Femara Friends!

[ZKinsey]

Hi Ladies!! I have been sitting back debating on whether or not to share a photo of my little man. I'm sure there are some people who think I should post to other groups, but this group is my "family" and we waited 3 1/2 years for our beautiful little miracle, so I decided to risk it and share! We welcomed our little boy, Corbin Grant on October 10, 2013 weighing in at 9 lbs 12 oz and absolutely perfect! Still thinking of and praying for all of you and checking in every few weeks to see how everyone is going. Xoxo

 

[LolaM]

I wish I could be so brave, but Im not and i just am not a gambler. The decision of the court will be that baby boy stays with us or he goes wiht his siblings. And that will be that. Then there will be legal courtdates for who ever has the kids.

 

[~Brandy~]

Zkinsey- He is beautiful!! Congratulations

Update- I had my 18W scan today and the babies looked fantastic!! They are ahead of schedule by 6 days and both babies are measuring the same which is fantastic news... Even better news my cerclage looked perfect and the cervix was fully closed... we couldnt be happier right now. We are taking it 2 weeks at a time. They rescan the cervix every 2 weeks and as long as we dont find any funneling I am fine they said and can carry on normal activities.

 

[karenh]

zkinsey he is adorable! Thank you for sharing!

Brandy I am so glad everything is looking great!

 

[Chook]

Congratulations zkinsey! What a gorgeous little fella I'm so happy for you and thank you for sharing!!!

Great news brandy! I hope the next 22 weeks are uneventful for you!

I had a scan a couple of days again and the baby is looking perfect ! Was jumping around and waving its hands and kicking like crazy! I had a red frog before the scan so I think I hyped it up lol. I'm now 13 weeks and still high risk do being monitored weekly but travelling fine at the moment

 

[karenh]

I can't believe you are 13 weeks already! Congratulations! I am glad evertying is going well so far and hope it continues that way.

 

[~Brandy~]

Congrats Chook!

 

[Cridge]

zkinsey - gorgeous little boy! thanks for sharing!

chook - I can't believe you're 13 weeks already! Yay!!!

Lola - I can't wait until everything is final with your baby boy so you can tell us all the details about him!

 

[Chook]

Thanks guys! It's seems to be going so slow for me lol! How are things going for you Karen?

 

[karenh]

Things are good. Our caseworker has officially started writing our homestudy. He had a bunch of questions Friday and for over the weekend, but nothing this week. I am hoping that is a good sign and that he is almost done. Just wainting to hear if we are approved.

 

[Prayerful]

Kinsey, he is so handsome! Congratulations!

Brandy - I'm glad to hear everything continues to go well with the girls and with the cerclage.

Chook - Great news! Glad everything is going well for you too!

Cridge, your little boy is almost a year old already! How did that happen?? Time has just flown by!

We finally got to hear our baby's heartbeat on Thursday! It was beating perfectly at 189 bpm. LO was measuring 3 days ahead of schedule and was 17.2mm long. I'm in love already! Our next u/s is Nov 12 - one day after DH's birthday.

Almost forgot... here is our most recent pic!

 

[karenh]

how precious

 

[sugarpi24]

anyone have issues with progesterone not regulating your cycles?

 

[karenh]

I've had to enduce my cycles with prgesterone a few times, but they were anovulatory Clomis cycles. I always started soon after starting the progesterone, I never made it to the end of the pills.

 

[sugarpi24]

I've had to enduce my cycles with prgesterone a few times, but they were anovulatory Clomis cycles. I always started soon after starting the progesterone, I never made it to the end of the pills.

i take mine on the 5th of every month for the past 2 months....and i just started spotting on Friday the 1st and then it goes away...then back again...then goes away...its not really red (sorry TMI) but brown :/ im so confused! i called my doctors office and they said itll take a little bit to get regular with them. But it seems to mess up my cycles more than help them!

 

[karenh]

hmm... weird. I don't know. I have contemplated using it to regulate, but I don't have insurance right now. Let me know if it eventually starts working.

 

[sugarpi24]

okay i will.

 

[Cridge]

sugarpi - I've taken natural progesterone cream (npc) to induce non-ovulatory cycles. It has worked 100% of the time in the past. Sometimes I have to use the cream for 7 days, sometimes 14, but it has always worked for me. I've never tried to totally regulate my cycle using the cream, only because I get lazy and hope that I'll eventually ovulate on my own. I should know better by now.

 

[sugarpi24]

yeah since im not on any fertility drugs til we do IVF next year i asked the doctor if he could give me something to regulate my cycles since i have problems on my own (i was hoping he would give me something that would get me to ovulate)....but that didnt happen so he gave me progesterone. I was told to take it on CD1 and take it for 12 days...well CD 1 didnt exactly come so i was told to start on the 5th and take it on the 5th of every month...so i have been....for the past 2 months and my cycles are still not normal! Its frustrating! I have had some red...some pink but mostly brown since friday last week so 4 days...and its not a lot...just when i wipe and some on a pad...but now it seems to be going away. Im just so confused but the nurse doesnt seem concerned. So i guess ill just continue to take my meds on the 5th of every month and hope one of these years itll be regulated....Thank you guys for trying to help me i appreciate it!

 

[Cridge]

sugarpi - that doesn't make any sense to me to be taking progesterone on CD1. I think that would mess you up even more! It's a little better to say to take it on the 5th of every month... but that seems a bit random as well. If you haven't seen af for more than 30 days, I would take the progesterone for 12 days. Hopefully, once you stop taking it, you'll start to bleed. After you have a good bleed (each time you do), then I would take another 12 days starting on day 14 or so of your cycle (based on a 28 day cycle... but any day after CD14 would work just as well). I don't mean to be trumping what your doctor is telling you to do, but if you know how progesterone works, then taking it on CD1 is not going to help you.

I've actually only had luck taking provera (which is a progesterone-type drug and will induce af... you take it for 5 days or something like that), or NPC - which has worked for me 100% of the time - I order mine online. I would think the progesterone your doctor is prescribing would work, but if not, maybe ask for provera .. or order some NPC. GL!