CanAmFam - how did your appointment go yesterday?
i was away all week dog sitting for a friend so i havent had a real PC till just now. Appointment went well and he discharged us. 1 year to the day of us going to our IVF learning class (yep they made us take a class before starting IVF) at the clinic.
we are currently weening down the Progesterone (everyother day till the 17th then stop) and weening the estrace one pill each day till the 17th. i continue all other supplements and eat iron and protein like a mad woman. i havent called an OB yet but i need to make an appointment asap. he gave us a few to choose from for the hospital of my liking and we finally gave him the OK to forward our information on thursday. hoping to get an appointment for next week.
He found the 2 babies, still healthy, strong hearts (137 ish each for heart rate) measuring well.
so im hoping these babies stay and make an appearance Christmas day, which is our due date. (most likely not since it is two)
however, the third sac still exists and is still growing... not shrinking. the yolk is still there and intact. there is a veryyyy small chance a baby could develop (or is and we cant see), but it would be severely behind (most likely). i do know stranger has happened though. i highly doubt anything will come of it but it is still a possibility. He is making me stay on a diet for triplets and upped certain medications until we know for sure.
we still will not allow ourselves to get excited until we see more growth and the pregnancy continues uncomplicated. i guess im just being guarded.
these images below are from a cell phone, so i apologize, but ill scan my ultrasounds properly later on. im just pooped. So these are the 2 definite stickies (and you can see the third sac partially in one) Colourfully named by our RE : Jose and... JosB (we gonged him for that one in the room). The under pictures are the heart rates. Upper photos measure the CRL. He also entered the wrong cycle day on the ultrasound. it was 7 weeks exactly, unless they were developed more to 7wk1day.
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What was super funny is that he had NEVER measured heart rate before on the ultrasound. 25 years in the business! i asked out of curiosity and he said "that isnt my specialty". I told him that now was the time to learn. There was an intern with him and she said she knew and showed him. so we got to be his guinea pig. very funny to see him learn something. the nurse heard the beat and said she thought it was around 135 as a guess -- pretty darn close. i told her she would get a gold star next time I saw her. i guess when you hear them all the time you can figure it out easily.
so we got our discharge kit with lots of goodies, picture frames, invitations for photo studio sessions for their wall of successes in the office, nutritional stuff on what is good to eat for multiples etc, and other info. and then they bid us adieu .
i wont be satisfied however until we have a baby in our arms. i dont think ill ever relax. we are 7wks3days... our previous personal best was 7wks4days. hoping we can throw a wonderful mothers day party and say it is the longest our babies have stuck around thus far, 7wks5days.
Thankfully ive been able to keep from throwing up. Ive come very close multiple times, usually when driving, but so far so good. i get nauseous almost each day, but nothing comes of it. i was about to ask about not throwing up and she said to not worry and count myself lucky, it had no relation to a higher miscarriage rate, and not to panic. Some people just do not get that symptom in pregnancy.
thanks for asking , Bear. sorry for taking so long to reply. im hoping for a definite answer about number 3 at some early OB visits.
still wishing luck to those trying and those that just found out they got positives. ive been through pretty much every (bad) scenario in our four ICSIs and 6 months of oral med attempts... it has been a terrible 2 years forus (hey im being honest - it sucks a lot of the time and it is OK to feel that way) keep trying if you feel you can.
I love seeing more proof that even if the first try doesn't work there are plenty of women succeeding on a second try or with a FET 
this thread really is doing well!
