to increase digestive juices, and either juice or make green smoothies daily.he highly suggests I add aloe vera to my juice/smoothies 3x/week. She didn't say anything about fermented foods but I think this is the kick in the pants I need to consume more fermented foods for my gut. also for gut health she wants me increasing glutimines - white fish, eggs, pulses, cashews, edamame, papaya...
She suggests limiting my red meat and replacing it with white meat or fish, and lamb will be my best source of iron.

She's also given me a blend of liquid herbs for preconception, but suggests I should have at least a couple of cycles before actively trying again. Knowing that there *are* some areas I can work on healthwise definitely makes it easier for me to agree that I should have some time off and focus on these changes.

 

[tcinks]

Hi Natalie! Glad you have some answers and something to work on in this in between time. Do you know when you'll go in for the pap smear? All that sounds so interesting, I've never heard of a naturopath. I may look more into that...

 

[NDH]

I'm going to get the pap and blood work done as soon as I can. My old clinic (where I was going before the walk in clinic opened) now has an app for scheduling appointments so I'll book through there. I started going to the walk in clinic primarily because my GP has such long waiting lists to see her and when we need to go to the Dr its not usually a wait three weeks reason haha. Plus the walk in clinic is open til 10pm every day including weekends. But also I hate making unnecessary phone calls so I don't like calling to make appointments at first the walk in clinic only had 30-45 minute waits, which isn't much more than some people wait to see the Dr WITH an appointment . but lately its been well over an hour and once was three hours. And its frustrating seeing a different Dr every time.

 

[kdmalk]

Natalie, that is a lot for you to take in! At least you have something to focus on during your time off. I am doing a lot better on diet lately by reminding myself what would and wouldn't be good for baby. DH is helping me when I am craving sugar by reminding me that it doesn't help my body to be healthy for a baby if I give in. I'm certainly not perfect, but doing much better about it. I love having something to focus on.

Not much new here. 3dpo and the worst sore throat ever. I don't typically get sick, and this is out of control. It is practically raining pollen here so I am chalking it up to allergies. Boo. Still ignoring all symptoms (not that I have any yet) and planning to test on the 26th. Really hope this is our month. I had a dream last night that I was complaining to all my family and friends that everybody I knew was pregnant (which is real life for me right now) and I couldn't get any sympathy in my dreams. Everyone is just standing there with their newborns and their pregnant bellies telling me to suck it up. I think that is probably an accurate reflection of my life right now. Lol.

Working the bake sale at work today raising money for our Relay for Life team. So much temptation. I got only a blueberry muffin. Go me!

Hope everyone else is doing well. Haven't heard from Zay in a long time--hope things are looking up!!!!

 

[KTJ006]

Natalie...that is SO interesting!!! How crazy that she was able to get so much information looking at your eyes! Very neat. I'm glad you have some direction on things.

Kaylee...hope you feel better. It's gross here too pollen wise. It's been raining all week and there are puddles that have a layer of yellow on top of them from the pollen. Gross.

SooOOoo here are some pics of our kitchen renovation! We have been working on this since we moved into our house 7 years ago...haha. I've shown before and after pics (they are labeled as such), since it's such a big change. We painted the cabinets right when we moved in, changed out the appliances, then did the floor 3 years ago, then did the countertops, backsplash and beadboard just this year. We will be painting in a few weeks, and then I'll redecorate everything. It's been fun! But I'm ready to move onto the next project (re-doing my daughters room to make it more "big" girl )

 

[Fleur828815]

Jamie, could you take a bit longer to pack and move in a couple of weeks? Just over a week to go till your appointment then, nice surprise!

Katie, your kitchen looks fab, good job! I’m not sure what my official due date is… between 27 October and 1 November.

Natalie, wow, that must be a lot of information to take in, but at least she’s given you lots of ideas about what changes you can make to your diet etc. I’ve never understood the point of long waiting lists for the GP either.

Kylee, hope your allergy clears up quickly. That dream sucks, fingers crossed you’ll soon be proving it wrong. You’ve got more willpower than me, working at a bake sale and only getting ONE blueberry muffin!

I’ve got my 12 week scan on Friday morning, I’m scared they’ll find something wrong… Also going in for a blood test tomorrow to check for blood sugar levels, toxoplasmosis, HIV (no reason why but I’m always paranoid it’ll suddenly turn positive) and some other stuff.

 

[KTJ006]

It's my birthday today!! And I'm O'ing. And DH is gone. Ha. I don't know whether to be happy or sad. LOL I'm sure you ladies understand!

 

[Fleur828815]

Aww Katie, happy birthday! Have you got anything nice planned for yourself after the kids are in bed? Movie, biscuits, chocolate?

 

[jlw617]

Happy Birthday Katie! I totally understand, when dh was in the military he was gone for a lot of special days! I think one of the hardest was when I was 5 months pregnant with my first and it was my birthday! Haha I was a hormonal mess! You've done an amazing job with your house! I LOVE the backsplash!

Kylee-I'm really hoping this is your month!!!

Natalie-I'm glad you got some answers, hopefully you can focus on your body and that will help you to distress a little about everything.

Fleur-I wish we could but honestly we've already procrastinated enough! The one thing that's keeping me going is DH is really excited about it, don't know why but when he's happy or excited about something it always gives me motivation! I just had all that blood work done and I always have irrational fears that something's going to come back positive too! Haha women are crazy lol!

Terissa-yes, it is amazing how much junk we accumulate!!!

 

[NDH]

Happy birthday Katie! Sorry DH isn't around we've never been apart for my birthday, but we were apart for one of DHs birthdays and our second anniversary. When we immigrated to Australia I had to come first. It was just supposed to be 2-3 months before his VISA was granted but it ended up taking 6 months.

 

[KTJ006]

Thanks, ladies!!! The kids and I had dinner at my parents. They made my favorite meal (baked ziti with a homemade sauce) and a homemade chocolate, chocolate cake. My sister and nieces were there too. We just needed DH and my brother-in-law. My youngest also used the potty today for the first time too!! He's 2.5 and this is a huge step! my oldest was already potty trained by his age, but she is a girl and supposedly they are easier to train. All in all, it was a fabulous day. Putting my kiddos to bed then relaxing with some TV!

I also realized this is one month from when I would have been due (May 16th). Guess I won't be seeing a BFP before my "what would have been" due date. Oh well. There is a plan!!!