First time IVF - Started Lupron last Thurs - Would Love some Buddies

[KrissyB]

Lady - I know tons of ladies who have used private ultrasound clinics like that and they all seem very happy with it. Otherwise, is there any chance you could just schedule your anatomy scan a little earlier? Maybe say you're traveling for the holidays

Bright - FXed for another great beta! But with a first one so strong, I'm sure you can't be too worried

AFM - Had our anatomy scan today. Was anyone else ever told about the still birth risks with IVF in the last month of pregnancy? This doctor was a bit blunt about it, which I completely respect, but it caught me so far off guard. I mean the chances are still very low, but I just didn't like to hear "doubled"
But as far as today went, things are great. Her measurements (and they confirmed she is a girl) were "exemplary" and it looks like she'll have a big head just like her big sister did lol. And all my blood flow and everything was great, so all in all they were optimistic that the low PAPP-A issues may be resolving themselves.

 

[brighteyez73]

Ok ladies today's Beta is 3,263.

 

[beaglemom]

brighteyez - awesome numbers!

krissy - I was not told about those stats. But my dr did tell us at the delivery the stillborn rates go up significantly as you go further past 41 weeks. My mom was nervous about the c section and asked how long it would take if I waited for labor naturally. Something I was not interested in because stats or no stats I was already nervous to be past my due date.

booger - parenthood is surreal sometimes. Most days I just do what I have to do to keep him happy & alive...but there are those great moments when he is sleeping or awake & satisfied...I am not exhausted...and I look at him & can't believe my life...I can't believe his life. I can't believe what I went through to make him & I can't believe I grew him. I think when we do our next FET I will be so nervous for that pregnancy...like I am tempting fate. This pregnancy I felt amazing as far as nerves go. I was nervous sometimes but for the most part I just felt it was right & meant to be & would all work out.

I had my postpartum today. My dr says I look great, my incision looks great, my baby looks great. I am cleared to have sex & exercise. I plan to move our unused exercise bike in the living room & ride while Derek sleeps. I want to lose all my fertility treatment weight gain. Only about 25 lbs. I don't plan to diet or anything...just try to get in shape. She also mentioned she advises we wait a year to get pregnant. But I have no intention on using birth control. What will be will be. I do hope to call my RE in the spring to discuss everything. We expect a good tax refund & my husband's bonus. So all IVF debt will be gone. We can set aside the FET money. I really want a spring baby, so I am hoping my RE will let us do a summer transfer. 9 months seems to be enough time to me. But I need to research more the risks involved.

Hope everyone is doing well. My husband has a 3 day weekend coming up...not sure the plan, but will be nice to have him home for more than a day at a time.

 

[LadySosa]

Wow Brighteyez- that is great! It's gotta be twins! How exciting!

Krissy- I haven't heard that yet. Sort of discouraging, but docs always have to give you the worst case scenario. I think even if the chances are double, they are probably still very low.

We have an appointment this evening at the retail ultrasound clinic! I'm so excited!! By 7pm tonight I'll know the gender!! Eeeeee

 

[brighteyez73]

Thank you Lady - We sure hope so!!

 

[KrissyB]

Eep!! So exciting lady!! Do you have any inkling (or preference) on what the gender will be?

 

[LadySosa]

ITS A GIRL!!!!! We had our scan last night and it was so cool to see her moving around! The technician said it is definitely a girl. She was hiding behind the placenta so it was hard to get a good profile picture of her, but she could at least see the 3 lines indicating it's a girl. We are so over the moon!! I'm having a hard time focusing on work today!

 

[KrissyB]

CONGRATS LADY!!
Are you going to wait until Christmas to tell your family?

 

[LadySosa]

Haha no. I am so bad at keeping secrets. I told everyone right away, including our official Facebook post! We also ordered Christmas cards and put the u/s pic on the card.

 

[booger76]

Hooray, Lady and Krissy!!! Two more girls! How exciting!

Brighteyez - Congrats on your two great betas! Those numbers sound pretty promising to me.

Sars and Beagle - I can't believe your little boys are already 6 weeks! It's weird how time really does seem to fly when you're looking back. When you're in the thick of it, it doesn't seem like it's flying but it really is.

Beagle - Congrats on being cleared to start exercising. My plan is start walking now that it's finally warmed up outside. I have heard to wait a year to get pregnant again, too. I think it's to let your body completely recover but lots of ladies don't follow that rule.

Sars - How did your 6-week checkup go?

Terri - That's great you have your shopping done. I haven't done any! Haha - I think all my nieces and nephews are getting cash this year. How is your marathon/half-marathon training going? I can't remember which one you are doing first.

Amy - Less than two weeks until transfer now!

Hi to everyone else!

Just logging in to see what's going on and to say hello. Things are going well here. Little Piper is two weeks old today. I'm feeling pretty good. I can fit into my regular clothes for the most part, so it's nice to feel normal again. We've been working on getting the house decorated for Christmas. I think we'll finally get it all up in time to take it all down.

 

[Amy1976]

Hi Everyone!!

Booger - You and I have similar labor stories in regards to the labor length and the swelling. That must be what causes the severe swelling... loooong labors lol. It was SOOOO bad so I know exactly what you are talking about. I don't think that happens in normal labors as nobody else I know really complained about that. I had to leave the hospital in my socks because my feet didn't fit into the shoes I wore to the hospital LOL.

Terri - I'm just like you, I'm about 90% done with my Christmas shopping lol. I hate waiting until the last minute and I hate dealing with the crowds and the parking. So I do most online and then just pick up a few other things here and there.

Krissy - Congratulations on having a girl!! I'm so excited for you. I think your little girl will love having a little sister. I have 3 brothers and I would have killed for a sister, especially one close in age

Brighteyez - Congratulations on such a great beta. That is such great news. I can't wait until your scan.

Beaglemom - I'm glad everything is going good for you. I didn't know you were planning on getting pregnant again so soon (well less than a year from now). That is awesome though! I think they want you to wait because you had a c-section right? What other reason is there to wait? My friend got pregnant 4 months after giving birth and when she was 7 months pregnant the c-section scar tore and sent her into early labor. They told her that she didn't allow enough time for the incision to heal enough to carry another pregnancy.

LadySosa - Congratulations on having a girl!! That is such precious news. I'm so happy for you! I love little girls

AFM - My transfer is in two weeks, on Dec. 17th. I'm getting excited. I will be 7dp6dt on Christmas Eve so I will probably test then, which is a little scary since I don't want bad news, but I know I won't be able to wait any longer than that lol.

I live about 15 minutes away from the San Bernardino shooting. Everyone is freaking out and it's all over the news constantly here. The whole situation is so sad. What is the world coming to? It's so scary. Now there saying that it's possible there is an active ISIS cell in this area and to stay away from shopping malls and movie theatres etc... of course it's the busy time of the year.

Also my puppy is sick again. Well she's sick but she's not. She's acting just fine. But she went to get her teeth cleaned a few weeks ago and they always run blood tests before putting her to sleep and her kidney values were severely elevated again. So they kept her all day on an IV to try and get them down, which they came down, but not to normal. So she asked me to come back in a week to retest. So I did and they were back up. Normal is between 5 - 29, Mya's was 135 (so REALLY high). My vet said she was baffled because these levels show advanced kidney failure, yet her urinalysis came back normal and they didn't see any kidney damage in the ultrasound they did the last time she was sick, and of course with that degree of kidney failure, she would definitely be acting sick (which she's not at all). So she said that they have done basically everything they could do at this clinic and that I needed to go to a specialist. So I make an appointment with an internal medicine vet. At first she was so nonchalant about it when I started telling her the sequence of events, then she started going through all the paperwork my vet sent over and then was like OMG, I need to retest her immediately. I was like um ya lady, that's why I'm here. So she did, and it's now up to 153. They repeat the urinalysis and ultrasound, again all normal. So now she's baffled. She says the test results are conflicting one another and that she wants to consult a different department. Meanwhile she did some more blood tests to rule out a hormonal or adrenal gland cause. So now I'm just waiting for those results. I'm so worried yet I have no idea what to think.

 

[brighteyez73]

Krissy - Thank you...they are great numbers and I am grateful for them. I worry because I know you can have excellent numbers but lose you baby when you think everything is going perfect. So I will probably be a little worried until I am holding my baby in my arms and he or she is healthy. I know it sounds crazy but I lost my son Kyle in December 2013 which will always be painful to me.

 

[brighteyez73]

Hi Everyone!!

Booger - You and I have similar labor stories in regards to the labor length and the swelling. That must be what causes the severe swelling... loooong labors lol. It was SOOOO bad so I know exactly what you are talking about. I don't think that happens in normal labors as nobody else I know really complained about that. I had to leave the hospital in my socks because my feet didn't fit into the shoes I wore to the hospital LOL.

Terri - I'm just like you, I'm about 90% done with my Christmas shopping lol. I hate waiting until the last minute and I hate dealing with the crowds and the parking. So I do most online and then just pick up a few other things here and there.

Krissy - Congratulations on having a girl!! I'm so excited for you. I think your little girl will love having a little sister. I have 3 brothers and I would have killed for a sister, especially one close in age

Brighteyez - Congratulations on such a great beta. That is such great news. I can't wait until your scan.

Beaglemom - I'm glad everything is going good for you. I didn't know you were planning on getting pregnant again so soon (well less than a year from now). That is awesome though! I think they want you to wait because you had a c-section right? What other reason is there to wait? My friend got pregnant 4 months after giving birth and when she was 7 months pregnant the c-section scar tore and sent her into early labor. They told her that she didn't allow enough time for the incision to heal enough to carry another pregnancy.

LadySosa - Congratulations on having a girl!! That is such precious news. I'm so happy for you! I love little girls

AFM - My transfer is in two weeks, on Dec. 17th. I'm getting excited. I will be 7dp6dt on Christmas Eve so I will probably test then, which is a little scary since I don't want bad news, but I know I won't be able to wait any longer than that lol.

I live about 15 minutes away from the San Bernardino shooting. Everyone is freaking out and it's all over the news constantly here. The whole situation is so sad. What is the world coming to? It's so scary. Now there saying that it's possible there is an active ISIS cell in this area and to stay away from shopping malls and movie theatres etc... of course it's the busy time of the year.

Also my puppy is sick again. Well she's sick but she's not. She's acting just fine. But she went to get her teeth cleaned a few weeks ago and they always run blood tests before putting her to sleep and her kidney values were severely elevated again. So they kept her all day on an IV to try and get them down, which they came down, but not to normal. So she asked me to come back in a week to retest. So I did and they were back up. Normal is between 5 - 29, Mya's was 135 (so REALLY high). My vet said she was baffled because these levels show advanced kidney failure, yet her urinalysis came back normal and they didn't see any kidney damage in the ultrasound they did the last time she was sick, and of course with that degree of kidney failure, she would definitely be acting sick (which she's not at all). So she said that they have done basically everything they could do at this clinic and that I needed to go to a specialist. So I make an appointment with an internal medicine vet. At first she was so nonchalant about it when I started telling her the sequence of events, then she started going through all the paperwork my vet sent over and then was like OMG, I need to retest her immediately. I was like um ya lady, that's why I'm here. So she did, and it's now up to 153. They repeat the urinalysis and ultrasound, again all normal. So now she's baffled. She says the test results are conflicting one another and that she wants to consult a different department. Meanwhile she did some more blood tests to rule out a hormonal or adrenal gland cause. So now I'm just waiting for those results. I'm so worried yet I have no idea what to think.

Amy - Thank you!! I am so excited as well, I am scheduled for Monday at 1:30pm. Which can't come fast enough, I just want to see my baby or babies and make sure they are doing ok.

Lady - Congrats on the baby girl, thats exciting. Do you plan on doing something special to announce the little princess?

 

[beaglemom]

Amy - good luck on the transfer. I am sorry you are so close to the ciaos. But in reality no one is really safe anywhere. I hope they are wrong about the Isis group.

Booger - glad you are doing well. There will be no gifts coming from our house this year. All gift cards or cash. I think people would understand with the new baby & all.

Lady - congrats on a girl. So exciting!

I have asked some other TTC folks & there are several answers from their dr on when to try again. And they are c sections as well. I just need to research. I doubt I could be lucky enough to get a natural pregnancy...but you never know. We have one embryo left & I want to transfer within a year. I would like a spring or summer baby. So even if I had to wait a year, I could still have a summer baby. I just want to do it sooner rather than later. I just need to research it more.

 

[brighteyez73]

Hello 👋 ladies! Hope 🙏 everyone is doing well! We had tge scan yesterday and look at whats going on.

 

[terripeachy]

Are those twins?

 

[brighteyez73]

Are those twins?

Yes twins it is!!!

 

[terripeachy]

Oh cool! With such high betas, I'm not surprised. That is amazing news. Congrats!

 

[KrissyB]

Congrats brighteyez!!!! That explains those high betas! You guys must be so excited

 

[Amy1976]

OMG Brighteyez!! Congratulations!! That is awesome news! I'm so happy for you!!