IVF/IUI - Winter 2012 & Beyond! (updates 1st page - 25 BFPs, 7 - twins!)

[BlueStorm]

Welcome back Mrs. Bear! Thanks for all the updating that must have taken a long time!

 

[Tella]

Welcome Back Mrs Bear. Hope you continue to feel better and that we will see a us pic soon

AFM > 6DPO, So another 6 to go till Beta. Not much happening on this side, no cramping nothing. Hoping the lack of them is a good sign.

 

[ILuvBabies200]

So have a day to go for my cheat test before my beta on the 8th. Not sure if I should be having this much of cramping & lower back ache. Felt like Af...thank God am off work today & tomorrow, so I can try to sleep, could not sleep all night.

I feel as though it's all over.. But trying to be positive.

I had lots of cramping with this transfer. It must have been the baby digging in because I'm over 8 weeks now! Keep your chin up!

 

[sunshine1217]

Tella, I love your picture! When did you get married?

So today I had my follow up scan for my SCH. The clot has gone down and bleeding has stopped so the Dr said my body may just reabsorb the rest. More importantly, the beanie's growing lots! Its head is now very defined as a separate piece from the body and has grown to 1.85 cm and has a HB of 168. I had all these bad thoughts going into the scan but now can finally breath a sigh of relief. Phew!! My dr defines 1st trimester to be over at 12 weeks, I seem to find other opinions on Bnb. I've scheduled my 1st trimester screening for the beginning of April.

 

[Care76]

That is great news Sunshine! I am glad your little bean is growing strong!

 

[urchin]

fantastic news sunshine - glad to hear your wee one is growing like a good 'un!

I managed to speak to my midwife today - we have been missing each other since monday ... and I have my first appointment with her next Tuesday - I'm so excited *bounce*

Lets hope she's a nice one

 

[ILuvBabies200]

Sunshine-Yay on bean growing! I go in next Wednesday. It can't come soon enough.

 

[sunshine1217]

fantastic news sunshine - glad to hear your wee one is growing like a good 'un!

I managed to speak to my midwife today - we have been missing each other since monday ... and I have my first appointment with her next Tuesday - I'm so excited *bounce*

Lets hope she's a nice one

Can I ask why some people go to midwives and some people go to doctors or does everyone go to midwives in Europe? I don't know much about midwives but you guys all seem to have one. Urch, you know when you do 1st trimester testing? I'm still apprehensive about leaving my RE and going to a regular OB.

Sunshine-Yay on bean growing! I go in next Wednesday. It can't come soon enough.

It'll come before you know it! Be sure to get lots of rest. Remember how my beanie was always dating a day or two behind in the last two scans? It's spot on this time and the doctor thinks it's because of my rest. How are you feeling, are you still nauseous?

 

[urchin]

Can I ask why some people go to midwives and some people go to doctors or does everyone go to midwives in Europe? I don't know much about midwives but you guys all seem to have one. Urch, you know when you do 1st trimester testing? I'm still apprehensive about leaving my RE and going to a regular OB.


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Over here most women have midwife-led care - it's only if there are complications that you become doctor-led.
There's a long tradition of midwives - they used to be just a local woman with lots of experience of bringing babies into the world. My great grandma was one and she owned two cloaks: if she put on the brown one, she was attending a birth, but if she went out in the black one it was for a laying-out!

These days of course they are highly trained specialist nurses, and it's only if there is something that requires a lot more medical help that they hand you over to a doctor.

So, my midwife will handle everything for me (not sure what testing though!) but hand me over to hospital midwives (I presume!) when it's time to go in.

 

[ILuvBabies200]

fantastic news sunshine - glad to hear your wee one is growing like a good 'un!

I managed to speak to my midwife today - we have been missing each other since monday ... and I have my first appointment with her next Tuesday - I'm so excited *bounce*

Lets hope she's a nice one

Can I ask why some people go to midwives and some people go to doctors or does everyone go to midwives in Europe? I don't know much about midwives but you guys all seem to have one. Urch, you know when you do 1st trimester testing? I'm still apprehensive about leaving my RE and going to a regular OB.

Sunshine-Yay on bean growing! I go in next Wednesday. It can't come soon enough.

It'll come before you know it! Be sure to get lots of rest. Remember how my beanie was always dating a day or two behind in the last two scans? It's spot on this time and the doctor thinks it's because of my rest. How are you feeling, are you still nauseous?

No nausea just exhaustion. I sleep all the time it's insane! LOL

 

[Tella]

Sunshine > Thank you so much! We got married on the 24th of April 2009. Im so happy to hear that the bleeding is a thing of the past and that both beanie's are doing great! Ive also seen the whole 1st trimester thing about if it is 12 weeks or 14 weeks.

urchin > fx'd for a nice MW for you!

AFM > 7DPO still no symptoms really. Seems like my bean must be using all the progesterone from the supplements hence no side effects from it

 

[bastetgrrl]

YAY It's CD1! The has arrived!! (never thought that I'd be SO thrilled) She kind of picked a crappy time though. Now my CD3 will be on Saturday (normally NOT a big deal) but when I need to have my meds delivered it is. I'm not about to pay $$$ for the meds BEFORE my appt only to find out that I have a cyst and can't try this cycle. I already wasted 3/4 of a gonal f pen because of the last cycle getting cancelled. Hopefully they'll have some idea as to what I can do. Why can't things just be easier?

I'm going to try to stay positive though. Looking forward to scheduling my acupuncture appts!

 

[Tella]

Yay!!!!!!!! Im so glad you can start again! Cant wait to see your BFP!

Maybe phone and find out, i remember my doc saying it is fine to come in on CD2 as well.

 

[Care76]

Can I ask why some people go to midwives and some people go to doctors or does everyone go to midwives in Europe? I don't know much about midwives but you guys all seem to have one. Urch, you know when you do 1st trimester testing? I'm still apprehensive about leaving my RE and going to a regular OB.

I know in the UK most women see midwives. Here in Ontario, we have a choice of a OB or a midwife. I chose a midwife because you have the option of a home birth, birthing centre birth, or hospital birth. Basically the midwives are natural and have many birthing techniques to help you through the pain naturally. Here you are with your midwife from your first appointment, during labour and birth, and for the first 6 weeks post delivery. You have a team with one primary midwife and two or three secondaries that you see throughout your pregnancy. This is in case your primary midwife is unavailable, you won't have a stranger doing your birth.

If you choose an epidural you are then transferred over to a OB (they are working on changing this though). If there are any risks that come up I will be transferred back over to my high risk OB. I still see him for U/S, and I understand I may not be able to stay with a midwife, but I want to at least try.

Here the midwives send you for all your testing. Mine already asked me to start thinking about the screening for chromosomal abnormalities because we have to set up the tests for 12 weeks and it takes a few weeks to set up. The first screening is a blood test with a special U/S that measures the neck of the fetus. You then get a report on your chances of certain abnormalities like downs, trisomy 16, and trisomy 18 (and all trisomys I think, they scare me the most). Then you decide with the stats if you want an amnio done. I am so torn on this. I have changed my mind a bunch of times. I know that with some (like trisomy 16 and 18) the babies have a very small chance to live and if they do most don't survive the first year. I would never want my baby to suffer.

 

[bastetgrrl]

Yay!!!!!!!! Im so glad you can start again! Cant wait to see your BFP!

Maybe phone and find out, i remember my doc saying it is fine to come in on CD2 as well.

Looks like I'm going in on CD5 which is when I started last time. I'm just praying REAL hard that I have NO cysts so we can proceed.

 

[Tella]

Here by us we stay with our FS or Gynea, till the end. I must say it scares me as well to think about stuff like that but i dont think you can make up your mind untill you are in that situation. And i pray none of us ever has to deal with that!!!

Bastetgrrl > Yay so you dont have to stress about getting meds on Saturday. We pray that there wont be any cysts and that you will be able to start immediately!

 

[sunshine1217]

Urchin/Care, Midwives sound much more nurturing than doctors. My doctor is pretty nice and I'm a little apprehensive about being handed over to another one since I've gotten very comfortable with mine.

When are you guys doing your 1st trimester screening?

 

[Care76]

Urchin/Care, Midwives sound much more nurturing than doctors. My doctor is pretty nice and I'm a little apprehensive about being handed over to another one since I've gotten very comfortable with mine.

When are you guys doing your 1st trimester screening?

12 weeks, if I decide to do it. There is also another test called Integrated Prenatal Screening that is a bit more reliable. I am going to ask about it next time.

 

[BlueStorm]

YAY It's CD1! The has arrived!! (never thought that I'd be SO thrilled) She kind of picked a crappy time though. Now my CD3 will be on Saturday (normally NOT a big deal) but when I need to have my meds delivered it is. I'm not about to pay $$$ for the meds BEFORE my appt only to find out that I have a cyst and can't try this cycle. I already wasted 3/4 of a gonal f pen because of the last cycle getting cancelled. Hopefully they'll have some idea as to what I can do. Why can't things just be easier?

I'm going to try to stay positive though. Looking forward to scheduling my acupuncture appts!

Yay I am so happy to hear this! Praying for no cysts...I think you are gonna be ok

 

[urchin]

Yes, I think that's the appeal of midwives - they are much more nurturing and less clinical ... more of a pregnancy friend with added expertise!

I won't be having most of the screening; I won't terminate if my child has Downs, so what is the point of testing? All I'll know is the risk level but this can only be confirmed with an amnio - and an amnio runs the risk of causing miscarriage, so I won't have one of those.... and like I said, I won't terminate so all I'll find out is something that will worry me, but make no difference to the outcome. Whether they tell me 30% or 70% chance I'll still be in the same boat: my child may or may not have downs, which is exactly the same position I'm in right now
Same goes for the other things they test for.