Femara Friends!

[BabyMaybe917]

I thought I'd pop in... I used to stalk this page pretty regularly as it would give me hope that Femara would work for me. I tried it about a year ago then went off it for other options and a short break TTC then started back again. I just wanted to share that my 3rd cycle of double the normal dose of Femara worked for me! I've gotten my and am expecting twins in June!

Congrats I think I have seen you on the multiple forums! Lots of twin moms popping up all the sudden thats great... we need to keep the multiples threads a hoppin haha

Haha, Yep I started posting there... I recognize your "Thing 1 and Thing 2" picture! Our nursery will be decorated Dr Seuss Cat in the Hat... decided before we knew it was twins. So it will be kind of perfect to have Thing 1 and Thing 2 things lol.

 

[TLB1986]

Af showed her ugly face on Saturday... Still a BFP Virgin. Starting 5mg Femara again tonight. HOpe this is the last month I'll have to take it.

 

[~Brandy~]

Update for me

So after the cerclage and hospital stay over this last week I saw the doctors today and did some REALLLY long scans lol. The good news is the cerclage looks "perfect" according to the doctors. The babies are back up high where they should be and my cervix is completely closed and over 3CM now which is what they need to sustain a twin pregnancy. The only good thing about this whole high risk pregnancy is getting weekly pics. Todays turned out ok but they only did a 2D next week they will do another 3D they said. The girls are measuring at 17W5D which is awesome that they are a little ahead of schedule. I hope they stay that way since the doctors think they might have to take the cerclage out around week 34 and they would come right after that.

Heres my girls.. Nameless right now as hubby is so indecisive on names lol

Oh forgot to mention... I get to return to my daily activities and work for now but will be checked for issues. It's full bedrest at first sign of anything going wrong. I also have to start progesterone injections again just to be safe.

 

[karenh]

TLB: Sorry for your negative. I hope you 5 mg works for you.

Prayerful: Sorry about the loss of one of your embryos. The pic of you little bean is so perfect!

Brandy: I am so glad things are better! Your girls are beautiful and I am so glad that you are able to work a little.

Sugar: That overtime is nice on the paychecks! I am glad that you are getting closer to your goal. That feels great!

MK: Your maternity leave sounds great! I am glad that you get so much time with your little one!

KelliGal: Welcome. Most of us aren’t on femara anymore but we have been. We can answer whatever questions you may have and hopefully provide the support you need.

NC: Yikes! You have had a few crazy weeks! I’m so sorry you hear about your hand! I hope you heal quickly.

BabyMaybe: Congratulations on your BFP and twins!

AFM: Caseworker called Friday right as I was supposed to be heading to a meeting, so I missed the meeting. Babies are more important right? : ) He just wanted to clarify about something the caseworker said that was no big deal. He said he is officially writing our home study now. I am taking that as a good sign, but cause if he knew of anything we needed to work on in order to improve our chances that he would let us know before he went through all the work to write our home study. Right?!?

 

[TonyaG]

I'm a little late in replying but I still follow along! Travis is 3 months old and it's a really fun stage as he is starting to play and show lots of personality!
I am also in Canada and get a year off, I am going to start trying for #2 in March and I'm hoping to only have to go back to work for 6 months until my next maternity leave!!
I am not sure how I think this is going to happen since it took me 7 years to get Travis!

 

[karenh]

Tonya that is wonderful! Three months already! Good luck trying for your second!

 

[~Brandy~]

I'm a little late in replying but I still follow along! Travis is 3 months old and it's a really fun stage as he is starting to play and show lots of personality!
I am also in Canada and get a year off, I am going to start trying for #2 in March and I'm hoping to only have to go back to work for 6 months until my next maternity leave!!
I am not sure how I think this is going to happen since it took me 7 years to get Travis!

Good luck with #2! Maybe you will get lucky Alot of people start trying early thinking it is going to take as long as the first and end up with a BFP right away Fx for you.

 

[Cridge]

Hi girls! I still check in every once in a while - I love to see how everyone is doing and love to see those bfp's!

Karen - waiting to get picked was HORRIBLE. I was a total stress case. You're so right when you say it's like being pregnant with no due date. But it's worth it in the end. Hang in there!! As far as breastfeeding, I totally wanted to bf if we ended up adopting. Having breastfed 2 babes, I'm of the opinion that breastfeeding doesn't lead to ultra bonding, as many assume. It is wonderful, for sure, and definitely something worth doing, but I truly believe that you can bond with your baby perfectly fine without breastfeeding. In fact, taking breastfeeding out of the newborn mix would sure make things simpler in some ways. And while I don't think formula is bad, I do think breastfeeding is so much better for babies if you can manage to do it. Moral of the story is, either way is perfectly fine - the important thing is that your baby is getting fed regularly. But that being said, if breastfeeding is important to *you*, then it's worth doing it for your adopted baby.

Prayerful - sorry about the OHSS! I had it bad as well. Drink lots of water and take it easy!!

 

[karenh]

Hi girls! I still check in every once in a while - I love to see how everyone is doing and love to see those bfp's!

Karen - waiting to get picked was HORRIBLE. I was a total stress case. You're so right when you say it's like being pregnant with no due date. But it's worth it in the end. Hang in there!! As far as breastfeeding, I totally wanted to bf if we ended up adopting. Having breastfed 2 babes, I'm of the opinion that breastfeeding doesn't lead to ultra bonding, as many assume. It is wonderful, for sure, and definitely something worth doing, but I truly believe that you can bond with your baby perfectly fine without breastfeeding. In fact, taking breastfeeding out of the newborn mix would sure make things simpler in some ways. And while I don't think formula is bad, I do think breastfeeding is so much better for babies if you can manage to do it. Moral of the story is, either way is perfectly fine - the important thing is that your baby is getting fed regularly. But that being said, if breastfeeding is important to *you*, then it's worth doing it for your adopted baby.

Prayerful - sorry about the OHSS! I had it bad as well. Drink lots of water and take it easy!!

Thank you! I really appreciate you kind words and support!

 

[sugarpi24]

Karen I'm really glad you heard from him! Sounds like everything is working out and hopefully it goes faster and you'll have your baby soon!

 

[karenh]

Thanks! I really hope it goes quickly as well. However, my sister needs to think before she speaks. I really don't think she says these things to hurt me, she really just doesn't think before she says them. Yesterday her and a friend or mine and I went to a cloth diaper store. I was telling my friend that my sister has been contimplating cloth diapering but doesn't know if she should really invest in them if this is her last kids. (she is pregnant with her third boy) I told her I would throw her a diaper shower and people could all bring one cloth diaper. It would be fun. My sister turned to my friend and said, "She is hopeing I will be done with them when she gets her baby so she can then have them." REALLY?!? I really want to talk you into doing cloth diapers so that I can put off having a baby for 3 years until your baby that isn't born yet is potty trained and then steal yours? No way. First of all I don't want all her hand me downs, second, I thought this was something we could bond over and go through together. Like I said, I know she means well, she just needs to think things through before she says them. She is the one that before her second said, "I bet I have my second before you have your first!"

 

[amjon]

Any new updates from you preggers ladies lol

My boys are 4 months now and getting so big. We're ready to start for #3(and maybe #4).

 

[Cridge]

Karen - my sister is the same way. It took her 3 months to get pregnant with #2 (and I started trying for #1 before she was even married, and still wasn't pregnant by the time she was pregnant with #2) and she was all weepy saying she didn't think she'd ever get pregnant again. Ummmmmm..... She says things all the time and I just flat out tell her that I hope she NEVER says that to someone that is trying to get pregnant. I know she has good intentions, she just doesn't get it. At all.

 

[karenh]

Right! Sisters, you love 'em but sometimes, yikes!

 

[sugarpi24]

oh wow karen! im sorry your sister said that. yeah sometimes people dont think before they speak. :/ That was a nice idea for your sister though.

 

[LolaM]

of course they dont get, they dont have to. Its a non-issue for them, must be nice. I think only once has someone been so heartless to me. My <no longer> close friend and her husband were filling out papers for our fostercare license, because they agreed to be a reference for us. I asked her if they had recieved the papers in the mail because they had been sent out the week before and she said "oh, something came from them addressed to my husband. I dont know what it was and i dont care. it didnt have my name on it, so its not my problem" She has 4 boys and could have had more and for her to be so very heartless...she has also forgetten what its like to have a baby in the house and isnt speaking to me because hubs and i cant spend every waking moment with her.

And my PMS is sooo getting the best of me this week, i was on vacay last week and i have zero energy and a monster headache. Baby boy has a rotten case of seperation anxiety lately, poor guy!

 

[karenh]

How mean! I can't believe she said she didn't care about filling out your reference. Ours were all honored to be asked. Sorry she isn't being the best friend right now. Who is little man having seperation anxiety from? Is he having a hard time with you going to work?

 

[LolaM]

How mean! I can't believe she said she didn't care about filling out your reference. Ours were all honored to be asked. Sorry she isn't being the best friend right now. Who is little man having seperation anxiety from? Is he having a hard time with you going to work?

most were more than accomodating, and even hubs gramma gave a reference when one of the paper ones got lost and we needed another one! Baby cries when any one but mama or dada hold him. Even if we are still standing right there, he will cry and hold out his arms so we take him back. He has started to do it at daycare too, which NEVER happened before! Im hoping its a new phase, but im worried because im not sure if its stress from having these visits, it hasnt gottten better, its gotten worse! by law, the mother has to have her visits until we go back to court...

 

[KelliGal]

Hey ladies, as Karen mentioned a lot of you aren't on Femara anymore, but when y'all took it did any of you have pink/blood tinged EWCM on cd 8? AF left on cd 5... So I am kind of confused.. I'm crampy too...

 

[amjon]

Hey ladies, as Karen mentioned a lot of you aren't on Femara anymore, but when y'all took it did any of you have pink/blood tinged EWCM on cd 8? AF left on cd 5... So I am kind of confused.. I'm crampy too...

I didn't.