{CLOSED GROUP} Journey to BFP and Beyond!

[tcinks]

Katie, big hugs for today Glad you got more BD last night!

Kylee, so excited to see an update about your appointment!

 

[coucou11]

Good luck Kylee! Can't wait to hear about the appt!

Kate, yay for BD! I think you are definitely covered, fingers crossed! So sorry about the due date, will be thinking of you and sending you good vibes.

Nat good call on the birth pool! That sounds like a great deal. Did you do a water birth with Chloe? They sound awesome.

I went to the store to buy a digi yesterday and ended up with the darn ones that only say pregnant or not pregnant, not the ones that measure weeks. So now I have to return that one and see if I can find the other kind somewhere... maybe. I had another FRER so I took that last night and it was as dark as I've seen it, so that's reassuring. Kate, I know I shouldn't stress, but the only thing that worries me is that because I am on progesterone I won't bleed even if I lose the baby. So I would hate to go through another three weeks of hoping and wasting expensive medication just to find out, oh, the baby didn't make it past 5 weeks. We'll see though, the FRER made me feel pretty good.

 

[jlw617]

Kylee, thats how my nausea started off, mid to late afternoon until I went to bed, blech! now its all day when its here but its been on and off lately-hopefully my hormones get it together and ill be done with this nasty ms! the puking can definitely be a mind game but sometimes you just cant help it! When i was pregnant with my first I puked all the time-i remember pulling over every day on my way to work so I could throw up-lovely! Yesterday I wanted chipotle so i went and ordered their chicken bowl, i was 3 bites in and it took everything I had not to puke in front of a very large group of people! I hope your appointment gos well today!

Katie-just wanted to say Im thinking of you today!

Natalie-I wouldnt have passed that up either, what an awesome deal!

Leigh-Bummer about the digi but Im glad you got a little reassurance

So, I was in denial I think but I am 99% sure I have gestational diabetes Ive been testing and though my numbers can get high, the worst part for me is that they're more often than not too low and it makes me feel awful and worries me for the baby...I talked to the nurse today who talked with my midwife and she just told me to drink more and eat every hour and a half, the problem is that Ive been eating like that in the morning and my numbers are still too low...if I cant get them to normalize more by the beginning of next week, I think Ill go in and see what they want me to do.

 

[kdmalk]

Leigh, glad you were able to get at least some reassurance.

Jamie, sorry you think you have GD! I hate that! Hope everything works out!

Well, peanut (single, thank God) is measuring within range at 6 weeks 3 days and a little heart ticking away at the right pace. Her "listener" was broken, so we weren't able to hear it today. She knows I have been worried and have had terrible experiences with past pregnancies, so she has me coming in again in 2 weeks for another ultrasound and she thinks we will be out of the woods if everything is alright then. They are remodeling so I got the sketchy old ultrasound machine that is super grainy. But here is peanut!

 

[Fleur828815]

Quick update from my phone.

So glad your scan went well Kylee, hope you'll be able to relax now.

Also had my scan today and baby's doing well, so relieved.

Will catch up properly on Sunday or Monday, have a great weekend everyone.

 

[NDH]

No Leigh I haven't managed a water birth yet. I wanted to both times, but with Sara I was hooked up to monitors and IV due to induction (they were water proof and I could and did go in the bath and shower and I had planned to just have an "accidental" water birth since our hospital only allowed laboring in the tub). But the monitor and wires just made it too uncomfortable in the water. There was only one or two positions that didn't make the monitor lose her heart rate and kept my if out of the water and they weren't comfortable for me.
And Chloe was breech and born at a hospital that didn't even have bath tubs so wasn't an option.

How unfortunate you got the wrong digi I hope you manage to exchange it.

Jamie I thought gestational diabetes was high blood sugar not low? I used to get hypoglycemic a lot when I was younger and I found the best thing to bring my blood sugar up quickly was to drink a glass of orange juice. I would get Shakey and faint if I went more than 2 hours without eating.

Fleur and kylee so excited for good scans for you both

I'm freaking out cause I wiped blood this morning :/ more brownish and mucous than actual blood so could just be harmless spotting, but I'm getting a bit of light cramping too and this whole pregnancy is reminescent of my last one so I'm paranoid of history repeating itself. Nothing I can do before my scheduled appointment on Monday anyway as its the weekend here and our hospital is abysmally equipped on weekends.

 

[coucou11]

Yay Fleur and Kylee!!! Wonderful news, so glad everything is going well!!! Congrats, rest up this weekend and enjoy it

Natalie I hope everything is ok! Will be thinking of you, I'm so sorry about this bleeding. Hopefully it is just something totally normal, and of course cramping in early pregnancy is also very normal so try not too worry too much.

Jamie, what a bummer, is there anything you can do? I also thought diabetes was high blood sugar but I'm not sure. I don't have any experience with it but hopefully the doctor can help out if it becomes an issue.

I was able to find the correct digis and took one this afternoon - got 2-3. I should be 5+5 today so well into 3+, but it was on about a two hour hold so I'm hoping it was just diluted. I guess I'll try again in the morning with FMU. Not terribly worried, just wish that I could get some real answers - might end up having to do the blood test after all (although until the scan we won't know anything for sure, sigh).

Have a great weekend everyone!

 

[NDH]

I cam deal with bleeding and cramping in pregnancy ob their own (.to a point) but together really freaks me out. there's not much bleeding and its definitely brown so that's good, and cramping is mild too, but I had very little with Mira too..
I have to call diagnostic imaging this morning to confirm my appointment Monday (I misses a call yesterday) and I'll tell them I'm bleeding and cramping and pray they might squeeze me in this weekend (they're open 10-2 on weekends I recently discovered)

Sorry for the 2-3 weeks. keep in mind it doesn't change to 3+ til hcg reaches 2001 and hcg cam be lower than that at 5-6 weeks and be just fine.

 

[tcinks]

Oh Natalie, I really hope they get you in sooner! Let us know how it goes!

Not much going on here. I have my finals next week then I'm finished for the semester. And I've decided to start working out again. I think it'll help me get some energy back and feel better. Right now I just sleep most of the day. Pools will open in a couple weeks so hopefully I can talk dh into getting a pass.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

 

[KTJ006]

Jamie, I hope your intuition on the GD is wrong, but if you do have it you'll get through it! There's so many good resources out there on it, whether it be just information but especially ways to cook/eat with it. I hope you find out soon to determine your next steps.

Leigh, totally get you now on the testing thing. Hope the one you took gave you reassurance. I wouldn't worry about the 2-3 weeks thing. From what I've heard, they're not as accurate as we think since HCG levels vary so much woman to woman

Fleur & Kylee, so awesome both scans went well!! You both need to go celebrate as I'm sure you're much more relieved now

Terrissa- swimming sounds fun!! We have a pool in our backyard (nothing grand, just a 12ft wide by 4feet deep - mainly for the kiddos but we enjoy it too...ha) that we need to set up soon. Are you taking more classes next semester?

Natalie, hoping you can get in this weekend. Keep us posted.

Well we DTD again on my last peak day, so officially in the TWW. I may be scarce around here until testing time...just want to focus on this as little as possible if that makes sense. I'll have to test early this time because my appointment is on the 28th and I'll need to know whether to go or not go for it. I'll probably test the 25th or 26th. Wish me luck! But honestly, I think whatever happens I am totally okay with it. Hope you ladies keep posting in here so I can keep up with you all when I get back!

 

[jlw617]

Kylee-yay so happy you got to see your little bean! I bet that has to be reassuring for you!

Hugs Natalie, I hope everything is ok with your little bean

Leigh-I wouldn't worry about the digit, I hear they are very unreliable when it comes to telling how far you are because hcg ranges can vary so much!

Katie-sounds like you have a pretty good chance this month! So that means you'll be testing around the end of May?

Terissa-glad you'll be done with school for a bit, that will be a nice break! I hope your hubby lets you get that pool pass swimming is a great pregnancy workout!

I wish it was just my intuition but I'm positive I have GD, the numbers don't lie and yes I too used to think it was just a problem with high blood sugar before I got more educated on it, it's like other diabetes though where it's actually just a problem regulating blood sugar levels, I do still get spikes in my sugar but like I said I've been having a hard time keeping it up most of the time, yesterday I actually went into hypoglycemic range because I hadn't eaten for about 2 hours- I'm worried because when you're pregnant and you have low blood sugars, your body can go into ketosis but I've read that the ketones can pass to the baby and act like a poison, although there still seems to be a lot of room left for research. Anyhow for those that pray, I would appreciate some prayers for wisdom and just that my body would be able to regulate my sugars better.

 

[kdmalk]

T- swimming sounds fun! I think there is a pool in town, but let's be honest, I'm too lazy to go swim regularly. Lol

Jamie- I'll be praying for you. Sorry you are having to deal with this. Hope you can get it sorted out with diet.

My house looks like a tornado has gone through. It is an absolute wreck. I am feeling pretty good today, so I am going to take advantage of that and spend the day cleaning the house. I will feel so much better once I am not looking at a bunch of crap sitting around! And one of these days I'll get around to finishing the last 6 rows of that blanket. Lol

 

[kdmalk]

Thinking of you, Natalie. Good luck! Hoping to hear some good news!

 

[NDH]

Thanks! 4 hours til scan time!
If I see anything other than a baby with a heartbeat or an empty uterus ill consider it inconclusive and wait for a repeat scan in 10 days.

 

[coucou11]

Good luck Natalie! Really hoping to see a beautiful heartbeat!

Jamie, thinking of you and wishing for the best with your GD, I'm so sorry you are dealing with this.

Kate - good luck with the TWW!! Hope it goes quickly. So glad you got that last BD in, that must be a relief

Kylee how was the house cleaning haha? Sounds like a big project.

Terrissa, yes swimming should be great! It's good pregnancy exercise. I feel you on wanting to lie around the house though!

I took another digi this morning with FMU (I should be six weeks tomorrow) and it was still 2-3 So I broke and ordered a blood test from that request a test site. I will probably go take it tomorrow morning. I'm not all that worried anyway because my boobs are really sore (more than they ever have been) and I'm exhausted (no MS though at all). But I just want to know - for those tests, 2-3 could mean 200 or 2000 levels. If I am at the high end I promise I will stop worrying until the scan. If they are low, well... I haven't decided what I will do yet, but I'll cross that bridge when (if) I get to it.

Will keep you all updated!

 

[NDH]

Good luck with the blood test Leigh.

1 hour til my scan! Butterflies have started and my hands are shaking I'm so nervous. I hope I don't break out into a full on panic attack. :/ I also already have to pee so bad I don't know how I'll make it an hour (well longer til I actually get to pee)

 

[kdmalk]

Update as soon as you can! I'll probably get up in the night to pee and I'll check for your update. Good luck!!!!

 

[tcinks]

Praying for you and the little one Natalie!

 

[NDH]

Nothing visible on ultrasound, but sonographer said I do have a nice thick endometrium indicative of early pregnancy, and I had cysts on both ovaries (corpus luteum maybe?) She's confident its not ectopic and at this stage thinks I might just be too early to see anything. So I'm not going to panic and will just get another scan next week.

It's not quite the bad news I was dreading but doesn't look promising. I'm still getting positive tests though and have good symptoms so I'm not giving up on this baby yet.

 

[KTJ006]

Oh, Natalie keep positive as you are! I popped on to see how everything went. I'm hoping you're just early and next week you'll see your babe! I know the waiting stinks but hopefully it's just time for that sweet peanut to grow, grow, grow! Hoping to check back next week to hear some good news from you!

Leigh, happy thoughts sent your way too!!