Pregnancy with donor sperm

[WANBMUM]

Thanks guys, I guess if we are prepared to just see the sac with no further expectations, we should be good.
I know this might sound crazy but I didn't want to put it back 'just in case', of what I have no idea, like I would be sorry and should just listen to the experts, so I said we would just go with it.

 

[raelynn]

Wanbmum - I understand that. I wanted to get in as soon as possible but we just couldn't make it work with their available appointment times and my work schedules. Even if you don't see a heartbeat yet (and you still might!) you should at least be able to see the sac and the yolk sac. Mine pretty much looked like a blob still but with a little flickering dot in the middle. I can't wait until it actually looks like a baby

 

[WANBMUM]

Aw I can't wait to see our little blob! I guess I'll be happy once it's in the right place. I got my 3rd beta results for 24dpiui it's 4276.

 

[SunUp]

Yay WanB!

 

[Polita76]

Hi, ladies!

My first scan is at 6+5 (if I'm counting iui as my conception date). The nurse looked at my trigger date and did some calculations and I think the first day she would have me come in would have been Sunday but it couldn't be on the weekend so Monday it is.

My clinic has only done 2 betas and not 3, I wonder why. I suppose it's their protocol, maybe they do an exception if beta number 2 doesn't quite double but since mine tripled they think it's fine with just 2 betas and not 3. I wish they had done another one because I'm going crazy with the wait. I do have some pregnancy symptoms but not morning sickness yet so I just worry from time to time (I took a PT yesterday that came back with a super dark control line that appeared way before the test line so that reassured me a bit).

In Spain, where my sister did her icsi procedure, they only do beta once. Next appointment is at 6 weeks and then again at 8 weeks. With her first she ended up doing a third appointment around 11 weeks. This time they only had her do the 6 week one and then they released her to OBGYN. She had had a previous one at 5 weeks because she thought she was miscarrying but luckily it wasn't that (that's when they discovered she was pregnant with twins since they could see the two sacs).

 

[MrsC8776]

Aw I can't wait to see our little blob! I guess I'll be happy once it's in the right place. I got my 3rd beta results for 24dpiui it's 4276.

Great beta!!

Hi, ladies!

My first scan is at 6+5 (if I'm counting iui as my conception date). The nurse looked at my trigger date and did some calculations and I think the first day she would have me come in would have been Sunday but it couldn't be on the weekend so Monday it is.

My clinic has only done 2 betas and not 3, I wonder why. I suppose it's their protocol, maybe they do an exception if beta number 2 doesn't quite double but since mine tripled they think it's fine with just 2 betas and not 3. I wish they had done another one because I'm going crazy with the wait. I do have some pregnancy symptoms but not morning sickness yet so I just worry from time to time (I took a PT yesterday that came back with a super dark control line that appeared way before the test line so that reassured me a bit).

In Spain, where my sister did her icsi procedure, they only do beta once. Next appointment is at 6 weeks and then again at 8 weeks. With her first she ended up doing a third appointment around 11 weeks. This time they only had her do the 6 week one and then they released her to OBGYN. She had had a previous one at 5 weeks because she thought she was miscarrying but luckily it wasn't that (that's when they discovered she was pregnant with twins since they could see the two sacs).

I can't wait to hear how your scan goes. I never really got ms. I felt sick often but never threw up. I did have a really upset stomach for a few weeks which is also linked to ms. So weird. Just shows that ms can come in any form.

 

[raelynn]

MrsC - That sounds like what I'm going through now! Everything seems to upset my stomach. I know I'm supposed to be eating for baby but I can't get through it when my stomach is churning. I've been having ham sandwiches for lunch (that I heat up) and that has been the only thing I can get through without feeling miserable lately.

 

[Polita76]

Yesterday afternoon, at around 4, I started to feel nauseous. I think it was a combo of being hungry and wearing something I thought it might have been too tight. I was so tired too!!! I was supposed to go to Italian class but after having soup with meatballs (I couldn't bare the thought of eating eggs) I fell asleep and didn't go to my class.

This morning I woke up OK but as I made i to work (I'm a teacher) I was feeling kind of like I feel when I'm riding a car and I haven't eaten. It's not quite like I would throw up but I definitely feel very off. I kept eating pretzels which made me feel a bit better.

Right now I'm sooo hungry (I´ve noticed I get hungrier often) so I'm going to eat lunch right now.

I've been fantasizing about beef stir fry!!! Yum!

 

[WANBMUM]

Where are all my lovely ladies? How are you all doing?

I am doing ok, I feel weird, not quite sick but dizzy and just plain old weird.

I am also still finding it hard to believe I am 'pregnant' and I'm so so afraid to believe incase anything goes wrong. I have another 6 weeks until we are out of the safezone, I'm not sure how I will get through it, I guess as long as we do I will be happy.
Am I normal?

 

[MrsC8776]

WANB~ You are not weird. I think everyone worried in the very beginning and even longer sometimes. Just take it one day at a time. Make sure you enjoy every day though because this is really happening.

AFM~ I'm meeting my new OB today. I got some news on Friday evening. I'm now going to be classed as high risk and need to see a MFM. The chances of down syndrome came back at 1 in 10,000 so that is great. The not so great news is that my NTD (neural tube defect) came back at 1 in 100. Testing isn't always accurate with twins and I know that. No matter what though I'm going to worry a little bit because these are my babies you know? Everyone is telling me not to worry but if the results came back for them they would worry as well (at least a little bit). I'm not making myself sick over it because thats not going to do any good. I just need to get in to see the genetic counselor and the perinatologist/MFM. Hopefully today I will get some answers.

Sorry that was so long. Thinking of you all.

 

[Polita76]

Ok, girls, so I'm back from my ultrasound and everything is good!! I'm 6+4 with a due date of June 13th. We saw sac, embrio and flickering heart beating at 122bpm. She said that she likes to see it at least over 80. I've been graduated to OBGYN since I told her I had my first OBGYN appointment including ultrasound next week on Friday (I'll be 8+1)

I had a big scare yesterday, though. I was getting ready to go to bed and went to the bathroom to pee. When I wiped there was some very light brownish mixed in with the pee. I panicked. I called my doctor's office and talked to the doctor on call who basically said to wait it out until the morning and call for blood work and ultrasound. Since I had scheduled my ultrasound with fertility clinic for today at 10 I decided to wait and just go there. Needless to say I hardly slept last night, I was sick with worry!! I kept going to the bathroom to pee so that I could wipe and see and everything was normal. So when we saw the sac, and the embrio and the flicker I almost cried. The nurse also said that there was no blood in the uterus and the probe from the sonogram came back clean, so no blood in the cervix either. No idea what prompted that then. This has been a big milestone to overcome. Now 11 days more until next ultrasound. Here is a pic of my ultrasound. Garbancito (little chickpea in Spanish) is up in the left corner, cute as can be. Sorry for pic quality. I don't have time to scan it and took a picture with my phone.

WanBMum, of course you're not weird for worrying. I think it's part of being a mom!!

MrsC, I hope that today you get more answers. I'm sure everything will be good.

 

[raelynn]

Wanbmum - We all worry! I think it is only natural. The wait until 12 weeks is killing me. (I'm also ready to get out of the nausea period since I've had enough of feeling icky)

MrsC - Hoping everything works out ok for you and seeing a specialist gives you some better information!

Polita - You're due on my birthday! So happy you had a great scan today!

AFM - I had my 8 week scan today and was released from my fertility clinic. My doctor was joking around taking measurements of my ovaries and such first saying he was teasing us and keeping the good stuff for last He even took a 3D scan for us so you can see the little eyes, nose, and moth starting. We heard the heartbeat today too - 175bpm! Everything is still going great and I'll go in to see my obgyn on Halloween.

 

[Polita76]

Polita - You're due on my birthday! So happy you had a great scan today!

AFM - I had my 8 week scan today and was released from my fertility clinic. My doctor was joking around taking measurements of my ovaries and such first saying he was teasing us and keeping the good stuff for last He even took a 3D scan for us so you can see the little eyes, nose, and moth starting. We heard the heartbeat today too - 175bpm! Everything is still going great and I'll go in to see my obgyn on Halloween.

Raelynn, what a great ultrasound. It's amazing how they can go from blob-like to human-like in just two weeks! Congratulations!!!

 

[MrsC8776]

Beautiful scan pics ladies!!

 

[raelynn]

I found baby's heartbeat for the first time on my doppler today! So exciting! Now I can check up on it whenever I want

 

[SunUp]

I had my scan today - hb was 119! I go back on 11/2 for my 8 week scan, and then I should graduate to OB!

 

[raelynn]

Congrats on the good scan SunUp! I feel kind of weird switching over to the OB now. I've been so used to the RE's office and now have to get back in the swing of my regular GYN.

 

[Polita76]

Yesterday I went to my acupuncture session. At the end my acupuncturist felt my pulse (she always does at the end of the session). Then she asked me if I had a feeling whether it was a boy and a girl so I said I felt it was a boy and she said: I think so too. She could feel the baby's heartbeat and I don't know why she thought it was a boy (I think I remember reading somewhere that boy's heartbeat is slower than girls, or the other way around haha).

I don't care much about the gender but I was very excited that she could feel him/her!!

Great news, Sunup!! My 8w app is next Fri. I'm doing it with my OBGYN because they do them early. Next one should be at 12 weeks, right??

 

[WANBMUM]

Ah that's interesting pilita. I completed the Chinese gender predictor thingy, for a laugh and it said a boy. Like you we don't care, once we are given a healthy bambino
I have my next scan next week too, I'll be 7wk4d so I am praying we see a heartbeat, to be honest ill be happy to see a 'baby' to believe this is happening. When can you hear the heartbeat?

 

[Polita76]

Ah that's interesting pilita. I completed the Chinese gender predictor thingy, for a laugh and it said a boy. Like you we don't care, once we are given a healthy bambino
I have my next scan next week too, I'll be 7wk4d so I am praying we see a heartbeat, to be honest ill be happy to see a 'baby' to believe this is happening. When can you hear the heartbeat?

Chinese calendar also said boy for me.

When I had mine at 6w3d I was able to see the flicker of the heart and we could measure the beats per minute. I think at 7w4d you might be able to hear it too. I think the norm is doing it at 8 w just to make sure you can hear it. Will this be your first scan?