IVF until we all get our bfp! 2012-present *13 w/twins & 1 w/triplets!*

[GettingBroody]

Az - Delighted the surgery went well but I'm so sorry that Dawson is in pain. Just be there to hold him and love him - I'm sure your presence is doing him as much good as the pain meds. But make sure to look after yourself too - you'll be no good to him if you crash and burn... It's a pity that your mum can't be there with you or even relieve you for breaks. That would help a lot I'm sure. I hope Dawson's pain begins to ease today and don't forget he won't remember a thing about this in years to come...

 

[honeycheeks]

Ladies have any if you taken methylprednisolone during your IVF? I have I start these pills tomorrow and I'm scared. Wondering how you felt?

I have been on prednisolone . They are the most bitter tasting gross pills ever. Other than the taste they made me feel nothing.

 

[honeycheeks]

Cd - I am so so sorry hon. We are all here to listen if you need to cry or rant...

Honey - I know this might not be the right time but if I were in your position I think I would write a letter to the hospital outlining what happened. It is disgraceful that what was going on was not explained to you immediately. No woman should be left so in the dark... I know that is not your priority right now but maybe something to think about in the future.

Az - what a gorgeous picture of Dawson! I hope today is going well for you both...

Stinas - team purple!!! Congrats!!!

Chris - these things just happen sometimes. Even with ICSI we only had 3 fertilise normally. 12 is a great number! Grow embies grow! When is your next report? How are you feeling?

Broody I am definitely writing a letter to the hospital. Just waiting to get back my energy. My body feels broken today. I had some major cramping yesterday but nothing now. No bleeding no spotting. Waiting patiently to pass my baby.

 

[Mamali]

Az glad the surgery went well, am so sorry Dawson is in so much pain. I know it's unbearable to see him in such agony, but be strong for him, and as MrsC said, we are all here for you

Chris I took prednisolone tabs and didn't have any side effects from them. 12 is awesome, I had 4 fertilize with icsi, put back 3 and now have my one little miracle in the oven .

Hello everyone

 

[never2late70]

Hello Lovelies:
I haven't been on in a while and man have they changed things up on here. Most of us on here are friends on FB, but just wanted to pop in on the ones that are not and say hello.

Honey: I am absolutely furious and heart broken for you. What a nightmare.

Thinking about you all.

~Angie

 

[Chris_25]

I am going to the doctor for an ultrasound in a few hours to check on things. I am extremely swollen and having bad pains still in my stomach and chest. I hope it's not the ohss again.

 

[GettingBroody]

Keep us posted Chris. Fx'd it's not ohss...

Never -

Honey -

 

[Chris_25]

Thanks ladies.
Basically I have a lot of fluid inside me and I did develop the ohss again but he said he's not going by what he's sees today and wants to see what it looks like on Monday. So if I do still have fluid he said he will drain it which I can't even think about and then they have to freeze the embryos and I have to wait till I heal. Or if it looks better he will put them in. He said if he puts them in while I have this fluid and ohss and I did get pregnant I will end up in the hospital while pregnant. So I have to go in Monday no matter what and I'm not sure if I will be doing the transfer or freezing them and draining the fluid.

 

[Likklegemz]

Hi guys, sorry I haven't been on in be few weeks. I've had a pretty tough time.f irst we had a spat of break-ins (thankfully the police have caught them!), I've had on and off pain with my tooth resulting several emergency trips to the dentist including today. I've ended up having a dental X-ray - had no choice really as the infection looked like it was going to spread - one root canal later I'm still numb but the swelling seems to be going don (only took about 12 weeks on and off to get it resolved!) dentist explained that whilst they prefer not to X-ray when pregnant the benefits outweighed the risks and if I didn't get it resolved it could spread and cause preterm labour (a scary thought I'd rather not go down) has anyone had a dental X-ray when pregnant? I know I should probably stop consulting dr google but I can't help myself - desperate for reassurance!

I've also had to deal with a uti - I am honestly so pleased to see the back of the second trimester, caused me nothing but problems! On a bright note my 4d scan is on Sunday (was Saturday but has been cancelled) so excited, but am determined to keep it a secret

Honey, I'm so so sorry at what you've been through. I was sure this was going to be the one after everything you've been through. Your in my thoughts, and you don't deserve the way your hand has been dealt. I hope and pray that the next few days go as easy as possible (I'm not sure that's the right word but its hard sometimes to type what you feel) get some time to gather yourself together and then I'd defiantly kick ass over what you went through. You shouldn't have been left in the dark. Have you thought of counselling? When I had my miscarriage two years ago it really helped. Sending lots of gentle hugs sweetie x x x

Stinas massive congratulations - one of each! Secretly jealous that I'm not pregnant with twins (would love that!). Are you over the moon?

Mobaby, have you had your 20 week scan yet? Your nearly at the half way point now - woop!

Mamila are you all ready for labour with hospital bag etc packed and ready?

Cd, I'm really sorry to hear what's happened to you, hope your taking it easy and getting lots of rest x x

Chris 12 out of 23 is brilliant! Remember its quality over quantity! I had 4 out of 9 fertilise so you've had more than half. Like mo said sometimes it just happens like that. If I'm not no by Monday hope et goes to plan x x

Az - that's a totally gorgeous picture of Dawson! I'm glad today has gone really well for both of you. It sucks that the hospital won't let your mum stay over to help throughout the night. Did you manage to get any sleep at all? X x

Sorry to all the lovely ladies I've missed, hope everyone is doing well x x x

 

[MoBaby]

I did my scan at 18 weeks we can do anatomy scan from 17-20 wks at my clinic. All was great! Sorry about your series of bad events hoping things turn around!! I'm past half way b/c I'm delivering at 37 wks so 17 weeks to go!!!

 

[Chris_25]

Have any of you ladies used crinone? I'm sure you have, but I sometimes burn from it and I get brown spotting after inserting it. Did this happen to you?

 

[Chris_25]

Hi guys, sorry I haven't been on in be few weeks. I've had a pretty tough time.f irst we had a spat of break-ins (thankfully the police have caught them!), I've had on and off pain with my tooth resulting several emergency trips to the dentist including today. I've ended up having a dental X-ray - had no choice really as the infection looked like it was going to spread - one root canal later I'm still numb but the swelling seems to be going don (only took about 12 weeks on and off to get it resolved!) dentist explained that whilst they prefer not to X-ray when pregnant the benefits outweighed the risks and if I didn't get it resolved it could spread and cause preterm labour (a scary thought I'd rather not go down) has anyone had a dental X-ray when pregnant? I know I should probably stop consulting dr google but I can't help myself - desperate for reassurance!

I've also had to deal with a uti - I am honestly so pleased to see the back of the second trimester, caused me nothing but problems! On a bright note my 4d scan is on Sunday (was Saturday but has been cancelled) so excited, but am determined to keep it a secret

Honey, I'm so so sorry at what you've been through. I was sure this was going to be the one after everything you've been through. Your in my thoughts, and you don't deserve the way your hand has been dealt. I hope and pray that the next few days go as easy as possible (I'm not sure that's the right word but its hard sometimes to type what you feel) get some time to gather yourself together and then I'd defiantly kick ass over what you went through. You shouldn't have been left in the dark. Have you thought of counselling? When I had my miscarriage two years ago it really helped. Sending lots of gentle hugs sweetie x x x

Stinas massive congratulations - one of each! Secretly jealous that I'm not pregnant with twins (would love that!). Are you over the moon?

Mobaby, have you had your 20 week scan yet? Your nearly at the half way point now - woop!

Mamila are you all ready for labour with hospital bag etc packed and ready?

Cd, I'm really sorry to hear what's happened to you, hope your taking it easy and getting lots of rest x x

Chris 12 out of 23 is brilliant! Remember its quality over quantity! I had 4 out of 9 fertilise so you've had more than half. Like mo said sometimes it just happens like that. If I'm not no by Monday hope et goes to plan x x

Az - that's a totally gorgeous picture of Dawson! I'm glad today has gone really well for both of you. It sucks that the hospital won't let your mum stay over to help throughout the night. Did you manage to get any sleep at all? X x

Sorry to all the lovely ladies I've missed, hope everyone is doing well x x x

Wow sorry you had to go through that while pregnant! I wouldn't worry too much I've heard of any pregnant women having to have an emergency x-ray it's a small amount of radiation and as long as your not doing it everyday all will be fine. Glad they took care of that tooth!
Thank you as of yesterday which was day 3 we had 11 embryos going strong. So we will see what happens tomorrow!

 

[MoBaby]

Crinone gave me weird discharge... Anywhere from peach, white, grey, brown and pink. I used it until week 12 and I was so over it!

Oh I started inserting about 1" (length of tip of pinky) and it helped. The gel and applicator irritate the cervix.

 

[Chris_25]

Crinone gave me weird discharge... Anywhere from peach, white, grey, brown and pink. I used it until week 12 and I was so over it!

Oh I started inserting about 1" (length of tip of pinky) and it helped. The gel and applicator irritate the cervix.

Ok because I've been sticking it up as far as it can go. I am also having weird colored clumps fall out its gross

 

[MoBaby]

Yes it's some nasty stuff! My clips wouldn't come out.. I had to clean them out, that's gross!!

 

[Likklegemz]

Chris good luck for tomorrow hope everything goes well (it is transfer tomorrow right!) my days and nights are all blending into one

Had 3d scan and it was fantastic! I'm even more in love!

Hope everyone is doing well and have had a lovely weekend x x x

 

[Mamali]

Likkle sorry about the tooth, wish you a quick recovery. Am almost through getting ready for the baby, can't wait to meet him/her.

Chris wish you all the best tomorrow.

Az how are you and Dawson doing? Hope he is getting better and able to feed now.

Hello everyone .

 

[azlissie]

Hello everyone! Thanks for thinking of Dawson & me - we've had an incredibly stressful, crazy four days. We finally made it home this afternoon. Yesterday he was super lethargic all day - he slept almost continuously from 8-2. They decided maybe the narcotic pain meds were too strong so they switched to plain Tylenol. He finally started acting like himself around 8pm & that was when he drank his first significant amount since before the surgery. They stopped the IV & decided to see if he could drink enough over night & this morning to maintain. He did really well with his first 3 feedings so they discharged him about 2 this afternoon.

I'm dead tired - there's just no way to sleep in the hospital, especially when they're giving meds every 3 hours & checking vitals in between. And I'm frustrated with the plastic surgeon because I feel like he misrepresented the recovery process. He made it seem so easy & said Dawson would be drinking from his bottle right away & would go home after one night. If I has known we could be looking at 4 days I would have been mentally prepared, and I would have packed differently. I guess this has helped prepare me for when he has to have his palate surgery - I'll go in prepared for the worst case scenario. But I'm very happy with the job the surgeon did & I think Dawson looks great!

 

[Mamali]

Az Dawson looks great!!! Wish him a quick recovery. My and to him, hope you will be able to get help now and take some rest.

 

[GettingBroody]

Wow, that's fantastic Az! And it's possibly still a bit swollen now, is it? He looks beautiful (as he always did! ) I agree, of you'd known what the recovery was going to be like it would have been easier to prepare for/deal with. You are now out the other side though so get some sleep mama and enjoy your lIttle man!

Likkle - delighted your scan went well! Photo?!

Mamali - cant believe you're nearly there! Your bfp seems like only yesterday!

Honey & CD - how are you doing?

We went to a party in our hospital for World Prematurity Day yesterday. It was so lovely. I'd say there was close to 100 babies/toddlers there... (and loads of cake )