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[sara1]

Petit- I didn't know that was a option... the back entrance. I feel a little silly asking my doc about it. Has anyone else resorted sticking their progesterone where the sun don't shine?

Bumpy- WOW! what a great shot!! I love that baby was doing acrobatics during the scan... I think I'd have melted!!

Thanks Annmarie. What's your plan of action this time around?? You're about 11 DPO aren't you? How's everything with your hubby and his dad?

Puppy- Isn't it funny how people react to things which are essentially NOTB! I love the idea of waiting and getting a surprise, although I know I haven't the willpower to do it... I can't even wait till the end of the meal to open the fortune cookie!

I've got more beta's Monday and Wednesday and that's it. No more HPT's for me... they screw with my head and make me more obsessive than I already am

I've got a general question for all you knowledgeable ladies: What's the view on moderate exercise during these first few weeks. I'm a walker... but my husband insisted I get in a cab to after we got the results from the clinic (it's only 3 miles) and to be honest I'm nervous too... I know I can't do yoga ( I do ashtanga which is pretty intense) but should I be cutting out everything that could 'jar' the area?

 

[pink80]

Blimey this thread moves fast!!!! I’m never going to keep up

Thanks for the warm welcome ladies, I hope I get to stick around here with you all

I’m sure all yours bumps are gorgeous – whatever they measure all the way round

Great Scan pic Embo so cute!

Annmarie – congrats again

Mom2 – glad the scan went well, it all sounds brilliant :yippee:

Lou – your son what a handsome little man!!!

Sara – sorry about the spotting panic, must have been so scary Glad your numbers came back good though – Brilliant news!!

Bumpy – great news about the scan- love the pic – such a difference in the scans!!

AFM - I went for my second lot of bloods today, hoping I will get the results this afternoon, at least Wednesday’s if not both.
Had quite a lot of cramping for the past 2 days, trying to stay positive that squishy is snuggling down well Did another DIGI this morning and it’s now saying 2-3 weeks so I’m hoping that’s a good sign and the HCG is increasing nicely. It’s hard though because there was never a sign that anything was wrong with my last 2 pregnancies, just bad news at the 12 weeks scan.

Happy Friday Ladies - sun is shining here and it’s such a beautiful day.
xxx

 

[annmariecrisp]

Petit- I didn't know that was a option... the back entrance. I feel a little silly asking my doc about it. Has anyone else resorted sticking their progesterone where the sun don't shine?

Bumpy- WOW! what a great shot!! I love that baby was doing acrobatics during the scan... I think I'd have melted!!

Thanks Annmarie. What's your plan of action this time around?? You're about 11 DPO aren't you? How's everything with your hubby and his dad?

Puppy- Isn't it funny how people react to things which are essentially NOTB! I love the idea of waiting and getting a surprise, although I know I haven't the willpower to do it... I can't even wait till the end of the meal to open the fortune cookie!

I've got more beta's Monday and Wednesday and that's it. No more HPT's for me... they screw with my head and make me more obsessive than I already am

I've got a general question for all you knowledgeable ladies: What's the view on moderate exercise during these first few weeks. I'm a walker... but my husband insisted I get in a cab to after we got the results from the clinic (it's only 3 miles) and to be honest I'm nervous too... I know I can't do yoga ( I do ashtanga which is pretty intense) but should I be cutting out everything that could 'jar' the area?

Hi,
I think I'm either 9 or 10 dpo today...but got a BFN on a FRER today so think it may have been 2 false alarms or it didn't implant properly so it looks like I'm heading back to ttc thread To be honest with everything else that's going on at the moment with my OH being a live liver donor to his dad it's probably best that I'm not pregnant this month because working out the dates my due date would be just as he would be coming out of hospital and I will need to care for him for about 2 months after the op and if I had our baby to look after as well I think we would struggle to cope I know I should be upset but actually being logical it's probably for the best (my heart says "you will cope and I want my baby so much" but head has to rule my heart this time I think).

Anyway, I wish you all the best of luck and I hope to be back over here in the next few months once things have calmed down a bit.

Thank you all so much for your support and I'll pop in now and again to see how you're all doing xxx
Lot's of love xxx

 

[sara1]

Annmarie- You know what's best for you... you are very strong! I wish you all the best and really hope to see you back here very very soon!

 

[sara1]

Hi Pink- Good luck with your blood draws... keep us posted! Everything crossed for you!

 

[bumpyplease]

good luck pink will be thinking of you!

im sorry to hear that annemarie, you are a brave strong person! there is a chance though that if you are only 9dpo it may not show up on a frer, everyone is different and depends on when it implants, how strong your urine is etc so i wouldnt count yourself out just yet. hugs though sweetie xx

 

[annmariecrisp]

good luck pink will be thinking of you!

im sorry to hear that annemarie, you are a brave strong person! there is a chance though that if you are only 9dpo it may not show up on a frer, everyone is different and depends on when it implants, how strong your urine is etc so i wouldnt count yourself out just yet. hugs though sweetie xx

Thank you

My urine wasn't very strong to be honest but it wasn't yesterday either, I was using 10mui IC's though so yeah maybe it's not quite strong enough to show on FRER, I will use the other one tomorrow morning with FMU and see what it says but as I say if it's negative then that's ok this month really. I am going to start temping next month as haven't tried that before.
Thanks for the hugs xxx

 

[croydongirl]

Oh my goodness Sara I fell asleep praying for you and I am happy to see the good results when I wok up this morning!!!! I heard that the orl progesterone was not as effective as the suppositories, I guess listen to your doctor but I know the fertility clinic that was caring for me in the early days didn't want my to take it orally. Sometimes if docs are not specialists they don't have a ton of experience with the fertility drugs. I am not sure who you are seeing and obviously do what you think is best but I just wanted to share my experience. Are you taking low dose aspirin too?

Bumpy - Congrats on your graduation from the clinic. I remember thinking how strange that felt when it happened to us. I was not on treatments but was under the doc there because of our losses and it meant we could go in for scans every week We have scans from 5 weeks until 12 weeks and it is crazy to see him grow. We litterally have one where all you see is the fetal pole! Like a little grain of rice!! I love the pictures you posted. Your little bean i adorable already!

Annmarie - Glad that you have such a great attitude but I am sorry that it looks like you were getting some false positives. That's a mean trick.

Ok - Off to care for a sick hubby, poor guy. He slept in the guest room last night to keep us from getting sick, so the least I can do is make him a cuppa

 

[heart tree]

Hi everyone. Sorry I haven't been around much lately. I had a busy work day yesterday. Am about to see my doctor and then go to work. I updated in my journal if you want to have a look. My newest blanket creation is in there too.

Massive congrats to Sara, Bumpy and Mom2!

Sara, I concur with Pip, oral progesterone isn't as effective.

Bumpy, that is an awesome scan.

Sorry, can't remember what else I read. Off to see the doctor. Will catch up properly this weekend.

 

[daviess3]

Sara fab news sweetie just take it easy as I said I had pink spotting but did however carry on with prog vaginakly I was supposed to use morn an night so I just used at night an it was ok! X

Heart ur a banana to!! Congrats don't work to hard! X
I'm off to see sally Morgan an dinner tonight with a friend, tommorow my nephew is 9! Do we're going to a smyth an western cowboy restaurant! An Sunday my friends baby shower! I'm tired just think about it! Hi to everyone soz no time to catch up properly! Xx

 

[sara1]

Croy- I take clexane injections twice daily, but no aspirin. Steroids too which we just decided to bump up to 20mg a day from 10.

I think I'll take Petit's advice about the progesterone and the back door... I take it 4 times a day and I can't face the spotting and everything I read discourages taking it orally.

Heart, hope everything goes well at the doctor.

Davies, sounds like you have a fun weekend planned... I plan on doing as much of nothing as possible. Dh leaves for China on Monday and will be gone 3 weeks... I'm dreading him leaving and just want to cocoon with him at home until then.

 

[x_Rainbow_x]

Im broody! lol

 

[pink80]

Croydon - hope hubby gets better soon!!

Davies - sounds like a busy weekend, try not the tire yourself out too much

Doctors couldn't give me my test results today, said they weren't ready - so I'm going to have to wait until after the weekend

 

[hopeful23456]

Annemarie- sorry for the bfn, but you are amazing for having a great attitude. Sounds like you and dh have a lot going on too. Like a lot. Liver donation to his dad? That is just amazing.

Sara- congrats!!!! So happy for you! How do you insert the prog now? Mine looked like white waxy bullets and I used my finger to put them in. One night I pushed it too far and started bleeding red at 6 weeks, freaked me out but all was fine. I asked my dr about putting them in the butt and she kinda laughed and said not to. This was maybe a different form of prog though? And I wouldn't do it orally... As long as you have it in there just a little, it's fine. Just has to be touching wetness to be absorbed, not far in at all. And lay down for 20 mins after if you can.
I wouldn't exercise but that's just me as I get paranoid.

Bumpy- so happy for you too!!! Gorgeous pics! Isn't it amazing how fast they grow up?

Pink- waiting till mon? Thats hard!!! Hope you have something to keep you busy!

Hi to everyone!!!!!

Heart- happy 21 weeks banana! I asked about progesterone for cervix and they said if it ever got below 2.5 they would put me on prometrium (prog) and its a pill form of it you stick in there. So they do treat with prog! So our cervixes will be fine!

Had a great scan today, baby girl is still head down and baby boy is usually breech but he is now transverse, his butt is by my belly button and head to my right. Thought his kicks felt higher up. And I have a sore spot from where his head is! Strange... I thought it was sore from coughing which is part of it but it's also from his head.

Cervix is 3.4, was 3.33 a week ago and the nurse who did the scan did many of my scans during my stim cycles. She said my cervix is usually 3-4 a any time and I have had nabothian cysts on my cervix before too so I feel a lot better. If you google the cysts they are just mucous filled sacs...gross, but harmless.

 

[bumpyplease]

Pink that sucks that you have to wait try and enjoy the weekend though!

Hopeful did they give u any pics today?

Sara I have avoided exercise due to my past mc but light exercise should be ok.

Heart how did the docs go? Are they putting u back on progestetone?

Hope everyone has a lovely weekend! We are off to a wedding tomorow and the weather for the weekend I'm the south of the uk looks perfect!!!

 

[Mom2mmcjg]

Lou- he's so cute made me cry!!!!

NSN-hello! I need to pop out to your journal to catch up

Croy- stay far, far away from him. Dh gave me this shitty sickness and feels horrible about it, he even slept in the other room and I still got it. I would wear a mask! If I knew I would be this sick I would have had my entire face covered to not breathe in germs

Mom2 - congrats! So happy for you, if you believe in old wives tales that's a girl heartbeat. Did you know if your boys had a fast heartbeat in early scans?

Hi mon! She sounds perfect! Glad you are doing well

Puppy- happy to hear you feel better too, can't believe you had to go thru all that puking

Jen- cant wait for you to get to move, will be so nice having your own place

I called and exchanged the 2 cribs and dresser today, had the dresser out for a long now and still reeks like varnish. I do like the new set better and hope it doesn't smell. Will take 1-2 weeks to get though...
Heres a pic, got the 6 drawer dresser for changing table and the 35% off!
https://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=4066501

Croy- I'm going with green for nursery color, just need to find the right shade
Maybe something like:
https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/for-your-home/color-gallery?cd=543&col=CC

https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/for-your-home/color-gallery?cd=556&col=CC


https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-color/stemgreen

I love the 3rd shade of green!

I never had an early ultrasound with my boys, but doppler always showed their heart rates between 140-155. I told hubby that until we're proven otherwise we are having a girl.

 

[hopeful23456]

Thanks mom2 - I like that one too and will be interesting to see how it looks in the store, only seen it on my phone...

Bumpy- I do have a pic of each but they aren't clear so wasn't going to post

 

[puppycat]

Kiddicare sale girls!!!

 

[Mom2mmcjg]

OMG! I just got my second beta back: 133!!! That's more than tripled in just under 48 hours. Doctor says that the spotting is probably from the progesterone and that I should start taking it orally!

When I woke up and saw pink at 4 am I didn't wake my husband... I got online and told you guys. Heart, Croy, Tracie, Jenny, Mrs. Mig, Davies, Bumpy I can't thank you enough for helping me through these last few hours! This thread (and RMT) is such a life line right now I can't even express how grateful I am to have all of your support.

So enough drama from me today. How's everybody doing??

Oh, Sara I'm so happy for you! That's great news! Have to talked to your doc about progesterone injections? My doc says it helps the level stabilize better than orally or suppositories.

 

[croydongirl]

Hubs stayed home again but he seems to be much brighter, no fever today and he is able to get himself to the kitchen when he's hungry today! ha ha

I just walked the lake by my house with a friend. It is one of my fave places ever and its bright and sunny here today. It's about 2.5 miles round and it felt so good. I have been super cautious until now, not really pushing my body in any way physically, and this morning it was certainly not fast paced, but it felt good to move. Now the weather is getting better and I am getting bigger I think I feel the need to move more so it is nice to know I can get out. I am taking all online classes for school so i will set my own schedule. This means I can walk every morning. I am not a very diligent when it comes to exercise, so I am hoping that if I do it every day I will get into a good routine.

I was checking out all the strollers as they went by at the lake too, we are struggling to decided if we can get by with just one stroller which seems like a crazy problem to have but we are just not sure. We have a snap and go frame lent to us for the first little while so he will just stay in the carseat and we will put it in there but after that we need something. There are not a ton of sidewalks around my house and its pretty wooded too so an all terrain stroller seems like a smart option, I want to be able to walk more than I drive for day to day errands. Plus hubby is a serious runner so he wants a real jogging stroller so it loos like for those a BOB or something is in our future. However, they are so big and bulky I feel as though we need something smaller to have in the car for going to the store or the mall where we need to get around without knocking things over!

Its on my mind because we got our REI coupon for 20% off today and they sell BOB's so hubs is wanting to make the most of it and buy it with that. Have you ladies thought about strollers or buggys yet?