International bumps to be!

[Madrid98]

You too expatt! Good luck with the 2ww! I hope you'll get your bfp at the end.

 

[expatttc]

Hi ladies, It's still pretty quiet around here!
Any news from any bumpy ladies? Looking forward to hearing from everyone
I'm still into the TWW -- now at 11dpo, and not letting myself do a test until the weekend...
I don't have any symptoms that others have...lots of twinges, but that's normal, and I normally have some light brown around my cvx at this time of my cycle, and it showed up yesterday (one day early). So keeping fingers crossed and dreaming of a bfp in a few days. Send baby dust, or prayers, or just plain luck or whatever you believe in if you have a moment, and I'll do the same right back

 

[Madrid98]

 

[ChrissiK]

Good luck expattc!

Looking forward to that test this weekend!

Things are getting closer here, just need to hang on 2 more weeks and I can have my home birth (hopefully!), 5 weeks to EDD...

 

[expatttc]

Aaaaand now there's bright red around my cvx in a sweep as well.

Madrid, I like your style, heehee, but I'm sticking with my gut about testing on Saturday.

Particularly with this spotting

 

[rjsmam]

hey expat - sending mega dust & a wee prayer...




madrid - hope you are keeping well & feeling excited!

chrissi - ooh soo close! how are you feeling?

stuck/hena/dusty/everyone else - not heard from you in ages - hope all is well & just having too good a time to update




x

 

[Madrid98]

Very excited in fact!!! I got today my 3+ on a digi which stands as a huge milestone for me. I never got that with the previous pregnancy. My scan is next Tuesday so we'll see what we find in there.

How are you rjsman? Are you having another scan to find out the sex or is it going to be a surprise?

 

[rjsmam]

Very excited in fact!!! I got today my 3+ on a digi which stands as a huge milestone for me. I never got that with the previous pregnancy. My scan is next Tuesday so we'll see what we find in there.

How are you rjsman? Are you having another scan to find out the sex or is it going to be a surprise?

fantastic - I will be looking out for your scan news!!! tuesday is right round the corner.... hope you aren't getting too much ms & tiredness.....

i have been doing really great - having some aches and pains at the moment though but suspect they simply growing pains. we hoped to find out the gender at 20wk scan but the umbilical cord was between juniors legs. the scan lady checked all angles & couldn't see any boy bits so said she thinks girl - but couldn't be 100%! we aren't telling people though.... & despite originally hoping for a girl i honestly now couldn't care less if it's pink or blue! so we're gonna save our pennies & wait patiently for junr to make themselves known!



x

 

[Madrid98]

I've been having ms on/off and keeping it away by eating regularly. My bbs are sensitive & I'm bloated. Tired at times but I also had a cold the past 2-3 days so I don't want if it was one thing or the other. The only problem I may find with not knowing before hand is the buying stuff. My friend is 39wks pregnant and she doens't know what she's having. I found it hard to find staff that it'll be good for boy and girl. Some of the yellow staff isn't that nice.

I'm counting the days and hours until the 14th. So hoping for something to be there & healthy this time around! Even though the scan is that day I think they may give me another appt after 2 wks to check on me again. I'm terrified!!!

 

[ChrissiK]

Oh Madrid, this is such an exciting time!
I really hope this is a sticky one, I'm sure it will be hard to relax until the ominous week 10 has passed!
And what a wonderful Valentine's present it would be if everything looked good on Tuesday!

And maybe Expatttc will get a great positive test this weekend to surprise her DH on Valentine's!? (Has the bleeding stopped???)

As for myself, things are crazy busy. While I have everything ready for the baby, I am also in the final stages of putting together a bilingual (German/English) book for girls with a fairy theme and have spent hours trying to pick an illustrator! I also keep blogging for the pregtastic website and recently did a piece on TTC!
I am feeling ok, I don't think very many women are comfortable in the last weeks, I am getting slower and slower on the dog walks, the clothes are turning into tents and I have a hard time getting off the sofa! LOL
But I was at my 34 week appointment yesterday and everything was fine, no protein in the urine, blood pressure normal, baby head down and heart beat strong. If she stays in for 2 more weeks I can have my home birth. I have the pool set up (dry) in the nursery, but if labor goes quick again, I will not be able to fill it - it needs a LOT of water. We are planning on a trial run this weekend!

I'm friends with dusty on FB and she seems to be doing fine!
Is anybody still in contact with stuckinoki? I've been wondering how she is doing...

 

[Madrid98]

I was thinking about dusty. She is probably about 14 wks now I guess. It's a shame she doesn't come here any more.

 

[expatttc]

...afm, bfn and more spotting. Think I'm out

 

[expatttc]

...and af today. Think I will lay low for awhile.

 

[Madrid98]

So sorry expatt!

 

[ChrissiK]

Sorry expatt! Sending for next months!

 

[ChrissiK]

I finally wrote that blog about TTC, even though I left out a lot of the heart ache...
https://www.pregtastic.com/trying-to-conceive-oh-the-things-we-do/

 

[MollyMalone]

Just check in.

I went to see my fertility specialist this am. It was pretty quick, I was asked if I've been gettin my periods ok with the progesterone, etc... And was finally prescribed Clomid . I'm starting on 100mg from cd2-6, then I have to go for a scan on cd14 to 16 to see if its working. The Dr wants me to continue taking progesterone, but to wait until she tells me when to start it (she wants to know for sure I have ovulated before I take it).

She told me we are gonna do 4 rounds. More than 6 rounds highly increases the chances of developing ovarian cancer later in life so she doesn't advise doing them. She said that because I'm so young (23) if I don't get pregnant in 4 cycles, then we'll discuss doing a 5th one or look into other options. I still have 4 more days of progesterone and then I'll have to wait for about another 4 until I get AF (8 days in total), but I already bought the Clomid I'm so impatient!

My ma is visiting from Dublin, so when I got back I decided to tell her about the treatment and she said exactly what I said this am "you need to relax", and if it takes years it doesnt matter, its ok to have kids at 30. I wasnt having it so I told her how easy it was for her to think that. At nearly 52 she still has her 28 day cycles, got pregnant with me within the 1st week of tryin! and was on the pill when she got pregnant with my sister. If I relax nothing will happen..I dnt ovulate on my own. And I know its ok to have kids at 30, but why should I put myself through 7 YEARS of disappointment if I can do something now. Yes, I could always get pregnant next month, but chances are I wont, and as my own Dr said, with PCOS is like the lotto...you could be lucky, but you never know. She understood that I had made my mind up and that was that.

I know she isnt too convinced, but seriously! Since the day her plane landed she has been tellin me about how she would love a grandchild, how my sis and my da are also talking about it...etc. I didnt think she would fully understand, but I expected a better reaction...Its a tough situation to go through...

But anyway, it didn't upset me all that much...I'm in such a good mood about the step foward...so..WHATEVER! HAHAHAHAHA

 

[rjsmam]

sorry af got ya Molly........ here's hoping that it's the last af for a long time & the clomid does it's magic for you. you are dealing with everything including your mums visit so well


x

 

[MollyMalone]

sorry af got ya Molly........ here's hoping that it's the last af for a long time & the clomid does it's magic for you. you are dealing with everything including your mums visit so well


x

No AF YET, but I can't wait for it. I'm only getting regular "cycles" because of the progesterone, but I'm not actually ovulating.

2 more progesterone pills and then just have to wait for AF so I can start a brand new, and hopefully, proper cycle...

 

[rjsmam]

sorry af got ya Molly........ here's hoping that it's the last af for a long time & the clomid does it's magic for you. you are dealing with everything including your mums visit so well


x

No AF YET, but I can't wait for it. I'm only getting regular "cycles" because of the progesterone, but I'm not actually ovulating.

2 more progesterone pills and then just have to wait for AF so I can start a brand new, and hopefully, proper cycle...

yep i realised i am a duffus it's was expat - sorry for mixing you up - expat i hope that af was your last for a long time & Molly here's hoping yours doesn't come either & you don't even need the clomid!

x