October 2018 Bumpkins!

[NDH]

As for telling, we haven't told a singe person yet, except a friend who is a photographer I wanted to get an early idea if she'd be comfortable photographing NH the birth so I could start a payment plan. So she only knows in a professional capacity. I want to tell everyone, but dh wants to wait til June (Hahaha like. I can hide a bump that long with my 4th!) so we will keep it a secret for as long as. We can get away with.

I've gained 1kg as of last Sunday which I'm really pleased with as I usually lose 5-8kg in the first trimester and I started out 5kg below my weight with the last ones and have been so worried about losing weight this time.

 

[tankel]

My I've gained about 2 -3 lbs already. But some of that is because in my 2ww, I was on vacation, eating my heart out. At night though, I can't even look at the scale because it's bonkers; sometimes it is showing an extra 5 lbs and that mixed with the bloat makes me want to . I think it is time to put away my scale.

I've been trying had to stay on course for healthy eating, focusing on protein and leafy greens with plenty of veggies and fruit. But I have let myself have some leeway ad far as my diet goes. Allowing sugar (in the form of honey) and some wheat back in, which I'm craving now but was avoiding the year before my bfp.

I was doing good with the exercise, but I skipped all my jogs this week. I can't find the motivation. Hoping to get back to it tonight.

 

[lomelindi17]

Hi there, update this morning is hcg came back at only 1914. So that's a 30% 2-day rise or 128 hour doubling time. I got my results online but I'm still waiting to talk to the doctor right now. I am really surprised it kept rising at all, as I really felt it was gone, but it still can't be healthy at this point I don't think. I'm going to request an ultrasound because everything I've read says it's a risk of an ectopic with those levels. Also I found one professional site that said the color of the bleeding with an ectopic would often be a dark purple-brown color like prune juice, which mine is, and I was feeling faint and weird yesterday and had random small pains on left side again briefly last night. I do also have pain in my right shoulder blade but I'm sure that is a pulled muscle as I often get that in that spot and I see a chiropractor for it. So none of my signs are definitive or anything but they could line up. I don't want to self-diagnose either but can't help but notice all of this. It could just as easily be a non-viable uterine pregnancy too. I'm just really hoping I can get an ultrasound asap. My Dr. is a naturopath so I don't think she does ultrasounds, so I'll have to go to an outside sonography office associated with the local hospital. Ugh hate being in limbo and waiting around like this. Not to mention none of this will be covered by my insurance because I have a high deductible plan which covers nothing but routine preventive care until I spend $5500 on healthcare, so that's fun.

 

[RedRose19]

With those numbers you should be able to see something in a scan now, I'd demand a scan if I was you. I hope you get answers soon

 

[Ruskiegirl]

Hi there, update this morning is hcg came back at only 1914. So that's a 30% 2-day rise or 128 hour doubling time. I got my results online but I'm still waiting to talk to the doctor right now. I am really surprised it kept rising at all, as I really felt it was gone, but it still can't be healthy at this point I don't think. I'm going to request an ultrasound because everything I've read says it's a risk of an ectopic with those levels. Also I found one professional site that said the color of the bleeding with an ectopic would often be a dark purple-brown color like prune juice, which mine is, and I was feeling faint and weird yesterday and had random small pains on left side again briefly last night. I do also have pain in my right shoulder blade but I'm sure that is a pulled muscle as I often get that in that spot and I see a chiropractor for it. So none of my signs are definitive or anything but they could line up. I don't want to self-diagnose either but can't help but notice all of this. It could just as easily be a non-viable uterine pregnancy too. I'm just really hoping I can get an ultrasound asap. My Dr. is a naturopath so I don't think she does ultrasounds, so I'll have to go to an outside sonography office associated with the local hospital. Ugh hate being in limbo and waiting around like this. Not to mention none of this will be covered by my insurance because I have a high deductible plan which covers nothing but routine preventive care until I spend $5500 on healthcare, so that's fun.

I agree with Redrose I would be demanding a scan , once your hcg hits over 1200 the doubling can slow down thats why they tend do stick with ultrasounds after 2000 hcg cause it becomes sorta unreliable with doubling . I hope everything works out for you hun

 

[lomelindi17]

Ugh she finally called back after I texted her again, apparently the intern was supposed to call me and never did. I didn't want to be a pest annoying her but I've been a wreck all morning, starting to have trouble handling dd and this stress all alone, while feeling all weird and woozy, she is a handful and really willful so she's tough on a good day. Dh isn't home til sunday, he's been gone for 15 days now. Anyway Dr. didn't make me feel any better, she doesn't seem concerned with the numbers at all which I really don't get, they are low and every doubling calculator site says they are abnormally slow, but she is trying to get me in for a scan today at the hospital anyway but only because I'm so worried. So pretty much just made me feel like an annoying crazy lady bothering her. She sounded a tiny little bit more interested that the bleeding has picked up, but not concerned. I don't get why she wouldn't want to check that out anyway, paired with the slow doubling and progesterone drop i had. My prog has gone up to 15.4 now with medication so she was like happy about that and the hcg going up. I don't know what to think. Now I'm just hoping I can get a scan this late in the day and miraculously find a sitter last minute for DD.

 

[LuvallmyH]

Ugh she finally called back after I texted her again, apparently the intern was supposed to call me and never did. I didn't want to be a pest annoying her but I've been a wreck all morning, starting to have trouble handling dd and this stress all alone, while feeling all weird and woozy, she is a handful and really willful so she's tough on a good day. Dh isn't home til sunday, he's been gone for 15 days now. Anyway Dr. didn't make me feel any better, she doesn't seem concerned with the numbers at all which I really don't get, they are low and every doubling calculator site says they are abnormally slow, but she is trying to get me in for a scan today at the hospital anyway but only because I'm so worried. So pretty much just made me feel like an annoying crazy lady bothering her. She sounded a tiny little bit more interested that the bleeding has picked up, but not concerned. I don't get why she wouldn't want to check that out anyway, paired with the slow doubling and progesterone drop i had. My prog has gone up to 15.4 now with medication so she was like happy about that and the hcg going up. I don't know what to think. Now I'm just hoping I can get a scan this late in the day and miraculously find a sitter last minute for DD.

What a mess! I'm so sorry.... My dh is away also & I know how hard that is, especially going through this. I'm hopeful they can get you in and you get good news.

 

[Bloblo]

Thinking of you lomelindi

 

[NDH]

A scan sounds very warranted under your circumstances Lomelindi. I'm hoping it will reveal good news but it will be good to have a more definitive answer of what's going on.

Also, if the scan reveals a uterine pregnancy but measuring behind your dates I would look into seeing an acupuncture practitioner who specialises in fertility and pregnancy. I had 4 back to back miscarriages, 2 of which were the result of very slow rising hcg that plateaued for weeks and as a result there was nothing at all seen on ultrasound. While I was going through the limbo of the second one I met an acupuncturist at an Expo who, without knowing anything about my circumstances, was telling me about the number of women she's seen who had slow rising or plateauing hcg who were told their pregnancies were non viable, and after seeing her their hcg shot up and they had healthy babies. I went to see her the day after my next bfp, and while I never got any bloodwork done to know if it made a difference, and there's no way to know if my son would have been born if I hadn't gone, it sure helped my anxiety a ton

 

[lomelindi17]

Hi ladies, ooft been a bit of a day. They got me in for a scan at 3:30, with 15 mins notice before I had to leave the house lol. I had just put DD down for a nap and had to wake her up bc nobody was around to watch her. That was fun, she was tired & loud and a huge pest the whole time we were there ugh. But she wasn't screaming at least, just wanted to get out of the stroller.

The tech found an empty sac in the uterus, didn't see an ectopic thank god, so I was just so relieved at that. No baby though, which I kind of expected if it wasn't ectopic. I am honestly just relieved to finally have answers and be out of limbo so we can move on. She also found a 6 cm (!!) dermoid cyst on my left ovary, which is a problem and I'll have to have laparoscopic surgery to remove it before we can ttc again. So that's a bit of a bummer because I imagine it'll probably be another couple of months by the time that is all taken care of. On the positive side I'm thankful this happened because we never would have found the cyst if I didn't go through this and it could have caused problems or even cancer if left untreated. Another plus is I get to have a much-needed whisky ginger tonight haha.

NDH that is really interesting about the acupuncturist, I used to go to one but haven't been in a long time, I was thinking about going again once dh comes home. I went when I was ttc and pregnant with dd and I always felt it helped me.

Anyway thank you ladies for your support through my stressful 2 weeks! I'll pop in from time to time to see how you're all getting on. Hope you all have a wonderful smooth, healthy, and easy 9 months!!

 

[Ruskiegirl]

Hi ladies, ooft been a bit of a day. They got me in for a scan at 3:30, with 15 mins notice before I had to leave the house lol. I had just put DD down for a nap and had to wake her up bc nobody was around to watch her. That was fun, she was tired & loud and a huge pest the whole time we were there ugh. But she wasn't screaming at least, just wanted to get out of the stroller.

The tech found an empty sac in the uterus, didn't see an ectopic thank god, so I was just so relieved at that. No baby though, which I kind of expected if it wasn't ectopic. I am honestly just relieved to finally have answers and be out of limbo so we can move on. She also found a 6 cm (!!) dermoid cyst on my left ovary, which is a problem and I'll have to have laparoscopic surgery to remove it before we can ttc again. So that's a bit of a bummer because I imagine it'll probably be another couple of months by the time that is all taken care of. On the positive side I'm thankful this happened because we never would have found the cyst if I didn't go through this and it could have caused problems or even cancer if left untreated. Another plus is I get to have a much-needed whisky ginger tonight haha.

NDH that is really interesting about the acupuncturist, I used to go to one but haven't been in a long time, I was thinking about going again once dh comes home. I went when I was ttc and pregnant with dd and I always felt it helped me.

Anyway thank you ladies for your support through my stressful 2 weeks! I'll pop in from time to time to see how you're all getting on. Hope you all have a wonderful smooth, healthy, and easy 9 months!!

Im sorry hun but at least you have some answers now

 

[NDH]

Glad to hear it isn't ectopic at least. And wow what a huge cyst!

 

[Blah11]

Ah I’m sorry the pregnancywasnt viable but glad it wasn’t eptopic and silver lining them seeing that cyst! Xx

 

[tankel]

so sorry. Sending you good thoughts.

 

[tankel]

Btw, lomelindi17do you have a journal, I would like to follow you if you do.

 

[LuvallmyH]

Lomelindi17 I’m so very sorry I’m glad you have such a positive attitude about it all. I hope you can get the cyst taken care of quickly. You are in my thoughts.

 

[lomelindi17]

Thank you ladies

Tankel no I don't but thank you that is sweet of you!

 

[missielibra]

Lomelindi17 I am so sorry But it is good they found it because WOW, that is a huge cyst. At least they know, and it'll be out of the way for the next one! Sending you positive vibes!

 

[Star7]

Lomelindi17 sorry about the loss. Keeping you in my prayers. Afm, I felt so tired today that I could not get anything done. Really hope I feel better tmrw. How is everyone else coping with the fatigue?

 

[Bloblo]

Star - i just take naps. There is no way that i can make it through a day without one.
After coming home in the afternoon, i normally go straight to bed while dh works on dinner. He wakes me up for food, and then i last until about 9.30pm before i pass out again...
Dunno how ladies with kids deal with it