Getting Fit Before Baby

[Fern81]

Congrats drjo!

Swimmy- glad you're going for counselling. I've finally convinced my husband that we see someone too; now to decide on who & when.

Sooo I need to re-join to help me lose my baby weight! I still have about 9kg to lose. I can't go carb-free while breastfeeding but I'm going to try to start exercising tomorrow.

 

[swimmyj1]

Fern - congrats!! did you have a boy or girl? and what name did you pick (if your ok with sharing I was doing really good watching my carbs/intake. then idk i had a harry potter movie marathon and carb overloaded and sugar galore! im so mad at myself!!

 

[ireadyermind]

Good morning, ladies!

DrJo - Any BFP updates?

Fern - Good to hear from you! You know you're always welcome back here with us.


AFM -- SUUUPER dark +OPK this morning! I have an appt scheduled with the clinic in an hour. Trying to pass the time before leaving, but I'm nervous and excited! I'm hoping the meds actually did their job this time. If this OPK is anything to go by, I should be set.

Wish me luck, gals. I'll have more info for you after the appointment.

 

[drjo718]

Iread- can't wait to hear about your appointment! I'm sooo excited for you!

Afm, I had an hcg test on Monday and another on Wednesday. Monday's was 63, yesterday's was 145! So we're doubling and all is well so far. I can schedule an ultrasound for 7 or 8 weeks. It all feels a little surreal right now. I didn't even think I ovulated, and here I am. With my first pregnancy, I had a feeling of doom and gloom from the beginning. With Nora, I felt very sure that everything would be fine. With this one, I don't know what I feel. Maybe it's because it happened quickly this time? I did tell my husband several months ago that we were destined to conceive in January and have a baby on our anniversary, which is October 10...this baby is due October 24. So maybe it's just meant to be.

 

[krissie328]

Irym- I hope you get great news at your appointment.

Drjo- that's great news about your beta.

Swimmy- did you get to have some alone time for va lettings? I hope so.

Afm, we cancelled our fertility appointment. For now the plan is just to work on my health and not prevent. I doubt anything will happen. I am going to give myself until October or so before deciding for sure if we are done with one or not.

Now just gotta actually stick to getting healthier.

 

[ireadyermind]

DrJo - Woo, doubling betas! I'm rooting for that little bean! I can understand being uncertain how to feel about this pregnancy. It's kind of a torturous thing to go through after miscarriage, isn't it?

But FX'd and dust and good vibes for you!


Krissie - Giving yourself time to consider your options is a good thing. We're here to support you whatever you decide.



AFM -- Just got back from the clinic. We had a nice breakfast afterwards, so my apologies for the delay.

Ultrasound showed 1 follicle at 18.7mm, 1 at 25mm, and 1 follicle lagging at (I think she said) 15mm. Doc said my lining also looks excellent, but didn't tell me the measurement on that one, and my blind self couldn't see it on the screen from as far away as I was. Just happy to hear it's a good lining.

Got the trigger shot today, we go in tomorrow at 830am for collection and IUI! I'm so excited!

 

[krissie328]

Woo! Those are awesome follicles. I'm so happy to hear you have a good shot this cycle.

 

[drjo718]

Those are great follicle sizes, iread! Hopefully your 2 larger ones will release with the trigger and you'll have double the chances!

 

[Fern81]

Thanks for the welcome back I need this positive energy! Eating right and finding time to exercise with a newborn is hard lol.

Irym- that sounds awesome! Sounds like 2 large follies, great response to meds etc! Oh I'm keeping my fx so hard for you. Keep warm in the tww have you asked your dr about baby asprin? It helps embies stick even if you have no blood clotting issues (by helping along placental invasion), and can do no harm unless you have a blood disorder like haemophilia. This is according to my maternal-fetal medicine specialist dr. X

Congrats again drjo. I hope this lil bean sticks (I have no doubt it will though!) And an anniversary baby! That's a great sign .

Swimmy- oh don't we all have days like those! I've had a couple of days like that in a row now. We had 2 Valentine's evenings (dinner out and candlelight dinner at home the next night) and have been snacking on leftover choccies since :/ at least once it's finished I won't be tempted anymore because going shopping is hard. We should both just NOT have sweets at home; less temptation. I had a little boy, he is just amazing! I'll try to pm you his name (posting from my phone).

I got a postpartum exercise plan from a biokineticist (spelling?) but this man has clearly never been 3 weeks postpartum himself lol. He's set up an intense 60 min HIIT workout for me daily. First off, finding a whole hour daily is HARD! Secondly, I'm still recovering physically from childbirth and definitely don't have the energy for a daily bootcamp yet. Oi. So I plan on doing a modified version of the plan and build up the intensity. And keep going for lots of walks with the stroller!

 

[ireadyermind]

Fern - Yes, I had heard about Baby Aspirin, and the good news is that so had the clinic! lol

They put me on low dose aspirin from CD1 and I'm to continue until told otherwise. The awesome thing is that I've been following that regime on my own before I even started being treated there. Haha


Well, today's the day, gals! Appointment for DH is in an hour, and my IUI in two hours. I'm so nervous!


EDIT: After Appt update!

We get into the exam room today and notice they have a little container of smelling salts taped to the wall. Not stored in a drawer or container on the counter, it's taped to the wall with a little bit of scotch tape. As though they couldn't waste the time spent opening a drawer to get to these things if they needed to.

It made me nervous! Was the procedure going to be SO painful that I ran the risk of fainting?

But I convince myself it can't be worse than the cervical biopsies I have to put up with every 6mos. The ones where they are literally cutting two or three rice-sized pieces of flesh from my cervix without numbing the area first. It can't be worse than that.

And it can't be worse than the HSG, where they shoved a catheter up there and inflated a balloon in my uterus! So I calm myself down, the doc comes in, inserts the speculum and the whole thing is over faster than I can count to 10-Mississippi. Phew!

So I just couldn't imagine how they would ever need those smelling salts. I'm honestly asking here, and I mean no disrespect: ARE there ladies that faint over something as minor as this?




Anyway.... Doc said that DH had 35million motile, healthy sperm AFTER washing for this IUI, and they consider anything over 8 to be a good collection. He said, "So you (DH) had a good day!" haha

When we did an ultrasound to see what was going on with the follicles, the 18mm and 11mm ones were gone, but the 25mm follicle was still there. He estimated that one will release at about 2am and wants us to come back tomorrow morning at 730am for another IUI.

I am a person for whom early mornings are TORTURE.. but we're gonna do whatever it takes to get our best odds at a sticky BFP!

 

[ireadyermind]

I updated my previous post with info, but I wanted to add -- Anyone care to speculate what could've happened to the 18mm and 11mm follies? Can they disappear in fewer than 24hrs without actually releasing an egg? Would they just reabsorb themselves like that, when follies are supposed to be growing at 2 to 3 mm per day until ovulation?

It's also possible the doc just didn't see them on the other side there. He didn't exactly spend a long time poking around with the wand.

 

[krissie328]

I have no idea why they would disappear. I'd be inclined to say at least the bigger was just hiding.

At any rate dh had a good donation so that sounds very promising! I'm so excited for you this cycle.

 

[ireadyermind]

Krissie Since the smaller ones were on my left ovary, I don't think the larger one hid them, since it was on my right. They just disappeared! I don't even know how that's possible, but it happened to me last cycle too. All my good follies vanished the day after I stopped taking estrogen supplements. I'm glad the 25mm one was still there!

 

[krissie328]

Yea, must be something about the hormones. It's amazing how intricate our bodies are when it comes to reproduction.

That is great your had one good follicle so still a great chance.

 

[Fern81]

Good news IRYM, I'm guessing the follies might have been at the back of the ovary and that he just didn't visualise them (maybe he was just concerned with the larger follie??). But it still sounds great!

 

[ireadyermind]

Fern - That's a good point. I didn't think about my ovary as a round object in 3D space, I was thinking of it more like a flat thing. I hadn't considered that my moving around and whatnot during the day might've shifted the ovary and follicles as well!

I'm waiting for DH to finish showering and getting ready, and then we're off to our second IUI!

I felt overall crampy and uncomfortable last night at bedtime and wasn't able to get a good night's sleep at ALL. I think I will come home and take a nap!

 

[ireadyermind]

And I did come home and nap! Which was good, because this second IUI had me much more crampy than yesterday's. It was good to just lay down and let it pass while I slept.

Now the next decision is: do I do daily Wondfos to watch the Ovidrel leave my system, and then start testing for BFPs? Or do I just wait out the 15 days they want me to wait before testing?

Decisions, decisions.

What would you ladies do in my place?

 

[krissie328]

I'd totally test it out but I'm insanely impatient.

 

[ireadyermind]

I'd totally test it out but I'm insanely impatient.

lol me too!

I keep telling myself not to go test today because it's better to do it in the morning anyway, but then I argue with myself again and say, "So? We're just waiting for the Ovidrel to leave my system! Time of day doesn't matter!"

Haven't decided yet one way or the other. Wait til morning, or do it now?

I think I will probably cave and end up testing it out. I can't wait 15 whole days before testing!

My research says this dose of ovidrel should be out of my system 7 days after taking it, which would be Thursday. Hmmmm.

 

[Fern81]

I tested out my ivf trigger from about 10"dpo". I would stop drinking fluids at about 9pm (making sure to keep well hydrated during the day), then try to time a bathroom trip at about 10 pm, after which I tested every morning at the same time after a 9 hr hold. With the same brand test. And after all of that OVERKILL, I still didn't believe my bfp at first lol!!