Cycle 1 day 1. Who's with me? *update* It's a girl! Congrats baby_bray!!!

[moter98]

twinkie - i asked my mom about it, and she had the same thing your mom did! the radiation to "kill" it and then taking the pills. you should be able to just take the pill though since you seem to have the underactive. i think taking care of that will help you get your BFP really soon!

mail - yep, i am all about whatever kills the pain. had placenta accreta with ds. by then the epidural had worn off and i don't wish to ever repeat that pain. excruciating doesn't even do it justice. i don't wish that on anyone. i still have nightmares. dr has assured me they will top off my epidural the next time, not plug it out. (it's more likely to happen again)

 

[Twinkie210]

Moter... I am with you. Give me drugs as much and as fast as you can. Lol with my first I had a drip epidural and it was broken so I didn't get any drip. Lol second time I told the guy it didn't work the first time and this time I didn't want to feel my legs for a week. It was bliss lol.

I have no urge to suffer. I am suffering enough already. Lol plus one of us needs to be level headed. Dh has a tendency to panic. Lol

I am the same way! DH wanted me to try "natural" child birth with DS and I told him no Fing way! Anytime he wants to pop a kid out without any drugs he is more than welcome to, but if I have a choice of labor with pain or without, I am going without thank you very much!

 

[moter98]

And Twinkie... Totally not wrong to want a disease if that helps with conception. I want my baby so bad I am willing to stand on my head for nine mo if that's what it takes.

LOL... I read an article about a woman who had to spend most of her pregnancy in the hospital with her legs elevated above her head because of an incompetent cervix or something. I could suffer for 7 or 8 months if I got a baby afterward...

they usually do a cerclage (sew Cervix closed)around 14 weeks for that. in some cases they catch it too late. i was at risk for that too with ds. it turned out fine though. my dr told me they do cerclage or just let you lose it. that's cold, isn't it?

 

[moter98]

Moter... I am with you. Give me drugs as much and as fast as you can. Lol with my first I had a drip epidural and it was broken so I didn't get any drip. Lol second time I told the guy it didn't work the first time and this time I didn't want to feel my legs for a week. It was bliss lol.

I have no urge to suffer. I am suffering enough already. Lol plus one of us needs to be level headed. Dh has a tendency to panic. Lol

I am the same way! DH wanted me to try "natural" child birth with DS and I told him no Fing way! Anytime he wants to pop a kid out without any drugs he is more than welcome to, but if I have a choice of labor with pain or without, I am going without thank you very much!

DH told me to take every drug they would give me,lol! he doesn't like hospitals and didn't want to be there at all. needless to say i had zero support from him during delivery. he played online poker and watched truTV the whole time. about every 45 minutes he would pat my leg and ask how i was doing. yep, i have an extra sensitive hubby!

 

[menb]

Ha! You ladies are funny with your hubby and pain med stories from previous births. I guess since I'm still a 'labor virgin', I'm still under the impression that I can do it.

I don't necessarily like pain either, but due to a choking phobia I've had for over 20 years, I don't swallow medicine--ever!!! My prenatals and other vitamins are chewable and docs always find liquid versions of antibiotics, etc. If my migraines get bad enough, I chew the excedrine--yuck!!

 

[moter98]

the pain meds they give you during labor are all through an IV or the epidural, which goes in your back. nothing taken orally, at least not during my labor. i do believe it makes a huge difference if you have a birth partner. in my case i didn't have that support and didn't feel like i could do it on my own.

 

[BERDC99]

I could not imagine giving birth naturally..........you would have to be crazy to even attempt it!

 

[mailcmm]

Lol I go to dinner and come back to the comedy hour of pain meds. Lol classic. Menb if you make it naturally more power to you. When I figured out my epidural didn't work it was too late and it wasn't like cutting off my own appendages until I tore.... Ouchers. The pain was so intense I puked. That still wasn't the worst part....I still had to get stitches. Lol

 

[mailcmm]

Lol Moter... My ex wasn't very happy to be at the hospital either and when my kids were born he went home and came back to pick me up when they discharged me. So you see it could be worse. That's why I traded his ass in for a younger more caring model. I call him my dh but we aren't legally married. Maybe one day but I am skeptical on the sanctity of marriage. We'll see. Anyway, this one is like Ben afflecks character in he's just not that into you. I never ask him to do anything twice and if I call him he drops everything....including the ps3 remote.

 

[moter98]

Oh wow! You are lucky mail. Mine doesnt like hospitals cause he spent over 50 days in one and almost died. He doesn't trust drs and it gives him bad memories I guess.

 

[mailcmm]

That's sucks. But I know how he feels. Had a similar situation as a child. Not really life threatening but the drs didn't know what I had and due to lack of treatment and wrong treatment was in the hospital for a while. Lol turned out to be severe hypoglycemia. Drs are not high on my list either.

I have had a really good day. Didn't worry too much. Went out to dinner and got some rest. Now I am going to sleep as I don't know how I have made it thus far. Although horrible bosses was worth not sleeping.

 

[moter98]

dh almost died due to the nurses not paying attention. his lungs were filling with fluid and they didn't notice. thank god his mom was there at the time. she insisted they check him and sure enough he was suffocating. needless to say, it's a miracle he even went with me to the hospital at all. he even stayed with me the whole time. it was really a big deal for him.

glad you had a good day yesterday mail.

 

[colta]

My DH is pretty good with hospitals, he's had some bad experiences but whenever we had to go (especially when I was treated for my ectopic), he was stellar.
I'm a nursing student (graduating in t-minus 4 months!!), so whenever he starts to freak out or get confused, he just looks my way so I can explain things or calm him down.
When I was being treated with the methotrexate and whatnot, he damn near had a heart attack! I ended spending most of my time calming him down and helping him understand... it actually helped my deal with the situation a lot.

Now, how he'll react when we get to the delivery point and I'm in no mood to help him? I have no idea.

 

[Twinkie210]

Well I just had my blood test done, I should know the results in a week and I have called my OB/GYN to see if I can get an appt with him...

 

[television]

Well today af should be here but no show yet dont feel like its coming either but i dont want to test dont want to see 1 line i will def est tomorrow if no show

 

[moter98]

good luck twinkie!

colta - he will do just fine. that time will be his turn to stay calm and help you out. a little preperation would probably be helpful for him. maybe a birth partner book or a class. DH didn't do any of that, but turns out didn't matter. he was really great, when it came down to the nitty gritty. yours will be too.

 

[moter98]

Well today af should be here but no show yet dont feel like its coming either but i dont want to test dont want to see 1 line i will def est tomorrow if no show

sounds promising! wow, do you ever some willpower.

 

[Twinkie210]

colta- you might find out you don't really need him when it comes to delivery. DH was in the room for DS's birth, but instead of helping me he mostly annoyed me! He will be lucky if I don't kick him out next time, LOL. All he did was fidget with everything and would touch me which was aggrevating! While I wanted him to be there to appreciate all we go through to have babies, part of me thinks it would have been easier just having my Mom and Sis with me... That kind of sounds mean doesn't it? LOL

 

[moter98]

Just finished heaven is for real. Great book! Thanks for the recommendation Twinkie

 

[Twinkie210]

Just finished heaven is for real. Great book! Thanks for the recommendation Twinkie

No problem! Seriously if anyone else on here likes to read, it will really change the way you think about things...