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[Radiance]

I just started my progesterone and it wasn't that messy. I do them vaginally but know some do other ways. I guess it depends on your doctor.

 

[dairymomma]

Florida-I take the oral kind but that's because it's what my dr prescribed. I think there's only a slight difference in the amount of time it takes to reach the uterus because it has to metabolize through the liver or something to take it orally. I've never taken it any other way so I can't help there.

AFM-Well, turns out that part of the issue was one of the girls was just reading the FB messages and didn't bother to check out the final product. After I pointed out that it needed to get done ASAP and that no matter what we do, someone isn't going to like something about it, they all kind of went "oh yeah"...and shut up. I did get some very nice compliments from all of them afterwards and my m-i-l even called to thank me for putting up with all of this crap so I feel like they did appreciate me doing this. But I did some passive-aggressive revenge when I printed the whole thing out on shimmery ivory paper without asking if anyone liked it. I wasn't about to open ANOTHER can of worms... The whole time I was printing, I was evil snickering to myself because I can see some of them going "ewww" and there's nothing they can do to change it now. *cue evil snickering*

 

[dairymomma]

Oh yeah, and Tasha-I'm not feeling very pg myself. I'm trying to be happy and mostly I am, but it's also causing me to play a bunch of mental games with myself. The joys of being PARL, eh?

 

[Mrs Reineke]

Good morning ladies,

DSemcho, I will seriously bawl my eyes out at my next scan if the baby is moving around. That would be truly amazing!! I hope and pray I get that blessing of seeing a healthy little one in there again.

Tasha, maybe it's a good sign you feel different this time around. Could mean it's your take home baby!!!

AFM: I'll be 8 weeks on Monday and my pants are already tight on me!? I am actually down 2lbs because of not feeling great, but I feel HUGE!!! Anyone else have this happen this early?

 

[Radiance]

Mrs Reineke- I've lost weight with Elijah, Stephen, and Elena while pregnant. A lot with Elijah! Yet my jeans didn't fit or were really snug I'm very bloated with this one and only (estimated) in the 5th week so it will be interesting to see when I do start getting a real bump.

 

[newlywedtzh]

Aw Radiance I am so pleased to see you are pg again!!!! That is truly awesome.

Are you going to do anything different this pregnancy? Did they ever find out a reason for your last loss?

A happy and healthy 9 months to you!!

 

[Squig34]

Great news on your betas, Radiance

Dairy, sometimes you need to rant in a neutral place so that you can go back & interact calmly with the people involved! Best approach glad it turned out ok though & I think shimmery ivory paper sounds lovely

D & Tasha - it's not unusual for you not to feel many symptoms at the stages you are in your pregnancies, so try not to worry!

Ummi, what's couvade syndrome?

Mrs R, I'm still in ordinary clothes but they're feeling tighter now (& have been for a few weeks) but I'm not big enough yet to go in maternity clothes
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Florida, I got told vaginally or anally for the progesterone. The latter is less messy & there's no risk of spotting which using it vaginally can cause. I don't know if they give oral supplements for it in the UK.

 

[Ummi2boyz]

I took mine vaginally. I could have taken it orally as well.

Couvade syndrome is when the partner of the pregnant women starts feeling the same pregnancy symptoms as she does: nausea, sickness, bloated feeling and the lot. Dh was like that for about 2-3 weeks, until he managed to talk about his fears and all. Weird, isn't it?

 

[ginny83]

So close to 3rd tri Ummi so happy for you

 

[Ummi2boyz]

Thank you Ginny! Actually, I was already counting myself in 3rd tri from beginning of week 27. A few days won't make a difference. Hehe! My body really feels in 3rd tri though: tiredness, pains and aches the lot!
Otherwise I'm ok. Can't wait to meet my baby, 3 months still seems such a long way to go.
How are you doing? How's baby? And how is big bro adapting?

 

[wookie130]

Good morning ladies,

DSemcho, I will seriously bawl my eyes out at my next scan if the baby is moving around. That would be truly amazing!! I hope and pray I get that blessing of seeing a healthy little one in there again.

Tasha, maybe it's a good sign you feel different this time around. Could mean it's your take home baby!!!

AFM: I'll be 8 weeks on Monday and my pants are already tight on me!? I am actually down 2lbs because of not feeling great, but I feel HUGE!!! Anyone else have this happen this early?

Yeah, I did, Mrs. R, but with my son, my second child. With Hannah, I didn't really start pooching out until around 14 weeks. I think a lot of women BLOAT a lot in the first tri...the baby itself is so tiny still at this stage, that some of your clothes may seem a bit tighter due to gas, fluid retention, etc, and also your uterus expands far before that baby is large enough to feel in there, etc. With Oscar, I was in maternity clothes by 10 weeks gestation...I began feeling movement with him around 15 weeks, which is pretty early.

 

[floridamomma]

Maybe because I'm in the us they've only ever offered oral but I was thinking the other routes may be netter

 

[Radiance]

Aw Radiance I am so pleased to see you are pg again!!!! That is truly awesome.

Are you going to do anything different this pregnancy? Did they ever find out a reason for your last loss?

A happy and healthy 9 months to you!!

No, Elena was "normal" and healthy too. I am doing baby aspirin and progesterone Both first time user!

 

[dairymomma]

Mrs-I'm not sure if things are tighter or not yet. I'm a bigger girl with a long torso so I don't get a belly until I'm 6 months (or later) along since baby has alot of room to grow up (and fill in! ) before needing to pop out and I usually only wear maternity clothes in the last month or two pretty much because I want to not because I NEED to...But I do know I'm bloated/gassy and retaining fluid right now so I feel a bit puffier than normal. It's normal for this stage of pg but your uterus won't typically rise above your pubic bone until after 12-14 weeks.

AFM-Feeling icky today. Nauseated almost all day and my discharge has amped up incredibly. I feel like there's a waterfall down there or something! And no funky scary stuff either. It's just plain old clear/yellow pg discharge which has me incredibly relieved. I'm 7 weeks today and my first loss milestone is tomorrow so here we go! Tomorrow will be one down, lots to go, but ONE down. Woohoo, eh? And the stress levels are ramping down. DH has been helping me tirelessly with bookwork so it's not just on me to get taxes done. I think he's been feeling bad about how stressed I've been. Hoping he lets me crack down on the books again tonight while he makes supper. I just don't feel like cooking one itty bitty bit. Barf.

 

[dairymomma]

Update-literally right after I posted, I had a big blob of something make it's presence known. When I went to clean up, it was watery, peachy discharge. LOTS of it. And it happened again within seconds. I'd wipe and more would come out (followed by curse words on my part). It's tapered off now but whatever it was, it lasted almost a minute! Now, I've got constant aches/mild cramping thru my low belly (which I know could be just nerves or the constipation I got overnight) and the discharge isn't a true pink. It's peach and it's drying yellow and I'm on progesterone so it could be nothing. Suffice to say, I'm calling the dr and getting in on Monday. I need to know if this is just a false alarm, an infection, or another loss. Honestly, I'm having a hard time figuring out how I feel about this-sad? scared? meh? screw it? It's a combo of all of them I think. Part of me is hopeful because I've had stuff like this and still gone on to term but there's part of me that's accepting this may be inevitable. I've never had a successful pg back to back so why should I have expected it now? keeps running through my head. Monday can't come soon enough...And it melted my heart that DH offered to stay home from a guy's night tonight if I wanted him to. I told him to go. If this is something starting, it's starting slow and it's not in full swing and he's only a 10 minute drive/phone call away if I need him to come home.

 

[wookie130]

Florida, I'm in Iowa, and I was always able to score vaginal progesterone suppositories. They were great with Hannah's pregnancy, but they irritated my cervix with Oscar, and probably were what caused my scary bleeding episodes off and on in the first tri, as the ultrasound tech confirmed it was NOT a subchorionic hematoma. But, my two rainbow babies were also my two progesterone-supplemented pregnancies, so I consider it to be quite the miracle supplement!

 

[Radiance]

Interesting wookie130! I started my progesterone on Thursday and have had spotting at one time twice now. The doctor did an exam the first time and said it wasn't from the cervix and that it was nice and closed.

 

[Tasha]

dairy. Scary for you. I'm glad DH is being supportive x

 

[Squig34]

Dairy. I hope you can get seen on Monday & it turns out not to be anything serious.

 

[Ummi2boyz]

Dairy: sorry you're having a scary episode. I hope it's nothing really.
If you're taking the progesterone vaginally, it could be some left overs from the capsule. I had that a lot!