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[MoBaby]

Bubu hope you are okay!

Honey I'm doing well thanks for asking!

 

[Stinas]

Well ladies it is carpal tunnel. I got a prescription to buy those wrist bands/splints things. Yay….she also said to keep an eye on swelling of the fingers….kind of hinting on me taking off my rings, which I won't until I can't wear them lol I waited tooooo long to get them just to take them off now lol Plus no finger swelling yet.
Other than that….anatomy scan friday as well as my first of two glucose tests…yay for scans, boo for drinking that gross stuff. blah
PS, I have the night off and of course its still snowing…probably only because I actually made a hair apt I NEED to get to 45min away. Yay me!

 

[GettingBroody]

Stinas - just make sure you don't leave it too long and end up having to cut the rings off!

 

[Stinas]

lol Getting Ill freak out if I have to do that…DH would kill me as well lol They come off an on like normal, so I don't see why I have to take them off from now?

 

[Chris_25]

Well ladies it is carpal tunnel. I got a prescription to buy those wrist bands/splints things. Yay….she also said to keep an eye on swelling of the fingers….kind of hinting on me taking off my rings, which I won't until I can't wear them lol I waited tooooo long to get them just to take them off now lol Plus no finger swelling yet.
Other than that….anatomy scan friday as well as my first of two glucose tests…yay for scans, boo for drinking that gross stuff. blah
PS, I have the night off and of course its still snowing…probably only because I actually made a hair apt I NEED to get to 45min away. Yay me!

Ouch! Make sure you don't get too swelled with those rings on.
Where do you live? NYC?

 

[Chris_25]

Thanks Ladies. I really hate this! I spent most of the night periodically bursting into tears. This all, especially with the year I have had, is just taking too much of its toll on me. This time, I really felt so good - only to have numbers lower than in August, that ended up being a chemical (since they assured me, that the HCG injections could not be it). I was so sure I would be seeing nice high numbers yesterday. Absolutely crushed, when we got the results. Last time, they wrote "the results look quite good ...." and then listed the results. Now, I just had the table with the results (where in the past I would have been excited to see anything above 5 at this point - but in August, they wrote the additional text, that - because it was under 10, they were not sure that implantation had fully taken place - and we all know how that attempt ended) and the comment, that they couldn't make a statement.

Of course you are all right - it is better than a right out negative... And I know I oughtn't compare this cycle with the last - although, the unbelievably low levels make it very difficult...

You all know that I have always abstained from testing before the Beta - because this is exactly what I wanted to avoid - not knowing. Now I have had the first blood test, which really should give me a yay or nay - and am none the wiser. Am an emotional wreck. Am tired, because for the past 4 nights or so, I have been sleeping badly, having crazy dreams, waking early, and I really thought that this time, it would finally be different. Going through this 8 times (and particularly with all the crap this year) has sucked all my energy out of me, all my positivity - and on top of everything else, thanks to all the medication ... I look and feel like a whale. And I have NOTHING to show for all my efforts. Oh boy... the tears are threatening to come again

Stinas - I am sorry to hear that you are struggling with carpal tunnel syndrome. It's really nasty - you have to try and catch it as early as possible to prevent irritating it all more.

Honey - I am sorry, I have no idea what is normal or not, but I really hope that you start feeling better soon! Perhaps some of the ladies here have some ideas.

Does anyone know anything about how Dr. S + jchic are doing? They seem to have disappeared...

I'm so very sorry you haven't gotten an answer. I am praying for you and it will all work out I just know it!

 

[bubumaci]

Thanks for asking Mo... I am .. not sure. Been really quite tearful. Yesterday I cried a lot (looked at lots of photos of Mama and was just feeling generally miserable). Today, when I was driving to my waxing appointment, the tears came again. Oh well - off to the clinic for the second beta in the morning. By lunch time, I will know the results...

Thanks Chris!

Stinas, I am sorry to hear it is carpal tunnel I guess it is OK with the rings if you keep a close eye on the swelling. The last thing you would want is to have to have them cut off

everyone.

 

[Stinas]

Chris - Im in NJ. It was all slush after work, so I changed my apt for sunday….shes usually not in, but she changed it…I'm guessing due to all the cancellations. Thank goodness!

BUBU - When is the next test?

My fingers are not swelling…but I'm guessing they could eventually? Might go drop off the prescription tom before work.

 

[Jenn76]

Bubu: Good Luck tomorrow. I'm praying for you to get some good news!

Stinas: Good luck with your glucose test. Why do you have to do two? I thought that was only if you fail the first. I didn't find the drink that bad. Sorry about the carpal tunnel, I know how much that sucks. The joys of pregnancy.

 

[PRAYIN4BABIES]

Thanks for asking Mo... I am .. not sure. Been really quite tearful. Yesterday I cried a lot (looked at lots of photos of Mama and was just feeling generally miserable). Today, when I was driving to my waxing appointment, the tears came again. Oh well - off to the clinic for the second beta in the morning. By lunch time, I will know the results...

Thanks Chris!

Stinas, I am sorry to hear it is carpal tunnel I guess it is OK with the rings if you keep a close eye on the swelling. The last thing you would want is to have to have them cut off

everyone.

Bubu...all positive thoughts and prayers sent your way sweetie all my prayers are being sent just for you... xoxoxo

 

[never2late70]

Praying for you tomorrow BUBU

 

[Tella]

Keeping you in my prayers bubu

 

[Stinas]

Jenn I have no clue why I have to take two. I'll ask Friday. This one is the early one. Who knows. Yay

 

[GettingBroody]

Bubu - good luck today, am thinking of you

Stinas - I'm sure your rings are fine for now; just give them a good wriggle every now and then to make sure!

 

[bubumaci]

Thank you ladies.
Can you believe it? I am just so on tattered nerves, the moment she had finished taking my blood and I got up, I burst into tears.
I woke up again (as usual) around 3:30 ... then at 5 ... after which I couldn't get back to sleep until just before it was time to get up
Now, it's just the waiting game again, until I get the mail that the results are in the online portal ...

 

[honeycheeks]

Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers. I am so nervous too to hear the result . I hope it is one for us to celebrate. Fingers crossed for you.

 

[bubumaci]

So, I have the results ... they said that they don't look that good. My HCG has gone up since Sunday - but not by much So it can't be the HCG that I injected ... but I just don't get it.
Sunday, it was 6,8 ... today, it's 8,70... I have to go in for another blood test on Friday....

I guess the only thing I can hope / pray for, is that the results were "higher" on Sunday because of the injected HCG - would have been lower, but have gone up / more than doubled for today's results ... thing is, I have run out of energy to hope (even though my boobs have been hurting more).

E2 + progesterone have gone down. And they told me to stop taking the medication.

 

[bubumaci]

I rang the clinic to see if it wouldn't make sense to carry on taking the medication until Friday (under the assumption that the first value was really lower and just boosted by the HCG shot, and that the development is doubling)... I was told that the values are not good and it is definitely not an intact pregnancy and I should come in for the blood test on Friday.

Definitely feeling devastated... can someone please explain the pressure in my abdomen, if it is not the baby burrowing in and making itself comfy???

 

[Jenn76]

Bubu: I don't know what to tell you it's so early and I don't see why it couldn't be viable. I've seen many mama's on here have low results and progress to a healthy pregnancy. Unfortunately most that tested early were never as early as yours so it's hard to compare results. If the numbers only double every two days I wouldn't expect a high number so early. The result increased so I'd hang on to that fact and continue to pray for a positive outcome.

 

[bubumaci]

Thanks Jenn - that was what I was trying to say (when looking on the internet, I have seen lower betas at 14 dpo) - but they said that at 14 dpo it should be higher and is definitely not viable - that I should not take the medication and shouldn't have false hopes.

I had read so much on the internet, that it is not the numbers that matter, but the increase. Compared to Sunday, the numbers haven't doubled ... unless of course the injected HCG influenced the numbers on Sunday...

I can't stop crying I can't work (and I have shit loads of work to do)... I feel so helpless, so broken, so out of energy, so unhappy. Today is 9dp5dt ... the results should be much higher ...